Joseph P Kennedy Jr Foundation
The Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation (JPKF) is a Washington, D.C.-based private foundation supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The site describes the Foundation’s mission, Kennedy Fellows public policy fellowship, entrepreneurship/innovation programs, and includes application materials. The Foundation’s 990 lists www.jpkf.org as its website and shows grantmaking activity.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
An organization focused on intellectual and developmental disabilities that proposes a public-policy fellowship or a focused project with travel and fellowship support and can submit a short concept paper or letter of interest.
Good Fit
- • Proposal directly supports public policy fellowships or fellowship-related travel and expenses.
- • Clear mission alignment with intellectual and developmental disabilities advocacy or services.
- • Capacity to host or supervise a fellow and provide required letters of support.
- • Willingness to follow the foundation's short concept-paper format and rolling submission process.
Geography
Latest-year grants were recorded in two states with the vast majority of funds directed to the foundation's home jurisdiction (Washington, DC); past years show additional out-of-state recipients but the footprint remains regionally focused rather than national in scale.
Recipient Variety
Each year the foundation makes only a small number of grants (2–3), but those grants go to distinct external organizations rather than a single captive recipient, indicating a modest but not broad recipient set for a small private foundation.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of new recipients in the latest year plus a public application form and explicit concept-paper instructions indicate that unfamiliar applicants can plausibly enter the portfolio rather than funding being strictly invitation-only.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
