Joseph P Kennedy Jr Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
136083407
IRS 990-PF coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2022626898
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$901,348
Expenses
$799,694

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Joseph P Kennedy Jr Foundation is a nonprofit. Location: Washington, DC. EIN 136083407. Tax year 2025 Form 990-PF reports $901K revenue and $800K expenses.

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 2 grants totaling $672,400. The stated grant purposes included supporting two public policy fellows to work internationally on inclusive education for students with intellectual disability. includes tuition, technical support and travel for two years for two fellows. and grant will provide financial support for a domestic public policy fellowship. the fellow will work under the direction of the joseph p. kennedy jr. foundation..

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 72% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 92
  • Endowment Health: 88

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 56.3%; rating input score 56; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 16 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 84
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Fail
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Fail
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 31.9; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 88th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 56/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: 3 of 19 not reported.