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S Kann Sons Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Chevy Chase, Maryland · EIN 520794594

S Kann Sons Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Chevy Chase, Maryland. In tax year 2025 it gave $127,500 in 15 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $25,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $118,500 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$97,00018$2.1 million
2024$118,50019$2.5 million
2025$127,50015$2.7 million

How to apply

ContactKay Stevens
5331 Chamberlin Road, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Phone or email(301) 652-2482
RestrictionsNone- except must meet IRS standards of IRS code sec. 501(c)(3)

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What S Kann Sons Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 5 states, the most to District of Columbia.

StateGrantsAmount
District of Columbia10$105,000
Maryland2$10,000
Florida1$5,000
Pennsylvania1$5,000
Virginia1$2,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 15 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home
Washington, DC
To be used by the charitable organization as desired.$25,000
DC History Center
Washington, DC
To be used by the charitable organization as desired.$20,000
Bread for the City
Washington, DC
To be used by the charitable organization as desired.$10,000
Capital Area Food Bank
Washington, DC
To be used by the charitable organization as desired.$10,000
Food and Friends
Washington, DC
To be used by the charitable organization as desired.$10,000
Martha's Table
Washington, DC
To be used by the charitable organization as desired.$10,000
Miriam's Kitchen
Washington, DC
To be used by the charitable organization as desired.$10,000
A Wider Circle
Kensington, MD
To be used by the charitable organization as desired.$5,000
Doctors Without Borders
Hagerstown, MD
To be used by the charitable organization as desired.$5,000
Jewish Social Service Agency
Pittsburgh, PA
To be used by the charitable organization as desired.$5,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Washington, DC
To be used by the charitable organization as desired.$5,000
So Others Might Eat
Goldenrod, FL
To be used by the charitable organization as desired.$5,000
Iona Senior Services
Washington, DC
To be used by the charitable organization as desired.$2,500
Smithsonian National Zoo
Washington, DC
To be used by the charitable organization as desired.$2,500
The Bipartisan Leadership Project
Alexandria, VA
To be used by the charitable organization as desired.$2,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does S Kann Sons Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does S Kann Sons Foundation Inc give?

$127,500 in tax year 2025, across 15 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs S Kann Sons Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Kay B Stevens (President), Lee B Burgunder (Director), B Britten Harter (Director) and Samuel T Stevens III (Director).

What does S Kann Sons Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly food and hunger.

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