Funding search · EIN 470979534 · Pasadena, TX

The Kaneka Foundation

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
$488,507
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • The University of Texas Foundation2 grants · $75,000
  • Make a Wish Texas Gulf Coast and Louisiana1 grant · $57,283
  • Alsac St Jude Children'S Res Hospital1 grant · $47,542
  • La Porte Education Foundation3 grants · $45,000
  • San Jacinto Community College Foundation3 grants · $34,000
  • American Heart Association3 grants · $30,000
  • Armand Bayou Nature Center2 grants · $27,500
  • Make a Wish1 grant · $25,000
  • Pasadena Isd Education Foundation1 grant · $20,000
  • Pasadena Volunteer Firefighter'S Association1 grant · $20,000

Giving over time

$105,500
2021
$28,500
2022
$75,000
2023
$279,507
2024

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

  • $57,283

    Make a Wish Texas Gulf Coast and Louisiana · Stafford, TX · 2024

    General sponsor

  • $50,000

    The University of Texas Foundation · Austin, TX · 2021

    General support

  • $47,542

    Alsac St Jude Children'S Res Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    San Jacinto Community College Foundation · Pasadena, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    The University of Texas Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Make a Wish · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    General sponsor

  • $20,000

    Armand Bayou Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    La Porte Education Foundation · La Porte, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Pasadena Isd Education Foundation · Pasadena, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Pasadena Volunteer Firefighter'S Association · Pasadena, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    La Porte Education Foundation · La Porte, TX · 2021

    General support

  • $10,000

    The Bridge Over Troubled Waters · Pasadena, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    American Heart Association · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    La Porte Education Foundation · La Porte, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    American Heart Association · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    American Heart Association · Des Moines, IA · 2021

    General support

  • $8,912

    Houston Spca · Houston, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $7,500

    Armand Bayou Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2021

    General support

  • $5,000

    City of Pasadena (Food Drive) · Pasadena, TX · 2023

    Food drive

  • $5,000

    Pasadena Livestock Show & Rodeo · Pasadena, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Sea Turtle Conservancy · Gainesville, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Sea Turtle Conservancy · Gainesville, FL · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Benicia Community Foundation · Benicia, CA · 2021

    General support

  • $5,000

    Sea Turtle Conservancy · Gainesville, FL · 2021

    General support

  • $5,000

    Star of Hope Mission · Houston, TX · 2021

    General support

  • $4,500

    San Jacinto Community College Foundation · Pasadena, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $4,500

    San Jacinto Community College Foundation · Pasadena, TX · 2022

    General support

  • $3,770

    Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $3,645

    Forgotten Angels · Valrico, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $3,500

    Pasadena Livestock Show & Rodeo · Pasadena, TX · 2021

    General support

  • $3,267

    Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $3,088

    Pasadena Livestock Show & Rodeo · Pasadena, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $3,000

    Project Joy & Hope for Texas · Pasadena, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $3,000

    Society of St Vincent De Paul · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $3,000

    Society of St Vincent De Paul · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    General support

  • $3,000

    Benicia Community Foundation · Benicia, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $2,500

    City of Pasadena (Food Drive) · Pasadena, TX · 2024

    Food drive

  • $2,500

    Essential Friends Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024

    General sponsor

  • $2,500

    Essential Friends Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023

    General sponsor

  • $2,500

    Pasadena Habitat for Humanity · Pasadena, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    Project Joy & Hope for Texas · Pasadena, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    Society of St Vinvent De Paul · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    General support

  • $2,500

    Soroptimist International of Benicia · Benicia, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $2,500

    Society of St Vinvent De Paul · Cincinnati, OH · 2021

    General support

  • $1,000

    Bakerripley Dba Formerly Neighborhood Centers · Houston, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Auburn University Foundation · Auburn, AL · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2021

    General support for medical school

  • $1,000

    La Porte Rotary Foundation · La Porte, TX · 2021

    General support

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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.