Wm Keck Foundation

EIN 956092354

Los Angeles, CA 90071 |(213) 612-2000

https://WWW.WMKECK.ORG
Total Given 2020–2024
$419.1M
1,285 grants · $83.8M avg/year
based on 5 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$10M+/yr
major funder
capacity
$25K
typical mid grants · $5K–$195K
grant size
36%
supporter · 242/673 multi-year
repeat
$1.7B
Assets (2024)
673
Distinct Recipients

Focus Areas

Education Health Arts & Culture Environment Human Services

Application Information

Accepts Unsolicited Proposals Unknown
Contact Person HTTPSWWWWMKECKORGRESEARCH-APPLICATI
Phone (213) 612-2000
Deadlines HTTPS://WWW.WMKECK.ORG/RESEARCH-APPLICATION-PROCESS/ AND HTTPS://WWW.WMKECK.ORG/SOCAL-APPLICATION-PR
How to Apply APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT: HTTPS://WWW.WMKECK.ORG/RESEARCH-APPLICATION-PROCESS/ AND HTTPS://WWW.WMKECK.ORG/SOCAL-APPLICATION-PROCESS/
Restrictions RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS ON AWARDS INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE AT: HTTPS://WWW.WMKECK.ORG/RESEARCH-APPLICATION-PROCESS/ AND HTTPS://WWW.WMKECK.ORG/SOCAL-APPLICATION-PROCESS/

Financial Trends

Giving Over Time

Total Assets Over Time

View financial data as table
YearTotal GivingTotal AssetsRevenueGrants
2020 $71.7M $1.6B $69.9M 260
2021 $94.2M $1.9B $132.5M 240
2022 $96.7M $1.4B $52.7M 271
2023 $65.9M $1.6B $74.7M 242
2024 $90.7M $1.7B $220.5M 272

Grant Size Distribution

Based on 1285 grants on record

Minimum
$25
25th Pctl
$5K
Median
$25K
Average
$326K
75th Pctl
$195K
Maximum
$9.8M

Geographic Distribution

Texas Counties Served

2.6% of US grants · Rank #6 of 40 states $12.0M across 34 grants 7 of 254 counties

Top 7 counties

  1. 1 Travis 8 grants · $4.7M
  2. 2 Harris 12 grants · $3.6M
  3. 3 Denton 4 grants · $1.4M
  4. 4 Dallas 7 grants · $1.4M
  5. 5 Brazos 1 grant · $1.0M
  6. 6 Montgomery 1 grant · $5K
  7. 7 Fort Bend 1 grant · $2K

Officers & Directors

Grants Awarded (1,285 total)

Purpose
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA $9,750,000 TO ACCELERATE GROUNDBREAKING MEDICAL, CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. 2020
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA $7,500,000 TO ACCELERATE GROUNDBREAKING MEDICAL, CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. 2020
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA $7,500,000 TO ACCELERATE GROUNDBREAKING MEDICAL, CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. 2021
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA $7,500,000 TO ACCELERATE GROUNDBREAKING MEDICAL, CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. 2021
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA $7,500,000 TO ACCELERATE GROUNDBREAKING MEDICAL, CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. 2022
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA $7,500,000 TO ACCELERATE GROUNDBREAKING MEDICAL, CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. 2022
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA $7,500,000 TO ACCELERATE GROUNDBREAKING MEDICAL, CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. 2023
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA $7,500,000 TO ACCELERATE GROUNDBREAKING MEDICAL, CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION 2024
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA $7,500,000 TO ACCELERATE GROUNDBREAKING MEDICAL, CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. 2024
Chapman University Orange, CA $6,000,000 TO ENHANCE AND ELEVATE CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY'S SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. 2022
Pepperdine University Malibu, CA $5,000,000 TO SUPPORT THE KECK DATA SCIENCE CENTER AND INITIATIVE. 2021
Occidental College Los Angeles, CA $5,000,000 TO RENOVATE SPACE IN THE CHEMISTRY BUILDING TO CREATE A RESEARCH CENTER FOR STUDENT/FACULTY RESEARCH. 2021
University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA $4,000,000 TO SUPPORT ITS COVID-19 RESEARCH FUND. 2020
Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA $4,000,000 TO ENHANCE CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE'S INTERDICIPLINARY SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. 2020
Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA $4,000,000 TO ENHANCE CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE'S INTERDICIPLINARY SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. 2021
Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA $4,000,000 TO ENHANCE CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE'S INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. 2021
Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA $4,000,000 TO ENHANCE CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE'S INTERDICIPLINARY SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. 2022
Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA $4,000,000 TO ENHANCE CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE'S INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. 2022
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA $4,000,000 TO ESTABLISH THE ENDOWED EDWARD C. STONE PROFESSORSHIP. 2023
Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA $4,000,000 TO ENHANCE CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE'S INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. 2023
Chapman University Orange, CA $4,000,000 TO ENHANCE AND ELEVATE CHAPMAN UNIVERSITYS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2024
Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA $4,000,000 TO ENHANCE CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE'S INTERDICIPLINARY SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION 2024
Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA $4,000,000 TO ENHANCE CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE'S INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. 2024
Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA $4,000,000 ENGINEERING COMPLEX AT LMU 2024
University of California Davis Davis, CA $3,000,000 TO STUDY ENDOGENOUS PSYCHEDELICS AND THEIR POSSIBLE ROLES IN HEALTH AND DISEASE. 2022