Kelly Foundation
Sacramento, CA · EIN 68-0175739. Reported 279 grants totalling $4,661,360 to 156 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Kelly Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $1,500 and the largest $215,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Red Cross | Sacramento, CA | $252,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Saint John's Program for Real Change | Sacramento, CA | $247,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento | Sacramento, CA | $217,500 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Womens Empowerment | Sacramento, CA | $190,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Easter Seals Superior California | Sacramento, CA | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mercy Housing | Sacramento, CA | $155,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Yolo Crisis Nursery Inc | Davis, CA | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sacramento Loaves & Fishes | Sacramento, CA | $137,500 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sacramento Children's Home | Sacramento, CA | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cristo Rey High School Sacramento | Sacramento, CA | $115,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stanford Youth Solutions | Sacramento, CA | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sutter Davis Hospital Foundation | Davis, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| California Waterfowl Association | Roseville, CA | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services | Sacramento, CA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wellspring Women's Health | Sacramento, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kvie Inc | Sacramento, CA | $67,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American River Parkway Foundation | Carmichael, CA | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Junior Achievement of Sacramento | Sacramento, CA | $52,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Redcross of Northern Ca | Sacramento, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Salvation Army - Del Oro Division | Sacramento, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Special Olympics Northern California Inc | West Sacramento, CA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| College Track | Sacramento, CA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts Heart of Central California | Sacramento, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kidsfirst Child Abuse Prevention Council of Placer Co | Roseville, CA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Norcal Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing | Sacramento, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Society for the Blind | Sacramento, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Keaton's Child Cancer Alliance | Roseville, CA | $42,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| CASA of Sacramento County | Sacramento, CA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cchat | Rancho Cordova, CA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pride Industries | Roseville, CA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Redwood Empire Food Bank | Santa Rosa, CA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| River City Food Bank | Sacramento, CA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sacramento Literacy Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sacramento Regional Family Justice Center Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sierra Forever Families | Sacramento, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sierra Nevada Journeys | Sacramento, CA | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Ucp of Sacramento and Northern California | Sacramento, CA | $35,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Make-a-Wish Northeastern Califnorthern Nevada | Sacramento, CA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sacramento SPCA | Sacramento, CA | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Yolo Food Bank | Woodland, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Yolo Hospice | Davis, CA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Canine Companions | Santa Rosa, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chp 11-99 Foundation | Fulterton, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Impact Foundry | Sacramento, CA | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| 3STRANDS Global | El Dorado Hills, CA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Hope Cooperative | Sacramento, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities Northern California | Sacramento, CA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sacramento Life Center | Sacramento, CA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Soil Born Farms | Rancho Cordova, CA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Yolo Family Povery Reduction Program | Woodland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sacramento Children's Museum | Rancho Cordova, CA | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| 916 Ink | Sacramento, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Sacramento, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| CASA El Dorado | Placerville, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Food Literacy Center | Sacramento, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Gigi's Playhouse Sacramento | Roseville, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Greater Sacramento Young Life Capernaum | Folsom, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Meals on Wheels Yolo County | Woodland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Placer Land Trust | Auburn, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera | Sacramento, CA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sacramento Valley Conservancy | Sacramento, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Society of St Vincent De Paul Holy Spirit Conference | Sacramento, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sutter Visitng Nurse Assoc & Hospice | Fairfield, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University Foundation at Sacramento State | Sacramento, CA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wayfinder Family Services | Citrus Heights, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Hope Public School | Sacramento, CA | $18,910 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Juma Ventures | San Francisco, CA | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| North State Building Industry Ca | Roseville, CA | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Als Association Greater Sacramento Chapter | Sacramento, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| City Year Sacramento | Sacramento, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Construction Industry Education Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cottage Housing | Sacramento, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Headwaters Science Institute | Soda Springs, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mercy Housing California | Sacramento, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mutual Housing California | Sacramento, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Orangevale Community Foundation | Orangevale, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Access Inc | Orange, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sacramento Area Youth Golf (the First Tee) | Sacramento, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shine Together Inc | Milpitas, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sierra Nevada Journeys | Reno, NV | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation | Santa Rosa, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Climate Center | Santa Rosa, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Achieve Tahoe | Truckee, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aspirekids | El Dorado Hills, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Sacramento Area | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Breakthrough Sacramento | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| California Homebuilding Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County | Santa Rosa, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Museum of Sonoma County | Santa Rosa, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Convoy of Hope | Springfield, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| County of Yolo | Woodland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cristo Rey High School | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Davis Community Meals and Housing | Davis, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Downtown Streets Team | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foster Youth Education Fund | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gold Country Wildlife Rescue | Auburn, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Healthbridge Global | Auburn, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Homeaid Sacramento | Antelope, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lifesteps | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Make-a-Wish Northeastern California and Northern Nevada | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pepperwood Foundation | Santa Rosa, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rebuilding Together Sacramento | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Runnin' for Rhett | Elk Grove, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sacramento Native American Health Center | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santa Rosa Community Health | Santa Rosa, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shelter Providers of Sacramento Inc | Roseville, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stanford Settlement | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Step Up on Second Street Inc | Santa Monica, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Greenhouse | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Western Rivers Conservancy | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alzheimer's Assoc Inc | Sacramento, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| CASA Sacramento | Sacramento, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cchat (children's Choice for Hearing and Talking) Center-Sacramento | Rancho Cordova, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Service | Sacramento, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics of Northern Ca | Pleasant Hill, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Martin Luther King JR Freedom Center | Oakland, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wellspring Women's Center | Sacramento, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Aging Up | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Als Assoc Greater Sacramento Chapter | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Employment Opportunities | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Committee on the Shelterless-Cots | Petaluma, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Initiatives | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Crocker M Museum | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Effie Yeaw Nature Center | Carmichael, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family House Inc | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Promise | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Family Promise of Sacamento | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forgotten Soldier Program | Auburn, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Homeward Bound | Elverta, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope Centers United Dba Folsom's Hope | Folsom, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Life Skills Training and Educational Programs Inc | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Loved Twice | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Okizu | Novato, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Opening Doors Inc | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Parkinsons Foundation | Folsom, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ride to Walk | Lincoln, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Foundation | Grass Valley, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Soil Bom Farms | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue Inc | Tahoe City, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Teen Success Inc | Milpitas, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Teen Success Inc Sobrato Center for Nonprofits | Milpitas, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Dominguez Dream | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Society of California Pioneers | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| United Service Organizations Inc | Travis Afb, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Uplift People of Elk Grove | Elk Grove, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women's Empowerment | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| YMCA of Superior California | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yolo County CASA | Woodland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wellness Within | Roseville, CA | $4,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sacramento Zoo | Sacramento, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Firefighters Burn Institute | Sacramento, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Make It Happen for Yolo County | Davis, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Midtown Parks | Sacramento, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| California Museum | Sacramento, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
63 of 156 (40%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 65%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- American Red Cross
HOME FIRE CAMPAIGN: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - Saint John's Program for Real Change
MEETING THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS CHILDREN - Womens Empowerment
EMPOWERING UNHOUSED WOMEN TO FIND HOMES & JOBS - Easter Seals Superior California
TRANSPORTATION EXPANSION PROGRAM AND MAJOR GRANT - Sacramento Children's Home
CRISIS NURSERY PROGRAM AND MAJOR GRANT - Yolo Crisis Nursery Inc
CAPITAL FUNDRAISING PROJECT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 182 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 61 | $625,000 | $7,500 |
| 2021 | 66 | $847,100 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 66 | $1,840,350 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 86 | $1,348,910 | $12,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 99% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Kelly Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 2480 Natomas Park Drive 150, Sacramento, CA, 95833. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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