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Kenneth Kendal King Foundation

Denver, CO · EIN 84-1148157. Reported 414 grants totalling $8,484,193 to 217 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$15,000median grant
$8,484,193granted, 2021-2024
217organizations funded
37%of grantees funded again the next year
$76.4Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Kenneth Kendal King Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $200,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
12 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
51 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
52 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
150 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
93 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
50 grants
$100,000 and Up
6 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Hands of the CarpenterGolden, CO$312,500542024
Capitol Hill Community ServicesEnglewood, CO$305,4001242024
La Puente Home IncorporatedAlamosa, CO$236,000742024
Springs Rescue MissionColorado Springs, CO$202,500432023
Second Chance Center IncAurora, CO$163,000632023
Colorado Community College System FDenver, CO$155,000322023
Focus Points Family Resource CenterDenver, CO$150,000332023
Goodwill of ColoradoColorado Springs, CO$150,000222023
Discover Goodwill of Southern and Western ColoradoColorado Springs, CO$135,000212021
Prodigy VenturesDenver, CO$125,500432024
Mile High WorkshopDenver, CO$125,000222022
CrosspurposeDenver, CO$120,000432024
The Savings CollaborativeCarbondale, CO$110,000222024
The Other Side AcademyDenver, CO$107,500432024
Mt Carmel Veterans Service CenterColorado Springs, CO$102,500322023
Boys and Girls Clubs of San Luis VaAlamosa, CO$100,000222024
Community Agriculture Alliance IncSteamboat Springs, CO$100,000112023
Homeward AllianceFort Collins, CO$100,000222024
Sister Carmen Community CenterLafayette, CO$100,000332024
Saint Francis CenterDenver, CO$92,500432023
Chaffee County and Chaffee County ESalida, CO$90,000112023
Colorado Children's ChoraleDenver, CO$90,000842024
Homewardbound of the Grand ValleyGrand Junction, CO$82,500322023
Prairie Rose Development CorpKirk, CO$82,500322022
Colorado State University Pueblo FoPueblo, CO$77,500322023
San Luis Valley Great OutdoorsAlamosa, CO$77,500432023
Latino Leadership InstituteLittleton, CO$75,000332024
Women's Bean ProjectDenver, CO$75,000222024
Access GalleryDenver, CO$71,000542024
E for AllLowell, MA$70,000222022
Work Options for WomenDenver, CO$70,000222022
Year One Inc Dba Mile High YouthDenver, CO$70,000222024
Youth on RecordDenver, CO$70,000332024
Village Exchange CenterAurora, CO$67,500432024
Colorado Statewide Parent CoalitionDenver, CO$62,500432023
Partners in HousingColorado Springs, CO$62,500322023
So All May Eat Inc (same Caf)Denver, CO$62,500322023
Activate Work IncDenver, CO$60,000112023
Center for Community Wealth BuildinDenver, CO$60,000332024
Catalyst Co Worklife PartnershipDenver, CO$60,000112021
Emily Griffith FoundationDenver, CO$60,000222024
Bridge HouseBoulder, CO$55,000222024
Mi CASA Resource CenterDenver, CO$55,000222024
Spring Institute for InterculturalDenver, CO$53,537322023
Trailhead InstituteDenver, CO$52,750222022
Colorado Community College System FoundationDenver, CO$52,500112021
Kids at Their BestFort Morgan, CO$52,500322024
Pcs for PeopleDenver, CO$52,000112022
Colorado Village CollaborativeDenver, CO$50,000112024
Colorado State University Pueblo FoundationPueblo, CO$50,000112021
Global Center for Cultural EntrepreSanta Fe, NM$50,000112022
Metropolitan State College of DenveDenver, CO$50,000222024
Mount Carmel Veterans Service CenterColorado Springs, CO$50,000112021
Rocky Mountain Microfinance InstituDenver, CO$50,000112023
Solar Energy InternationalPaonia, CO$50,000112021
Work Options for Women Dba Work OptDenver, CO$50,000112024
Denver South High School PtsaDenver, CO$47,500432024
Project Self-Sufficiency of LovelanLoveland, CO$47,500322023
Reciprocity CollectiveDenver, CO$43,000422022
Center for Work Education and EmplDenver, CO$42,500322024
San Luis Valley Local Food CoalitioAlamosa, CO$41,123322023
Colorado Museum of Natural HistoryDenver, CO$40,000622023
Community Resource CenterDenver, CO$40,000442024
Firefly AutismLakewood, CO$40,000112023
Littleton Town Hall Arts CenterLittleton, CO$40,000442024
Museum of Contemporary Art DenverDenver, CO$40,000332024
Phamaly Theatre CompanyDenver, CO$40,000442024
Springboard Child Care IncDenver, CO$40,000112024
Worklife PartnershipDenver, CO$37,500212022
Blue Star RecyclersColorado Springs, CO$35,000112023
Central Visitation ProgramDenver, CO$35,000212022
Civic Center ConservancyDenver, CO$35,000112024
Colorado Springs Child Nursery CentColorado Springs, CO$35,000112022
Deserving DentalBroomfield, CO$35,000542024
Entrepreneurship for All (eforall)Lowell, MA$35,000112024
Grid Alternatives ColoradoDenver, CO$35,000112024
Outreach United Resource Center IncLongmont, CO$35,000222024
The Master's ApprenticeDenver, CO$35,000222024
Thrive - Transformation at WorkLafayette, CO$35,000222024
Gunnison Arts CenterGunnison, CO$31,000322023
Manna Soup KitchenDurango, CO$31,000322022
Bayaud EnterprisesLakewood, CO$30,500222024
Breakthrough Alliance of ColoradoDenver, CO$30,000112023
Boys & Girls Club of San Luis ValleyAlamosa, CO$30,000112021
Ceds FinanceAurora, CO$30,000222023
Colorado Ballet CompanyDenver, CO$30,000332024
Colorado Historical Society Dba HiDenver, CO$30,000332024
Colorado Lions Kidsight ProgramCentennial, CO$30,000332023
Colorado Springs Child Nursery Cent Dba Early Connections Learning CentersColorado Springs, CO$30,000112024
Colorado Symphony AssociationDenver, CO$30,000332024
Culinarians Helping EntrepreneurialLakewood, CO$30,000112024
Denver Center for the Performing ArDenver, CO$30,000332024
Denver Lyric Opera GuildEnglewood, CO$30,000332024
Dream CentersColorado Springs, CO$30,000112023
Girls Incorporated of Metro DenverDenver, CO$30,000112023
Heartbeat Denver IncorporatedDenver, CO$30,000112024
Homeward Bound of the Grand ValleyGrand Junction, CO$30,000112021
Kids in Need of Dentistry KindCommerce City, CO$30,000332024
Opera ColoradoEnglewood, CO$30,000332024
Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis CWestminister, CO$30,000332024
Rocky Mountain Microfinance InstituteDenver, CO$30,000112021
Swallow Hill Music AssociationDenver, CO$30,000332024
Teaching the Autism Community TradeDenver, CO$30,000112023
Western Colorado Area Health EducatGrand Junction, CO$30,000112024
Mountain Roots Food ProjectGunnison, CO$26,500112024
Colorado Business Committee for theDenver, CO$26,000322023
Access ModeDenver, CO$25,000112023
Center for Employment OpportunitiesDenver, CO$25,000112023
Colorado African Cultural CenterDenver, CO$25,000112024
Colorado Restaurant FoundationcoloDenver, CO$25,000112022
Colorado Springs Child Nursery Centers IncColorado Springs, CO$25,000112021
DiakoniaColorado Springs, CO$25,000112024
Exponential ImpactColorado Springs, CO$25,000112024
Fort Lewis College FoundationDurango, CO$25,000112024
Foundation for Black EntrepreneurshDenver, CO$25,000112022
Foundation for Black EntrepreneurshipDenver, CO$25,000112021
Global Center for Cultural EntrepreneurshipSanta Fe, NM$25,000112021
Haven HouseOlathe, CO$25,000112024
Jeffco Prosperity PartnersGolden, CO$25,000112024
Jewish Family Services of ColoradoDenver, CO$25,000112024
Providence NetworkDenver, CO$25,000112024
Rose Community FoundationDenver, CO$25,000112023
Startup ColoradoSilverthorne, CO$25,000112023
UndestructableDenver, CO$25,000112024
West Community Economic DevelopmentDenver, CO$25,000112024
Worklife PartnershipsDenver, CO$25,000112023
Highwater FarmSilt, CO$24,000322023
A Precious ChildBroomfield, CO$20,000112024
Blind Institute of TechnologyThornton, CO$20,000112024
Center Viking Youth ClubCenter, CO$20,000112022
City YearDenver, CO$20,000112024
Colorado Museum of Natural History Dba Denver Museum of Nature & ScienceDenver, CO$20,000312024
Center for Employment OpportunitiesNew York, NY$20,000112021
Center for Work Education and EmploymentDenver, CO$20,000112021
Denver Lions FoundationDenver, CO$20,000222022
Dirt Coffee BarLittleton, CO$20,000112024
Denver Museum of Nature and ScienceDenver, CO$20,000312021
Denver Zoological Foundation IncDenver, CO$20,000222022
Eagle Valley Community FoundationVail, CO$20,000112024
Institute for Leaders in DevelopmenDenver, CO$20,000332024
Jobs of Hope IncGreeley, CO$20,000112024
Project Self SufficiencyLoveland, CO$20,000112021
RevelDenver, CO$20,000112024
Rising UpFort Morgan, CO$20,000112023
Sonic Guild ColoradoDenver, CO$20,000112023
Spring Institute for Intercultural LearningDenver, CO$20,000112021
The Denver Health and Hospitals FouDenver, CO$20,000112024
Watson InstituteBoulder, CO$20,000112024
Year One Inc Dba Mile High Youth CorpsDenver, CO$20,000112021
Sean Ranch Lough FoundationDenver, CO$16,500322024
Alamosa Live Music Association (almAlamosa, CO$16,000432024
Boulder County AIDS ProjectBoulder, CO$15,000112024
CASA of the Seventh Judicial District IncMontrose, CO$15,000112021
Denver Homeless VoiceDenver, CO$15,000112021
First Southwest Community FundAlamosa, CO$15,000112021
Gunnison Council for the ArtsGunnison, CO$15,000112021
Manna - the Durango Soup KitchenDurango, CO$15,000112023
Metro DeepDenver, CO$15,000112024
San Luis Valley Local Foods CoalitionAlamosa, CO$15,000112021
Thrive NetworkColorado Springs, CO$15,000112023
Veterans Community ProjectKansas City, MO$15,000112023
Logan County Economic Development CSterling, CO$12,500222024
Possibility LabsSan Francisco, CA$12,500222023
Durango Adult Education CenterDurango, CO$12,000112024
Chaffee CountySalida, CO$11,250112022
Girls IncDenver, CO$10,500212021
In - Pathways to Inclusive HigherLittleton, CO$10,016112022
Colorado Association of Black ProfeDenver, CO$10,000112024
Colorado Springs Philharmonic OrcheColorado Springs, CO$10,000112022
Colorado BalletDenver, CO$10,000112021
Colorado Symphony AsssociationDenver, CO$10,000112021
Economic Literacy of ColoradoDenver, CO$10,000112024
Grand Enterprise InitiativeGranby, CO$10,000112023
Hope Has No BordersDenver, CO$10,000112024
History ColoradoDenver, CO$10,000112021
Jefferson Symphony OrchestraGolden, CO$10,000222024
Kidpower of Colorado IncColorado Springs, CO$10,000222023
Kids in Need of DentistryDenver, CO$10,000112021
Museum of Contemporary ArtDenver, CO$10,000112021
Rocky Mountain Tooling & Machine AsRiverside, CA$10,000112024
Rocky Mountain AllianceDenver, CO$10,000112021
Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis CenterWestminster, CO$10,000112021
There With CareDenver, CO$10,000222024
The Delores ProjectDenver, CO$10,000112021
The Gathering PlaceDenver, CO$10,000112021
Union HallDenver, CO$10,000112024
YouthrootsEnglewood, CO$10,000112021
Broomfield Council on the Arts & HuBroomfield, CO$7,500332024
Colorado Council on Economic EducationDenver, CO$7,500112021
The Inn Between of Longmont IncLongmont, CO$7,500112024
Alliance Francaise De DenverDenver, CO$7,000212024
Water Education ColoradoDenver, CO$5,700222023
Cndc - Center for Community Wealth BuildingDenver, CO$5,500212021
Adoption ExchangeAurora, CO$5,000112021
Alamosa Live Music AssociationAlamosa, CO$5,000112021
Cerebral Palsy of Colorado Inc DDenver, CO$5,000112023
Clinica TepeyacDenver, CO$5,000112022
Hispanic Affairs ProjectMontrose, CO$5,000112022
St Elizabeth's SchoolDenver, CO$5,000112021
Ukrainians of ColoradoDenver, CO$5,000112022
University of Denver University CollegeDenver, CO$5,000112021
YMCA of Northern ColoradoLafayette, CO$5,000112024
Denver Urban GardensDenver, CO$4,000112024
American Diabetes Association - RocMerrifield, VA$2,500112023
Clothes to Kids of DenverDenver, CO$2,500112024
Denver Municipal BandDenver, CO$2,500112023
Green and Gold FoundationDenver, CO$2,500112023
Raise the FutureDenver, CO$2,500112023
Rsf Social FinanceSan Francisco, CA$2,500112023
Denver East Ptsa Attn Gretchen HammerDenver, CO$2,000212021
Impact CharitableDenver, CO$1,917112022
Denver East Speech Team FoundationDenver, CO$1,500212021
Community Foundation of the San LuiAlamosa, CO$1,000112023
Every Day Improving Youth LivesAurora, CO$500112021
Rise Westwood CollectiveDenver, CO$500112021
TgthrBoulder, CO$500112021
VoaDenver, CO$500112021

84 of 217 (39%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 37%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 250 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
70 grants
Human Services
55 grants
Employment
26 grants
Food & Nutrition
15 grants
Community Improvement
15 grants
Education
14 grants
Health Care
12 grants
Housing & Shelter
11 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202199$1,950,000$15,000
2022122$2,014,493$10,000
202394$2,232,700$15,000
202499$2,287,000$20,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 97% of this one's giving went to organizations in Colorado. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Colorado
$8.2M
Massachusetts
$105K
New Mexico
$75K
California
$25K
New York
$20K
Missouri
$15K
Virginia
$2K

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Funders that support the same organizations

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Colorado.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Kenneth Kendal King Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 6699, Denver, CO, 80206. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

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