California · Nonprofit
The Ketogenic Foundation
The Ketogenic Foundation (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $725,000 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($525,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $433k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $725k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What The Ketogenic Foundation does
Mission
The Ketogenic Foundation is a california non-profit, public benefit organization which fosters ketogenic education, medical research, and information sharing for the benefit of improving the health of humankind.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
In 2025, the organization initiated development of a new medical education initiative aligned with its exempt mission. Activities included development of educational content and programming providing evidence-based medical education to advance understanding of nutritional ketosis in clinical and therapeutic applications. During the tax year, the organization expanded operational support and contractor engagement dedicated to implementation of the initiative.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
During the tax year, the organization formalized and began implementation of expanded educational programming in furtherance of its existing exempt purpose. Although education has always been part of the organizations mission, this was the first year the organization established dedicated operational leadership for development of medical education initiatives and began implementation of structured educational programming. The organization also initiated planning for a scientific conference scheduled for 2026 intended to convene researchers, clinicians, practitioners, and other stakeholders for scientific exchange and collaboration.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Development of educational programmingsee statement for part iii 4a.
$152,674 spent44% of program spendingMission & organizational development, strategic partnerships, and field collaborationsee statement for part iii 4b.
$127,500 spent36% of program spendingScientific conference planning and field advancement activitiessee statement for part iii 4c.
$37,742 spent11% of program spendingProgram expenses related to implementing smaller programs. Payroll,technology and other direct costs.
$32,131 spent9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $350,047.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $583k to $1.1M (+84%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 The Ketogenic Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
The Ketogenic Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 The Ketogenic Foundation.
“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
100% of The Ketogenic Foundation's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $725k 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.
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Ketogenic 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 The Ketogenic Foundation?
- The Ketogenic Foundation (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $725,000 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($525,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does The Ketogenic Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $725,000 in grants to The Ketogenic Foundation, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Ketogenic Foundation?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $525,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Ketogenic 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 2 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing