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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-5532477

Kenneth W Scott Foundation

A private foundation in Independence, OH. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $585,500 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $585,500

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $10,930,415
  • Tax year 2024

    $545,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $10,516,571
  • Tax year 2023

    $542,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $10,333,915
  • Tax year 2022

    $509,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $10,121,725
  • Tax year 2021

    $387,500

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $9,315,664
  • Tax year 2020

    $317,500

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $7,647,296
  • Tax year 2019

    $280,000

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $6,489,083
  • Tax year 2018

    $258,000

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $5,483,117

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Samaritan's PurseBoone, NC

    Public charity

    $100,000
  2. Billy Graham EvangelisticCharlotte, NC

    Public charity

    $75,000
  3. Special Operations Warrior FoundatiTampa, FL

    Public charity

    $60,500
  4. Euclid Pet PalsEuclid, OH

    Public charity

    $60,000
  5. Lutheran World ReliefBaltimore, MD

    Public charity

    $50,000
  6. Shore Haven Lutheran ChurchEuclid, OH

    Public charity

    $50,000
  7. Luthern East High SchoolCleveland Heights, OH

    Public charity

    $40,000
  8. Western Reserve Humane SocietyEuclid, OH

    Public charity

    $35,000
  9. Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service TrustLadysmith, WI

    Public charity

    $25,000
  10. Euclid Hunger CenterEuclid, OH

    Public charity

    $25,000
  11. Lake County Humane SocietyMentor, OH

    Public charity

    $25,000
  12. Tender Mercies IncCincinnati, OH

    Public charity

    $25,000
  13. Public Broadcasting Service FoundatArlington, VA

    Public charity

    $15,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Religion1 grant $100,00041% of the total
  2. Animals2 grants $95,00039% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $50,00020% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio7 grants $260,000
  2. North Carolina2 grants $175,000
  3. Florida1 grant $60,500
  4. Maryland1 grant $50,000
  5. Kentucky1 grant $25,000
  6. Virginia1 grant $15,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • John KedziorTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $192,223

The return

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