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Kelter Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$34k
Granted FY2023
25
Grants FY2023
24
Organizations funded FY2023
17%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$500
Largest grant, FY2023
$10,146
Organizations funded a year
24 to 40
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
5
Total assets, FY2023
$361k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Kelter Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsEnvironmentScience & TechOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202324$33k17%
FY202239$33k31%
FY202130$28k30%
FY202032$26k22%
FY201930$26k27%
FY201834$21k56%
FY201740$28kn/a
89% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Religion$57kHuman Services$26kArts & Culture$26kHealth$20kEducation$19kPhilanthropy$12kEmployment$8kCivil Rights$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
CT
CA
AZ
NM
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Hand in Hand Parenting$15,00041%
Congregation Shir Shalom$13,6462n/a
From the Heart Foundation$10,5007n/a
San Francisco Opera Association$9,10040%
Congregation Sherith Israel$8,5507n/a
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$6,00070%
Chabad of S Francisco Inc$4,0905n/a
Wonderfest$3,30071%
Jewish Learning Institute of Sf$3,1803n/a
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc$3,00061%
Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of Kelter Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Hand in Hand Parenting$15,00041%
Congregation Shir Shalom$13,6462n/a
From the Heart Foundation$10,5007n/a
San Francisco Opera Association$9,10040%
Congregation Sherith Israel$8,5507n/a
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$6,00070%
Chabad of S Francisco Inc$4,0905n/a
Wonderfest$3,30071%
Jewish Learning Institute of Sf$3,1803n/a
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc$3,00061%
Muttville$2,95040%
Friends In Sonoma Helping Inc$1,60050%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$1,55050%
Matan B'Seter Bambiinc$1,50030%
Chabad of Cole Valley$1,4604n/a
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$1,25020%
The Detroit Institute of Arts$1,00010%
Zen Hospice Project Dba Zen Caregiving Project$1,00010%
Best Friends Animal Society$1,00030%
Hanna Boys Center$1,0002n/a
The Contemporary Jewish Museum$90030%
Kqed Inc$85040%
Shanti Project$80010%
Institute on Aging$75020%
Bay Area Gardeners Association$5001n/a
Theatre First$5001n/a
Bread & Roses Presents$50010%
International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc$50010%
Save the Redwoods League$50010%
Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute$50020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$50010%
Catalino Tapia Scholarship Foundati$50010%
Doors of Change$50010%
Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired$50010%
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated$50010%
Fshd Society$30010%
Voteorg$30010%
Care for the Children$25010%
Theta Delta Xi Sorority$25010%
Unity Church$2501n/a
Ikar$1801n/a
Hip Hop for Change Inc$15010%
California Academy of Sciences$10010%
Donorschooseorg$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 55 recipients with no EIN on record ($94k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kelter Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHand in Hand Parenting: $15,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetSan Francisco Opera Association: $9,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $6,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWonderfest: $3,300 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetSisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMuttville: $2,950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends In Sonoma Helping Inc: $1,600 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art: $1,550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMatan B'Seter Bambiinc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Detroit Institute of Arts: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZen Hospice Project Dba Zen Caregiving Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Contemporary Jewish Museum: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKqed Inc: $850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetShanti Project: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute on Aging: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBread & Roses Presents: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Redwoods League: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSimons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatalino Tapia Scholarship Foundati: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDoors of Change: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Council of Jewish Women Incorporated: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFshd Society: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVoteorg: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCare for the Children: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTheta Delta Xi Sorority: $250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHip Hop for Change Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Academy of Sciences: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDonorschooseorg: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 33.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The San Francisco FoundationCA22.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · Ralph & Marsha Guggenheim Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · McNabb Foundation · Silva Watson Moonwalk Fund · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Kelter Foundation Inc

How much does Kelter Foundation Inc give?
Kelter Foundation Inc reported 25 grants totaling $33,696 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Kelter Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Religion (27%), Human Services (12%), Arts & Culture (12%).
Who are Kelter Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Hand in Hand Parenting ($15k), Congregation Shir Shalom ($14k), From the Heart Foundation ($11k).
Does Kelter Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Kelter Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Kelter Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, Marin Community Foundation.
Where is Kelter Foundation Inc based?
Kelter Foundation Inc is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 101 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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