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Funding search · EIN 956092356 · Santa Monica, CA

Kelton Fund

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

59
grants reported
$2.2M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$3,500
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.

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Top recipients

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  • Trust for Public Land2 grants · $1.8M
  • Guadalupe Kids Come First Foundatio2 grants · $120,000
  • Center Theatre Group4 grants · $95,000
  • Los Angeles Opera4 grants · $80,000
  • The Jewish Federation2 grants · $37,500
  • Saint John'S Health Center Foundati2 grants · $32,000
  • Discovery Eye Foundation4 grants · $25,000
  • UCLA Foundation2 grants · $15,000
  • Los Angeles Philharmonic Associatio4 grants · $14,000
  • Geffen Playhouse2 grants · $8,000

Giving over time

$116,505
2022
$140,500
2023
$1.4M
2024
$573,900
2025

Grant history

All 59 reported grants, largest first.

  • $1.3M

    Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Support of charitable activities

  • $500,000

    Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    Support of charitable activities

  • $60,000

    Guadalupe Kids Come First Foundatio · Guadalupe, CA · 2024

    Support of charitable activities

  • $60,000

    Guadalupe Kids Come First Foundatio · Guadalupe, CA · 2023

    Support of charitable activities

  • $30,000

    Center Theatre Group · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Support of charitable activities

  • $25,000

    Center Theatre Group · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Support of charitable activities

  • $22,000

    Saint John'S Health Center Foundati · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    Support of charitable activities

  • $20,000

    Los Angeles Opera · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Support of charitable activities

  • $20,000

    Los Angeles Opera · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Support of charitable activities

  • $20,000

    Center Theatre Group · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Support of charitable activities

  • $20,000

    Los Angeles Opera · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Support of charitable activities

  • $20,000

    Center Theatre Group · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Support of charitable activities

  • $20,000

    Los Angeles Opera · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Support of charitable activities

  • $20,000

    The Jewish Federation · Reseda, CA · 2022

    Support of charitable activities

  • $17,500

    The Jewish Federation · Reseda, CA · 2023

    Support of charitable activities

  • $10,000

    Discovery Eye Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Support of charitable activities

  • $10,000

    Saint John'S Health Center Foundati · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    Support of charitable activities

  • $10,000

    UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Support of charitable activities

  • $5,000

    Geffen Playhouse · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Support of charitable activities

  • $5,000

    Discovery Eye Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Support of charitable activities

  • $5,000

    Assistance League of Laoperation Sc · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    Support of charitable activities

  • $5,000

    Discovery Eye Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Support of charitable activities

  • $5,000

    UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Support of charitable activities

  • $5,000

    Discovery Eye Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Support of charitable activities

  • $4,000

    A Noise Within Theatre · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    Support of charitable activities

  • $4,000

    The Painted Turtle · Lake Hughes, CA · 2022

    Support of charitable activities

  • $3,605

    Leo Baeck Temple · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Support of charitable activities

  • $3,500

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Associatio · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Support of charitable activities

  • $3,500

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Associatio · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Support of charitable activities

  • $3,500

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Associatio · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Support of charitable activities

  • $3,500

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Associatio · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Support of charitable activities

  • $3,000

    A Noise Within Theatre · Pasadena, CA · 2025

    Support of charitable activities

  • $3,000

    Geffen Playhouse · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Support of charitable activities

  • $2,500

    Concern Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Support of charitable activities

  • $2,000

    Pasadena Playhouse · Pasadena, CA · 2022

    Support of charitable activities

  • $2,000

    Skirball Cultural Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Support of charitable activities

  • $1,000

    Concern Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Support of charitable activities

  • $1,000

    Cancer Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Support of charitable activities

  • $1,000

    Kehillat Israel · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2023

    Support of charitable activities

  • $1,000

    Boys Girls Clubs of Santa Monica · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    Support of charitable activities

  • $1,000

    Concern Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Support of charitable activities

  • $1,000

    Unicef Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Support of charitable activities

  • $600

    Leo Baeck Temple · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Support of charitable activities

  • $500

    Kusc · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Support of charitable activities

  • $500

    Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Support of charitable activities

  • $400

    American Heart Association · Washington, DC · 2022

    Support of charitable activities

  • $350

    Los Angeles Fire Department Foundat · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Support of charitable activities

  • $300

    American Heart Association · Washington, DC · 2025

    Support of charitable activities

  • $300

    American Heart Association · Washington, DC · 2023

    Support of charitable activities

  • $300

    Los Angeles Fire Department Foundat · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Support of charitable activities

  • $250

    Leo Baeck Temple · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Support of charitable activities

  • $200

    American Heart Association · Washington, DC · 2024

    Support of charitable activities

  • $200

    Kusc · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Support of charitable activities

  • $200

    C G Jung Institute of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Support of charitable activities

  • $200

    Kusc · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Support of charitable activities

  • $200

    Kusc · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Support of charitable activities

  • $200

    Scpr · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Support of charitable activities

  • $100

    Women for Women International · Washington, DC · 2024

    Support of charitable activities

  • $100

    Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Support of charitable activities

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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.