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12 funders with a record of paying for “kenyan”
Where the money went
Largest: $200,000 to CAL POLY HUMBOLDT SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATION — for use by its schatz energy research center in support of an analysis to repurpose and reuse solar panels in kenyan refugee and displaced communities, post-conflict areas, and mar…
Largest: $152,000 to Agriculture Improvement Support Services — embedding option by context interactions through improved participation and farmer leadership within the western kenyan ngos's farmer research network
Largest: $14,000 to ARGWINGS-KODHEK CAROLE LUSCINDA — to support final stage research on a biography of the honorable argwings-kodhek, a kenyan nationalist, the first indigenous african lawyer in east & central africa and kenyan indep…
Largest: $285,000 to KENYAN KIDS FOUNDATION — transcend running academy
Cg Charitable FundSpanish Fork, UT
7 matching grants · $268,000 · through 2024Largest: $80,000 to Kenya Children's Fund — education/training for kenyan youth
Largest: $300,000 to Open Institute International — to support expanding active citizen work at the kenyan coast.
Largest: $35,000 to LIFENET INTERNATIONAL — transforming kenyan healthcare for women and their children
Largest: $30,000 to THE MINISTRY OFFICE — kenyan tree nurseries,forestry education,fireless cooker training
Largest: $220,000 to KENYA DRYLANDS EDUCATION FUND — develop a holistic approach to reduce barriers to access to education and increase school enrollment in rural kenyan communities
Gitlab FoundationSan Francisco, CA
3 matching grants · $425,000 · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to ONE ACRE FUND — to support driving greater income growth: tech-enabled crop commercialization for kenyan smallholders.
Dolores and Paul Lavins FoundationGrosse Pointe Park, MI
3 matching grants · $13,000 · through 2024Largest: $11,000 to FRIENDS OF KENYAN ORPHANS — support for the rescue and education of kenyan orphans
Largest: $100,000 to KENYAN SCHOOLS OF HOPE — an unrestricted grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →