Funding search · EIN 823097498 · Vancouver, WA

Ken & Dean Kirn Foundation

Name: Ken & Dean Kirn Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

57
grants reported: $961,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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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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.

Community Foundation of Sw Wa4 grants · $329,000
Peacehealth Foundation2 grants · $200,000
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $111,500
Columbia River Maritime Museum3 grants · $60,000
Day Break Youth Services2 grants · $40,000
Freedom Foundation4 grants · $40,000
Open House Ministries2 grants · $40,000
Hillsdale College1 grant · $25,000
Judicial Watch3 grants · $15,000
Free Clinics of Sw Washington3 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$213,500

2022

$255,000

2023

$182,500

2024

$310,000

2025

Grant history

All 57 reported grants, largest first.

$186,000
Community Foundation of Sw Wa · Vancouver, WA · 2025
Donation to general fund
$100,000
Peacehealth Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
Donation to general fund
$100,000
Peacehealth Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022
Donation to general fund
$83,000
Community Foundation of Sw Wa · Vancouver, WA · 2024
Donation to general fund
$50,000
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra · Vancouver, WA · 2024
Donation to general fund
$30,000
Community Foundation of Sw Wa · Vancouver, WA · 2023
Donation to general fund
$30,000
Day Break Youth Services · Vancouver, WA · 2023
Donation to general fund
$30,000
Open House Ministries · Vancouver, WA · 2023
Donation to general fund
$30,000
Community Foundation of Sw Wa · Vancouver, WA · 2022
Donation to general fund
$25,000
Columbia River Maritime Museum · Astoria, OR · 2025
Donation to general fund
$25,000
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra · Vancouver, WA · 2025
Donation to general fund
$25,000
Columbia River Maritime Museum · Astoria, OR · 2023
Donation to general fund
$25,000
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra · Vancouver, WA · 2023
Donation to general fund
$25,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2022
Donation to general fund
$11,500
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra · Vancouver, WA · 2022
Donation to general fund
$10,000
Freedom Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Donation to general fund
$10,000
Open House Ministries · Vancouver, WA · 2025
Donation to general fund
$10,000
Columbia River Maritime Museum · Astoria, OR · 2024
Donation to general fund
$10,000
Freedom Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Donation to general fund
$10,000
Freedom Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Donation to general fund
$10,000
Day Break Youth Services · Vancouver, WA · 2022
Donation to general fund
$10,000
Freedom Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Donation to general fund
$5,000
Clark County Food Bank · Vancouver, WA · 2025
Donation to general fund
$5,000
Free Clinics of Sw Washington · Vancouver, WA · 2025
Donation to general fund
$5,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation to general fund
$5,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2025
Donation to general fund
$5,000
Portland Rescue Mission · Portland, OR · 2025
Donation to general fund
$5,000
The Historic Trust · Vancouver, WA · 2025
Donation to general fund
$5,000
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Donation to general fund
$5,000
Young America'S Foundation · Reston, VA · 2025
Donation to general fund
$5,000
Free Clinics of Sw Washington · Vancouver, WA · 2024
Donation to general fund
$5,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2024
Donation to general fund
$5,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Donation to general fund
$5,000
Young America'S Foundation · Reston, VA · 2024
Donation to general fund
$5,000
Free Clinics of Sw Washington · Vancouver, WA · 2023
Donation to general fund
$5,000
Clark County Food Bank · Vancouver, WA · 2022
Donation to general fund
$5,000
Judicial Watch · Wachington Dc, DC · 2022
Donation to general fund
$5,000
Young Americans Foundation · Reston, VA · 2022
Donation to general fund
$3,000
Conservative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation to general fund
$3,000
Conservative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Donation to general fund
$2,500
The Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation to general fund
$2,500
Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2025
Donation to general fund
$2,500
Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
Donation to general fund
$2,500
Conservative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Donation to general fund
$2,500
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Donation to general fund
$2,500
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacremento, CA · 2022
Donation to general fund
$2,500
Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2022
Donation to general fund
$2,000
Cascade Policy Institute · Portland, OR · 2025
Donation to general fund
$2,000
The Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Donation to general fund
$1,000
Accuracy in Media · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation to general fund
$1,000
Humane Society of Sw Washington · Vancouver, WA · 2025
Donation to general fund
$1,000
New Avenues for Youth · Portland, OR · 2025
Donation to general fund
$1,000
World Forestry Center · Portland, OR · 2025
Donation to general fund
$1,000
Cascade Policy Institute · Portland, OR · 2024
Donation to general fund
$1,000
Clark County Food Bank · Vancouver, WA · 2024
Donation to general fund
$1,000
The Colonial Williamsburg Found · Williamsburg, VA · 2022
Donation to general fund
$1,000
World Forestry Center · Portland, OR · 2022
Donation to general fund

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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.