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Patrick & Susan Keefe Family Foundation Inc

Cincinnati, OH · EIN 27-3787008. Reported 118 grants totalling $1,359,445 to 59 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$1,359,445granted, 2021-2024
59organizations funded
50%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,832,391assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Patrick & Susan Keefe Family Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $199,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
3 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
50 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
28 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
28 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant
$50,000 - $100,000
5 grants
$100,000 and Up
3 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
University of IowaIowa City, IA$500,500642024
Friends of BataholaCincinnati, OH$223,600442024
Healthy Moms & BabesCincinnati, OH$101,000942024
Immaculate Heart of Mary ParishCincinnati, OH$58,1601232024
Hope for KabingoCincinnati, OH$33,800642024
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic ChurchCincinnati, OH$22,270112021
The Saint Frances AcademyBaltimore, MD$20,500322022
Annie's HomePhiladelphia, PA$20,000212024
Capuchin Franciscan CorpsDrexel Hill, PA$20,000112024
Forkids IncChesapeake, VA$20,000112023
Fusion Partnerships IncCincinnati, OH$20,000212024
Capuchin Franciscan Volunteer CorpsCleveland, OH$18,000212023
Mcnicholas High SchoolCincinnati, OH$17,000542024
Catholic Charities Southwest OhioCincinnati, OH$15,000332024
Foodbank of Southeastern VirginiaNorfolk, VA$15,000112023
Some IncWashington, DC$15,000112024
Tahirih Justice CenterSan Bruno, CA$15,000222022
Bernadine CenterChester, PA$10,000112021
Bernardine CenterChester, PA$10,000112022
Comboni MissionariesCincinnati, OH$10,000112022
DC Rape Crisis CenterWashington, DC$10,000112022
International Womens Democracy CenterWashington, DC$10,000112022
Iowa Central Community College FoundationFort Dodge, IA$10,000112023
Providence CenterPhiladelphia, PA$10,000112022
Provident CenterPhiladelphia, PA$10,000112023
Sisters Servants of Immaculate Heart of MaryMalvern, PA$10,000112023
Transforming Jail MinistriesCincinnati, OH$10,000112024
Womens JusticeNew York, NY$10,000112022
Esperanza Latino Center of Northern KentuckyCovington, KY$8,000542024
Boys Home VirginiaCovington, VA$7,500332023
Never the LessCincinnati, OH$7,500212024
Women's Justice InitativeNew York, NY$7,500212024
Immaculate Heart of MaryCincinnati, OH$7,000112024
Immaculate Heart of Mary Project EducationCincinnati, OH$5,735112024
Alderson Hospitality House Land Trust IncAlderson, WV$5,000112023
Catholic Social ServicesPhiladelphia, PA$5,000112024
DC Rape CrisisWashington, DC$5,000112024
Dzi FoundationRidgway, CO$5,000112024
Immaculate Heart of Mary FtmttsCincinnati, OH$5,000112024
Fabretto Children's FoundationEvanston, IL$4,880222022
Catholic Charities Southwestern OhioCincinnati, OH$4,500222024
Fabretto Childrens FoundationEvanston, IL$4,500222024
OnesourceCincinnati, OH$4,500332024
Intercommunity Justice and Peace CenterCincinnati, OH$4,000332023
Amigos De Santa Cruz FoundationSeattle, WA$2,500112021
Esf Dream Camp FoundationBryn Mawr, PA$2,500112021
Maryknoll Lay MissionersMaryknoll, NY$2,500112021
Some So Others Might EatWashington, DC$2,500112021
Teaching for ChangeWashington, DC$2,500112021
Ignite PeaceCincinnati, OH$2,000112024
Catholiccharities SouthwesternohioCincinnati, OH$1,500112023
Onesource Center for Nonprofit ExcellenceCincinnati, OH$1,500112021
Waukesha County Community FoundationWaukesha, WI$1,500112021
Archdiocese of CincinnatiCincinnati, OH$1,000112022
Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health ServicesCincinnati, OH$1,000112022
Little Sisters of the Poor IncNewark, DE$1,000112024
Sun City Vistoso Community FoundationTucson, AZ$1,000112024
Deer Valley Conservancy YMCAFort Hill, PA$500112022
Mercy Beyond BordersSanta Clara, CA$500112021

16 of 59 (27%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 50%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 52 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
11 grants
Health Care
9 grants
International Affairs
8 grants
Civil Rights
6 grants
Community Improvement
5 grants
Youth Development
3 grants
Education
3 grants
Housing & Shelter
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202122$296,150$2,500
202232$275,225$5,000
202330$414,335$5,000
202434$373,735$5,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 42% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Ohio
$574K
Iowa
$510K
Pennsylvania
$98K
District of Columbia
$45K
Virginia
$42K
Maryland
$20K
New York
$20K
California
$16K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Patrick & Susan Keefe Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 388 Baum Street, Cincinnati, OH, 45202. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 27-3787008 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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