Harris and Eliza Kempner Fund

A place based family foundation, founded in 1946 as the Galveston Fund, investing across generations in the long term success, sustainability, and well being of Galveston, Texas and its residents.

Financial profile

Harris and Eliza Kempner Fund · EIN 76-0680130 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$4,937,553$3,164,640$52,276,138Dec 2023
FY2022$4,736,424$3,429,046$50,532,406Dec 2022
FY2021$5,826,538$3,198,667$49,210,906Dec 2021
FY2020$2,056,912$2,925,883$46,565,910Dec 2020
FY2019$6,008,339$3,005,165$48,479,002Dec 2019
FY2015$2,426,562$3,093,239$43,336,407Dec 2015

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Peer societies

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Who backs HEKF

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The outside view

A place based family foundation, founded in 1946 as the Galveston Fund, investing across generations in the long term success, sustainability, and well being of Galveston, Texas and its residents.

  • Authority
  • Preserve
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Legacy

Faithful to what was handed down.

The Legacy is devoted to continuity, carrying a tradition and an identity across generations. Its gift is stability and deep institutional memory, its challenge is making room for change.

Also reads toward The Village and The Republic.

Strengths

→Unmatched continuity and a trusted name.
→Decisions honor a long arc, not a news cycle.
→Members feel part of something lasting.

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