Kieve Foundation
Los Gatos, CA · EIN 01-0664998. Reported 243 grants totalling $1,964,200 to 75 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Kieve 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 $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $400 and the largest $100,000. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balooja's Foundation | Upland, CA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Every Pet's Dream | Santa Clara, CA | $155,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dream Fetchers | Hungington Beach, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Center for Animal Protection | Scotts Valley, CA | $95,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Urban Confluence | San Jose, CA | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Animal Place | Grass Valley, CA | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Soi Dog Foundation USA | Houston, TX | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Next Door Solutions | San Jose, CA | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Jose Light Tower Corp | San Jose, CA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Scritch Kittens | Santa Clara, CA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund | Cotati, CA | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Soi Dog Foundation USA | Houston, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Symphony Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Muttville | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Rotary Club of San Jose | San Jose, CA | $38,500 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Symphony San Jose | San Jose, CA | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Love Leo Rescue | Santa Monica, CA | $33,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Second Chance Rescue Nyc | Whitestone, NY | $33,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dancing Cat | San Jose, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bellarmine College Preparatory | San Jose, CA | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| At-Choo Foundation | Toluca Lake, CA | $23,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Animal Pad | La Mesa, CA | $23,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| History San Jose | San Jose, CA | $21,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Humane Society Silicon Valley | Milpitas, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Operation Smile | Virginia Beach, VA | $15,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Pivotal Connections | San Jose, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hunger at Home | San Jose, CA | $13,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Rotoplast Foundation | San Jose, CA | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rotary Club of San Jose Foundation Inc | San Jose, CA | $10,800 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Berkshire School | Sheffield, MA | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cancer Carepoint | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| City Lights | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Santa Rosa, CA | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kqedkteh | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lincoln Law School | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Native Animal Rescue (nar) | Santa Cruz, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Peace of Mind Dog Rescue (pomdr) | Pacific Grove, CA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Quest Valley Charities | Campbell, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Quest Valley Charities Qvc | Campbell, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rancho Roben Rescues | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Roben Ranch Rescues | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Silicon Valley Boy Scouts | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Downtown College Prep | San Jose, CA | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Jose Rotary Foundation | San Jose, CA | $8,400 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hospice of the Valley | San Jose, CA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley | Milpitas, CA | $8,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Via Services | Santa Clara, CA | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | Palo Alto, CA | $5,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| California Trolly and Railroad Corporation | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Humane Society | Milpitas, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare | Yarmouth Port, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kim's Nurturing Nest Animal Sanctuary | Danville, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Neighbors Without Borders | San Rafael, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Network for Animals USA Inc | Oldsmar, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals | Norfolk, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Jose Museum of Art | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| San Jose Preservation Action Council | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Jose Youth Symphony | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Tech Museum | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA | Hagerstown, MD | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Stroke Awareness Foundation | Campbell, CA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Green Foothills | Palo Alto, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kqed | San Francisco, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pac Sj | San Jose, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| YMCA of Silicon Valley | Santa Clara, CA | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| YWCA | San Jose, CA | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Christmas in the Park San Jose | San Jose, CA | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The United Way Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Christmas in the Park | San Jose, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Boarders USA | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
56 of 75 (75%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 86%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Dream Fetchers
ANIMAL RESCUE, FOSTER-CARE AND ADOPTION - Every Pet's Dream
FOSTER-BASED RESCUE OF ANIMALS - San Jose Light Tower Corp
CREATE A LANDMARK IN SILICON VALLEY - Urban Confluence
TO BUILD AN ICONIC LANDMARK FOR SAN JOSE AND SILICON VALLEY - Center for Animal Protection
SAVE THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS AND EDUCATE PEOPLE - Next Door Solutions
PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC ABUSE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 137 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 43 | $365,000 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 48 | $328,500 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 51 | $363,500 | $4,000 |
| 2024 | 55 | $418,800 | $5,000 |
| 2025 | 46 | $488,400 | $5,000 |
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
90% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 Kieve Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 206 Loma Alta Ave, Los Gatos, CA, 95030. 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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