Kehe Cares Foundation Incorporated
KeHE Cares Foundation is the corporate foundation of KeHE Distributors, focused on serving marginalized communities through employee-led service, grants, scholarships and hardship support. The site lists contact details ([email protected]), a Naperville, IL registered address, program priorities, partner examples and impact reports, and notes that funding is tied to employee involvement rather than a public application portal.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A community-focused nonprofit (often mid-size) with programs in community development, disaster relief, orphan/refugee services or employee-engagement partnerships and a track record of managing mid-to-large grants.
Good Fit
- • Direct program alignment with community development, disaster response, or orphan/refugee work.
- • Established capacity to manage grants in the $25K–$500K range (or larger for flagship projects).
- • Existing or potential employee-engagement or corporate partnership opportunities.
- • Geographic presence in states the foundation has funded (notably IL and TX among others).
- • History of partnering with corporate foundations or being referred by existing partners.
Geography
The latest observed year shows grants to organizations in about 25 states with roughly 72% of dollars going out of the foundation's state, indicating a multi-state/national footprint despite heavier shares in a few states.
Recipient Variety
In the most recent year the foundation made 94 grants to 94 distinct recipients across a range of purposes, showing a broadly distributed recipient set rather than a tiny closed circle.
New Applicants
Direct application channels are not open—the foundation and filings state funding is for preselected partners and tied to employee involvement—but observed grant behavior shows meaningful turnover (38 new recipients in the latest year), so new entrants can appear to join the portfolio even if selection is curated.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
