Wm Keck Foundation
Accepts applications
Wm Keck Foundation is a private foundation in Los Angeles, California. In tax year 2024 it gave $64.5 million in 260 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $7.5 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.
From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.
- Grants paid, 2024$64.5 million
- Number of grants260
- Typical grant$10,000
- Largest grant$7.5 million
- Assets$1.7 billion
- New grantees65%
Giving in 2024 was up from $59.6 million the year before.
65% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Number of grants | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $59.6 million | 238 | $1.6 billion |
| 2024 | $64.5 million | 260 | $1.7 billion |
How to apply
| Contact | Httpswwwwmkeckorg 515 South Flower Street Suite 800, Los Angeles, CA 90071 |
|---|---|
| Phone or email | (213) 612-2000 |
| What to submit | Applications are available at: https://www.wmkeck.org/ |
| Deadlines | https://www.wmkeck.org/ |
| Restrictions | Restrictions or limitations on awards information are available at: https://www.wmkeck.org/research-application-process/ and https://www.wmkeck.org/socal-application-process/ |
Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica
What Wm Keck Foundation funds
Where it gives
Its grants went to recipients in 28 states, the most to California.
| State | Grants | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 149 | $40.6 million |
| Massachusetts | 13 | $3.9 million |
| Oregon | 13 | $3.7 million |
| New York | 18 | $3.3 million |
| Colorado | 6 | $2.0 million |
| Utah | 1 | $1.5 million |
| Virginia | 3 | $1.4 million |
| Florida | 2 | $1.4 million |
| Illinois | 4 | $1.3 million |
| Tennessee | 2 | $1.3 million |
Grants paid in 2024
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| University of Southern California | To accelerate groundbreaking medical, clinical and translational research and education | $7.5 million |
| Chapman University | To enhance and elevate chapman universitys science and engineering | $4.0 million |
| Claremont McKenna College | To enhance claremont mckenna college's interdiciplinary science research and education | $4.0 million |
| Linfield University | To enhance linfield university's interdiciplinary science research and education | $2.0 million |
| Museum Associates | To improve access to art and art education | $2.0 million |
| The Colburn School | To support the for the new colburn center and endow the youth ensemble | $2.0 million |
| Salk Institute for Biological Studies | To develop mapping methods with generative manifold networks | $1.6 million |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | To construct and field a self-deploying autonomous mooring system | $1.6 million |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | To understand how a neuronal communication pathway also functions in the immune system | $1.5 million |
| University of Oregon Foundation | To understand parameters that govern transcriptional adaptation to enable novel rna-based therapeutics | $1.5 million |
| University of Utah | To understand the genetic and epigenetic control of aging | $1.5 million |
| George Washington University | To investigate terrestrial locomotion in vertebrates | $1.4 million |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | To develop bioluminescent probes for visualizing gpcr ligands | $1.4 million |
| La Jolla Institute for Immunology | To validate a novel function of histones as reservoirs of cellular energy | $1.3 million |
| Northwestern University | To test for violation of quantum linearity due to gravity | $1.3 million |
| University of California San Francisco | To understand t cell immune-education outside of the thymus | $1.3 million |
| University of California Santa Barbara | To decipher coral regenerative biology | $1.3 million |
| University of Central Florida Foundation Inc | To develop magnetic topological insulators for lossless electronics | $1.3 million |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | To understand network switching to rescue damage in the central nervous system | $1.3 million |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | To experimentally study nitrogen-fixing enzymes | $1.3 million |
| Vanderbilt University | To understand the neural circuits that link oral sensation to feeding behavior | $1.3 million |
| Emory University | To study how heterogeneity contributes to the spread of pathogens | $1.2 million |
| Regents of the University of California at Riverside | To decipher social communication in stress-tolerant honeybees | $1.2 million |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | To study the causes of genome instability | $1.2 million |
| Trustees of Princeton University | To develop tools to measure neural signal propagation at the scale of a whole brain | $1.2 million |
| Trustees of Purdue University | To realize a quantum spin liquid using strain | $1.2 million |
| Trustees of Tufts College | To understand and replicate living optical networks inspired by orchid leaves | $1.2 million |
| William Marsh Rice University | To harness superradiance in molecular aggregates for super-resolution imaging | $1.2 million |
| Compton Community College District | To create education and clinical training pathways to pursue careers in the healthcare professions | $1.0 million |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation | To equip the discovery theater | $1.0 million |
| Loyola Marymount University | Engineering complex at lmu | $1.0 million |
| Montana State University Bozeman | To define the role of inflammation in vertebrate bone fusion | $1.0 million |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | To develop molecular tools to probe and manipulate cytokine signaling in immune cells | $1.0 million |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | To understand molecular vulnerabilities in cells that produce large amounts of a single protein | $1.0 million |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | To test the role of extreme conditions in early animal adaptation | $1.0 million |
| Trustees of Boston University | To study how trees thrive in the urban biome | $1.0 million |
| Able Arts Work | To renovate a facility for the agencys first permanent home | $500,000 |
| Da Vinci Schools | To provide new opportunities for students to gain in-demand STEM skills by creating a career and technical education studio | $500,000 |
| Friendship Educational Foundation | To construct the friendship campus | $500,000 |
| La Promise Fund | To construct a permanent campus and expand enrollment | $500,000 |
Officers and trustees
- Joseph Day
- Stephen M Keck
- Stephanie Argyros
- James A Baker III
- Peter K Barker
- Todd Barker
- Robert Bradway
- Dr Willam R Brody
- Peter Carlton
- Dorothy W Day
- Jonathon S Day
- Matt Day Sr
- Matt Day Jr
- Dr James S Economou
- Dr Thomas E Everhart
Questions people ask
Does Wm Keck Foundation accept grant applications?
Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: https://www.wmkeck.org/.
How much does Wm Keck Foundation give?
$64.5 million in tax year 2024, across 260 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.
Who runs Wm Keck Foundation?
Its 2024 filing lists Joseph Day (Co-Ceo, Co-Chair and Member /Director), Stephen M Keck (Co-Ceo, Co-Chair and Member /Director), Stephanie Argyros (Member/Director) and James A Baker III (Member/Director) among 15 officers and trustees.
What does Wm Keck Foundation fund?
Based on its grants, mainly education, science and research and health.