Funding search · EIN 770528782 · Los Altos, CA

The Kelvin Foundation

Name: The Kelvin 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.

50
grants reported: $1.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $3,979
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.

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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.

Morgan Stanley Daf Fund12 grants · $605,029
Eisenhower Med Center3 grants · $232,500
Stanford University3 grants · $78,800
Advocate Health Care Charitable Fdt1 grant · $20,000
University School of Milwaukee2 grants · $20,000
Princeton University3 grants · $16,994
Museum of New Mexico Foundation2 grants · $16,120
Healthnetwork2 grants · $10,000
Rancho Mirage Writers Festival1 grant · $9,000
Palm Springs Art Museum3 grants · $5,504

Giving over time

$592,920

2022

$338,172

2023

$103,572

2024

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

$225,000
Eisenhower Med Center · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2022
General support
$177,144
Morgan Stanley Daf Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$72,500
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
General support
$59,969
Morgan Stanley Daf Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$59,491
Morgan Stanley Daf Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$59,473
Morgan Stanley Daf Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$50,015
Morgan Stanley Daf Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$45,219
Morgan Stanley Daf Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$30,282
Morgan Stanley Daf Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$30,202
Morgan Stanley Daf Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$29,999
Morgan Stanley Daf Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$29,996
Morgan Stanley Daf Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$29,825
Morgan Stanley Daf Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Advocate Health Care Charitable Fdt · Downers Grove, IL · 2022
General support
$15,000
Museum of New Mexico Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
General support
$15,000
University School of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General support
$9,000
Rancho Mirage Writers Festival · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2024
General support
$8,190
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General support
$5,000
Eisenhower Med Center · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Healthnetwork · Pepper Pike, OH · 2024
General support
$5,000
Healthnetwork · Pepper Pike, OH · 2023
General support
$5,000
University School of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General support
$5,000
First Serve - New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
General support
$5,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General support
$4,154
Palm Springs Art Museum · Palm Springs, CA · 2024
General support
$3,804
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General support
$3,500
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
General support
$3,414
Morgan Stanley Daf Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$2,800
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
General support
$2,505
Palm Springs Film Fest · Palm Springs, CA · 2022
General support
$2,500
Eisenhower Med Center · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2023
General support
$2,500
Kara · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General support
$2,000
Palm Springs International Film Fes · Palm Springs, CA · 2023
General support
$1,725
Art Horizon International · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General support
$1,352
Palm Springs International Film Fes · Palm Springs, CA · 2024
General support
$1,120
Museum of New Mexico Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General support
$1,100
Palm Springs Art Museum · Palm Springs, CA · 2023
General support
$1,040
Kara · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General support
$1,037
Princetonians for Free Speech · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General support
$1,030
United 4ukraine · Los Altos, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Icivics · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General support
$550
Palm Springs Air Museum · Palm Springs, CA · 2023
General support
$250
Palm Springs Art Museum · Palm Springs, CA · 2022
General support
$250
Princeton University Class of 1979 · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General support
$200
Sculpture Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General support
$200
The Living Desert · Palm Desert, CA · 2022
General support
$100
Eugene Weekly · Eugene, OR · 2023
General support
$100
Fire · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$75
Princeton University Art Museum · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General support
$53
Fire · Philadelphia, PA · 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.