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Private foundation (trust)EIN 376560613Est. 2016-09

THE LEONA AND RALPH W KERN FOUNDATION

NEW YORK, NY 10019

Total Assets

$25.9M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$777K

FY 2024

Grants Made

7

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$111K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$50K–$167K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

PhilanthropyVoluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$3.3M

Total Expenses

$825K

Qualifying Distributions

$1.1M

Distributable Amount

$1.1M

Min. Investment Return

$1.1M

Undistributed Income

$721K

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Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

7 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $50K through median $125K to maximum $167K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $777K in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

25 grants

NEW YORK CITY BALLET
$600K
4 grants
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA
$567K
4 grants
NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER
$500K
4 grants
THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC
$375K
4 grants
HITCHCOCK CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
$145K
2 grants
FRACTURED ATLAS INC
$90K
2 grants
HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE TRUSTEES
$70K
1 grant
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
$50K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

25 grants

<$10K
2
grants
$10–50K
5
grants
$50–250K
18
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

3 states

New York
$1.7M
69% of total
Massachusetts
$715K
29% of total
Illinois
$50K
2% of total

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