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Grants paid by Kelson Foundation, tax year 2023

EIN 81-3588323 · San Francisco, CA · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T20

In tax year 2023, Kelson Foundation (EIN 81-3588323) reported 96 grants paid totaling $8,700,000. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.

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Every grant, 2023

Grants reported by Kelson Foundation for tax year 2023
Tax year	Recipient	Match	Amount	Type	Purpose	Source filing
2023	Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Washington, DC	U	$1,000,000	paid	DEMOCRACY FRONTLINES FUND	202413199349102991
2023	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	B	$1,000,000	paid	THE ELIZABETH HACKETT ROBINSON '84 INNOVATION HUB ENDOWED FUND	202413199349102991
2023	New Venture Fund Washington, DC	B	$500,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT	202413199349102991
2023	Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area San Francisco, CA	B	$500,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship Quincy, CA	B	$500,000	approved, future	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence Washington, DC	B	$500,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	New Venture Fund Washington, DC	B	$250,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT FOR CENTER FOR SECURE AND MODERN ELECTIONS	202413199349102991
2023	Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship Quincy, CA	B	$250,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI	B	$250,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Anti-Defamation League New York, NY	B	$250,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Representwomen Inc Silver Spring, MD	B	$200,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Texas Organizing Project Education Fund San Antonio, TX	B	$200,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Truckee Dirt Union Truckee, CA	C	$200,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Youth Employment Partnership Inc Oakland, CA	B	$200,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc New York, NY	B	$150,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Community Initiatives Oakland, CA	B	$125,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRANTS RISING	202413199349102991
2023	Democracy Works Brooklyn, NY	B	$106,500	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Center for Furniture Craftsmanship Rockport, ME	B	$100,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc New York, NY	B	$100,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Jewish Community Center of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	B	$100,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence San Francisco, CA	B	$100,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Tides Center San Francisco, CA	B	$100,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT TO PODER	202413199349102991
2023	Ideoorg San Francisco, CA	U	$100,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Samaritan Neighborhood Center Oakland, CA	B	$100,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT FOR OAKLAND	202413199349102991
2023	Make the Road New York Brooklyn, NY	B	$100,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Way to Rise Washington, DC	B	$100,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	San Francisco Food Bank San Francisco, CA	C	$100,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Center for Democracy and Technology Washington, DC	B	$100,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc New York, NY	B	$100,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	The Crucible Oakland, CA	B	$100,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	California Trails Foundation Forestville, CA	B	$100,000	paid	TO IMPROVE AND INCREASE TRAIL ACCESS FOR MOUNTAIN BIKING THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA	202413199349102991
2023	Ufw Foundation Los Angeles, CA	B	$100,000	paid	TO SUPPORT FARM WORKER STORIES THROUGH NONPARTISAN ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS	202413199349102991
2023	Center for Democracy and Technology Washington, DC	B	$62,500	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Way to Rise Washington, DC	B	$62,500	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc DBA Texas Civil Rights Project Austin, TX	U	$50,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Board of Trustees of the Glide Foundation San Francisco, CA	D	$50,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Soma West Community Benefit District San Francisco, CA	B	$50,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Outdoor Afro Oakland, CA	C	$50,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Center for Civic Design Cambridge, MD	B	$50,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Healthright 360 San Francisco, CA	B	$50,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	National Philanthropic Trust Jenkintown, PA	C	$50,000	paid	ERICA JAMES FUND	202413199349102991
2023	Prx Incorporated Cambridge, MA	C	$50,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Tahoe Food Hub Truckee, CA	B	$50,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Fund for Public Education Jackson, WY	U	$50,000	paid	MCINTOSH STADIUM PROJECT	202413199349102991
2023	Community Initiatives Oakland, CA	B	$50,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT FOR LATINO OUTDOORS	202413199349102991
2023	The Exploratorium San Francisco, CA	B	$50,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	American National Red Cross San Francisco, CA	U	$50,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Hamilton Families San Francisco, CA	B	$50,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Girls Garage Berkeley, CA	B	$50,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	National Interscholastic Cycling Association Petaluma, CA	U	$45,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	National Interscholastic Cycling Association Berkeley, CA	U	$45,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	World Bicycle Relief Chicago, IL	C	$25,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Medecins Sans Frontiers USA Inc New York, NY	D	$25,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Kelly S Brush Foundation Burlington, VT	B	$25,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Museum of the African Diaspora (moad) San Francisco, CA	C	$25,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Eames Institute Petaluma, CA	D	$25,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Minnesota Street Project Foundation San Francisco, CA	B	$25,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Illuminate the Arts San Francisco, CA	C	$25,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Illuminate the Arts San Francisco, CA	C	$25,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Be Good Foundation Inc Ketchum, ID	B	$25,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	International Mountain Bicycling Association Boulder, CO	B	$20,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums San Francisco, CA	B	$20,000	paid	DE YOUNG MUSEUM	202413199349102991
2023	Bolinas Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc Bolinas, CA	B	$15,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Marin Agricultural Land Trust Pt Reyes Station, CA	B	$15,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	San Francisco Parks Alliance San Francisco, CA	B	$10,000	paid	TO SUPPORT SF URBAN RIDERS	202413199349102991
2023	Vermont Mountain Bike Advocate Inc South Burlington, VT	U	$10,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship Santa Cruz, CA	C	$10,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Smithsonian Institute New York, NY	U	$10,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	New England Mountain Bike Association Inc Acton, MA	B	$10,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	The Owls Head Transportation Museum Owls Head, ME	B	$10,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Museum of Craft and Design San Francisco, CA	B	$10,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Bolinas Community Land Trust Inc Bolinas, CA	B	$10,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Crisis Intervention Services DBA Sierra Community House Kings Beach, CA	U	$10,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation Los Angeles, CA	B	$10,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Education Fund San Francisco, CA	U	$10,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	National Public Radio Inc Baltimore, MD	U	$10,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	American Precision Museum Association Windsor, VT	B	$10,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	French American International School San Francisco, CA	D	$10,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Kalw Public Media Inc San Francisco, CA	B	$10,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT FOR KALW PUBLIC RADIO	202413199349102991
2023	Marin County Bicycle Coalition Fairfax, CA	B	$10,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	National Interscholastic Cycling Association Berkeley, CA	U	$10,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT FOR OREGON INTERSCHOLASTIC CYCLING LEAGUE	202413199349102991
2023	Save the Redwoods League San Francisco, CA	B	$10,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	American Alpine Club Golden, CO	B	$10,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	National Interscholastic Cycling Association Petaluma, CA	U	$7,500	paid	DONATION TO SUPPORT FEMALE COACH STIPENDS FOR 2023 GRIT CAMP [COLLABORATION WITH THE NEVADA NORTH LEAGUE] IN NEVADA CITY	202413199349102991
2023	Friends of Alta Inc Alta, UT	B	$5,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Call of the Sea Sausalito, CA	B	$5,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc Laguna Hills, CA	B	$5,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Ucsf Foundation San Francisco, CA	U	$5,000	paid	CARDIOLOGY COUNCIL	202413199349102991
2023	California Academy of Sciences San Francisco, CA	B	$5,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Friends of China Camp Inc San Rafael, CA	B	$5,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, CA	B	$5,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	New World Symphony Miami Beach, FL	B	$5,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Bolinas Museum Bolinas, CA	B	$5,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	The Andrew K Dwyer Foundation Bedford, NY	U	$5,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	San Francisco Parks Alliance San Francisco, CA	B	$5,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Sierra Avalanche Center Truckee, CA	B	$5,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991
2023	Marin Museum of Bicycling Fairfax, CA	B	$1,000	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202413199349102991

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Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. All years for this funder.

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