Ada Howe Kent Foundation

• The filing says the foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered and should not be sent.
• The only route the filing describes is invitation, so any approach would need to come through someone who can open that door.
• If invited, a typical grant falls between $2,500 and $75,000, with a median of $25,000 across its 43 grants to organisations, and about 8 in 10 of those grants fall within that band; the largest grant was $500,000, so the band is not a ceiling.
• No geographic focus is stated, so do not assume your area is excluded, though its grants have mainly gone to New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and Maine.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Henry P Renard GAF · non restrictive
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Ed Ortiz Family GAF · non restrictive
  $250,0002024 tax year
• Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management · non restrictive
  $250,0002024 tax year
• Cornell University · non restrictive
  $75,0002024 tax year
• Smith College · non restrictive
  $75,0002024 tax year
• Harvard University · non restrictive
  $75,0002024 tax year
• Cape Ann Historical Association · non restrictive
  $75,0002024 tax year
• Prevention Education (PEI KIDS) · non restrictive
  $50,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.