Wm Keck Foundation
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-6092354. Reported 985 grants totalling $275.8M to 536 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$20,000median grant
$275.8Mgranted, 2021-2024
536organizations funded
58%of grantees funded again the next year
$1.7Bassets, 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. Wm Keck Foundation 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 $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $132,625; the smallest was $25 and the largest $7,500,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 536 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $33.0M | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Claremont Mckenna College | Claremont, CA | $16.6M | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chapman University | Orange, CA | $10.3M | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pepperdine University | Malibu, CA | $10.2M | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Linfield University | Mcminnville, OR | $8,105,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | $6,955,500 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $6,300,000 | 8 | 3 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Los Angeles, CA | $6,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stanford University | Redwood City, CA | $5,360,000 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| Salk Institute for Biological Studies | La Jolla, CA | $5,200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Occidental College | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of California Davis | Davis, CA | $5,000,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| UCLA Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $4,586,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of California Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $3,915,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of California San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $3,600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $3,600,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $3,600,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $3,600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $3,018,500 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science | Los Angeles, CA | $3,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of California Irvine | Irvine, CA | $3,000,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| The J David Gladstone Institutes | San Francisco, CA | $2,600,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $2,600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| California State University Long Beach | Long Beach, CA | $2,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | $2,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | $2,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $2,400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rice University | Houston, TX | $2,200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Museum Associates | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | Denver, CO | $2,000,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Colburn School | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Woods Hole, MA | $1,910,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $1,572,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Oregon Foundation | Eugene, OR | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $1,465,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| George Washington University | Ashburn, VA | $1,400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Minnesota Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | $1,400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of North Texas | Denton, TX | $1,400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $1,320,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| La Jolla Institute for Immunology | La Jolla, CA | $1,300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | $1,300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $1,300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seattle Children's Hospital | Seattle, WA | $1,300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Central Florida Foundation Inc | Orlando, FL | $1,300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $1,300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | Madison, WI | $1,300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | $1,250,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $1,210,125 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colorado State University | Fort Collins, CO | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of California at Riverside | Riverside, CA | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Medford, MA | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Kansas | Lawrence, KS | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| William Marsh Rice University | Houston, TX | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $1,100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rutgers the State University of New Jersey | New Brunswick, NJ | $1,100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $1,015,500 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder, CO | $1,010,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles, CA | $1,005,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pasadena City College | Pasadena, CA | $1,002,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Santa Monica College | Santa Monica, CA | $1,001,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Bronx, NY | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorado School of Mines | Golden, CO | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Compton Community College District | Compton, CA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fox Chase Cancer Center | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Montana State University Bozeman | Bozeman, MT | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oregon Health & Science University | Portland, OR | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Regents of the University of California at Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, MA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Central Florida | Orlando, FL | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus | Aurora, CO | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Oklahoma | Norman, OK | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dunn School | Los Olivos, CA | $795,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southern California Institute of Architecture | Los Angeles, CA | $725,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Milken Institute | Santa Monica, CA | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Able Arts Work | Long Beach, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Clinic | Long Beach, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Da Vinci Schools | El Segundo, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Destination Crenshaw | Los Angeles, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Emanate Health | Covina, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friendship Educational Foundation | Redondo Beach, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| La Promise Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Liberty Hill Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Long Beach Day Nursery | Long Beach, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Special Needs Network Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Teach for America - Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles County Office of Education | Downey, CA | $475,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foothill Family Service | Pasadena, CA | $440,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Augie's Quest to Cure Als | Denver, CO | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Koreatown Youth and Community Center Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regents Univ of California | Los Angeles, CA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Robert Louis Stevenson School | Pebble Beach, CA | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wellnest | Los Angeles, CA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sequoyah School | Pasadena, CA | $395,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $390,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles, CA | $385,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Children's Law Center of California | Monterey Park, CA | $375,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The People Concern | Los Angeles, CA | $375,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Girls Athletic Leadership School of Los Angeles | Panorama City, CA | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Griffith Observatory | Los Angeles, CA | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| La Family Housing Corporation | North Hollywood, CA | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Los Angeles Ballet | Los Angeles, CA | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | $319,400 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Petersen Automotive Museum | Los Angeles, CA | $315,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Thrive Animal Rescue Inc | San Diego, CA | $310,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ready to Succeed | Santa Monica, CA | $306,750 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| 9 Dots | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alliance College-Ready Public Schools | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| America on Tech | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Society of Transplant Surgeons | Arlington, VA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Art of Problem Solving Initiative Inc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blind Children's Center | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| CASA of Los Angeles | Monterey Park, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cate School | Carpinteria, CA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children Now | Oakland, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Educare Foundation | Van Nuys, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission | Mission Hills, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Junior Achievement of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Land of the Free Foundation | City of Industry, CA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Police Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Trust for Children's Health | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Root & Rebound | Oakland, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Genevieve Parish Schools | Panorama City, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Johns Community Health | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Achievable Foundation | Culver City, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Wende Museum of the Cold War Inc | Culver City, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Universal Community Health Center | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Venice Arts | Venice, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Westridge School for Girls | Pasadena, CA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Westside Infant-Family Network | Culver City, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Woodcraft Rangers | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $283,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| For the Child Inc | Long Beach, CA | $275,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ronald W Reagan Presidential Library & Museum | Simi Valley, CA | $257,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| All Peoples Community Center | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Altasea at the Port of Los Angeles | San Pedro, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Amity Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| CASA Colina Hospital & Centers for Healthcare | Pomona, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Child Lane | Long Beach, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| East Los Angeles Women's Center | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Get Lit - Words Ignite | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Japanese American Cultural & Community Center | Los Angeles, AL | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| John Tracy Center | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Partnership for Los Angeles Schools | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pasadena Conservatory of Music | Pasadena, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Whole Child | Whittier, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Peace Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Villa Esperanza | Pasadena, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vision to Learn | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Phase One | Los Angeles, CA | $237,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA | $235,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Encorps | Redondo Beach, CA | $232,598 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lynwood Unified School District | Lynwood, CA | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| George W Bush Presidential Center | Dallas, TX | $220,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | $219,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Angiogenesis Foundation | Cambridge, MA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arroyo Vista Family Health Center | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bellosguardo Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Connecticut College | New London, CT | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Zoo | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| P S Arts | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Step Up on Second | Santa Monica, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Think Together | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Carlthorp School | Santa Monica, CA | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mbx Foundation Inc | Manhattan Beach, CA | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Villanova Preparatory School | Ojai, CA | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pacific Council on International Policy | Los Angeles, CA | $160,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $157,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Exceptional Children's Foundation | Culver City, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kind Inc | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Science Philanthropy Alliance | Palo Alto, CA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Trickle Up | New York, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pacifica Christian High School | Santa Monica, CA | $141,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northwell Health Foundation | New York, NY | $135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Childrens Diabetes Foundation | Aurora, CO | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Nevada Reno | Reno, NV | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Council on Foreign Relations | New York, NY | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Network of Abortion Funds | Beaverton, OR | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | Rancho Mirage, CA | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Edinburgh USA Development Trust Inc | New York, NY | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Campbell Hall | North Hollywood, CA | $108,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Verbum Dei Jesuit High School | Los Angeles, CA | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Childrens Hospital Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $100,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Archdiocese of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Hope | Duarte, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fulfillment Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Island Grown Initiative | Vineyard Haven, MA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Martha's Vineyard Boys & Girls Club | Edgartown, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Martha's Vineyard Boys & Girls Club | Edgartown, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Martha's Vineyard Hospital | Oak Bluffs, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Proyecto Pastoral at Dolores Mission | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rape Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Sequoyah Educational Center | Pasadena, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Nevada-Reno Foundation | Reno, NV | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $88,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Catherine's Academy | Anaheim, CA | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Angel Force USA | Newport Beach, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Austin Community Foundation | Austin, TX | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Families Forward | Irvine, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| John Tracy Clinic | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nnaf | Beaverton, OR | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Mary's School | Aliso Viejo, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Martha's Vineyard | Vineyard Haven, MA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Helping Up Mission | Baltimore, MD | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County | Irvine, CA | $65,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Aauw - Ca Special Projects Fund | Torrance, CA | $62,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, TX | $62,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southern California Grantmakers | Los Angeles, CA | $61,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America Western Los Angeles County Council | Van Nuys, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences | Santa Monica, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Entertainment Industry Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Motion Picture & Television Fund | Woodland Hills, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Dalton School | New York, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Endowment of the United States Institute of Peace | Washington, DC | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| James Wilson Institute for Natural Rights and the American Founding | Washington, DC | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| President & Fellows of Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Giving Plate | Bend, OR | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Loyola High School | Los Angeles, CA | $50,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Curtis Institute of Music | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation | Naples, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| From Prison Cells to Phd Inc | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Island Grown Initiative | Vineyard Haven, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Montage Health Foundation | Monterey, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Football Foundation | Irving, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital | Santa Barbara, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stanton Home | Great Barrington, MA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Temple University | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
209 of 536 (39%) 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 58%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- University of Southern California
TO ACCELERATE GROUNDBREAKING MEDICAL, CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. - Pepperdine University
TO SUPPORT THE KECK DATA SCIENCE CENTER AND INITIATIVE. - Occidental College
TO RENOVATE SPACE IN THE CHEMISTRY BUILDING TO CREATE A RESEARCH CENTER FOR STUDENT/FACULTY RESEARCH. - California Institute of Technology
TO ESTABLISH THE ENDOWED EDWARD C. STONE PROFESSORSHIP. - Claremont Mckenna College
TO ENHANCE CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE'S INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. - Chapman University
TO ENHANCE AND ELEVATE CHAPMAN UNIVERSITYS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 635 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 228 | $73.8M | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 259 | $67.8M | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 238 | $64.5M | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 260 | $69.7M | $10,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Wm Keck Foundation has 40 of them, worth $71.7M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500,000 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500,000 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500,000 |
| Chapman University | Orange, CA | $6,000,000 |
| Claremont Mckenna College | Claremont, CA | $4,000,000 |
| Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles, CA | $4,000,000 |
| Claremont Mckenna College | Claremont, CA | $4,000,000 |
| Claremont Mckenna College | Claremont, CA | $4,000,000 |
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $2,700,000 |
| Pepperdine University | Malibu, CA | $2,500,000 |
| Pepperdine University | Malibu, CA | $2,500,000 |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000,000 |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000,000 |
| Linfield University | Mcminnville, OR | $2,000,000 |
| Linfield University | Mcminnville, OR | $2,000,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 68% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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.
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund263 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc247 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc220 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust197 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program194 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc185 shared recipients
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- 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.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Wm Keck Foundation'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: 515 South Flower Street 800, Los Angeles, CA, 90071. 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 95-6092354 · 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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