Funding search · EIN 954794542 · Santa Barbara, CA

John S Kiewit Memorial Foundation

Name: John S Kiewit Memorial Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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: $4.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

preserve creek acquisition antonio arroyo beach coastal conception

Funder website ↗Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

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.

2 grants matching “vertebrate” · $107,372

$45,593
Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology · Camarillo, CA · 2024
Program support
$61,779
Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology · Camarillo, CA · 2023
Program support

Top recipients

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

The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County2 grants · $751,000
The Trust for Public Land2 grants · $750,000
California Rangeland Trust3 grants · $675,000
The Nature Conservancy2 grants · $300,000
Ojai Valley Land Conservancy3 grants · $266,000
Ventura Land Trust1 grant · $250,000
The Land Conservancy1 grant · $235,000
National Park Foundation2 grants · $175,000
Coastal Ranches Conservancy3 grants · $156,975
Regents of Ucsb2 grants · $150,000

Giving over time

$199,700

2022

$1.5M

2023

$2.9M

2024

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

$500,000
The Trust for Public Land · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$440,000
California Rangeland Trust · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Program support
$426,000
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Program support
$325,000
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Program support
$250,000
Ventura Land Trust · Ventura, CA · 2024
Program support
$250,000
The Trust for Public Land · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
$235,000
The Land Conservancy · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2024
Program support
$210,000
California Rangeland Trust · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Program support
$200,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Program support
$166,000
Ojai Valley Land Conservancy · Ojai, CA · 2023
Program support
$125,000
National Park Foundation · Washington, WA · 2024
Program support
$110,000
Los Padres Forest Watch · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Program support
$100,000
Regents of Ucsb · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Program support
$100,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program support
$90,492
Coastal Ranches Conservancy · Gaviota, CA · 2023
Program support
$75,000
Ojai Valley Land Conservancy · Ojai, CA · 2024
Program support
$75,000
White Buffalo Land Trust · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Program support
$70,000
Channel Islands Restoration · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Program support
$67,200
Land Trust of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Arroyo hondo preserve and gaviota coastal fund
$61,779
Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology · Camarillo, CA · 2023
Program support
$60,000
Center for Urban Agriculture · Goleta, CA · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Gaviota Coast Conservancy · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Program support
$50,000
National Park Foundation · Washington, WA · 2023
Program support
$50,000
Regents of Ucsb · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Program support
$50,000
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Program support
$46,483
Coastal Ranches Conservancy · Gaviota, CA · 2024
Program support
$45,593
Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology · Camarillo, CA · 2024
Program support
$30,000
Naturetrack Foundation · Los Olivos, CA · 2024
Program support
$27,500
Carrizo Plain Conservancy · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Friends of the Santa Clara River · Ventura, CA · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Program support
$25,000
The Wildlands Conservancy · Cypress, CA · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Wilderness Youth Project · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Los Padres Forest Watch · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Program support
$25,000
California Rangeland Trust · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Conservation easement project in cuyama valley
$25,000
Ojai Valley Land Conservancy · Ojai, CA · 2022
Property acquisition in san antonio creek
$25,000
Trust for Public Land · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Deer creek beach and wind wolves preserve projects
$20,000
Coastal Ranches Conservancy · Gaviota, CA · 2022
Hollister ranch tidepool school
$19,243
Turtle Conservancy · Ojai, CA · 2024
Program support
$15,000
Naturetrack Foundation · Los Olivos, CA · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Channel Islands Restoration · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Los Padres Forest Watch · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Room to roam wildlife project
$10,000
Nature Conservancy of California · Arlington, CA · 2022
Point conception institute research at dangermond preserve
$10,000
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Tackling plastic pollution
$7,500
Naturetrack Foundation · Los Olivos, CA · 2022
Outdoor environmental education
$5,000
Wishtoyo Foundation · Ventura, CA · 2024
Program support

Who else funds this kind of work

Same state

Silicon Valley Community Foundation10,471 grants · $10.10B
Tides Foundation9,402 grants · $1.86B
UCLA Foundation276 grants · $1.75B

Similar purposes

The Sidney J Weinberg Jr Foundation96 grants · $16.3M
Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation251 grants · $101.5M
Stephen M Silberstein Foundation133 grants · $21.0M

Similar grant size

Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral16,278 grants · $1.08B
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund19,135 grants · $6.79B
The Chicago Community Trust14,939 grants · $5.82B

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

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.