California · Nonprofit
KIWANIS CLUB OF LOS ALTOS FOUNDATION
KIWANIS CLUB OF LOS ALTOS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,983 to it, the largest being LEO M SHORTINO FAMILY FOUNDATION ($15,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $99k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $34k
- Net assets
- $367k
What Kiwanis Club of Los Altos Foundation does
Mission
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth services: Includes grants to and expenses for programs for youth, schools, scholarships to students and other youth activities including Kiwanis Special Games and Kiwanis Pet Parade.
$36,755 spent57% of program spendingCommunity Service: Includes Grants to and expenses for National and Local organizations for Health, Welfare, Education and Community support
$25,608 spent40% of program spendingSponsored Youth Groups: Financial Support for specific Kiwanis related youth groups: the K-Kids Club of Loyola School, Key Club of Los Altos High School and Circle K of Foothill College. Support provided to encourage community service by youth.
$1,756 spent3% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $64,119.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $257k to $330k (+28%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
85% of KIWANIS CLUB OF LOS ALTOS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (77% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $5k → $1k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of KIWANIS CLUB OF LOS ALTOS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
KIWANIS CLUB OF LOS ALTOS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
26% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund KIWANIS CLUB OF LOS ALTOS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 91% · 2020 83% · 2021 100% · 2022 89% · 2023 98% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
80% of KIWANIS CLUB OF LOS ALTOS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
KIWANIS CLUB OF LOS ALTOS FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,647 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,647 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like KIWANIS CLUB OF LOS ALTOS FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Kiwanis Club of Los Altos · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KIWANIS CLUB OF LOS ALTOS FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KIWANIS CLUB OF LOS ALTOS FOUNDATION?
- KIWANIS CLUB OF LOS ALTOS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,983 to it, the largest being LEO M SHORTINO FAMILY FOUNDATION ($15,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KIWANIS CLUB OF LOS ALTOS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $33,983 in grants to KIWANIS CLUB OF LOS ALTOS FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KIWANIS CLUB OF LOS ALTOS FOUNDATION?
- LEO M SHORTINO FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KIWANIS CLUB OF LOS ALTOS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing