John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation makes contributions only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so an unsolicited application is not something it takes.
- Its giving centres on medical and education causes, and the filing states no geographic focus, though the filings mainly show grants in New York, so that is a pattern rather than a rule.
- Most grants are modest: half of its grants to organisations were $2,500 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $500 and $115,000, although its largest grant was about $1,200,000, so that band is typical rather than a ceiling.
- Because 96% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in the previous filing, an existing connection matters a great deal, and the filing gives no timing or deadline to plan around.
Overview
John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Remsenburg, NY.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2023, TY2022) and web pages about the foundation (sbnonline.com), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation supports medical, educational and other charitable activities serving the common welfare. Its grants go to educational institutions and medical organisations, alongside community, social-service, hospice, library, religious and civic organisations. The recorded recipients include a school and a university, a medical-centre foundation, a community chest, a family-service organisation, a hospice, a library, churches, a veterans' post and a Rotary club. Its grants are for recipients' exempt purposes, and contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations; unsolicited requests are not accepted.
Themes
- Medical
- Education
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York.
How to apply
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; the filing gives no applicant-initiated submission stage.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2023 filing, 96% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022 and TY2023 filings, half of its 52 grants to organisations were $2,500 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2023.
Grant dollars by state
4 other states: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 43% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2023, 96% of grant dollars went to organisations John & Elaine Kanas Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 2% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 21 grants in tax year 2023 by size
Median $3,600 (tax year 2023)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Stony Brook School · For donee's exempt purpose$1,202,5002023 tax year
- Long Island University · For donee's exempt purpose$660,0002023 tax year
- Peconic Bay Medical Center Foundation · For donee's exempt purpose$611,8002023 tax year
- City on the Hill Community Chest · For donee's exempt purpose$75,5002023 tax year
- Family Service League · For donee's exempt purpose$40,0002023 tax year
- East End Hospice · For donee's exempt purpose$30,5002023 tax year
- Rico Memorial Fund · For donee's exempt purpose$5,5002023 tax year
- Westhampton Free Library · For donee's exempt purpose$5,1002023 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Elaine Kanas — Vice Preseident
- John A Kanas — President
- Patricia Blake — Treasurer
- Kathy Hallinan — Secretary
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
2 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $954,950 | $835,700 | $33,614,084 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $2,765,118 | $2,655,750 | $31,874,658 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- Remsenburg, NY