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Kenyon Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Chappaqua, New York · EIN 207535967

Kenyon Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Chappaqua, New York. In tax year 2025 it gave $142,478 in 11 grants; the typical grant was $2,500 and the largest $100,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was down from $185,650 the year before.

36% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$171,48112$66,831
2024$185,6509$70,827
2025$142,47811$63,853

How to apply

ContactKenyon Charitable Foundation
One Hemlock Hollow, Chappaqua, NY 10514
Phone or email(914) 238-8098
What to submitApplication should be in writing and include type of organization and purpose.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Kenyon Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 7 states, the most to Maine.

StateGrantsAmount
Maine1$100,000
California2$17,578
New York4$15,500
Nevada1$5,000
Tennessee1$2,400
Iowa1$1,500
District of Columbia1$500

Grants paid in 2025

All 11 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
Provide operating funds$100,000
The First Tee
Bronx, NY
Provide operating funds$12,500
Uc Berkeley Foundation
Berkeley, CA
Provide operating funds$10,000
Marin Athletic Foundation
San Rafael, CA
Provide operating funds$7,578
Ricky Woodring Memorial Fund
Washoe Valley, NV
Provide operating funds$5,000
San Miguel Academy
Newburgh, NY
Provide operating funds$2,500
Saint Judes Children's Hospital
Memphis, TN
Provide operating funds$2,400
American Red Cross
Boone, IA
Provide operating funds$1,500
Uso
Washington, DC
Provide operating funds$500
Making Headway Foundation
Chappaqua, NY
Provide operating funds$250
Chappaqua Volunteer Ambulance
Chappaqua, NY
Provide operating funds$250

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Kenyon Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Kenyon Charitable Foundation give?

$142,478 in tax year 2025, across 11 grants, with a typical grant of $2,500.

Who runs Kenyon Charitable Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Mark J Kenyon (Trustee) and Ann M Kenyon (Trustee).

What does Kenyon Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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