W. M. Keck Foundation

A major foundation that funds pioneering science, engineering, and medical research at the riskiest edge of discovery, alongside programs for children and families in Southern California.

Financial profile

W. M. Keck Foundation · EIN 95-6092354 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$74,686,983$78,668,053$1,513,525,442Dec 2023
FY2022$52,701,006$78,262,167$1,333,867,446Dec 2022
FY2021$132,529,748$99,211,131$1,794,782,065Dec 2021
FY2020$69,852,668$72,945,021$1,572,608,862Dec 2020
FY2019$61,468,579$81,055,382$1,309,875,146Dec 2019
FY2015$94,198,969$64,862,440$1,109,090,293Dec 2015

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Peer societies

Five societies W. M. Keck Foundation is read alongside.

Who backs WMKF

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

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The outside view

A major foundation that funds pioneering science, engineering, and medical research at the riskiest edge of discovery, alongside programs for children and families in Southern California.

  • Authority
  • Build
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Frontier

At home at the edge of what comes next.

The Frontier is restless and pioneering, always testing what comes next. Its gift is innovation and adaptability, its challenge is focus, and not leaving its longtime members behind.

Also reads toward The Citadel and The Legacy.

Strengths

→You move toward the unknown while others wait for certainty.
→Decisions are made and acted on, and momentum rarely stalls in committee.
→Your field watches you for what's next, not what came before.

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