Connecting Kids Heart 2 Heart
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The foundation says it generally limits grants to organisations working with children, so your request should show how your work meets children's needs.
- An organisation whose work does not involve children is unlikely to fit.
- Typical grants are small: about 8 in 10 of its grants to organisations fall between $36 and $100,000, and half of its grants to organisations were $300 or less, so a modest request is more realistic, although its largest grant was $300,000.
- The filing asks for a letter with proof of federal and state non-profit, tax-exempt status, and gives no deadlines while stating that it accepts applications.
- Repeat giving is strong, with 96% of its grant dollars to organisations going to groups it had already funded, so the relationship matters, but its filing states no geographic focus, so location alone does not decide the question.
Overview
Connecting Kids Heart 2 Heart is a US private foundation based in Westlake Village, CA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, 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 foundation says grant requests should relate to the needs of children and that it generally limits grants to organisations working with children. Its recorded giving includes support for cures for childhood disease, child housing and safe places for children to flourish. Other recorded purposes include fighting racial discrimination, creating a shared society in Israel, education in Israel, museums and Holocaust education, Jewish unity, hunger relief, human rights, and peace and justice advocacy. It gives to nonprofit organisations. The filing says requests should be made by letter and accompanied by proof of federal and state non-profit, tax-exempt status.
Themes
- Children's needs
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in California, Alabama, New York, Oregon and Tennessee.
How to apply
Organisations should submit grant requests in a letter relating to the needs of children, accompanied by proof of federal and state non-profit, tax-exempt status.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 96% 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 109 grants to organisations were $300 or less.
What the foundation says:
- The foundation generally limits grants to organisations that work with children.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 14%
- The largest single recipient received 24% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 96% of grant dollars went to organisations Connecting Kids Heart 2 Heart had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 52 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $100 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Southern Poverty Law Center · Fight racial discrimination$300,0002024 tax year
- Shriner's Hospital · Adv cures for childhood disease$220,0002024 tax year
- Covenant House · To provide housing for children$140,0002024 tax year
- St. Jude Medical · Adv cures for childhood disease$120,0002024 tax year
- International Fellowship of Christians and Jews · Protect israeli's from terrorists$100,0002024 tax year
- Mercy Corps · Adv cures for childhood disease$100,0002024 tax year
- U S Friends Of Dor Israel · Support education in israel$50,0002024 tax year
- City of Hope · Cancer research$22,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Kristy Kaltman — Secretary
- Ryan Kaltman — CFO
- Gillian Kaltman — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $584,353 | $521,100 | $13,256,518 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,374,235 | $1,244,745 | $14,934,797 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,233,344 | $1,112,720 | $15,327,955 | Filing for 2024 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
🎯 You've done the research. Now write an application they can't refuse.
Hinchilla combines funder's specific priorities with your organisation's past successful grants and AI analysis of what reviewers want to see.
Data privacy and security by default
Your organisation's past successful grants and experience
AI analysis of what reviewers want to see
A compelling draft application in 10 minutes instead of 10 hours
Spotted something that needs correcting? Let us know
At a glance
Applying to Connecting Kids Heart 2 Heart?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (310) 897-1161
- Westlake Village, CA
Applying to Connecting Kids Heart 2 Heart?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (310) 897-1161
- Westlake Village, CA