California · Public charity
Kiss the Ground
Our mission is to awaken the people to the possibilities of regeneration. We do this by generating awareness and offering education around soil health and regenerative agriculture. Additionally, KISS THE GROUND may engage in any activities that are reasonably related to or in furtherance of its stated charitable
- $352k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2025
- $306k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2019 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 67% of the organizations Kiss the Ground funded were first-time grantees, receiving 81% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $306k | 94% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $54k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $232k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soil Health Academy | $879,750 | 3 | 53% |
| Project Biome Inc | $632,869 | 2 | 85% |
| Redford Center Inc | $65,035 | 2 | 1% |
| Landers Family Farm | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kokes Cattle Company LLC | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Black Farmers Association | $34,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Vetted Farms | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wild Type Ranch LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ml Ranch LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| PT Ranch | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soil Health Academy | $879,750 | 3 | 53% |
| Project Biome Inc | $632,869 | 2 | 85% |
| Redford Center Inc | $65,035 | 2 | 1% |
| Landers Family Farm | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kokes Cattle Company LLC | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Black Farmers Association | $34,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Vetted Farms | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wild Type Ranch LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ml Ranch LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| PT Ranch | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nalwoodi Denzhone Strength and Beauty Community | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mud Ridge Ranch LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Provenance Organic Farm LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Squeeze Citrus LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Soul Fire Farm Institute Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Agricultural Resilience | $11,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Living Pastures Farm LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mace Chasm Falls LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Teravana Trust F/K/A Wellkind Trust | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Understanding Ag LLC | $9,900 | 1 | n/a |
| White Buffalo Land Trust | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Provenance Co Regeneration Management Partners | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Kiss the Ground
- How much does Kiss the Ground give?
- Kiss the Ground reported 18 itemized grants totaling $305,750, out of $351,750 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2022.
- What does Kiss the Ground fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (59%), Food & Nutrition (41%).
- Who are Kiss the Ground's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Soil Health Academy ($880k), Project Biome Inc ($633k), Redford Center Inc ($65k).
- Does Kiss the Ground fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Kiss the Ground?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Kiss the Ground based?
- Kiss the Ground is based in CA.
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