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Kelson Foundation

Name: Kelson Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

278
grants reported: $23.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
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

democracy frontlines black california center education innovation league

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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.

Top recipients

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

Middlebury College3 grants · $3.0M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation2 grants · $1.5M
New Venture Fund4 grants · $1.2M
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area2 grants · $750,000
Rhode Island School of Design3 grants · $560,000
Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence2 grants · $550,000
Neo Philanthropy3 grants · $550,000
Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship3 grants · $530,000
Representwomen2 grants · $500,000
Youth Employment Partnership3 grants · $500,000

Giving over time

$6.5M

2022

$8.6M

2023

$8.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 278 grants.

$1.0M
Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2024
The elizabeth hackett robinson 84 innovation hub endowed fund
$1.0M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Democracy frontlines fund
$1.0M
Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2023
The elizabeth hackett robinson '84 innovation hub endowed fund
$1.0M
Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2022
The elizabeth hackett robinson '84 innovation hub endowed fund.
$500,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support to the democracy frontlines fund
$500,000
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2024
General support to gw school of law multi-racial democracy project
$500,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024
General support to more equitable democracy
$500,000
Protect Democracy Project · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$500,000
Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$500,000
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$500,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General support for institute for responsive government
$300,000
Representwomen · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
General support
$300,000
Vote Mama Foundation · Amityville, NY · 2024
General support
$300,000
Vote Run Lead · Hartsdale, NY · 2024
General support
$250,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
General support to mggg redistricting lab
$250,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To the harvard law school election law clinic for efforts aimed at advancing prison reform
$250,000
Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship · Quincy, CA · 2024
General support
$250,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$250,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General support for center for secure and modern elections
$250,000
Rhode Island School of Design · Providence, RI · 2023
General support
$250,000
Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship · Quincy, CA · 2023
General support
$250,000
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$250,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General support for the fines and fees justice center
$250,000
Rhode Island School of Design · Providence, RI · 2022
President's discretionary fund
$250,000
The Nature Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2022
A trio of greening projects in chicago
$200,000
Educators for Excellence · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$200,000
Learning Policy Institute · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General support
$200,000
New Venture Fund · Burbank, CA · 2024
General support to early edge california
$200,000
Panorama Global · Seattle, WA · 2024
For the the ascend fund
$200,000
Public Counsel · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To work on education
$200,000
Rutgers University Foundation · New Brunswick, NJ · 2024
General support to national institute for early education research
$200,000
Teach Plus Incorporated · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$200,000
The Education Trust · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$200,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
For the center for district innovation and leadership in early education
$200,000
Representwomen · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
General support
$200,000
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund · San Antonio, TX · 2023
General support
$200,000
Truckee Dirt Union · Truckee, CA · 2023
General support
$200,000
Youth Employment Partnership · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$200,000
East Bay Community Law Center · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General support
$200,000
Transportation Alternatives · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$200,000
Youth Employment Partnership · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$150,000
Running Start · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$150,000
Rutgers University Foundation · New Brunswick, NJ · 2024
General support to center for american women and politics
$150,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$150,000
University Settlement Society of New York · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$150,000
Youth Radio · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$125,000
Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support for immigrants rising
$106,500
Democracy Works · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
$100,000
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship · Rockport, ME · 2024
General support
$100,000
Givethx · Greenbrae, CA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024
To democracy rising for efforts to support women leaders
$100,000
Prx Incorporated · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Transportation Alternatives · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$100,000
Youth Employment Partnership · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$100,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$100,000
California Trails Foundation · Forestville, CA · 2023
To improve and increase trail access for mountain biking throughout california
$100,000
Center for Democracy and Technology · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$100,000
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship · Rockport, ME · 2023
General support
$100,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$100,000
Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Ideoorg · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Make the Road New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
$100,000
Samaritan Neighborhood Center · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support for oakland
$100,000
San Francisco Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$100,000
The Crucible · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support to poder
$100,000
Ufw Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support farm worker stories through nonpartisan advocacy and public education efforts
$100,000
Way To Rise · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$100,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$100,000
Center for Civic Design · Cambridge, MD · 2022
General support
$100,000
Centro Legal De La Raza · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$100,000
Foodcorps · Portland, OR · 2022
General support
$100,000
Homeless Prenatal Program · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$100,000
Ideoorg · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$100,000
Make the Road New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General support
$100,000
Native American Health Center · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$100,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General support
$100,000
The Alameda County Community Food Bank · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$100,000
The Crucible · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$100,000
Ufw Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$90,000
Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council · Providence, RI · 2022
To support the met/trek internship program
$75,000
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship · Rockport, ME · 2022
General support
$70,000
City and County of San Francisco Public Defenders Office · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support the clean slate program in hiring a fellow to work on crimmigration
$62,500
Center for Democracy and Technology · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$62,500
Way To Rise · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$60,000
Northern California High School Cycling League · Petaluma, CA · 2024
Northern california high school program
$60,000
Rhode Island School of Design · Providence, RI · 2022
General support
$50,000
Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$50,000
California Trails Foundation · Forestville, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Donorschoose Org · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$50,000
Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence · Washinton, DC · 2024
General support
$50,000
Girls Garage · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Ideoorg · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Make the Road New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General support
$50,000
Reading Partners · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Room To Read · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
The Crucible · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
The Nea Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$50,000
American National Red Cross · San Francisco, CA · 2023
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.