Kiwanis International Foundation
Indianapolis, IN · EIN 36-6072039. Reported 83 grants totalling $3,050,831 to 64 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, 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 Kiwanis International Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a public foundation -- a grantmaker that raises its money from many sources rather than from one donor (NTEE T300).
- How spread out its giving is. 64 distinct organizations, with 60% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 29% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $6,671 and $20,000; the smallest was $5,036 and the largest $576,272. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States Fund for Unicef | New York, NY | $1,816,410 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Duncan, OK | $172,936 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Key Club International | Indianapolis, IN | $106,011 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kiwanis International | Rch Cucamonga, CA | $53,192 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kiwanis Club of Stroudsburgs Scholarship | East Stroudsburg, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Circle K International Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $46,505 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Foundation of the New Jersey District of Kiwanis International | Summit, NJ | $43,706 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bartow Kiwanis Foundation Inc | Winter Haven, FL | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Maggie Valley, NC | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Canandaigua Kiwanis Foundation Inc | Canandaigua, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Forever Young Foundation | Bountiful, UT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kiwanis Club of Lapeer Foundation | Lapeer, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics Connecticut Inc | Hamden, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Timmy Global Health Inc | Greenwood, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis Club of Meridian Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $24,968 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Gig Harbor Kiwanis Foundation | Federal Way, WA | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Chantilly, VA | $23,298 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kiwanis Club of Almaden Valley | San Jose, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis Club of Kindness Foundation | Nashville, TN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kiwanis Club of Snohomish Charitable Foundation | Snohomish, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis Club of Spokane Downtown | Spokane, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis Club of Woodbury New Jersey Foundation Inc | Paulsboro, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Bowling Green, KY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Indiana District Kiwanis | Indianapolis, IN | $18,445 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York District Kiwanis Foundation Inc | Taberg, NY | $16,115 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Charitable Foundation of the Kiwanis Club of Hilliard | Hilliard, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Sierra Vista, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Mineola, TX | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Newburgh, NY | $12,673 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kiwanis Club of Portsmouth | Portsmouth, OH | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Glen Cove, NY | $11,420 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Mason, MI | $10,279 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Farmington Rio Del Sol Kiwanis | Farmington, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kiwanis Club of Lebanon | Lebanon, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis Club of Phoenix Charitable Foundation | Scottsdale, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kiwanis Club of Ticonderoga Scholership Fund Inc | Ticonderoga, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis Club of Topsail Island Area | Surf City, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Albert Lea, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Milton, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Lebanon, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Ripon, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Okemos, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Florida District of Kiwanis International Inc | Port Orange, FL | $9,096 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis Club of Alcoa Tennessee Foundation Inc | Alcoa, TN | $8,344 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Berea, OH | $8,142 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Wahoo, NE | $7,640 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis Club of Escondido | Escondido, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis Club of the Bellmores Charitable Foundation Inc | Bellmore, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Kalamazoo, MI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pacific Northwest Kiwanis Foundation | Gladstone, OR | $7,498 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Murrells Inlt, SC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Lexington, KY | $6,862 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis Foundation of New England Inc | Westfield, MA | $6,671 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Boone, NC | $6,364 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Mentor, MN | $6,302 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Schulenburg, TX | $6,236 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgia District Kiwanis Foundation Inc | Mcdonough, GA | $6,215 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Richmond Kiwanis Foundation | Richmond, VA | $6,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kansas Kiwanis Foundation Inc | Topeka, KS | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kiwanis Club of Broomfield North Metro | Broomfield, CO | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Kimberling Cy, MO | $5,743 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Foundation Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $5,360 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Rocky Mount, NC | $5,148 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis International Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $5,052 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
10 of 64 (16%) 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.
- Capital District Kiwanis
District Projects & Education-Scholarships
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 21 of 64 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 | $522,226 | $10,000 |
| 2021 | 34 | $1,098,367 | $9,548 |
| 2022 | 24 | $669,580 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 17 | $760,658 | $12,000 |
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
62% of its giving went to organizations in New York. 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
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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 New York.
- 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 Kiwanis International Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 9 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 8 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: 3636 Woodview Trace, Indianapolis, IN, 46268.
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