The Kai Family Foundation
Tucson, AZ · EIN 86-0767197. Reported 116 grants totalling $595,586 to 61 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. The Kai Family 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 $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $25,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tucson Chinese Cultural Center | Tucson, AZ | $87,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tucson Symphony Orchestra | Tucson, AZ | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tmc Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Caring Ministries Inc | Tucson, AZ | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Uafagri-Voltaics | Tucson, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Marshall Home for Men | Tucson, AZ | $18,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Campus Community Church | Tucson, AZ | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Christian Properties Inc | Tucson, AZ | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Project Graduation Ironwood Ridge High School | Tucson, AZ | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tucson Medical Center Health Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uafarizona Arts Live | Tucson, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Pima Animal Care Center | Tucson, AZ | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Hubbell Trading Post | Scottsdale, AZ | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Des Moins, IA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Neurosciences Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Disabled American Veterans - Chapter 4 Tucson Arizona | Tucson, AZ | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Marana Community Food Bank | Marana, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pepperdine University | Malibu, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| U of a College of Agriculture Finish Line Fund | Tucson, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arizona Veterans' Memorial Cemetary Foundation | Marana, AZ | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Comic Relief Inc | Tucson, AZ | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona | Tucson, AZ | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| North India Christian Ministries | San Jose, CA | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| CASA Esperanza Para Ninos | Chandler, AZ | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Marana High School PTO | Cortaro, AZ | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Project Graduation Amphitheater High School | Oro Valley, AZ | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Graduation Irhs | Oro Valley, AZ | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Interfaith Community Services | Tucson, AZ | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oro Valley Optimist Club | Oro Valley, AZ | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Marana Unified School District Sos Fund | Marana, AZ | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Youth on Their Own | Tucson, AZ | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rockdale PTA | Los Angeles, CA | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chinese American Citizens Alliance Phoenix Lodge | Phoenix, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chistian Properties Inc | Tucson, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Douglas High School | Douglas, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Parent Resource Organization (pro) | Tucson, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Set Free Church Tucson | Tucson, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| El Rio Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $4,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Disabled American Veterans - Chapter 4 Tucson Az | Tucson, AZ | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pan Asian Community Alliance | Tucson, AZ | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| El Rio Health Center Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arizona Hydrological Society Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Canyon Del Oro Spirit Line | Oro Valley, AZ | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northwestern Firefighters | Marana, AZ | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Amerind Foundation Inc | Dragoon, AZ | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation for Southern Arizona | Tucson, AZ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marana Unified School District Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mt View High School Grad Night | Tucson, AZ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oro Valley Theater Company | Oro Valley, AZ | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Children's Museum Oro Valley | Tucson, AZ | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Tucson Jewish Community Center | Tucson, AZ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Therapeutic Riding of Tucson | Tucson, AZ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pinal County Junior Livestock | CASA Granda, AZ | $1,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pinal County Junior Livestock Committee | CASA Grande, AZ | $1,586 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arizona Heroes Memorial | Oro Valley, AZ | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater Faith Word Church | Tucson, AZ | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Los Ninos Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| African American Museum of Southern Arizona | Tucson, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Knights of Columbus Santa Catalina Council | Tucson, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oro Valley Children's Museum | Oro Valley, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tucson Children's Museum | Tucson, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
30 of 61 (49%) 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 64%, 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.
- Tucson Chinese Cultural Center
PROMOTE, SPONSOR AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY RELATING TO CHINESE CULTURE AND HERITAGE - Tucson Symphony Orchestra
PROVIDE LIVE MUSICAL EXPERIENCE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY - Uafagri-Voltaics
SUPPORT SOLAR AGRI-VOLTAICS PROJECTS - Tmc Foundation
SUPPORT TMC IN IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY - Tucson Medical Center Health Foundation
Support to improving the health and quality of life in Tucson. - Uafarizona Arts Live
ENRICH THE CULTURE OF THE COMMUNITY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 48 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 25 | $132,000 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 28 | $152,250 | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 31 | $150,586 | $2,500 |
| 2024 | 32 | $160,750 | $3,000 |
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. 94% of this one's giving went to organizations in Arizona. 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 $3,000. 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 Arizona.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Kai Family 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: 7440 N Oracle Rd Building 2, Tucson, AZ, 85704. 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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