Funding search · EIN 810856748 · Austin, TX

The Kind Foundation

Name: The Kind 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.

48
grants reported: $280,706
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $750
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.

What they fund

gift matching hardship relief challenge kindness

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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.

Lawrence Weinberg1 grant · $35,000
Maria Guillermina Vera2 grants · $33,500
Bertha Merikanskas1 grant · $31,901
Laura Neal1 grant · $30,000
Sandi Wilda1 grant · $29,051
The Blackbaud Giving Fund3 grants · $22,400
William J Kurtz1 grant · $20,000
Sandy Choi1 grant · $20,000
Daniel Oakey1 grant · $10,000
Abe Americus Schwarz1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$54,258

2022

$100,075

2023

$34,244

2024

$92,129

2025

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

$35,000
Lawrence Weinberg · Nashville, TN · 2023
Hardship relief grant
$31,901
Bertha Merikanskas · Hermosa Beach, CA · 2025
Hardship relief grant
$30,000
Laura Neal · Washington, DC · 2023
Hardship relief grant
$29,051
Sandi Wilda · Austin, TX · 2022
Hardship relief grant
$20,000
William J Kurtz · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Hardship relief grant
$20,000
Sandy Choi · Washington, DC · 2023
Hardship relief grant
$18,500
Maria Guillermina Vera · South Ozone Park, NY · 2024
Hardship relief grant
$15,000
Maria Guillermina Vera · South Ozone Park, NY · 2025
Hardship relief grant
$10,207
The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2022
Charitable matching gift program
$10,000
Abe Americus Schwarz · 2025
Hardship relief grant
$10,000
Daniel Oakey · Glendale, AZ · 2023
Hardship relief grant
$7,118
The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2024
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$5,075
The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2023
Charitable matching gift program
$5,000
Nisreen Haj Mohammed · 2025
Hardship relief grant
$5,000
Renee Goodwin · New York, NY · 2025
Hardship relief grant
$5,000
Nisreen Haj Mohammed · 2024
Hardship relief grant
$5,000
Camryn Clune · North Port, FL · 2022
Hardship relief grant
$5,000
Kathy Kinsey · North Port, FL · 2022
Hardship relief grant
$5,000
Lindsey Pagan · North Port, FL · 2022
Hardship relief grant
$1,000
Lifeway Network · Tarrytown, NY · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$1,000
Maranatha Baptist University · Watertown, WI · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$1,000
Life You Can Save · Sequim, WA · 2024
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$1,000
Limmud North America · Dallas, TX · 2024
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$1,000
Waldron Mercy Academy · Merion Station, PA · 2024
Kindness challenge donation
$500
Honnold Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$500
Hot Bread Kitchen Ltd · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$353
The Barker Adoption Foundation · Betheseda, MD · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$328
North Carolina Community Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$258
Dc Bilingual Public Charter School · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$257
The Benevolence Farm · Graham, NC · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$250
Camba · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$250
Wake Forest University · Winston Salem, NC · 2024
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$180
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$120
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$105
American Cancer Society · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$100
Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country · Kerrville, TX · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$100
The Giving Kitchen Initiative · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$100
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$80
Open Medicine Foundation · Agoura Hills, CA · 2024
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$78
Solve Mecfs Initiative · Glendale, CA · 2024
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$60
Dare2tri Paratriathlon Club · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$52
Camp Kesem National · Covina, CA · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$50
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$30
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$30
Puppy Kitty Ny City · Middle Village, NY · 2024
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$28
North Carolina Community Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$25
Minds Matter National · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes
$20
Puppy Kitty Ny City · Middle Village, NY · 2025
Charitable matching gift program - general purposes

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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.