Kataly Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 83-2592980 · since 2019katalyfoundation.org·Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, …·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$69.4M
Annual giving, 2024 tax year
From the Form 990-PF filing
$1M to $58.5M
Grant range
From grants in the 990-PF filings
$15.3M
Typical grant (median)
3 grants in the latest filing
Invitation only
Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

  • Kataly Foundation names environmental justice, collective healing, community infrastructure, collective land strategies, mindfulness and healing justice, restorative economies and community-owned projects as its themes, and it gives the South and Midwest as its priority areas, so work in those themes and regions is the natural starting point for weighing a fit.
  • The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and makes grants by invitation only, so an organisation without an invitation should not send a cold application, and a small nonprofit should look first for a route to an introduction.
  • Its typical grants run from $1,000,000 to $58,500,000, with a median of about $10,500,000, so a modest request is unlikely to match what it usually funds.
  • Repeat giving is high: in the most recent filing, 100% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, which suggests that existing relationships matter a great deal.

Overview

Kataly Foundation is a US private foundation based in San Francisco, CA.

What they fund

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

Kataly Foundation moves resources to support the economic, political and cultural power of Black and Indigenous communities, and all communities of colour. Its programmes back work building power in communities of colour and movements for racial, social, economic and environmental justice, led by and for communities most affected by environmental racism, climate change and unjust systems. It supports mindfulness and healing justice organisations, networks, practitioners, teachers and spaces, especially Black, Indigenous and people of colour-led work rooted in communities affected by systemic oppression. Its Restorative Economies Fund supports community-owned and governed projects led by Black and Indigenous people and other people of colour, including technical assistance and community organising, to create shared prosperity, self-determination and collective power. Its approach combines grants with non-extractive investment and non-financial support.

Themes

  • Environmental justice
  • Collective healing
  • Community infrastructure
  • Collective land strategies
  • Mindfulness and healing justice
  • Restorative economies
  • Community-owned projects

Geographic Focus

Priority: South; Midwest. From its grants, not stated by the foundation: Maryland; California.

How to apply

The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.

Application success factors

  • Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 100% 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 9 grants to organisations were about $10,500,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

  • The Collective prioritises collective healing.
  • The Collective prioritises community infrastructure and collective land strategies.
  • The Collective prioritises strengthening movement power.
  • The programme prioritises Black and Indigenous communities, working-class communities impacted by incarceration, criminalisation and deportation, youth, and queer, trans and non-binary communities.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

Maryland67%
California31%
District of Columbia2%
  • The largest single recipient received 67% of grant dollars to organisations.
  • In tax year 2024, 100% of grant dollars went to organisations Kataly Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
  • No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
  • 89% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

3 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $15.3M

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

  • ImpactAssets · Charitable activities
    $52,000,0002024 tax year
  • Possibility Labs · Charitable activities
    $15,300,0002024 tax year
  • Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Charitable activities
    $2,061,8002024 tax year

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

Officers and directors

  • Amy Freidinger — Secretary
  • James Schwaba — Treasurer
  • Lori Mills — Vice President
  • Lynne M Hoey — Chief Investment Officer
  • Joleen Ruffin — Chief Financial Officer
  • Nwamaka Agbo — Chief Executive Officer
  • Susan S Pritzker — Director
  • Christopher Olin — Director And President
  • Regan Pritzker — Director And Chairperson

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

YearTotal expensesGrants paidAssetsFiling document
2022 tax year$67,310,787$39,500,000$358,072,110Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year$58,234,054$69,530,900$301,447,884Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year$86,215,072$69,361,800$237,781,150Filing 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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