Kissinger Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The filing says the foundation works by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a small charity should not send a cold application and should look for an introduction instead.
- About 8 in 10 of its grants fall between $100 and $15,000, and the median grant is $2,500, so a modest request near that median fits its usual giving; its largest grant was about $71,000, so larger amounts are not ruled out.
- Its filings describe general operations support and show a varied range of recipients, but no geographic focus or funding priorities are stated, so it is hard to judge from the filing whether your work fits.
- Repeat giving is strong: 80% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had funded before, which suggests existing relationships carry real weight.
- The filing gives no timing, so there is no deadline to plan around.
Overview
Kissinger Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Boulder, CO.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings describe the foundation’s grants as support for recipients’ general operations. Its recorded recipients include universities and colleges, community and social-service organisations, health organisations, arts and cultural groups, environmental organisations, and bodies working in humanitarian relief and legal advocacy. These records therefore show grants reaching a varied charitable sector, rather than a single named recipient type or one narrowly defined field. Examples range from education and local services to conservation and civil-rights work. The filing does not state broader funding priorities or eligibility conditions.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Colorado, New York, California and Virginia.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2023 filing, 80% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022 and TY2023 filings, half of its 260 grants to organisations were $2,500 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2023.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 13%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 2%
- The largest single recipient received 8% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2023, 80% of grant dollars went to organisations Kissinger Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- <1% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (Canada).
- 2% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 135 grants in tax year 2023 by size
Median $2,500 (tax year 2023)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Ignite Adaptive Sports · General operations$55,9502023 tax year
- Princeton University · General operations$37,5002023 tax year
- Uc Berkeley Foundation · General operations$30,0002023 tax year
- Friends of Wright Opera House · General operations$30,0002023 tax year
- Boulder Community Health Foundation · General operations$26,5702023 tax year
- City Parks Foundation - Fort Tryon Park Trust · General operations$25,0002023 tax year
- Medair · General operations$25,0002023 tax year
- Home Trust of Ouray County · General operations$20,0002023 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- John Kissingford — Director And Secretary
- Dana Kissinger-Matray — Director And Vice President
- Thomas Kissinger — Director And Treasurer
- William Kissinger — Director And President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
2 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $946,963 | $790,199 | $15,666,092 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $887,907 | $742,048 | $18,024,159 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
Registers and filings
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Contact
- Boulder, CO