W M Keck Foundation

Claim this org

(tell your story, add context, and more) Claim it free, then get the verified mark for $10,000 a year, plus $10 a year for the ID check.

How does your 990 look to donors? Take the 10-Question Audit

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
$1.8M paid to officers and key staff.
Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: 990-PF Part VIII

Before you give

FY2024 · Form 990-PFIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990-PF
The latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $27.7M a year · 25% of revenue · last 5 filings
A surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
990-PF Pt I · 5 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.8M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending.
990-PF Part VIII
5.7 mo
of spending, in cash
5.7 months of spending in cash.
990-PF Pt II · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 26
Liabilities
$29.7M
2% of total assets
Liabilities are 2% of assets.
990-PF Pt II · Ln 23
Revenue
$220.5M
+195% vs prior year
Spent
$82.7M
Net assets
$1.6B
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$220.5M
FY2024▲ +195%
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$69.9M
FY2021$132.5M
FY2022$52.7M
FY2023$74.7M
FY2024$220.5M
Expenses
$82.7M
FY2024▲ +5%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$72.9M
FY2021$99.2M
FY2022$78.3M
FY2023$78.7M
FY2024$82.7M
Net assets
$1.6B
FY2024▲ +7%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6B
FY2021$1.8B
FY2022$1.3B
FY2023$1.5B
FY2024$1.6B

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 1959.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

What each dollar paid for.

Grants & contributions paid 78% · $64.5M Operating & administrative 22% · $18.2M

Form 990-PF Part I, lines 24–26. Every line is in By the numbers.

Something off? Claim to add context

Who runs it and what they're paid

31 people listed on the 990-PF; $1.8M paid to officers and key staff (990-PF Part VIII).

990-PF Part VIII · reportable compensation
President and CFO
$577,800990-PF Pt VIII
Co-CEO, Co-Chair and Member /Director
$300,000990-PF Pt VIII
Co-CEO, Co-Chair and Member /Director
$300,000990-PF Pt VIII
Corporate Secretary
$241,750990-PF Pt VIII
Member/Director
$80,000990-PF Pt VIII
Member/Director
$60,000990-PF Pt VIII
Member/Director
$60,000990-PF Pt VIII
Member/Director
$60,000990-PF Pt VIII

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · 990-PF Part VIII

NameFY2024FY2021
Allison M Keller$577,800$450,000
Dr Maria Pellegrini—$340,702
Joseph Day$300,000$100,000
Stephen M Keck$300,000$100,000
Stephanie L Garacochea$241,750$135,000
Dr Willam R Brody$80,000—
Dr William R Brody—$80,000
Peter K Barker$60,000$20,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990-PF Part VIII column (c) / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

See W M Keck Foundation executive salaries →

Programs and updates

A private foundation based in Los Angeles, CA.

Questions for W M Keck Foundation

Tap to ask. W M Keck Foundation sees how many people are interested.

Your first name shows with your question. W M Keck Foundation answers here, for everyone.

Grants and how to apply

Who it funds, and how to ask.

Who They Fund

Part XV · grants paid · 260 grants · $69.7M · 2024–2024
University of Southern CaliforniaCA · FY2024$7,500,000
Claremont McKenna CollegeCA · FY2024$4,000,000
Chapman UniversityCA · FY2024$4,000,000
The Colburn SchoolCA · FY2024$2,000,000
Museum AssociatesFY2024$2,000,000
Linfield UniversityOR · FY2024$2,000,000
Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionFY2024$1,600,000
University of UtahUT · FY2024$1,500,000
University of Oregon FoundationOR · FY2024$1,500,000
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterFY2024$1,500,000
The George Washington UniversityVA · FY2024$1,400,000
Vanderbilt UniversityTN · FY2024$1,300,000
University of Wisconsin- MadisonWI · FY2024$1,300,000
University of Central Florida Foundation INCFY2024$1,300,000
See all 260 grants →

Grantmaking Profile

Patterns in foundation giving
Distinct granteesPart XV163
Average grantPart XV$268K
Median grantPart XV$10K
Largest grantPart XV$7.5M
Top cause focusNTEEEducation (17%)

By the numbers

The FY2024 990-PF, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$220.5M
Investment income$220.2M
Other income$291K
Money out
$82.7M
Grants paid$64.5M
Running costs$18.2M
Owns and owes
$1.6B
net assets
Cash and savings$39.1M
Total assets$1.7B
Liabilities$29.7M
People
31
listed
Paid11
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Investment income$220.2M
Other income$291K
Total revenue$220.5M
Assets in detailEnd of year
Cash and savings together$39.1M
Total assets$1.7B
Liabilities$29.7M
Net assets$1.6B
Operations
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 14, 2025 $220.5M$82.7M$137.8M$1.6B 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2024 $74.7M$78.7M−$4.0M$1.5B 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2023 $52.7M$78.3M−$25.6M$1.3B 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 11, 2022 $132.5M$99.2M$33.3M$1.8B 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 10, 2021 $69.9M$72.9M−$3.1M$1.6B 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

G · Fundraising L · Interested persons R · Related orgs

Form 990 e-file FY2024 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit

The names, titles, and financial information shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records. More

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown. A filing can only be corrected by the organization filing an amended return with the IRS; the corrected information appears here at our next update.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing, and less than the filing contains. Our pages do not display home addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, contact the filing organization or the IRS directly.

All figures come from public IRS Form 990 filings. Comparisons are computed from the filing against similar orgs. They are not a rating.