THE KENNEK FOUNDATION INC
EIN 47-2142054 · Gift Distribution (P58)
What they do
KENNEK ACTIVITIES CONSIST OF, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, VISITING CHILDRENS HOSPITALS WITH GIFTS of PLUSH TOYS and BOOKS to BRIGHTEN THE DAY of CHILDREN WHO ARE ILL, MAKING APPEARANCES AT SHELTERS for THE HOMELESS WITH DONATIONS and GIFTS for THE CHILDREN, DELIVERING HOPE to WOUNDED VETS AND, AT TIMES, ASSISTING ANIMALS IN NEED HERE IN THE UNITED STATES and THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.WITH FUNDING FROM GENEROUS SPONSORS and CORPORATE PARTNERS, KENNEK IDENTIFIES THOSE MOST IN NEED and DELIVERS MUCH NEEDED HOPE to CHILDREN and THEIR FAMILIES AFTER CRISES and NATURAL DISASTERS.KENNEK ALSO HAS PLANS to HELP FUND A CHILDRENS TELEVISION SERIES, WHICH WILL BE CENTERED AROUND TEACHING CHILDREN HOW to HANDLE LIFES "BUMPS IN THE ROAD" GENTLY and WITH HUMOR.THE PHILANTHROPIC OUTREACH of THE KENNEK FOUNDATION BUILDS ON A REPUTATION of COMPASSION and CARING for THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST.
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PATRICIA A NARCESSIANTREASURER
SHEILA M DUNCANPRESIDENT
SUSAN J DONAHUESECRETARY
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2015
- Location
- 37 GINGERBREAD HILL, MARBLEHEAD, MA 01945
- County
- Essex
- In care of
- SHEILA M DUNCAN
- Primary officer
- SHEILA M DUNCAN, PRESIDENT
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- WALD & COMPANY PC
- NTEE classification
- Gift Distribution (P58)
- IRS tax category
- Gift Distribution