Funding search · EIN 452735138 · Wilmington, DE

Defne and Muhtar Kent Educational Foundation

Name: Defne and Muhtar Kent Educational Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

165
grants reported: $4.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

Schwab Charitable Fund2 grants · $559,939
Donor Advised Charitable Giving2 grants · $408,293
Y Tur3 grants · $90,000
D Karalar3 grants · $90,000
Y Cinar3 grants · $76,500
G Aycicek3 grants · $75,000
B Kurnaz3 grants · $75,000
A Yamaner3 grants · $75,000
N a Basciftci2 grants · $60,000
M Erim2 grants · $60,000

Giving over time

$1.0M

2022

$1.1M

2023

$1.1M

2024

$948,795

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 165 grants.

$321,544
Schwab Charitable Fund · Lone Tree, CO · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANT - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$238,395
Schwab Charitable Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Purpose (See General Explanation)
$205,203
Donor Advised Charitable Giving · Omaha, NE · 2025
General & Unrestricted (See General Explanation)
$203,090
Donor Advised Charitable Giving · Omaha, NE · 2024
General & Unrestricted (SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$40,000
M Tiryaki · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$31,500
Y Cinar · Evanston, IL · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
A K Narn · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
A Yamaner · East Lansing, MI · 2025
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
D Karalar · East Lansing, MI · 2025
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
I E Oz · New Haven, CT · 2025
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
I Yuzcelk · West Lafayette, IN · 2025
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
M a Yalcin · Evanston, IL · 2025
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
M C Yedekci · Stanford, CA · 2025
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
M E Tiryaki · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
M Erim · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
N a Basciftci · Easton, PA · 2025
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
Y Tur · Stanford, CA · 2025
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
A Guler · West Lafayette, IN · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
A Yamaner · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
B Kurnaz · Gambier, OH · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
D Karalar · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
E Ozdemir · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
F Ardic · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
G Aycicek · Middlebury, VT · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
H Ari · Evanston, IL · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
K Oktay · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
M Caylan · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
M Erim · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
M Ozer · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
M Yalcin · Evanston, IL · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
N Basciftci · Easton, PA · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
Y Cinar · Evanston, IL · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
Y Tur · Stanford, CA · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
A E Karalar · State College, PA · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
A U Guler · West Lafayette, IN · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
B Demirci · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
B Kurnaz · Gambier, OH · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
B Manti · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
D Karalar · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
E Secilmis · Providence, RI · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
F O Ardic · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
G Aycicek · Middlebury, VT · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
H a Ari · Evanston, IL · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
M E Caylan · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
M Ozer · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
N a Basciftci · Easton, PA · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
U Kaygisiz · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
Y T Eker · Lancaster, PA · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
Y Tur · Stanford, CA · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
A E Karalar · State College, PA · 2022
Scholarship grant
$30,000
A U Guler · West Lafayette, IN · 2022
Scholarship grant
$30,000
B Demirci · East Lansing, MI · 2022
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
B Manti · East Lansing, MI · 2022
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
B Utebay · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Scholarship grant
$30,000
D Karalar · East Lansing, MI · 2022
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
E Secilmis · Providence, RI · 2022
Scholarship grant
$30,000
F O Ardic · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Scholarship grant
$30,000
H Y Devre · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Scholarship grant
$30,000
M E Caylan · East Lansing, MI · 2022
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
M Ozer · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
N a Basciftci · Easton, PA · 2022
Scholarship grant
$30,000
U Kaygisiz · East Lansing, MI · 2022
Scholarship Grant
$30,000
Y Cinar · Evanston, IL · 2022
Scholarship grant
$30,000
Y Tur · Stanford, CA · 2022
Scholarship Grant
$28,838
D Yaldiz · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$25,145
Y Yilmaz · Boston, MA · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$25,000
E Cengiz · State College, PA · 2025
Scholarship Grant
$25,000
D Altaylar · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$25,000
E Cengiz · State College, PA · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$25,000
M Yurtseven · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$25,000
D L Altaylar · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$25,000
G Incesu · Stanford, CA · 2022
Scholarship Grant
$25,000
M E Isiktas · New York, NY · 2022
Scholarship grant
$25,000
M E Yurtseven · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Scholarship grant
$25,000
O S Pamukcu · Oberlin, OH · 2022
Scholarship grant
$24,000
Y Yilmaz · Boston, MA · 2022
Scholarship grant
$20,595
B Gorguluarslan · 2025
Scholarship Grant
$20,000
A Erefe · Waterville, ME · 2025
Scholarship Grant
$20,000
C Turkay · Champaign, IL · 2025
Scholarship Grant
$20,000
E Inan · Boston, MA · 2025
Scholarship Grant
$20,000
E Ozemek · Durham, NC · 2025
Scholarship Grant
$20,000
H Rainge · East Lansing, MI · 2025
Scholarship Grant
$20,000
A Erefe · Waterville, ME · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$20,000
C Birsen · Medford, MA · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$20,000
C Yardimci · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$20,000
E Inan · Boston, MA · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$20,000
H Rainge · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$20,000
A Erefe · Waterville, ME · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$20,000
C Birsen · Medford, MA · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$20,000
C Yardimci · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$20,000
K B Oktay · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$20,000
M E Tiryaki · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$20,000
A Erefe · Waterville, ME · 2022
Scholarship grant
$20,000
C Birsen · Medford, MA · 2022
Scholarship grant
$20,000
P Guzelocak · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Scholarship grant
$16,400
A a Adiguzel · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Scholarship Grant
$16,160
D E Yaldiz · East Lansing, MI · 2025
Scholarship Grant
$15,447
A Adiguzel · Tempe, AZ · 2024
Scholarship Grant
$15,000
A Yamaner · East Lansing, MI · 2025
Scholarship Grant
$15,000
B Ca · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Scholarship Grant

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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.