Washington · Private foundation
Kindred Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $83k
- Granted FY2019
- 7
- Grants FY2019
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Kindred Foundation’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Kindred Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $83k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 57% of the organizations Kindred Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 7 | $83k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $1.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Partners | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mount Baker Theatre | $31,300 | 2 | 1% |
| Whatcom Humane Society | $3,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| F a C E S Northwest | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lighthouse Mission Ministries | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mindfulness Northwest | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: Little Family Legacy Foundation · Whatcom Community Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Kindred Foundation
- How much does Kindred Foundation give?
- Kindred Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $82,500 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2019.
- What does Kindred Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2019, its largest causes are Philanthropy (60%), Education (3%), Arts & Culture (1%).
- Who are Kindred Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2019: Reading Partners ($100k), Mount Baker Theatre ($31k), Whatcom Humane Society ($3k).
- Does Kindred Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kindred Foundation 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 Kindred Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Little Family Legacy Foundation, Whatcom Community Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation.
- Where is Kindred Foundation based?
- Kindred Foundation is based in WA.
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