Kathleen DuRoss Ford Fund
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The filings record grants to youth clubs, hospitals and medical research, religious bodies, animal welfare groups, a zoo, public broadcasting and community fundraising bodies, so a charity should check whether its work matches these examples, since the foundation names no single field.
- About 8 in 10 of its 45 grants to organisations fall between $1,000 and $15,000, and half were $5,000 or less, so a request near $5,000 sits in the middle of its usual range, though the largest grant was $30,000.
- The filing gives no deadlines, so a charity should not assume any particular timing before sending the written documents or letters stating its purpose and how the funds will be used.
- Most grant dollars in the latest filing (72%) went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so existing relationships appear to count for a lot, but a charity that is new to the foundation can still apply.
- No geographic area is stated as a condition; the filings show most grants in Florida, Texas and Massachusetts, which is worth knowing but not a rule.
Overview
Kathleen DuRoss Ford Fund is a US private foundation based in West Palm Beach, FL.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Across the filings, grant recipients include youth-serving clubs, hospitals and medical-research institutions, religious organisations, animal-welfare groups, a zoo, public broadcasting and community fundraising bodies. Many grants are described as general support; purpose descriptions also record cancer, eye and vision, neurological, dementia and other medical research, alongside event support. The recorded giving spans community services and charitable bodies as well as health-research institutions, rather than a single narrowly described field. Application information asks a charity to provide written documents or letters stating its purpose and how funds will be used; it specifies no submission deadlines.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Florida, Texas and Massachusetts.
How to apply
Submit written documents or letters indicating the charity's purpose and how the funds will be used.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 72% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 45 grants to organisations were $5,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 18% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 72% of grant dollars went to organisations Kathleen DuRoss Ford Fund had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 19 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $5,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Palm Beach Jewish Center · General Support.$26,0002024 tax year
- Boys Girls Clubs of PB County · General support.$15,0002024 tax year
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Support of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute annual Discovery Ball.$15,0002024 tax year
- UM Bascom Palmer Eye Institute · Support for research in the eye and vision field.$10,0002024 tax year
- MD Anderson · Support cancer research.$10,0002024 tax year
- Star Foundation · General Support.$10,0002024 tax year
- Promise Fund of Florida · To support continued research to find a cure for breast cancer.$10,0002024 tax year
- Massachusetts General Hospital · General support.$10,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- John L Shaw — Director
- L Frank Chopin — Director
- Jeffery W Smith — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $281,597 | $96,000 | $56,481,551 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $458,828 | $89,500 | $64,944,315 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $607,411 | $148,000 | $75,561,418 | Filing for 2024 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.
No credit card required
Contact
- (561) 655-9500
- West Palm Beach, FL