The Ronald and Eva Kinney Family Foundation concentrates its giving on a small number of large, mission-driven gifts, primarily supporting medical research at the Mayo Clinic and local pregnancy support services through Birthright of St. Joseph. Grants are targeted and often repeat commitments, including an endowed research directorship at Mayo and multi-year operating support for Birthright, indicating an interest in sustaining institutional capacity in healthcare research and crisis pregnancy assistance.
A recurring pattern in the Ronald and Eva Kinney Family Foundation’s recent giving is the $100,000 research directorship at Mayo Clinic, awarded in 2023, 2024, and 2025. That repeated commitment sits alongside support for pregnancy services in St. Joseph, Michigan, showing a portfolio that mixes medical research with local human services. The foundation’s grants are not broad in number, but they are purposeful: the largest gifts tend to support institutions with identifiable operating or endowed needs rather than short-term projects. Mayo Clinic appears as the clearest anchor in the foundation’s recent history, with the research directorship named for Ronald F. Kinney receiving three consecutive $100,000 awards. Birthright of St Joseph is the other major repeat recipient, receiving operating support in each of those same years at $50,000 annually. Together, those grants suggest a funder that is comfortable sustaining multi-year commitments and building around specific institutions it has chosen to back over time. The foundation also uses its giving for local religious, educational, and community organizations, but its signature pattern is concentrated support for a few named recipients rather than a wide dispersal of small checks.
Medical research is a central theme. The Ronald and Eva Kinney Family Foundation gave $100,000 in 2025 to Mayo Clinic for the MR and MRS RONALD F KINNEY MAYO FOUNDATION RESEARCH DIRECTORSHIP, continuing the same $100,000 award in 2024 and 2023. Pregnancy support is another clear area of focus. In 2025, they gave $50,000 to Birthright of St Joseph for operating support, matching the same level of support in 2024 and 2023. Religious and parish support also appears repeatedly. The foundation gave $20,000 in 2025 to St Joseph Catholic Church for operating support, and made additional gifts to Friends of St Malachy in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, including a $20,000 capital campaign grant in 2025. Education shows up through school-based awards as well, including $10,000 to Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School for tuition scholarship support in honor of Ronald F. Kinney.
Typical grant size is tightly clustered: p25 is $2,500, median is $2,500, and p75 is $5,000. The recent grants list also shows a pattern of a few larger commitments at $50,000 and $100,000, alongside many smaller awards in the $6,500 to $29,500 range. Grants recur across multiple years to the same organizations, especially Mayo Clinic, Birthright of St Joseph, Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, and St Joseph Catholic Church. The foundation’s activity includes operating support, donor-advised fund grants, scholarships, reserve accounts, and capital support, indicating a mix of recurring institutional support and designated-purpose gifts.
$354K
$7.3M
$621K
$465K
Most grants fall between $3K and $5K, with a median of $3K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$3K
75th Percentile
$5K
About 16% of grants go to recipients in CO.
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Concentrated giving: few, relatively large grants with repeat funding to a small set of grantees; heavy weighting toward one major institutional beneficiary (Mayo Clinic) alongside sustained support for a local service organization (Birthright).
Notable grantees: Mayo Clinic (funding an endowed research directorship), Birthright of St. Joseph, Inc., Birthright of St. Joseph
Giving is national, with all recent grants in the United States. Colorado is the top state by grant count, helped by repeated awards in Aspen and Basalt. Other frequent recipient locations include St Joseph, Michigan; Rochester, Minnesota; and Minneapolis, Minnesota. The list also reaches outside the Midwest to places such as Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Cleveland, Ohio, and Sumneytown, Pennsylvania, showing a dispersed but still selective geographic footprint.
Recent grants point to medical research, pregnancy support, religious and parish support, education, and community or cultural organizations. The largest repeated award is the $100,000 research directorship at Mayo Clinic, alongside repeated $50,000 operating support for Birthright of St Joseph.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Mayo Clinic in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Birthright of St Joseph in those same years; Aspen Center for Environmental Studies in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and St Joseph Catholic Church in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
The reported distribution is small: p25 is $2,500, median is $2,500, and p75 is $5,000. At the same time, the recent grants list includes a smaller set of much larger awards, such as $50,000 and $100,000 commitments.
Colorado is the top state by grant count. Recent recipient cities there include Aspen and Basalt, with repeated grants to Aspen Community Foundation, Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, and Aspen Chapel.
The foundation gives operating support, donor-advised fund grants, capital campaign support, scholarship funding, reserve-account support, and art acquisition support. Recent examples include operating support for Birthright of St Joseph, a capital campaign grant to Friends of St Malachy, and scholarship support for Lake Michigan Catholic Schools.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAYO CLINIC | ROCHESTER, MN | $100,000 | 2025 | MR AND MRS RONALD F KINNEY MAYO FOUNDATION RESEARCH DIRECTORSHIP |
| BIRTHRIGHT OF ST JOSEPH | ST JOSEPH, MI | $50,000 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | BASALT, CO | $29,500 | 2025 | STEPHEN, LIAM, AND RILEY KINNEY FAMILY DONOR-ADVISED FUND |
| ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH | ST JOSEPH, MI | $20,000 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| FRIENDS OF ST MALACHY | CHERRY HILL, NJ | $20,000 | 2025 | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN |
| MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $19,000 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| POCOAPOCO | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $10,500 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| OUR LADY OF THE LAKE CATHOLIC SCHOOL | ST JOSEPH, MI | $10,000 | 2025 | TUITION SCHOLARSHIP IN HONOR OF RONALD F. KINNEY |
| ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | ASPEN, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| ASPEN CHAPEL | ASPEN, CO | $5,000 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| FRIENDS OF ST MALACHY | CHERRY HILL, NJ | $5,000 | 2025 | CHALLENGE GRANT FOR LEGENDS EVENT |
| CARLETON COLLEGE | NORTHFIELD, MN | $5,000 | 2025 | RONALD F KINNEY JR LIBRARY FUND |
| WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY | WINSTONSALEM, NC | $5,000 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| ASPEN CHAPEL | ASPEN, CO | $5,000 | 2025 | VESEY RENTAL FUND |
| DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS | CINCINNATI, OH | $3,500 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| MOVEMENT OF SPIRITUAL INNER AWARENESS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $3,500 | 2025 | HEARTFELT FOUNDATION |
| ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | BASALT, CO | $3,000 | 2025 | BAILEY SHAW MEMORIAL ADVISED FUND |
| LAKULISH INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP ENDOWMENT FDN | PEACHTREE CITY, GA | $2,501 | 2025 | MAINTENANCE OF ASHRAM |
| HAMILTON COLLEGE | CLINTON, NY | $2,500 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| HEART OF WINOOSKI FOUNDATION | WINOOSKI, VT | $2,500 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| K9S FOR WARRIORS | PONTE VERDA, FL | $2,500 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| FREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION | IRVINE, CA | $2,500 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | NEWBERN, AL | $2,500 | 2025 | RURAL STUDIO |
| SPECIAL OLYMPICS VERMONT | SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT | $2,500 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| BUNNY'S BUDDIES | CAMAS, WA | $2,500 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| OUR LADY OF THE LAKE CATHOLIC SCHOOL | SAINT JOSEPH, MI | $2,500 | 2025 | ANNUAL GOLF CLASSIC |
| UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA | ST PAUL, MN | $2,500 | 2025 | THE RAPTOR CENTER |
| WATER FOR PEOPLE | HARLAN, IA | $2,500 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| BROOKS SCHOOL | NORTH ANDOVER, MA | $2,500 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| PSYCHARMOR | SAN DIEGO, CA | $2,500 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| KIVA MICROFUNDS | SAN FRANSISCO, CA | $2,500 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| JOURNEYMAN INTERNATIONAL | BEND, OR | $2,500 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| LAKULISH INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP ENDOWMENT FDN | PEACHTREE CITY, GA | $2,499 | 2025 | MAINTENANCE OF PREMISES |
| ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH | ST JOSEPH, MI | $2,000 | 2025 | ANNUAL BISHOP'S APPEAL |
| NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | NEW YORK, NY | $2,000 | 2025 | DEPARTMENT OF ART HISTORY |
| FRIENDS OF ST MALACHY | CHERRY HILL, NJ | $2,000 | 2025 | SCHOOL PEACE ROOM |
| HOSPICE AT HOME | ST JOSEPH, MI | $1,000 | 2025 | LORY'S PLACE |
| AMERICAN CAMPING ASSOCIATION | HOPE, ME | $1,000 | 2025 | ALFORD LAKE CAMP SCHOLARSHIP FUND |
| ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | ASPEN, CO | $1,000 | 2025 | BILL HUFFMAN ENDOWED FUND FOR OUTDOOR EDUCATION |
| COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN | ST JOSEPH, MI | $1,000 | 2025 | BRIGHTER FUTURES FOR MOTHERS AND INFANTS GALA |
| CHILD'S VOICE SCHOOL | WOOD DALE, IL | $250 | 2025 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| MAYO CLINIC | ROCHESTER, MN | $100,000 | 2024 | MR AND MRS RONALD F KINNEY MAYO FOUNDATION RESEARCH DIRECTORSHIP IN HONOR OF RONALD F KINNEY |
| BIRTHRIGHT OF ST JOSEPH INC | ST JOSEPH, MI | $50,000 | 2024 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | ASPEN, CO | $26,500 | 2024 | DONOR-ADVISED FUND |
| MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $24,000 | 2024 | ART ACQUISITION |
| ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH | ST JOSEPH, MI | $20,000 | 2024 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | ASPEN, CO | $15,000 | 2024 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
| KRIPALVANANDA YOGA INSTITUTE INC | SUMNEYTOWN, PA | $11,000 | 2024 | MUKTIDHAM MORTGAGE RESERVE ACCOUNT |
| LAKE MICHIGAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS | ST JOSPEH, MI | $10,000 | 2024 | RONALD F KINNEY SCHOLARSHIPS |
| ASPEN CHAPEL | ASPEN, CO | $9,000 | 2024 | OPERATING SUPPORT |
MAYO CLINIC
$100,000MR AND MRS RONALD F KINNEY MAYO FOUNDATION RESEARCH DIRECTORSHIP
BIRTHRIGHT OF ST JOSEPH
$50,000OPERATING SUPPORT
STEPHEN, LIAM, AND RILEY KINNEY FAMILY DONOR-ADVISED FUND
ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH
$20,000OPERATING SUPPORT
FRIENDS OF ST MALACHY
$20,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS
$19,000OPERATING SUPPORT
POCOAPOCO
$10,500OPERATING SUPPORT
OUR LADY OF THE LAKE CATHOLIC SCHOOL
$10,000TUITION SCHOLARSHIP IN HONOR OF RONALD F. KINNEY
ASPEN CHAPEL
$5,000OPERATING SUPPORT
FRIENDS OF ST MALACHY
$5,000CHALLENGE GRANT FOR LEGENDS EVENT
ASPEN CHAPEL
$5,000VESEY RENTAL FUND
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
$3,500OPERATING SUPPORT
MOVEMENT OF SPIRITUAL INNER AWARENESS
$3,500HEARTFELT FOUNDATION
LAKULISH INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP ENDOWMENT FDN
$2,501MAINTENANCE OF ASHRAM
HAMILTON COLLEGE
$2,500OPERATING SUPPORT
HEART OF WINOOSKI FOUNDATION
$2,500OPERATING SUPPORT
BUNNY'S BUDDIES
$2,500OPERATING SUPPORT
OUR LADY OF THE LAKE CATHOLIC SCHOOL
$2,500ANNUAL GOLF CLASSIC
WATER FOR PEOPLE
$2,500OPERATING SUPPORT
BROOKS SCHOOL
$2,500OPERATING SUPPORT
PSYCHARMOR
$2,500OPERATING SUPPORT
KIVA MICROFUNDS
$2,500OPERATING SUPPORT
JOURNEYMAN INTERNATIONAL
$2,500OPERATING SUPPORT
LAKULISH INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP ENDOWMENT FDN
$2,499MAINTENANCE OF PREMISES
ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH
$2,000ANNUAL BISHOP'S APPEAL
FRIENDS OF ST MALACHY
$2,000SCHOOL PEACE ROOM
HOSPICE AT HOME
$1,000LORY'S PLACE
AMERICAN CAMPING ASSOCIATION
$1,000ALFORD LAKE CAMP SCHOLARSHIP FUND
COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
$1,000BRIGHTER FUTURES FOR MOTHERS AND INFANTS GALA
CHILD'S VOICE SCHOOL
$250OPERATING SUPPORT
MAYO CLINIC
$100,000MR AND MRS RONALD F KINNEY MAYO FOUNDATION RESEARCH DIRECTORSHIP IN HONOR OF RONALD F KINNEY
BIRTHRIGHT OF ST JOSEPH INC
$50,000OPERATING SUPPORT
MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS
$24,000ART ACQUISITION
ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH
$20,000OPERATING SUPPORT
KRIPALVANANDA YOGA INSTITUTE INC
$11,000MUKTIDHAM MORTGAGE RESERVE ACCOUNT
LAKE MICHIGAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
$10,000RONALD F KINNEY SCHOLARSHIPS
ASPEN CHAPEL
$9,000OPERATING SUPPORT