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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 81-3254029

Kathleen Kennedy Foundation

A private foundation in Boone, NC. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 12 grants and $414,500 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
Criteria, guidelines and application procedural details can be provided upon receipt of a letter of
Restrictions
Criteria, guidelines and application procedural details can be provided upon receipt of a letter of introduction.

Contact person, phone, mailing address and application materials on file. See them with a plan.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $414,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $7,677,634
  • Tax year 2023

    $920,250

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $7,450,669
  • Tax year 2022

    $774,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $7,379,836
  • Tax year 2021

    $508,475

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $9,730,320
  • Tax year 2020

    $365,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $9,365,201
  • Tax year 2019

    $353,500

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $8,603,743
  • Tax year 2018

    $275,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $7,520,849

Grants paid in 2024

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Dranoff International 2 Piano FoundMiami, FL

    Support piano slam 2024/2025

    $60,000
  2. High Country Caregivers FoundationBoone, NC

    Kinship navigation program

    $50,000
  3. Project Dance FoundationBoone, NC

    The carolina snowbells program

    $50,000
  4. Educate TomorrowMiami Shores, FL

    Enrichment student's program

    $50,000
  5. Wamy Community Action IncBoone, NC

    Support our students scholarship

    $50,000
  6. Women's Fund of the Blue RidgeBoone, NC

    Woman's issues support

    $45,000
  7. Hospitality House of NW N CaroliBoone, NC

    Renovation for health initiativ wing

    $30,000
  8. Womens Fund Miami-DadeMiami, FL

    Support womens fund

    $30,000
  9. Amour Dance TheatreSouth Miami, FL

    Mental health services & interventio

    $25,000
  10. High Country Soccer AssociationBoone, NC

    Scholarship program

    $12,000
  11. Buffalo Cove Outdoor Education CtrDeep Gap, NC

    Summer camp foster youth

    $10,000
  12. Back to School FestivalBoone, NC

    School supplies

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $50,00032% of the total
  2. International aid1 grant $50,00032% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $45,00029% of the total
  4. Sports and recreation1 grant $12,0008% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina8 grants $249,500
  2. Florida4 grants $165,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Kathleen Kennedy-OlsenDIRECTOR/PRE Hours 14Pay $80,000
  • Amanda Jackson-WillySECRETARY/TR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Odd OlsenVICE PRESIDE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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