Minnesota · Private foundation
Ray J Kahler Trust
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.
- $25k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $466k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Ray J Kahler Trust 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 | 4 | $25k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $21k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $22k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $22k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $22k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| YMCA of San Diego County | $28,000 | 6 | 0% |
| California Aquatic Therapy & Wellness Center Inc | $27,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Therapy Center Inc Dba Challenge Center | $17,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Vista Hill Foundation | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Angel Flight West Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arms Wide Open Corporation | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Resounding Joy Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa De Amparo | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| United Through Reading | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 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 Ray J Kahler Trust 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: Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Diego Ltd · The Cushman Foundation · Pratt Memorial Fund · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The Thursday Club Foundation · Art Pratt Foundation of Old Mission Rc · Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Ray J Kahler Trust
- How much does Ray J Kahler Trust give?
- Ray J Kahler Trust reported 4 grants totaling $25,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Ray J Kahler Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (68%), Human Services (23%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Ray J Kahler Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: YMCA of San Diego County ($28k), California Aquatic Therapy & Wellness Center Inc ($27k), Therapy Center Inc Dba Challenge Center ($18k).
- Does Ray J Kahler Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ray J Kahler Trust 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 Ray J Kahler Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Diego Ltd, The Cushman Foundation, Pratt Memorial Fund.
- Where is Ray J Kahler Trust based?
- Ray J Kahler Trust is based in MN.
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