Private foundation (trust)EIN 956092354Est. 1959-04

WM KECK FOUNDATION

LOS ANGELES, CA 90071

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$1.7B

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$69.7M

FY 2024

Grants Made

260

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$268K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$26–$7.5M

Typical

Deadlines

Https://www.wmkeck.org/

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$220.5M

Total Expenses

$82.7M

Qualifying Distributions

$76.5M

Distributable Amount

$77.1M

Min. Investment Return

$80.3M

Undistributed Income

$5.9M

Payout rate 99%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.99%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

260 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $26 through median $10K to maximum $7.5M, 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

3 years

Giving over time from 2022 to 2024. Peak $69.7M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

500 grants

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
$24.0M
6 grants
CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE
$12.2M
5 grants
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
$6M
2 grants
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
$4.4M
3 grants
LINFIELD UNIVERSITY
$4.1M
4 grants
CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE
$3M
1 grant
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA
$2.6M
3 grants
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO
$2.6M
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
236
grants
$10–50K
106
grants
$50–250K
64
grants
$250K–1M
40
grants
$1–5M
51
grants
$5M+
3
grants

Geographic Focus

31 states

California
$98.2M
67% of total
Oregon
$7.1M
5% of total
New York
$4.7M
3% of total
Colorado
$4.4M
3% of total
Massachusetts
$4.3M
3% of total
Texas
$3.5M
2% of total
Michigan
$2.6M
2% of total
Tennessee
$2.5M
2% of total
Indiana
$2.4M
2% of total
Utah
$1.6M
1% of total

+21 more states

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