Robert a & Marian K Kennedy
Cincinnati, OH · EIN 30-0044978. Reported 259 grants totalling $579,492 to 120 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. Robert a & Marian K Kennedy 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 $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $2,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $20,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drayton Hall | Charleston, SC | $57,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Springer School and Center | Cincinnati, OH | $51,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Alice Lloyd College | Pippa Passes, KY | $27,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Faith Freedom Life | Cincinnati, OH | $20,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cincinnati Zoo | Cincinnati, OH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Inner City Youth Opportunities | Cincinnati, OH | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| South Carolina Archives & History | Columbia, SC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Inner-City Schools Education Fund | Cincinnati, OH | $14,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of Dayton Rowing Office | Dayton, OH | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Dragonfly Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $13,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Als Association Central and Southern Chapter | Columbus, OH | $12,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio | Cincinnati, OH | $9,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hearing Speech & Deaf Center | Cincinnati, OH | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| East End Adult Education Center | Cincinnati, OH | $8,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ladd Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Stephen Catholic Church | Cincinnati, OH | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| University of Dayton | Dayton, OH | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Working in Neighborhoods | Cincinnati, OH | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Prokids | Cincinnati, OH | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Museum Center | Cincinnati, OH | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| May We Help | Cincinnati, OH | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Hamilton, OH | $6,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Harriet Beecher Stowe House | Cincinnati, OH | $6,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Beechwood Home | Cincinnati, OH | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Assn for the Blind | Cincinnati, OH | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| First Step Home | Cincinnati, OH | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lighthouse Youth & Family Services | Cincinnati, OH | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Melanoma Know More | Cincinnati, OH | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Peaslee Neighborhood Center | Cincinnati, OH | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Public Radio | Cincinnati, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New Life Furniture Bank | Cincinnati, OH | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Notre Dame Urban Education Center | Covington, KY | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Catholioc Charities Sw Ohio | Cincinnati, OH | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| City Gospel Mission | Cincinnati, OH | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cincinnati Nature Center | Milford, OH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Families Forward | Cincinnati, OH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gorman Heritage Farm | Cincinnati, OH | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| St Boniface School | Cincinnati, OH | $3,992 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Focus on Youth | West Chester, OH | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Playhouse in the Park | Cincinnati, OH | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Shelterhouse | Cincinnati, OH | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Up Spring | Cincinnati, OH | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Always Lifting Spirits | Mason, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Beech Acres Parenting Center | Cincinanti, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cance Family Care | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Jdrf | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Strategies to End Homelessness | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Sweet Cheeks Diaper Bank | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Carnegie Theatre | Covington, KY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Bethany House Services | Cincinnati, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cincinnati Gospel Mission | Cincinnati, OH | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Elizabeth's New Life Center | Dayton, OH | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Friends of Music Hall | Cincinnati, OH | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Henry Hosea House | Newport, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kentucky Gateway Museum Center | Maysville, KY | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nku Chase Law School | Highland Heights, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| North Fairmount Community Center | Cincinnati, OH | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Serenity Recovery Network | Cincinnati, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| 1N5 | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Activities Beyond the Classroom | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Breaklthrough Tid Jdrf | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cincinnati Youth Collaborative | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Easterseals | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| IN5 | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lead Training | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lydias House | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Meac | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of Hamilton | Hamilton, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ohio Valley Voices | Loveland, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Our Lady of Light Ministries | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Joseph Home | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Carnegie (covington) | Covington, KY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Christ Hospital Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Audry Rose Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kentucky Symphony Orchestra | Newport, KY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of Ha | Hamilton, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Oar | Cincinnati, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rothenberg School Rooftop Garden | Cincinnati, OH | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Adopt a Class | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Adventure Crew | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Caring Partners International | Franklin, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Chatfield College | St Martin, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cincinnati Area Senior Services | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cincinnati Chamber Orcestra | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cincinnati Landmark Productions | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Clifton Cultural Arts Center | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cornerstone Renter Equity | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Covington Ladies Home | Covington, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dayton Contemporary Dance Co | Dayton, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dcch Center for Children and Famili | Ft Mitchell, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Epilepsy Alliance Ohio | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fernside Classic | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gateway House | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Guiding Light | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Historic Southwest Ohio | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Madisonville Education & Assistance Meac | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Milford Miami Ministry | Milford, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mill Creek Alliance | Reading, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Raptor Inc | Milford, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Squash Academy | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Squash Academy Emanual Community Center | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Rita School for the Deaf | Evendale, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Talberrt House | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tutor Teens | Villa Hills, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wave | Newport, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wave Foundation | Newport, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Exponent Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Rett Syndrome Fdn | Cincinnati, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Karen Welliongton Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kenzie's Closet | Cincinnati, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Misfit Acres | Amboy, MN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ohio Alleycat Resource Oar | Cincinnati, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Over-the-Rhine Museum | Cincinnati, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sycamore Vocal Boosters Assn | Montgomery, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Chatfield Edge | St Martin, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| West Clermont Emerging Musicians Program | Batavia, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
63 of 120 (52%) 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 58%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Drayton Hall
PROMOTE CHARITABLE PURPOSE - Alice Lloyd College
SUPPORT CHARITABLE PURPOSE - Working in Neighborhoods
PROMOTE CHARTIABLE PURPOSE - Kentucky Symphony Orchestra
PROMOTECHARITABLE PURPOSE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 140 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 | 61 | $145,000 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 42 | $94,000 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 50 | $88,000 | $1,250 |
| 2024 | 49 | $113,500 | $1,500 |
| 2025 | 57 | $138,992 | $2,000 |
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
79% of its giving went to organizations in Ohio. 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 $1,500. 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 Ohio.
- 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 Robert a & Marian K Kennedy'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: Po Box 9905 3874 Paxton Ave, Cincinnati, OH, 45209. 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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