Funding search · EIN 330719806 · Wilmington, DE
The Kennedy Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 119
- grants reported
- $4.0M
- total given
- 2023–2025
- filing years
- $25,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2025. 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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Top recipients
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- Museum Associates7 grants · $353,000
- Crystal Cove Conservancy5 grants · $255,000
- St Joseph Hospital of Orange5 grants · $217,000
- Los Angeles Waterkeeper3 grants · $200,000
- Pacific Legal Foundation3 grants · $200,000
- Palos Verdes Art Center Beverly G Alpay Center for3 grants · $193,340
- South Coast Botanic Garden Foundation3 grants · $190,000
- Upper Missouri Waterkeeper3 grants · $168,000
- The Priority Center Ending the Generational Cycle3 grants · $145,000
- San Francisco Botanical Garden Society at Strybing2 grants · $125,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 119 grants.
- $103,500
Museum Associates · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
LACMA Fund
- $100,000
St Joseph Hospital of Orange · Orange, CA · 2025
Innovation and Technology - MAKO Robot FUND
- $100,000
San Francisco Botanical Garden Society at Strybing · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $100,000
Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2024
No Kid Hungry campaign
- $100,000
Gary Sinise Foundation · Franklin, TN · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $86,410
Nature Conservancy · Sacramento, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $80,000
Palos Verdes Art Center Beverly G Alpay Center for · Rch Palos Vrd, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $75,000
Los Angeles Waterkeeper · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $75,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $75,000
Crystal Cove Conservancy · Newport Coast, CA · 2024
North Beach Cottage Restoration fund
- $75,000
Los Angeles Waterkeeper · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $75,000
Museum Associates · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $75,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $73,340
National Diaper Bank Network · New Haven, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $70,000
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $70,000
Museum Associates · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $70,000
Palos Verdes Art Center Beverly G Alpay Center for · Rch Palos Vrd, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $70,000
South Coast Botanic Garden Foundation · Pls Vrds Pnsl, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $70,000
South Coast Botanic Garden Foundation · Pls Vrds Pnsl, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $69,500
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $53,500
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Brain Tumor Center
- $50,000
Crystal Cove Conservancy · Newport Coast, CA · 2025
Cottage Refresh Restoration Fund
- $50,000
Metavivor Research and Support · Middleton, WI · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Blackfoot Challenge · Ovando, MT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Neonatology Fund and Brain Tumor Center
- $50,000
The Coral Reef Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
The Priority Center Ending the Generational Cycle · Santa Ana, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Crystal Cove Conservancy · Newport Coast, CA · 2023
North Beach Cottage Restoration fund
- $50,000
Grades of Green · El Segundo, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Los Angeles Waterkeeper · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
South Coast Botanic Garden Foundation · Pls Vrds Pnsl, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
The Priority Center Ending the Generational Cycle · Santa Ana, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
The Salvation Army · Long Beach, CA · 2023
The Salvation Army Henley Youth Center
- $47,500
St Joseph Hospital of Orange · Orange, CA · 2024
Cancer Services fund
- $45,000
The Priority Center Ending the Generational Cycle · Santa Ana, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $45,000
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper · Bozeman, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $45,000
Crystal Cove Conservancy · Newport Coast, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $43,340
Palos Verdes Art Center Beverly G Alpay Center for · Rancho Palos Verdes, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $35,000
Growinggreat · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $35,000
Museum Associates · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Lacma fund & general & unrestricted
- $35,000
Growinggreat · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $35,000
Crystal Cove Conservancy · Newport Coast, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $33,500
Dance Downtown La · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $30,000
Iafe United · Redondo Beach, CA · 2025
Scoot Over Fund
- $30,000
Museum Associates · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Fund
- $30,000
Save the Music Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $29,500
Museum Associates · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
the Los Angeles County Museum of art fund
- $29,500
Pacific Symphony · Irvine, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $29,500
Santa Ana College Foundation · Santa Ana, CA · 2024
Santa Ana College President's Circle Fund and to 2025 Ed Arnold Classic Golf Tournament Event
- $29,500
St Joseph Hospital of Orange · Orange, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,205
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Minnesota · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Community Music Center · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Dance Downtown La · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Pacific Symphony · Irvine, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
San Francisco Botanical Garden Society at Strybing · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Special Hearts in the Arts · Corp Christi, TX · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement · Santa Ana, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
USC Athletics - Track and Field
- $25,000
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024
Surf Conservation (SCP) fund
- $25,000
Dance Downtown La · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Mongabay Org Corporation · Atherton, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Natural High · La Jolla, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Nature Conservancy · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Point Conception Institute fund
- $25,000
Orange County Ronald McDonald House · Pasadena, CA · 2024
funds for branch on 383 S. Batavia Street, Orange, CA 92868
- $25,000
Special Hearts in the Arts · Corp Christi, TX · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement · Santa Ana, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Children'S Hospital of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Fetal and Neonatal Institute fund
- $25,000
Children'S Hospital of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Cancer and Blood Diseases (CBDI)
- $25,000
Growinggreat · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $20,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $20,000
Mongabay Org Corporation · Atherton, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $20,000
Santa Ana College Foundation · Santa Ana, CA · 2025
General & unrestricted
- $20,000
St Joseph Hospital of Orange · Orange, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $20,000
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Fetal and Neonatal Institute fund
- $20,000
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression in · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $20,000
Pacific Symphony · Irvine, CA · 2023
General Operating Fund and Education Programs
- $20,000
Santa Ana College Foundation · Santa Ana, CA · 2023
President's Circle Program
- $20,000
Special Hearts in the Arts · Corp Christi, TX · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $20,000
St Joseph Hospital of Orange · Orange, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $20,000
The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement · Santa Ana, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $16,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $15,000
United Way · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $15,000
Whiskers & Tails Foundation · Rch Palos Vrd, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $15,000
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To · New York, NY · 2024
The ASPCA Los Angeles Spay / Neuter Clinic fund
- $15,000
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $12,500
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $12,500
United Way · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $10,205
North Beach Citizens · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Irrelevant Week · Newport Beach, CA · 2025
Charitable Event
- $10,000
Los Angeles Mission · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Minnesota Childrens Museum · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
National Diaper Bank Network · New Haven, CT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund · Fullerton, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
The Coral Reef Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Uc Hastings Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
UC Law SF Fund
- $10,000
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
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