Edward & Bethel Kean Charitable
Palm Beach Gardens, FL · EIN 27-3269010. Reported 75 grants totalling $1,455,065 to 44 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Edward & Bethel Kean Charitable did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $285,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Notre Dame | Atlanta, GA | $360,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Heart Association | West Palm Beach, FL | $155,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Mounts Botanical Gardens | West Palm Beach, FL | $132,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $79,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Milwaukee, WI | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Aa Mds International Foun | Bethesda, MD | $54,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundaiton | Miami, FL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Paul of the Cross Parish | N Palm Beach, FL | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Benjamin School | North Palm Beach, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Women's Red Apple Foundation - Hope for the Future Scholarships | West Palm Beach, FL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Manatee Lagoon Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Society of the Four Arts | Palm Beach, FL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cancer Alliance of Help and Hope Inc | Tequesta, FL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Diocese of Palm Beach | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Jupiter Medical Center Foundation | Jupiter, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Razom Inc | New York, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Raymond F Kravis Center | West Palm Beach, FL | $23,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cleveland Clinic Florida Philanthropy Institute | Weston, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Palm Beach Opera | West Palm Beach, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Quantum House | Mangonia Park, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Brain Aneurism Foundation Inc | Hanover, MA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hanley Foundation | West Palm Beach, FL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Kijana Educational Empowerment | North Palm Beach, FL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Children's Wisconsin Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Henry Morrison Flagler Museum | Palm Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Max Planck Florida Foundation | Jupiter, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Palm Beach Round Table | Palm Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Jude Chrildren's Research | Memphis, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Teresa Catholic Church | Titusville, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Scripps Research Institution | Jupiter, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Town of Palm Beach United Way | Palm Beach, FL | $5,065 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Merrie Woods Foundation | Sapphire, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Wildlife Refuge | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Palm Beach Drama Works | West Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood of South East and North Florida | West Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Prom Beach | West Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem Knights Hospitaller the Commande | Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ballenisles Charities Foundation | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Heckscher Museum of Art | Huntington, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Kiwanis Club of Wpb Foundation Inc | Westlake, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Palm Beach Island Cats Inc | Palm Beach, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kappa Delta Foundation | Memphis, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| West Palm Beach Library Foundation | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Little Lights Dentistry | Stuart, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
19 of 44 (43%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 42%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Women's Red Apple Foundation - Hope for the Future Scholarships
OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS TO BOTH GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND ADULT WOMEN SEEKING TO RE-ENTER THE WORKFORCE AND ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION.WE PRIORITIZE PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO WOMEN WHO DEMONSTRATE FINANCIAL NEED AND ARE FROM LOW TO MODERATE-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. - Aa Mds International Foun
PROVIDES SUPPORT TO FAMILIES - American Civil Liberties Union Foundaiton
DEFENSE OF HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS - Society of the Four Arts
ART AND CULTURAL PURPOSES - Ronald Mcdonald House
HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF CHILDREN - Razom Inc
DEDICATED TO UPHOLDING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE REVOLUTION OF DIGNITY (MAIDAN) AND ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SECURE, PROSPEROUS, AND DEMOCRATIC UKRAINE.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 32 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 | $272,100 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 11 | $416,500 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 6 | $35,500 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 13 | $338,000 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 27 | $392,965 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
59% of its giving went to organizations in Florida. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Edward & Bethel Kean Charitable's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 2979 Pga Boulevard Suite 201, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, 33410. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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