Open Foundations · California

W M Keck Foundation

Los Angeles, California · EIN 956092354. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $68.2M across 258 grants in 2024, a median of $10K each.

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$68.2M
paid in 2024
258
grants paid
$10K
median grant
48%
to first-time recipients
$1.7B
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
HTTPSWWWWMKECKORG
Address
515 SOUTH FLOWER STREET SUITE 800, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90071
Phone
2136122000
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT: HTTPS://WWW.WMKECK.ORG/
Submission deadline
HTTPS://WWW.WMKECK.ORG/
Restrictions on awards
RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS ON AWARDS INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE AT: HTTPS://WWW.WMKECK.ORG/RESEARCH-APPLICATION-PROCESS/ AND HTTPS://WWW.WMKECK.ORG/SOCAL-APPLICATION-PROCESS/

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202523189349103687. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The filing states only a general purpose, with nothing specific enough to pull out as recurring language.

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 258 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1University of Southern CaliforniaCA$7,500,000TO ACCELERATE GROUNDBREAKING MEDICAL, CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
2Chapman UniversityCA$4,000,000TO ENHANCE AND ELEVATE CHAPMAN UNIVERSITYS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
3Claremont Mckenna CollegeCA$4,000,000TO ENHANCE CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE'S INTERDICIPLINARY SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
4Linfield UniversityOR$2,000,000TO ENHANCE LINFIELD UNIVERSITY'S INTERDICIPLINARY SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
5Museum AssociatesCA$2,000,000TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO ART AND ART EDUCATION
6The Colburn SchoolCA$2,000,000TO SUPPORT THE FOR THE NEW COLBURN CENTER AND ENDOW THE YOUTH ENSEMBLE
7Salk Institute for Biological StudiesCA$1,600,000TO DEVELOP MAPPING METHODS WITH GENERATIVE MANIFOLD NETWORKS
8Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionMA$1,600,000TO CONSTRUCT AND FIELD A SELF-DEPLOYING AUTONOMOUS MOORING SYSTEM
9Memorial Sloan-kettering Cancer CenterNY$1,500,000TO UNDERSTAND HOW A NEURONAL COMMUNICATION PATHWAY ALSO FUNCTIONS IN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
10University of Oregon FoundationOR$1,500,000TO UNDERSTAND PARAMETERS THAT GOVERN TRANSCRIPTIONAL ADAPTATION TO ENABLE NOVEL RNA-BASED THERAPEUTICS
11University of UtahUT$1,500,000TO UNDERSTAND THE GENETIC AND EPIGENETIC CONTROL OF AGING
12George Washington UniversityVA$1,400,000TO INVESTIGATE TERRESTRIAL LOCOMOTION IN VERTEBRATES
13The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityCA$1,400,000TO DEVELOP BIOLUMINESCENT PROBES FOR VISUALIZING GPCR LIGANDS
14La Jolla Institute for ImmunologyCA$1,300,000TO VALIDATE A NOVEL FUNCTION OF HISTONES AS RESERVOIRS OF CELLULAR ENERGY
15Northwestern UniversityIL$1,300,000TO TEST FOR VIOLATION OF QUANTUM LINEARITY DUE TO GRAVITY

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020250$61.3M
2021224$70.3M
2022256$64.7M
2023235$61.4M
2024258$68.2M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
California57%
New York7%
Oregon5%
Massachusetts5%
Texas4%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Allison M KellerPRESIDENT AND CFO · 2024
Bradford FreemanMEMBER/DIRECTOR · 2024
Brian a FinchMEMBER/DIRECTOR · 2024
Brighton KeckMEMBER/DIRECTOR · 2024
Christopher HopkinsMEMBER/DIRECTOR · 2024
Dorothy W DayMEMBER/DIRECTOR · 2024
Dr Edward M StolperMEMBER/DIRECTOR · 2024
Dr James S EconomouMEMBER/DIRECTOR · 2024
Dr Kelsey MartinDIRECTOR · 2024
Dr Richard N FosterMEMBER/DIRECTOR · 2024
Dr Thomas E EverhartMEMBER/DIRECTOR · 2024
Dr Willam R BrodyMEMBER/DIRECTOR · 2024
James a Baker IiiMEMBER/DIRECTOR · 2024
Jonathon S DayMEMBER/DIRECTOR · 2024
Joseph DayCO-CEO, CO-CHAIR AND MEMBER /DIRECTOR · 2024
Kent KresaMEMBER/DIRECTOR · 2024
Lucinda Day FournierVICE PRESIDENT AND MEMBER/DIRECTOR · 2024
Maria Hummer-tuttleMEMBER/DIRECTOR · 2024
Mark C HolscherMEMBER/DIRECTOR · 2024
Matt Day JrMEMBER/DIRECTOR · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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