Denise and Michael Kellen Foundation

• This foundation does not accept unsolicited requests, so any approach needs to come through an existing connection rather than a cold application.
• No geographic focus is stated, though the filings show grants mainly in New York and Massachusetts.
• A realistic request would fall within the $10,000 to $1,250,000 range seen in the filings, with about 8 in 10 grants falling there and a median grant of $125,000; the largest grant was about $10,000,000, so very large sums are possible but not typical.
• The funding spans universities and research institutions, hospitals and medical centres, arts and cultural organisations, a library, religious organisations and animal-focused charities, all recorded simply as general fund support, so there is no narrower stated field to match against.
• With 72% of grant dollars going to organisations also funded in the two prior filings, this looks like a relationship-led funder where repeat giving is strong, so new applicants should expect it to be competitive without an existing link.

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

• Wellesley College · General fund
  $10,100,0002024 tax year
• The Joan And Sanford I Weill · General fund
  $5,000,0002024 tax year
• Animal Medical Center · General fund
  $1,250,0002024 tax year
• Rockefeller University · General fund
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Silver Hill Hospital · General fund
  $200,0002024 tax year
• ACT of Connecticut · General fund
  $140,7652024 tax year
• Chapel & York Foundation · General fund
  $127,5002024 tax year
• Hospital for Special Surgery · General fund
  $100,0002024 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.