Funding search · EIN 872769046 · Belleville, IL

Rita B Keefe Charitable Foundation

Name: Rita B Keefe Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

79
grants reported: $2.4M
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.

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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.

Griffin Center1 grant · $210,000
The Soulard Education Center2 grants · $210,000
Gateway Region Ymca2 grants · $205,000
Giddo Simmons Ministries2 grants · $120,000
Griffin Center2 grants · $108,200
St Vincent Depaul2 grants · $107,500
Gateway Region Ymca2 grants · $105,000
The Soulard Education Center1 grant · $100,000
Soulard Education Center1 grant · $100,000
Our Brother'S Keeper2 grants · $100,000

Giving over time

$522,500

2022

$460,500

2023

$722,500

2024

$732,950

2025

Grant history

All 79 reported grants, largest first.

$210,000
Griffin Center · East St Louis, IL · 2022
Charitable
$110,000
Giddo Simmons Ministries · Ballwin, MO · 2025
General support
$110,000
The Soulard Education Center · Saint Louis, MO · 2025
General support
$102,500
Gateway Region Ymca · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General support
$102,500
Gateway Region Ymca · St Louis, MO · 2023
Charitable
$102,500
Gateway Region Ymca · St Louis, MO · 2022
Charitable
$100,000
The Soulard Education Center · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General support
$100,000
The Soulard Education Center · St Louis, MO · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Soulard Education Center · St Louis, MO · 2022
Charitable
$88,200
Griffin Center · East Saint Louis, IL · 2025
General support
$75,000
Society of St Vincent De Paul · Maryland Heights, MO · 2023
Charitable
$65,000
Our Brother'S Keeper · East St Louis, IL · 2023
Charitable
$59,000
The Griffin Center · East Saint Louis, IL · 2024
General support
$57,500
St Vincent Depaul · Maryland Heights, MO · 2025
General support
$56,500
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid · East Saint Louis, IL · 2024
General support
$50,000
Our Brother'S Keeper · East Saint Louis, IL · 2025
General support
$50,000
The Marfan Foundation · Port Washington, NY · 2025
General support
$50,000
Jackie Joyner Kercee Foundation · East Saint Louis, IL · 2024
General support
$50,000
Our Brother'S Keeper · East Saint Louis, IL · 2024
General support
$50,000
St Vincent Depaul · Maryland Heights, MO · 2024
General support
$50,000
The Benja Project · Marion, IL · 2024
General support
$40,000
Chapel & York US Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$30,000
Chapel & York US Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$28,000
Power of Change Christian Church (Poccc) · Cahokia, IL · 2025
General support
$27,000
Join Hands · East Saint Louis, IL · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Bosco Football · Bellflower, CA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Jackie Joyner Kercee Foundation · East Saint Louis, IL · 2025
General support
$25,000
Join Hands · East Saint Louis, IL · 2025
General support
$25,000
Leo High School Scholarship Benefit · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$25,000
Bosco Football · Bellflower, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Catholic Urban Programs · East Saint Louis, IL · 2024
General support
$25,000
Leo High School Scholarship Benefit · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$25,000
Chapel & York US Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
St John Bosco High School · Bellflower, CA · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Join Hands · East Saint Louis, IL · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
The Iveagh Trust · 2022
Charitable
$24,000
The Marfan Foundation · Port Washington, NY · 2024
General support
$20,000
Catholic Diocese of Belleville Cemetery Assn · Belleville, IL · 2025
General support
$20,000
Mission Attempt St Louis · Florrisant, MO · 2025
General support
$20,000
Griffin Center · East Saint Louis, IL · 2024
General support
$20,000
Luthern South High School · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General support
$20,000
Society of St Vincent De Paul · Maryland Heights, MO · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
The Benja Project · Marion, IL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2025
General support
$10,000
Mapo - Metro Area Professionals Organization · Maryville, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Mike Kelly Foundation · Swansea, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Giddo Simmons Ministries · Ballwin, MO · 2024
General support
$10,000
Mapo - Metro Area Professionals Organization · Maryville, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Leo High School Scholarship Benefit · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Leo High School Scholarship Benefit · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$9,000
Althoff Catholic · Belleville, IL · 2025
General support
$6,500
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid · East St Louis, IL · 2023
Charitable
$6,000
Mapo - Metro Area Professionals Organization · Maryville, IL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Illinois Judges Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$5,000
Holy Redeemer · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General support
$5,000
Mike Kelly Foundation · Swansea, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Giddo Simmons Ministries · Ballwin, MO · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Mike Kelly Foundation · Swansea, IL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Siu Foundation · Carbondale, IL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Giddo Simon Ministries · Ballwin, MO · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Mike Kelley Foundation · Swansea, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
Friends of Honduras · Moyock, NC · 2025
General support
$2,500
Gateway Region Ymca · Saint Louis, MO · 2025
General support
$2,500
Haskell Siteman Cancer Center · St Louis, MO · 2025
General support
$2,500
42 Foundation · Swansea, IL · 2024
General support
$2,000
St Louis Public Schools · St Louis, MO · 2025
General support
$1,500
Schindler Family Foundation · Ballwin, MO · 2025
General support
$1,500
Schindler Family Foundation · Ballwin, MO · 2024
General support
$1,500
The Tenth Man · Belleville, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Berea College · Berea, KY · 2025
General support
$1,000
Jim Bleyer Memorial · Marion, IL · 2025
General support
$1,000
Riverbend Head Start and Family · Alton, IL · 2025
General support
$1,000
Mound City Healing · Pittsburg, KS · 2024
General support
$1,000
42 Foundation · Swansea, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Ron Ortyl Memorial Fund · Belleville, IL · 2023
Charitable
$500
Casa of Southwestern Il · Belleville, IL · 2025
General support
$500
Purpose House Church · Sarasota, FL · 2025
General support
$500
New Opportunities · Carroll, IA · 2024
General support
$250
Joann Malone Medical Funds · Belleville, IL · 2025
General support

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