California · Private foundation
The Donna L Kendall 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.
- $213k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,400
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $161,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.7M
- 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 The Donna L Kendall 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 | 8 | $213k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $187k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $212k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $242k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $190k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $333k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $201k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $223k | 44% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philharmonic Society of Orange County | $1,498,149 | 9 | 8% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $223,150 | 9 | 0% |
| The Santa Fe Opera | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Orange County School of the Arts Foundation | $35,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Segerstrom Center for the Arts | $30,500 | 2 | 0% |
| THE SOLTI FOUNDATION US CO Fiona Queen | $8,000 | 2 | 9% |
| The Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc | $7,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Masters School | $4,270 | 7 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $3,300 | 3 | n/a |
| Historical Collections Council of California | $1,150 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philharmonic Society of Orange County | $1,498,149 | 9 | 8% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $223,150 | 9 | 0% |
| The Santa Fe Opera | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Orange County School of the Arts Foundation | $35,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Segerstrom Center for the Arts | $30,500 | 2 | 0% |
| THE SOLTI FOUNDATION US CO Fiona Queen | $8,000 | 2 | 9% |
| The Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc | $7,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Masters School | $4,270 | 7 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $3,300 | 3 | n/a |
| Historical Collections Council of California | $1,150 | 5 | 1% |
| Mystic Seaport Museum Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Charles W Bowers Museum Corporation | $330 | 2 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Opera Club | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Wyoming Outdoor Council | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($57k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Donna L 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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Donna L Kendall Foundation
- How much does The Donna L Kendall Foundation give?
- The Donna L Kendall Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $213,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Donna L Kendall Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (97%), Education (2%), Environment (0%).
- Who are The Donna L Kendall Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Philharmonic Society of Orange County ($1.5M), Chicago Symphony Orchestra ($223k), The Santa Fe Opera ($125k).
- Does The Donna L Kendall Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Donna L 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 The Donna L Kendall Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Donna L Kendall Foundation based?
- The Donna L Kendall Foundation is based in CA.
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