California · Private foundation
Kos Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $108k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $78,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 63% of the organizations Kos Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 80% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k 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 | 7 | $108k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $87k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $50k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $86k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $29k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Woods Foundation Inc | $78,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc | $46,320 | 2 | 0% |
| Got Chaos Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 10% |
| John Muir Health Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Watermark Community Church | $34,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ncga Foundation | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Reno-Tahoe Open Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Movember Foundation | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Saint John's Program for Real Change | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bay Area Crisis Nursery | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Woods Foundation Inc | $78,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc | $46,320 | 2 | 0% |
| Got Chaos Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 10% |
| John Muir Health Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Watermark Community Church | $34,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ncga Foundation | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Reno-Tahoe Open Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Movember Foundation | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Saint John's Program for Real Change | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bay Area Crisis Nursery | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Theatre for Children Inc Dba B Street Theatre | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wild Sheep Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| De la Salle High School of Concord Inc | $9,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($32k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kos Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Shell USA Company Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Kos Family Foundation
- How much does Kos Family Foundation give?
- Kos Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $108,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Kos Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (26%), Education (24%), Human Services (23%).
- Who are Kos Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Tiger Woods Foundation Inc ($79k), Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc ($46k), Got Chaos Inc ($40k).
- Does Kos Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kos Family 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 Kos Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shell USA Company Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Charities Aid Foundation America.
- Where is Kos Family Foundation based?
- Kos Family Foundation is based in CA.
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