Funding search · EIN 237072750 · Brooklyn, NY

Ezra Jack Keats Foundation

Name: Ezra Jack Keats Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

81
grants reported: $485,656
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
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.

What they fund

libraries literary public shcools states throughout united gived

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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.

University of Southern Mississippi3 grants · $108,000
Brooklyn Public Library3 grants · $59,400
Fund for the Public Schools2 grants · $22,100
School Art League3 grants · $18,000
Planned Parenthood3 grants · $18,000
Direct Relief3 grants · $17,000
Environmental Defense Fund3 grants · $17,000
National Center for Children'S Illustrate3 grants · $17,000
World Resources Institute3 grants · $15,000
University of Minnesota2 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$138,995

2022

$163,816

2023

$182,845

2024

Grant history

All 81 reported grants, largest first.

$36,000
University of Southern Mississippi · Hattiesburg, MS · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$36,000
University of Southern Mississippi · Hattiesburg, MS · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$36,000
University of Southern Mississippi · Hattiesburg, MS · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$21,400
Brooklyn Public Library · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$20,000
Brooklyn Public Library · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$18,000
Brooklyn Public Library · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$12,600
Fund for the Public Schools · New York, NY · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$9,500
Fund for the Public Schools · New York, NY · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$8,000
University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$7,000
University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$7,000
Children'S Literature and Research Coll · New York, NY · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$7,000
Fund for Public Schools · New York, NY · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$6,500
Maryland Institute of College Art · Baltimore, MD · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$6,006
Grossman School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$6,000
American Ciliv Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$6,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$6,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$6,000
Naralny Pac · Washington, DC · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$6,000
National Center for Children'S Illustrate · Abilene, TX · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$6,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$6,000
School Art League · New York, NY · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$6,000
American Ciliv Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$6,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$6,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington Dc, DC · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$6,000
Maryland Institute of College Art · Baltimore, MD · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$6,000
National Center for Children'S Illustrate · Abilene, TX · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$6,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$6,000
School Art League · New York, NY · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$6,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$6,000
School Art League · New York, NY · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$5,500
Naral · New York, NY · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$5,000
Mac Macdowell Artist Colony · Peterborough, NH · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$5,000
Usm Foundation · Hattiesburg, MS · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$5,000
Wnyc · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$5,000
World Resources Institute · New York, NY · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$5,000
Mac Macdowell Artist Colony · Peterborough, NH · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$5,000
Wnyc · Washington Dc, DC · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$5,000
World Resources Institute · New York, NY · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$5,000
American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$5,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$5,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$5,000
National Center for Children'S Illustrate · Abilene, TX · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$5,000
World Resources Institute · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$4,095
Nu-Miracle Press · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$4,000
New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$4,000
Thirteen · New York, NY · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$4,000
New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$4,000
Thirteen · New York, NY · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$4,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$4,000
New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$4,000
Thirteen · New York, NY · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$4,000
Wnyc Radio · New York, NY · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$3,000
Society of Children'S Book Writers & Illustrators · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$3,000
Society of Children'S Book Writers & Illustrators · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$3,000
Scbwi · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$2,500
Children'S Book Council · New York, NY · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$2,435
Nu-Miracle Press · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$2,000
Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$2,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Fund · New York, NY · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$2,000
Fondos Unidos De Puerto Rico · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$2,000
Frances Kristam Alvarez · 2024
The grants are given to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$2,000
Nyclu · New York, NY · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$2,000
The Jewish Museum · New York, NY · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$2,000
Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$2,000
Fondos Unidos De Puerto Rico · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$2,000
Nyclu · New York, NY · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$2,000
The Jewish Museum · New York, NY · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$2,000
Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$2,000
Fondos Unidos De Puerto Rico · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$2,000
The Jewish Museum · New York, NY · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$1,500
Nyclu · New York, NY · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$1,000
Yivo Institute · New York, NY · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$1,000
Yivo Institute · New York, NY · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$1,000
Yivo Institute · New York, NY · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$750
Regina Opera Company · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$750
Regina Opera Company · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$500
Regina Opera Company · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$495
Nashville Elementary School · Nashville, NC · 2022
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.
$125
Wwwbrooklynmuseumorg · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
The grants are gived to support literary programs throughout the united states in libraries and public shcools.

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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.