California · Private foundation
The Kind Life Foundation
- $950k
- Granted FY2021
- 7
- Grants FY2021
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Kind Life Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year The Kind Life Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $950k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2019 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 6
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 43% of the organizations The Kind Life Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $350k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 7 | $950k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $410k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $530k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.
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, FY2019 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ludwig Von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics Inc | $650,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Libertarian Institute | $400,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Children's Health Defense | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Angel City Alliance | $125,000 | 2 | 8% |
| The Center for American Liberty | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Randolph Bourne Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The Tor Project Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brentwood School | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($300k), not named here.
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: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Kind Life Foundation
- How much does The Kind Life Foundation give?
- The Kind Life Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $950,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2021.
- What does The Kind Life Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (53%), Education (17%), Social Science (16%).
- Who are The Kind Life Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2021: Ludwig Von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics Inc ($650k), The Libertarian Institute ($400k), Children's Health Defense ($200k).
- Does The Kind Life Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Kind Life Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Kind Life Foundation based?
- The Kind Life Foundation is based in CA.
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