California · Private foundation
Richard & Lisa Kendall Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $42k
- Granted FY2022
- 19
- Grants FY2022
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 37%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Richard & Lisa Kendall Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Richard & Lisa Kendall Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 13 organizations, $42k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 37% of the organizations Richard & Lisa Kendall Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 19 | $42k | 37% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $243k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $212k | 37% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $210k | 35% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $84k | 48% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $204k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Uc Press Foundation | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $6,250 | 3 | 0% |
| The Library Foundation of Los Angeles | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Alliance for Children's Rights | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Review of Books | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Brentwood School | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($879k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard & Lisa Kendall 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: California Humanities · California Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Richard & Lisa Kendall Foundation
- How much does Richard & Lisa Kendall Foundation give?
- Richard & Lisa Kendall Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $42,034 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Richard & Lisa Kendall Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (55%), Philanthropy (38%), Education (3%).
- Who are Richard & Lisa Kendall Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States ($35k), William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc ($15k), Natural Resources Defense Council Inc ($15k).
- Does Richard & Lisa Kendall Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richard & Lisa Kendall 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 Richard & Lisa Kendall Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Humanities, California Community Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Richard & Lisa Kendall Foundation based?
- Richard & Lisa Kendall Foundation is based in CA.
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