Hind Foundation

Hind Foundation is a US private foundation based in San Luis Obispo, CA.

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Hind Foundation funds community-based projects and programmes through Standard and Supplemental Grants, with Standard Grants making up the majority of its awards. Its stated fields are ecosystem conservation, historical landmark restoration, music and visual arts, plant and wildlife protection, and land conservation. The work it supports includes protecting habitats and threatened species, preserving open spaces, restoring historically significant places, and strengthening arts provision. Projects are expected to benefit their communities over time, and requests are assessed on project merit and justification of the amount sought. Standard and Supplemental applicants must be California nonprofits with a California 501(c)(3), a regular board and an annual fundraising event, with most support coming from their local community. It also offers Continuing Education Grants to nonprofits in San Luis Obispo County for staff, volunteers, board members and other key people.

Themes

• Ecosystem Conservation
• Historical Landmark Restoration
• Music & Visual Arts
• Plant & Wildlife Protection
• Land Conservation

Geographic Focus

California; San Luis Obispo County.

What They Don't Fund

• Standard Grants only: educational programs, capital campaigns, debt reduction, or basic research; or books, videos, donor cultivation events, food, beverages, travel expenses, mobile apps, and television or film projects/ festivals; sustaining funds, multi-year grants, or funding for administrative/organizational costs or soft costs (i.e. architectural, engineering, and permitting fees, drawings or studies, including digital records, etc.); a/an individual, endowment, fellowship national organization, community foundation, private foundation, nationally-based organization, nonprofit or booster club for public schools, or organizations based outside the United States; an advocacy organization that engages in lawsuits, protests, or other forms of dissent; primarily supported by endowment funds or by government grants; improvements, construction or restoration on privately held land; transportation costs
• Supplemental Grants only: debt reduction, books, videos, donor cultivation events, food, beverages, travel expenses, mobile apps, and television or film projects/ film festivals; sustaining funds, multi-year grants, or funding for administrative/organizational costs or soft costs (i.e. architectural, engineering, and permitting fees, drawings or studies, including digital records, etc.); a/an individual, endowment, fellowship national organization, community foundation, private foundation, nationally-based organization, nonprofit or booster club for public schools, or organizations based outside the United States; an advocacy organization that engages in lawsuits, protests, and other forms of dissent; primarily supported by endowment funds or by government grants; improvements, construction or restoration on privately held land; transportation costs
• Continuing Education Grants only: an advocacy organization that engages in lawsuits, protests, or other forms of dissent; primarily supported by endowment funds or by government grants; transportation costs; a/an individual, endowment, fellowship national organization, community foundation, private foundation, nationally-based organization, nonprofit or booster club for public schools, or organizations based outside the United States

For Standard Grants, the Letter of Inquiry is the first stage; if it is approved, applicants are invited to complete a Formal Application.

• Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 70% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
• Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 19 grants to organisations were $100,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

• Standard Grant requests are assessed on the merit of the project and the justification for the amount requested.
• The project should provide a lasting benefit to its community.
• Applicants should have raised a substantial amount of the funds needed to complete the project.
• The requested grant, alongside existing or pending support, should be enough to meet the project goals.
• The application should demonstrate the project’s purpose, need and impact sufficiently.