Funding search · EIN 810856748 · Austin, TX

The Kind Foundation

Name: The Kind Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

48
grants reported: $280,706
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $750
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

gift matching hardship relief challenge kindness

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

1 grant matching “kurtz” · $20,000

$20,000
William J Kurtz · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Hardship relief grant

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Lawrence Weinberg1 grant · $35,000
Maria Guillermina Vera2 grants · $33,500
Bertha Merikanskas1 grant · $31,901
Laura Neal1 grant · $30,000
Sandi Wilda1 grant · $29,051
The Blackbaud Giving Fund3 grants · $22,400
William J Kurtz1 grant · $20,000
Sandy Choi1 grant · $20,000
Daniel Oakey1 grant · $10,000
Abe Americus Schwarz1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$54,258

2022

$100,075

2023

$34,244

2024

$92,129

2025

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

$35,000
Lawrence Weinberg · Nashville, TN · 2023
Hardship relief grant
$31,901
Bertha Merikanskas · Hermosa Beach, CA · 2025
Hardship relief grant
$30,000
Laura Neal · Washington, DC · 2023
Hardship relief grant
$29,051
Sandi Wilda · Austin, TX · 2022
Hardship relief grant
$20,000
William J Kurtz · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Hardship relief grant
$20,000
Sandy Choi · Washington, DC · 2023
Hardship relief grant
$18,500
Maria Guillermina Vera · South Ozone Park, NY · 2024
Hardship relief grant
$15,000
Maria Guillermina Vera · South Ozone Park, NY · 2025
Hardship relief grant
$10,207
The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2022
Charitable matching gift program
$10,000
Abe Americus Schwarz · 2025
Hardship relief grant
$10,000
Daniel Oakey · Glendale, AZ · 2023
Hardship relief grant
$7,118
The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2024
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$5,075
The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2023
Charitable matching gift program
$5,000
Nisreen Haj Mohammed · 2025
Hardship relief grant
$5,000
Renee Goodwin · New York, NY · 2025
Hardship relief grant
$5,000
Nisreen Haj Mohammed · 2024
Hardship relief grant
$5,000
Camryn Clune · North Port, FL · 2022
Hardship relief grant
$5,000
Kathy Kinsey · North Port, FL · 2022
Hardship relief grant
$5,000
Lindsey Pagan · North Port, FL · 2022
Hardship relief grant
$1,000
Lifeway Network · Tarrytown, NY · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$1,000
Maranatha Baptist University · Watertown, WI · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$1,000
Life You Can Save · Sequim, WA · 2024
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$1,000
Limmud North America · Dallas, TX · 2024
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$1,000
Waldron Mercy Academy · Merion Station, PA · 2024
Kindness challenge donation
$500
Honnold Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$500
Hot Bread Kitchen Ltd · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$353
The Barker Adoption Foundation · Betheseda, MD · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$328
North Carolina Community Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$258
Dc Bilingual Public Charter School · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$257
The Benevolence Farm · Graham, NC · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$250
Camba · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$250
Wake Forest University · Winston Salem, NC · 2024
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$180
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$120
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$105
American Cancer Society · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$100
Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country · Kerrville, TX · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$100
The Giving Kitchen Initiative · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$100
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$80
Open Medicine Foundation · Agoura Hills, CA · 2024
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$78
Solve Mecfs Initiative · Glendale, CA · 2024
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$60
Dare2tri Paratriathlon Club · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$52
Camp Kesem National · Covina, CA · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$50
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$30
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$30
Puppy Kitty Ny City · Middle Village, NY · 2024
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$28
North Carolina Community Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$25
Minds Matter National · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$20
Puppy Kitty Ny City · Middle Village, NY · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.