Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation
San Francisco, CA · EIN 94-6064808. Reported 117 grants totalling $2,089,450 to 73 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a private independent foundation (NTEE T22).
- How spread out its giving is. 73 distinct organizations, with 8% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 47% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $5,050 and the largest $93,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Mainehealth Hcsr | Portland, ME | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nln Foundation for Nursing Education | Washington, DC | $134,625 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The UCLA Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $99,925 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Somos Amigos Medical Missions | San Jose, CA | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Powherful Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $93,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Board of the University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| L S U School of Medicine-New Orleans Medical Alumni Assoc Inc | New Orleans, LA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $70,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Michael Special School | New Orleans, LA | $69,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stanford Health Care 227 | Stanford, CA | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod Inc | Provincetown, MA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Diversemedicine Inc | Carrollton, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 100 Black Men of Greater Mobile Inc | Mobile, AL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Just Food of Douglas County Inc | Lawrence, KS | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, MA | $37,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Breaktime United Inc | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Servings Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $28,950 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Coro Southern California Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Helping Our Women Inc | Provincetown, MA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Regents of the University of California | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Apollo Theater Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 19TH News | Austin, TX | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ayudando Latinos a Sonar | El Granada, CA | $21,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Capital B News Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Global Justice Center | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Green Dot Public Schools | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Robert C Maynard Institute for Journalism Education | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of South Alabama | Mobile, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $15,770 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Media Impact Funders Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Elizabeth Ballard Community Center Inc | Lawrence, KS | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fenway Community Health Center Inc | Boston, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wisconsin Literacy Inc | Madison, WI | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hawaii Community Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $10,705 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hui No Ke Ola Pono Inc | Wailuku, HI | $10,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $10,110 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sempervirens Fund | Mountain View, CA | $10,102 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Public Media Group | Saint Paul, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Anti-Recidivism Coalition | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Asian Pacific Fund | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beyond Differences | San Rafael, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bishop Dunne Catholic School Inc | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for New American Security Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| DC Jazz Festival | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts Inc | Dorchester, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Black Womens Wellness | Madison, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gladstone Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles Incorporated | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| March on Washington Film Festival | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York City Tourism and Conventions Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Outer Cape Health Services Inc | Orleans, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reach Out and Read Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern California Catholic Educational Excellence Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Museum of Language Arts Incorporated | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The New York Opportunity Network Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unity Ice Academy Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wello | Plymouth, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Central Kitchen Incorporated | Washington, DC | $9,010 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Soup Kitchen in Provincetown Inc | Provincetown, MA | $8,950 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Every Mother Counts | New York, NY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Childrens Advocacy Center of Douglas County Inc | Lawrence, KS | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mommies in Need Inc | Dallas, TX | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Womens Media Foundation | Washington, DC | $5,053 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
21 of 73 (29%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- St Michael Special School
TUITION SUPPORT FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES - University of Southern California
SCHAEFFER CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY & ECONOMICS & GENERAL SUPPORT - Media Impact Funders Inc
LEADERSHIP TRANSITION SUPPORT - Duke University
MARGOLIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE - Nyc & Company Inc
NEW YORK CITY TOURISM FNDN
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 60 of 73 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 32 | $523,610 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 31 | $492,960 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 26 | $615,980 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 28 | $456,900 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
26% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
Down to the city
Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one
11 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 50 grants totalling $29.2M to Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation. That is 28% of the 39 funders we can see giving to it. Those 11 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a grantmaking organization.
5 of them gave in more than one tax year, which is the only durability signal the filings carry.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.
| Foundation | State | Reported | Grants | Years | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Texas | $12.3M | 27 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation | Nebraska | $9,184,015 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley | New York | $5,488,812 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Rockefeller Foundation | New York | $680,800 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | California | $667,161 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Stephenson Klotzburger Foundationinc | New Jersey | $290,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Molina Family Foundation | California | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Good Ventures Foundation | California | $156,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The California Endowment | California | $150,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good Words Foundation | District of Columbia | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
The 10 largest by reported dollars, of 11.
A linked name has a page of its own. We publish one for a foundation that takes no unsolicited requests only when a real share of its giving goes to organizations that make grants themselves, and that page opens by saying it does not take requests.
Both the count and the total are floors. A foundation appears here only where its return named this organization clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows. There are more; we cannot name them.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 28 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 185 Berry Street 2000, San Francisco, CA, 94107.
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