The Chuck and Ernestina Kreutzkamp Foundation

• The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a cold proposal is not the route in.
• Its stated areas are children and youth programmes, animals, farming and the environment, veterans, cancer treatment and research, Hispanic communities, skilled trades and second-chance hiring, so check first whether your work fits one of them.
• Typical grants fall between $15,000 and $250,000, with a median of $50,000 across its 79 grants to organisations, and half of those grants were $50,000 or less, so a modest request is in line with its usual giving, though its largest grant was about $3,850,000.
• In the filing, 79% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so a new applicant should expect a harder route than one with an existing connection.
• No geographic focus is stated, although the filing shows grants mainly in California and Tennessee, which describes its past giving rather than who may apply.

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

• Philanthropic Impact Foundation · Childhood drowning prevention initiative; earth focus initiative; impact philanthropy; center for eco-cultural studies (save asian elephants project)
  $2,490,0002024 tax year
• Catalyst Philanthropy Fund · "skilled careers coalition and big brothers big sisters san diego partnership ($80,000)skilled careers coalition ($450,000)"
  $530,0002024 tax year
• Love One International · General support
  $400,0002024 tax year
• YMCA of San Diego County · "y-strong girls ($30,000); swimming with diverse abilities ($50,000); annual campaign goal ($20,000); camp ($95,000); well-being ($55,000)
  $250,0002024 tax year
• Wildcoast · "mangrove restoration in la paz bay, mexico ($50,000)mangrove restoration in oaxaca & chiapas ($50,000)conserving sea turtles in mexico ($50,000)"
  $150,0002024 tax year
• Sharp Healthcare Foundation · Sharp mary birch's nicu parent bedside engagement in neurodevelopment (bend) program
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Xerces Society · Polinator policy project
  $95,0002024 tax year
• Emeril Lagasse Foundation · Aarn snchez impact fund - culinary scholarships
  $95,0002024 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.