Robert a & Marian K Kennedy
Cincinnati, OH · EIN 30-0044978. Reported 202 grants totalling $440,500 to 98 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Robert a & Marian K Kennedy did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $2,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $20,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drayton Hall | Charleston, SC | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Springer School and Center | Cincinnati, OH | $34,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alice Lloyd College | Pippa Passes, KY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Zoo | Cincinnati, OH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Inner City Youth Opportunities | Cincinnati, OH | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| South Carolina Archives & History | Columbia, SC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Dayton Rowing Office | Dayton, OH | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Catholic Inner-City Schools Education Fund | Cincinnati, OH | $11,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Faith Freedom Life | Cincinnati, OH | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Als Association Central and Southern Chapter | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Dragonfly Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ladd Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Dayton | Dayton, OH | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East End Adult Education Center | Cincinnati, OH | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio | Cincinnati, OH | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Prokids | Cincinnati, OH | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra | Cincinnati, OH | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hearing Speech & Deaf Center | Cincinnati, OH | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Beechwood Home | Cincinnati, OH | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Assn for the Blind | Cincinnati, OH | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| First Step Home | Cincinnati, OH | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Hamilton, OH | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Peaslee Neighborhood Center | Cincinnati, OH | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| May We Help | Cincinnati, OH | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Working in Neighborhoods | Cincinnati, OH | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cincinnati Museum Center | Cincinnati, OH | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of Harriet Beecher Stowe House | Cincinnati, OH | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Families Forward | Cincinnati, OH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Notre Dame Urban Education Center | Covington, KY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Focus on Youth | West Chester, OH | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lighthouse Youth & Family Services | Cincinnati, OH | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Up Spring | Cincinnati, OH | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Always Lifting Spirits | Mason, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Nature Center | Milford, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gorman Heritage Farm | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jdrf | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Melanoma Know More | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Life Furniture Bank | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bethany House Services | Cincinnati, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholioc Charities Sw Ohio | Cincinnati, OH | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Gospel Mission | Cincinnati, OH | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City Gospel Mission | Cincinnati, OH | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kentucky Gateway Museum Center | Maysville, KY | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| North Fairmount Community Center | Cincinnati, OH | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 1N5 | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Activities Beyond the Classroom | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beech Acres Parenting Center | Cincinanti, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cance Family Care | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Easterseals | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| IN5 | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lead Training | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Meac | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of Hamilton | Hamilton, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ohio Valley Voices | Loveland, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Our Lady of Light Ministries | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Playhouse in the Park | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Joseph Home | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Strategies to End Homelessness | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sweet Cheeks Diaper Bank | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Carnegie (covington) | Covington, KY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Carnegie Theatre | Covington, KY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Christ Hospital Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Audry Rose Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Music Hall | Cincinnati, OH | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kentucky Symphony Orchestra | Newport, KY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Oar | Cincinnati, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rothenberg School Rooftop Garden | Cincinnati, OH | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shelterhouse | Cincinnati, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chatfield College | St Martin, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cincinnati Area Senior Services | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cincinnati Chamber Orcestra | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Covington Ladies Home | Covington, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dayton Contemporary Dance Co | Dayton, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Epilepsy Alliance Ohio | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fernside Classic | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gateway House | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Historic Southwest Ohio | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lydias House | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Milford Miami Ministry | Milford, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mill Creek Alliance | Reading, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Squash Academy | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Squash Academy Emanual Community Center | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Rita School for the Deaf | Evendale, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Talberrt House | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wave Foundation | Newport, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Elizabeth's New Life Center | Dayton, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Exponent Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Rett Syndrome Fdn | Cincinnati, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Karen Welliongton Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kenzie's Closet | Cincinnati, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Misfit Acres | Amboy, MN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Over-the-Rhine Museum | Cincinnati, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Stephen Catholic Church | Cincinnati, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sycamore Vocal Boosters Assn | Montgomery, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Chatfield Edge | St Martin, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| West Clermont Emerging Musicians Program | Batavia, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
57 of 98 (58%) 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 64%, 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.
- Drayton Hall
PROMOTE CHARITABLE PURPOSE - Alice Lloyd College
SUPPORT CHARITABLE PURPOSE - Working in Neighborhoods
PROMOTE CHARTIABLE PURPOSE - Kentucky Symphony Orchestra
PROMOTECHARITABLE PURPOSE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 110 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61 | $145,000 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 42 | $94,000 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 50 | $88,000 | $1,250 |
| 2024 | 49 | $113,500 | $1,500 |
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. 77% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,500. 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 Ohio.
- 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 Robert a & Marian K Kennedy'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: 600 Vine Street Suite 2650, 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.
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