California · Private foundation
The Khosla 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.
- $18k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,450
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $298k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations The Khosla Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 6 | $18k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $16k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $37k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $4k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $7k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $8k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $5k | 67% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendocino Film Festival Inc | $28,350 | 8 | 3% |
| Mendocino Land Trust | $15,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Albion Little River Fire Protection District | $7,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mendocino Coast Clinics Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arts Council of Mendocino County | $3,250 | 2 | 1% |
| Little Sisters of the Poor Sacred Heart Home | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Freestore Foodbank Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Noyo Center For Marine Science | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Community Through Hope | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pacific Environmental Education Center | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendocino Film Festival Inc | $28,350 | 8 | 3% |
| Mendocino Land Trust | $15,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Albion Little River Fire Protection District | $7,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mendocino Coast Clinics Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arts Council of Mendocino County | $3,250 | 2 | 1% |
| Little Sisters of the Poor Sacred Heart Home | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Freestore Foodbank Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Noyo Center For Marine Science | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Community Through Hope | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pacific Environmental Education Center | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Whirlybird Project | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mendocino Coast Healthcare Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Point Reyes Bird Observatory | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mendocino Coast Humane Society | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($44k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Khosla 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 of Mendocino County · Tarbell Family Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Khosla Foundation
- How much does The Khosla Foundation give?
- The Khosla Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $17,950 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Khosla Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (33%), Environment (21%), Education (17%).
- Who are The Khosla Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mendocino Film Festival Inc ($28k), Mendocino Land Trust ($16k), Albion Little River Fire Protection District ($7k).
- Does The Khosla Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Khosla 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 Khosla Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Mendocino County, Tarbell Family Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Khosla Foundation based?
- The Khosla Foundation is based in CA.
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