Esther B O'Keeffe Charitable Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation accepts no unsolicited requests and gives only to organisations it has preselected, so a charity should not send a cold application and should wait for an invitation.
- Most of its grants fall between $5,000 and $500,000, with a median of $25,000, and half of its 14 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less, so a modest, well-costed request is the realistic size.
- Its recorded purposes include churches, youth and community ministries, food banks, educational organisations and international relief charities, and most grants are general support.
- The filings show grants mainly in Florida, but no geographic focus is stated, so that is a pattern rather than a rule.
- Most grant dollars went to organisations it had funded in an earlier filing (81%), so a new charity should expect strong competition for funds.
Overview
Esther B O'Keeffe Charitable Foundation is a US private foundation based in Edgewater, FL.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 8 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Across the filed grants, recipients include churches, Christian organisations, youth and community ministries, food banks, educational organisations and international relief charities. Most grant purposes are recorded as general support or general programmes. Other recorded purposes include an O'Keeffe pre-law studies programme and funding for young adults; these are individual purposes in the grant record rather than a stated wider funding policy. Nearly all recorded grant dollars went to Florida organisations. The filing says contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations and unsolicited requests are not accepted.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Florida.
How to apply
The foundation contributes only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 81% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 14 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 42% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 81% of grant dollars went to organisations Esther B O'Keeffe Charitable 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 7 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $25,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Nona Church · General support$500,0002025 tax year
- New Image Youth Center · General support$50,0002025 tax year
- National Christian Foundation · General support$45,0002025 tax year
- Campus Crusade for Christ International · General support$25,0002025 tax year
- Honor House Ministries · General support$25,0002025 tax year
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida · General support$5,0002025 tax year
- Doctors Without Borders USA · General support$5,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Patrick A O'Keeffe — Co Trustee
- Amanda K O'Keeffe — Co Trustee
- Brian O'Keeffe — Co Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $2,063,586 | $1,350,000 | $38,015,076 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,198,192 | $350,000 | $42,003,385 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $1,518,651 | $655,000 | $42,943,330 | Filing for 2025 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
- Edgewater, FL