Kirchgessner Vision Foundation
Sherman Oaks, CA · EIN 68-0530356. Reported 110 grants totalling $2,687,715 to 52 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Kirchgessner Vision 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $35,000; the smallest was $120 and the largest $123,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $245,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Blind Children's Center | Los Angeles, CA | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Vision to Learn | Los Angeles, CA | $155,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The UCLA Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Venice Family Clinic | Venice, CA | $146,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Wayfinder Family Services | Los Angeles, CA | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Marshall B Ketchum University | Fullerton, CA | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Valley Community Healthcare | North Hollywood, CA | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Western University of Health Sciences | Pomona, CA | $118,338 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Braille Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles City College Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $114,074 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Saban Community Clinic | Los Angeles, CA | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Therapeutic Living Centers for the Blind | Reseda, CA | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Helen Keller International | New York, NY | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Guide Dogs of America | Sylmar, CA | $102,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Beyond Blindness Formerly Known As Blind Children's Learning Center | Santa Ana, CA | $95,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Healing California | Alhambra, CA | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Blind Children's Learning Centerbeyond Blindness | Santa Ana, CA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Choc Foundation | Orange, CA | $67,847 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Artsupla | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Children's Hospital of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cre Outreachartsup La | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Family Health Care Centers of Greater Los Angeles | Commerce, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Guiding Eyes Inc Dba Guide Dogs of America (gda) | Sylmar, CA | $28,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton, CA | $24,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Unlimited Possibilities | Santa Ana, CA | $22,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jvs Socal | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern California Conservatory of Music | West Hills, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Visitation School | Los Angeles, CA | $10,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church | Orlando, FL | $6,285 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| John Thomas Dye School | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Margaret's Episcopal Church | Baton Rouge, LA | $4,300 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Stone Canyon Community Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Visitation Church | Osage, IA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gospel Rescue Mission | Tucson, AZ | $1,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Pasadena Community Orchestra | Pasadena, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Teen Challenge of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Conservation Fund | Arlington, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Visitation Church | Elmhurst, IL | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $550 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St John's Seminary | Brighton, MA | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| CASA Pacifica | Camarillo, CA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tucson Museum of Art | Tucson, AZ | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Arizona Sonora Desert Museum | Tucson, AZ | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Principles of Success | Tarzana, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salvation Army | Hoffman Estates, IL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $151 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | Nashville, TN | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Coletta of Wisconsin | Jefferson, WI | $120 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
30 of 52 (58%) 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 68%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- California Community Foundation
TO WORK WITH CCF TO SUPPORT VISION-RELATED PROJECTS IN THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA - Vision to Learn
TO CONTINUE A PILOT PROGRAM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES (CHLA), THAT WILL CONNECT CHILDREN SEEN INITIALLY BY VISION TO LEARN'S MOBILE OPTOMETRIC PROGRAM TO COMPREHENSIVE EYE CARE PROVIDED BY CHLA. WESTERN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY IS ANOTHER PARTNER. - Healing California
TO DIRECTLY SUPPORT ITS VISION CARE SERVICES IN LOS ANGELES, ORANGE, VENTURA, RIVERSIDE, AND/OR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES IN 2023. - Beyond Blindness Formerly Known As Blind Children's Learning Center
TO EXPAND ITS LOW VISION CLINIC AND COMMUNITY-WIDE VISION SCREENINGS. - Guide Dogs of America
TOWARD THE TRAINING OF GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED - Blind Children's Center
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AT THE CENTER DURING THE UPCOMING 2023/2024 SCHOOL YEAR.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 64 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 28 | $600,590 | $20,000 |
| 2021 | 31 | $628,124 | $20,847 |
| 2022 | 28 | $764,851 | $26,500 |
| 2023 | 23 | $694,150 | $30,000 |
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. 95% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- 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.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Kirchgessner Vision Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 14431 Ventura Blvd 266, Sherman Oaks, CA, 91423. 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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