KMR Group Foundation

• KMR Group Foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; the sensible first step is a brief, relationship-led approach rather than a formal request.
• Its stated work spans healthcare, food and shelter, education, youth and children, humanitarian relief, disaster response and safety, so a charity can judge fit against those areas, though its geographic focus is given as worldwide.
• About 8 in 10 of its 74 grants to organisations fall between $1,000 and $155,000, and half were $3,500 or less, so a modest request is more typical of its giving than a large one; that band is not a ceiling, as its largest grant was $500,000.
• Its filings show that 78% of grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in its two previous filings, which is a share of grant dollars, not of grants, so a new applicant should expect most of the money to go to repeat recipients.
• Its paid giving fell to $71,836 in its latest filing from $1,054,697 and $1,882,004 before, so a modest, well-judged request is the sensible size to propose.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Concordia University Saint Paul · Scholarships and education
  $24,0002025 tax year
• Saint Vincent de Paul · Community fellowship
  $14,0882025 tax year
• Clark College · Scholarships and education
  $14,0002025 tax year
• Saint Andrew Lutheran Church · Community fellowship
  $6,1172025 tax year
• University of Washington · Scholarships and education
  $2,3342025 tax year
• Mount Hood Community College · Scholarships and education
  $2,3332025 tax year
• Portland State University · Scholarships and education
  $2,3332025 tax year
• North County Food Bank · Food & shelter
  $1,6312025 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.