Grants awarded
Who does The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation INC fund?
The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation INC has awarded $208 million across 502 grants to 222 grantees between 2020 and 2023. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $137,750, with most between $25,000 and $400,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $156,750 versus $42,500 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$208.0M
Typical grant
$138K
Grantees
222
Grants
502
Years
2020–2023
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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The Greathearts Foundation INC
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$17.1M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | AZ | |
Charter Fund INC
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$15.0M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CO | |
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$14.5M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | WI | |
| M Mtf Fund | $13.4M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | KS | |
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University
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$8.4M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | AZ | |
Milwaukee School of Engineering
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$8.2M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | WI | |
| A Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty | $7.8M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$5.3M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
| A American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | $4.8M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$4.0M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| B British Schools and Universities Foundation INC | $3.8M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Grand Canyon University
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$3.3M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | AZ | |
President and Fellows of Harvard College
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$3.3M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
Wgu Advancement
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$3.2M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | UT | |
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$3.2M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | GA | |
Project Lead the Way INC
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$2.9M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | IN | |
Bes INC
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$2.5M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty INC
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$2.4M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | WI | |
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$2.3M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
New Schools for Alabama
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$2.3M | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | AL | |
Duke University
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$2.2M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
| I In Medias Res | $2.2M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| U University of Northern Iowa Foundation | $2.2M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Belmont University
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$2.2M | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | TN | |
| B Board of Trustees for the University of Alabama | $2.1M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$2.1M | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | FL | |
| U University of Missouri | $2.1M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$1.9M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
The Character Lab INC
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$1.9M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | PA | |
Lipscomb University
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$1.9M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | TN | |
Center for Urban Teaching INC
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$1.9M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | WI | |
| N National Institute for Excellence in Teaching | $1.8M | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of West Alabama Foundation | $1.8M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | AL | |
| C Concordia University | $1.7M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| P Parent Choice INC | $1.6M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | WI | |
| T The George Washington University | $1.6M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| T The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $1.5M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
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$1.4M | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
Institute for Justice
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$1.2M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| U University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $1.2M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
Ohio State University Foundation
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$1.2M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | OH | |
American Association of Colleges and Universities
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$1.2M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Rowan University Foundation INC
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$1.2M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NJ | |
Uplift Education
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$1.1M | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
Yerkes Future Foundation INC
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$1.0M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | WI | |
Uw-Platteville Foundation INC
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$970K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | WI | |
Lawrence Technological University
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$814K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MI | |
| A American Society for Engineering Education | $800K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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$800K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
Ohio Northern University
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$785K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | OH | |
University of Dayton
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$755K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | OH | |
Trinity International University
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$750K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| R Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $728K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Foundation for Economic Education INC
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$725K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | GA | |
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$722K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Indiana Wesleyan University
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$699K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IN | |
Rochester Institute of Technology
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$685K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
St Marys University of Minnesota
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$675K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
| S St Mary's University of Minnesota | $669K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$668K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MI | |
| H Hope Institute | $660K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | $641K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$635K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | ID | |
Relay Graduate School of Education
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$624K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
Biola University INC
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$608K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| A Assemblies of God Theological Seminary | $595K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MO | |
| F Foundation for Individual Rights in Education INC | $500K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
University of Notre Dame Du Lac
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$500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IN | |
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$492K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | TN | |
| T The University of Tennessee Foundation INC | $491K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
James Madison University Foundation INC
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$470K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| T The Legatum Institute Foundation | $466K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | PA | |
Gordon College
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$459K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
St Louis University
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$452K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MO | |
Palm Beach Atlantic University INC
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$444K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | FL | |
| T The Gospel Coalition INC | $429K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | IN | |
Florida Institute of Technology INC
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$413K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | FL | |
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$413K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
The Aspen Institute INC
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$403K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Common Sense Media
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$400K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
California Baptist University
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$400K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
George Fox University
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$382K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | OR | |
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$354K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | OH | |
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$350K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
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$340K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | PA | |
The Cedarville University
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$338K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | OH | |
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$334K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | FL | |
| J John Jay Institute for Faith Society and Law INC | $332K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N North American Baptist Seminary | $324K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | SD | |
Union University
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$323K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | TN | |
| M Montana State University | $320K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Northwest Nazarene University INC
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$315K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | ID | |
Grace Schools
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$312K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IN | |
| N New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary | $306K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | LA | |
William Jessup University
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$304K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| C Crown College | $302K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$300K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | OR | |
| I Indiana University | $300K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$300K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | AR | |
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$300K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | IA |
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