Funding search · EIN 540490435 · Martinsville, VA

Charles B Keesee Educational Fund

Name: Charles B Keesee Educational Fund grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

58
grants reported: $11.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $71,066
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

books fees student tuition field land technology travel

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Southeastern Baptist Theological Se5 grants · $6.0M
Southern Baptist Theological Semina4 grants · $1.2M
Garder-Webb Divinity School3 grants · $634,760
Rawlings School of Divinity at Libe3 grants · $600,435
New Orleans Baptist Theological Sem5 grants · $534,547
Duke Divinity School5 grants · $472,626
Campbell Divinity School6 grants · $418,181
Hargrave Military Academy3 grants · $300,000
Fork Union Military Academy3 grants · $300,000
Averett University3 grants · $172,500

Giving over time

$3.8M

2022

$3.6M

2023

$3.9M

2024

Grant history

All 58 reported grants, largest first.

$2.3M
Southeastern Baptist Theological Se · Wake Forest, NC · 2024
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$1.9M
Southeastern Baptist Theological Se · Wake Forest, NC · 2023
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$1.7M
Southeastern Baptist Theological Se · Wake Forest, NC · 2022
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$505,819
Southern Baptist Theological Semina · Louisville, KY · 2024
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$379,915
Southern Baptist Theological Semina · Louisville, KY · 2023
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$294,586
Southern Baptist Theological Semina · Louisville, KY · 2022
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$262,502
Rawlings School of Divinity at Libe · Lynchburg, VA · 2024
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$226,540
Garder-Webb Divinity School · Boiling Springs, NC · 2022
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$212,993
Garder-Webb Divinity School · Boiling Springs, NC · 2023
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$195,227
Garder-Webb Divinity School · Boiling Springs, NC · 2024
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$192,370
Rawlings School of Divinity at Libe · Lynchburg, VA · 2023
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$181,728
New Orleans Baptist Theological Sem · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$156,619
New Orleans Baptist Theological Sem · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$151,351
Duke Divinity School · Durham, NC · 2022
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$145,563
Rawlings School of Divinity at Libe · Lynchburg, VA · 2022
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$143,950
Duke Divinity School · Durham, NC · 2023
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$127,650
Campbell Divinity School · Buies Creek, NC · 2022
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$127,325
Duke Divinity School · Durham, NC · 2024
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$123,400
Campbell Divinity School · Buies Creek, NC · 2023
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$121,200
New Orleans Baptist Theological Sem · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$100,000
Fork Union Military Academy · Fork Union, VA · 2024
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc
$100,000
Hargrave Military Academy · Chatham, VA · 2024
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$100,000
Fork Union Military Academy · Fork Union, VA · 2023
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc
$100,000
Hargrave Military Academy · Chatham, VA · 2023
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$100,000
Fork Union Military Academy · Fork Union, VA · 2022
Pilot scholarship program to attract new students to the academy.
$100,000
Hargrave Military Academy · Chatham, VA · 2022
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$85,000
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminar · Wake Forest, NC · 2022
Mission trips (subsidization and facilitation)
$82,500
Averett University · Danville, VA · 2022
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$75,000
Bluefield University · Bluefield, VA · 2022
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$67,131
Campbell Divinity School · Buies Creek, NC · 2024
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$57,500
Averett University · Danville, VA · 2023
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$50,000
Bluefield University · Bluefield, VA · 2023
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$50,000
Gardner-Webb Divinity School · Boiling Springs, NC · 2022
Technology upgrades
$50,000
Gardner-Webb Divinity School · Boiling Springs, NC · 2022
Mission immersion
$50,000
New Orleans Baptist Theological Sem · New Orleans, LA · 2022
International travel through global mission center
$50,000
Southern Baptist Theological Semina · Louisville, KY · 2022
Mission trips through bevin center
$47,000
Southeastern Baptist Theological Se · Wake Forest, NC · 2022
North carolina field minister program library maintenance & annual upkeep
$40,150
Southwestern Baptist Theological Se · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$40,000
Campbell Divinity School · Buies Creek, NC · 2022
Bible land study tours
$40,000
Campbell Divinity School · Buies Creek, NC · 2022
Mission immersion
$39,038
Southwestern Baptist Theological Se · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$37,838
Southwestern Baptist Theological Se · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$36,650
Midwestern Baptist Theological Semi · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$32,500
Averett University · Danville, VA · 2024
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$29,700
Midwestern Baptist Theological Semi · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$25,500
Duke Divinity School · Durham, NC · 2022
Field education with partnering baptist churches
$25,000
Bluefield University · Bluefield, VA · 2024
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$25,000
Hopetree Family Services · Salem, VA · 2022
Capital improvements
$25,000
New Orleans Baptist Theological Sem · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Holy land travel
$25,000
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminar · Wake Forest, NC · 2022
Holy land travel (subsidization)
$24,500
Duke Divinity School · Durham, NC · 2022
Africa exhance mission
$22,200
Midwestern Baptist Theological Semi · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$20,000
Campbell Divinity School · Buies Creek, NC · 2022
Technology/equipment
$16,500
John Leland Center for Theological · Arlington, VA · 2024
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$15,000
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminar · Wake Forest, NC · 2022
Technology upgrades jacumin-simpson building
$11,624
John Leland Center for Theological · Arlington, VA · 2023
Student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
$5,000
Floyd County Historical · Floyd, VA · 2022
Renovations
$3,000
Southeastern Baptist Theological Se · Wake Forest, NC · 2022
North carolina field minister program school supplies for students

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