KRFrench Family Foundation

• The filing says the foundation gives only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so if your organisation has not been preselected, do not send it a cold application.
• Its grants mainly support education, health care and research, so your work fits best if it sits in those areas, though the filing does not explain how it chooses organisations.
• In about 8 in 10 grants, amounts fall between $28,500 and $355,000, with a median of about $120,000, so a request of that order sits within the usual range, although the largest grant was about $410,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
• Its existing relationships carry much weight, with 65% of grant dollars going to organisations it had also funded in its earlier filings, so an introduction through someone it already knows is likely to matter more than any new approach.
• No geographic focus is stated, so location is not a rule on who may apply, although its grants have mainly gone to New Hampshire, New York, the District of Columbia, Maine and Massachusetts.

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

• International Rescue Committee · Health care and education
  $410,3932024 tax year
• Dartmouth Hitchcock · Health care
  $267,5932024 tax year
• Valpo Surf Project · Community support
  $265,0002024 tax year
• Waynflete School · Education
  $219,0562024 tax year
• Grassroots Soccer · Education
  $186,7942024 tax year
• Massachusetts General Hospital · Health care
  $117,5922024 tax year
• Maine Medical Center · Health care
  $117,5922024 tax year
• University of Rochester · Education
  $115,7262024 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.