California · Private foundation
Lee-Kahn Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $2k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,665
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,665
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Lee-Kahn Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 1 | $2k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $12k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $30k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $25k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $18k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $15k | 57% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Give US the Floor | $22,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sutter Bay Medical Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coastal Watershed Council | $11,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Santa Cruz Baroque Festival | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cheetah Conservation Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kuumbwa Jazz Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Brothersbig Sisters Agency of Santa Cruz County Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Give US the Floor | $22,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sutter Bay Medical Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coastal Watershed Council | $11,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Santa Cruz Baroque Festival | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cheetah Conservation Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kuumbwa Jazz Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Brothersbig Sisters Agency of Santa Cruz County Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Munson Healthcare Foundations | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pets for the Elderly Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| America's Vetdogs the Veterans K-9 Corps Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pacific Collegiate School | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Cruz SPCA and Humane Society | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Clean Oceans International | $1,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Birchbark Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| International Wolf Center | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($27k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lee-Kahn 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: Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About Lee-Kahn Foundation
- How much does Lee-Kahn Foundation give?
- Lee-Kahn Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $1,665 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lee-Kahn Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (22%), Food & Nutrition (16%), Health (15%).
- Who are Lee-Kahn Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Give US the Floor ($23k), Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School ($17k), Sutter Bay Medical Foundation ($15k).
- Does Lee-Kahn Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lee-Kahn Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lee-Kahn Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County.
- Where is Lee-Kahn Foundation based?
- Lee-Kahn Foundation is based in CA.
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