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The Keene Foundation

Accepts applications Honaker, Virginia · EIN 453859029

The Keene Foundation is a private foundation in Honaker, Virginia. In tax year 2025 it gave $35,055 in 3 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $15,055. 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 $30,000 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$27,0003$669,242
2024$30,0003$848,347
2025$35,0553$974,007

How to apply

ContactHarold Lynn Keene
197 Deel Street, Lebanon, VA 24266
Phone or email(276) 873-5123, lynnkeene@icloud.com

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Keene Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Virginia.

StateGrantsAmount
Virginia3$35,055

Grants paid in 2025

All 3 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Green Valley Baptist Church
Lebanon, VA
Religious$15,055
Bluefield University
Bluefield, VA
Educational$10,000
Southwest Virginia Community College Educational Foundation Inc
Richlands, VA
Educational$10,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Keene Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Keene Foundation give?

$35,055 in tax year 2025, across 3 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs The Keene Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Harold Lynn Keene (President) and Charlotte M Keene (Secretary).

What does The Keene Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and faith communities.

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