Funding search · EIN 813808376 · Asheville, NC

David and Terri Kester Foundation

Name: David and Terri Kester Foundation 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.

52
grants reported: $967,525
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $20,000
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.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Doctors Without Borders3 grants · $95,000
Save the Children3 grants · $90,000
American Red Cross3 grants · $87,000
Catholic Relief Services3 grants · $80,025
Unc Chapel Hill3 grants · $75,000
World Vision3 grants · $65,000
Food for the Poor3 grants · $60,000
Habitat for Humanity3 grants · $60,000
Feeding America2 grants · $55,000
Usfund for Unicef2 grants · $45,000

Giving over time

$253,500

2022

$300,525

2023

$413,500

2024

Grant history

All 52 reported grants, largest first.

$40,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable
$35,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2024
General charitable
$30,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2024
General charitable
$30,000
Catholic Relief Services · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General charitable
$30,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$30,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable
$30,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2023
General charitable
$30,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2022
General charitable
$27,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2023
General charitable
$25,025
Catholic Relief Services · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General charitable
$25,000
Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity · Asheville, NC · 2024
General charitable
$25,000
Manna Foodbank · Asheville, NC · 2024
General charitable
$25,000
Unc Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
General charitable
$25,000
Usfund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable
$25,000
World Vision · Federal Way, WA · 2024
General charitable
$25,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Unc Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
General charitable
$25,000
Catholic Relief Services · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General charitable
$25,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable
$25,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2022
General charitable
$25,000
Unc Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
General charitable
$21,000
Clarkson University · Potsdam, NY · 2024
General charitable
$20,000
Food for the Poor · Coconut Creek, FL · 2024
General charitable
$20,000
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2024
General charitable
$20,000
Food for the Poor · Coconut Creek, FL · 2023
General charitable
$20,000
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2023
General charitable
$20,000
Usfund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable
$20,000
World Vision · Federal Way, WA · 2023
General charitable
$20,000
Food for the Poor · Coconut Creek, FL · 2022
General charitable
$20,000
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2022
General charitable
$20,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida · Orlando, FL · 2022
General charitable
$20,000
World Vision · Federal Way, WA · 2022
General charitable
$15,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida · Orlando, FL · 2023
General charitable
$10,000
Beloved Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2024
General charitable
$10,000
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General charitable
$10,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
General charitable
$10,000
Sisters of Mercy-Northeast Community · Cumberland, RI · 2024
General charitable
$10,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable
$10,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
General charitable
$10,000
Sisters of Mercy-Northeast Community · Cumberland, RI · 2023
General charitable
$10,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General charitable
$10,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
General charitable
$10,000
Sisters of Mercy-Northeast Community · Cumberland, RI · 2022
General charitable
$10,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable
$7,500
Blue Ridge Public Radio · Asheville, NC · 2024
General charitable
$7,500
Community Communications Inc Dba 907 Wmfe · Orlando, FL · 2023
General charitable
$7,500
Community Communications Inc Dba 907 Wmfe · Orlando, FL · 2022
General charitable
$5,000
Covenant House · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable
$5,000
Covenant House · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable
$5,000
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church · Utica, NY · 2022
Gener
$1,000
Clarkson University · Potsdam, NY · 2023
General charitable
$1,000
Clarkson University · Potsdam, NY · 2022
General charitable

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.