Kasperick Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- Kasperick Foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and makes contributions only to organisations it has preselected, so a small charity should not send it a cold proposal.
- Its stated focus on microfinance, ultra-poor graduation and homelessness in San Diego is the test of fit, and the filing states no geographic limit, though its grants have mainly gone to California, New York, Vermont, Texas, Wisconsin and countries outside the United States.
- Most grants fall between $100,000 and $350,000, with a median of $150,000 and a largest of about $700,000, so a request near the lower end is a sensible starting point, though that band is typical rather than a ceiling.
- In the filing, 64% of grant dollars went to organisations the foundation had also funded in earlier filings, a share of dollars rather than of grants, so this looks relationship-led and a new applicant should first find a way to become known to the foundation.
Overview
Kasperick Foundation is a US private foundation based in San Diego, 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
Across its grant record, the foundation backs organisations working on microfinance and ultra-poor graduation, alongside homeless solutions in San Diego. It also supports poverty alleviation through economic opportunity and agricultural finance. Its recipients include public charities delivering microfinance, poverty-alleviation and homelessness programmes; grants have supported both international work and local San Diego services. The foundation uses a preselected-recipient approach: its filing states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests. The filed grants also show support for organisations' missions across several charitable fields.
Themes
From its grants, not stated by the foundation:
- Microfinance
- Ultra-poor graduation
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in California, New York, Vermont, Texas, Wisconsin and countries outside the United States.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 64% 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 61 grants to organisations were $150,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
3 other states: 5%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 21%
- The largest single recipient received 10% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 64% of grant dollars went to organisations Kasperick Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- 21% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (France, Honduras, Egypt, Haiti).
- 10% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 24 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $150k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Whole Planet Foundation · Poverty alleviation through economic opportunity$500,0002024 tax year
- Caurie-MF · Microfinance: senegal$300,0002024 tax year
- Acceso Global Impact · Ag finance: el salvador$300,0002024 tax year
- Village Enterprises · Ultra-poor graduation: uganda$300,0002024 tax year
- Trickle Up Program · Ultra-poor graduation: india$300,0002024 tax year
- Friendship Bridge · Microfinance: guatemala$300,0002024 tax year
- Working Capital for Community Needs · Microfinance: latin america$250,0002024 tax year
- Inkomoko · Microfinance: rwanda$200,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Vincent J Kasperick — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $4,067,110 | $3,633,204 | $82,404,608 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $4,832,260 | $3,839,594 | $104,409,995 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $5,690,368 | $4,536,415 | $125,533,977 | 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
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Contact
- San Diego, CA