Kennedy Wilson Charitable Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954682181
IRS 990-PF coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024
Location
Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Phone
3108876400
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Independent Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$922,085
Expenses
$1,144,878

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Private Independent Foundations

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 32 grants totaling $1,129,500. The stated grant purposes included a sense of home strives to prevent homelessness by creating homes and an ongoing community of care for displaced individuals and families., big sky youth empowerment (byep) provides recreational and mentorship opportunities for at-risk teenagers from the bozeman area (gallatin county, montana). youth are grouped with peers, mentors, and program managers and experience weekend adventures and weekday workshops focused on building confidence, dealing with challenges, and experiencing success., and true to its mission since 1937, the boys & girls clubs of the los angeles harbor helps young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. we achieve this through a commitment to quality programs and services in an environment that is safe, nurturing and inspiring., plus 29 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 99% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 94
  • Endowment Health: 1

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 98.7%; rating input score 99; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 17 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • 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: Pass
    • 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: Pass
    • 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: Fail
    • 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: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 0.58; rating input score 1; 1st 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: 1th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 32 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.

  • High — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 1/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: 2 of 19 not reported.