Who funds Kqed?
311 private foundations reported grants to Kqed in San Francisco, California totaling $8.3 million across 328 grants in tax years 2023 to 2025. The largest funder was The Schmidt Family Foundation, with $3.0 million.
From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.
- Foundation funders311
- Grants reported328
- Total received$8.3 million
- Funders taking applications15
Foundations that fund Kqed
| Foundation | Purpose given | Grants | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Strengthening civic engagement | 1 | $3.0 million |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | For general operating support | 3 | $513,832 |
| The James Irvine Foundation | To support Additional Grantmaking in CA | 2 | $402,139 |
| The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc | To sustain and expand climate data journalism efforts across california and strengthen data literacy among local journalists | 1 | $350,000 |
| The Swanson Foundation | Public service | 1 | $300,000 |
| Gilead Foundation | Advancing Education and Healthy Outcomes through Media Literacy and Youth Media | 1 | $250,000 |
| John Pritzker Family Fund | Campaign 21 (Capital Project) | 2 | $250,000 |
| John S and James L Knight Foundation | To launch, test and evaluate a pilot digital civic discussion community on discord for kqeds daily current affairs radio audiences and to share learnings with public media and nonprofit media partner outlets. | 1 | $200,000 |
| Krishnan-Shah Family Foundation Inc | To support charitable purposes | 1 | $200,000 |
| The Delloakes Foundation | TV and Radio Fund | 1 | $150,000 |
| The Rock Foundation | Charitable | 1 | $130,000 |
| Ramsay Family Foundation | Support youth programming | 1 | $100,000 |
| The Bernard Osher Foundation | Lifelong learning institutes | 1 | $100,000 |
| William K Bowes Jr Foundation | Education STEM programming | 1 | $100,000 |
| Fthree Foundation | General support and support for campaign 21 | 1 | $100,000 |
| The California Endowment | Increasing health outcomes by reporting on justice reform issues | 2 | $100,000 |
| The Goatie Foundation Ta 20 | General operating support | 1 | $80,000 |
| The Baker Street Foundation | Operating expenses | 1 | $75,000 |
| Westly Foundation | General & Unrestricted | 1 | $75,000 |
| Mills Lenore & Curtis Family Found | General operating | 1 | $60,000 |
| Chen-Zhu Family Foundation | Help fund independent journalism, educational programming, and local news coverage that serves the bay area and northern california. It supports the production and distribution of public radio, television, and digital content that is free and accessible to the community. | 2 | $60,000 |
| Barbara and Gerson Bakar Foundation DBA the Achieve Foundation | General support | 1 | $50,000 |
| Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc | Art & culture | 1 | $50,000 |
| John and Gwen Smart Foundation | General operations | 1 | $50,000 |
| The McCabe Walls Family Foundation | The arts | 1 | $50,000 |
| Crankstart Foundation | General support | 1 | $50,000 |
| Robert & Shirley Harris Family Foundation | General Support | 1 | $45,000 |
| The Miner Anderson Family Foundation | City Arts and Lectures: events and broadcasting fund | 1 | $35,000 |
| Ishiyama Foundation | Education | 1 | $35,000 |
| The Antoineo'brien Family Foundation | Program support | 1 | $30,000 |
| Lillian Lincoln Foundation | Public radio | 1 | $30,000 |
| Mimi and Peter Haas Fund | General operating support | 1 | $30,000 |
| JEC Foundation | General fund | 1 | $30,000 |
| The Strandberg Family Foundation | General programs | 1 | $25,500 |
| John and Marcia Goldman Foundation | 2024 annual grant | 2 | $25,200 |
| The Lipman Family Foundation Inc | To serve audiences with trusted, quality programming, so that individuals can achieve their full potential. | 1 | $25,000 |
| Ranae Desantis Foundation | General fund | 1 | $25,000 |
| Norman Raab Foundation | Education | 1 | $25,000 |
| Chizen Family Foundation | Unrestricted | 1 | $25,000 |
| Hutton Family Foundation | See statement a | 1 | $25,000 |
| Joseph and Sally Handleman Foundation Tr | Public support | 1 | $25,000 |
| The Graue Family Foundation | General support | 1 | $25,000 |
| The Benificus Foundation | General purpose | 1 | $25,000 |
| McClain Roberts Foundation | General support | 1 | $25,000 |
| Frankel Family Foundation | Unrestricted | 1 | $20,000 |
| The Kennedy Foundation | General & Unrestricted | 1 | $20,000 |
| Arjay R and Frances F Miller Foundation | General purpose grant | 1 | $20,000 |
| The Davidson Family Foundation | Community service | 1 | $20,000 |
| Give Forward Foundation | General operating support | 1 | $20,000 |
| Hilltop Foundation | Charitable contribution | 1 | $20,000 |
| Outrageous Foundation Inc | For general operating support | 1 | $20,000 |
| The Sato Fdn Separate Fund | General operating | 1 | $20,000 |
| Swig Foundation | Serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. | 1 | $19,265 |
| The Millstreet Foundation Inc | Television, radio, digital media and education service to provide citizens with knowledge, convene community dialogue, and bring arts to everyone | 1 | $15,000 |
| The Sweazey Foundation | Charitable donation | 1 | $15,000 |
| David & Elizabeth Rome Family Foundation | Public Broadcasting | 1 | $15,000 |
| The Toole Charitable Foundation | Charitable | 1 | $15,000 |
| The Ghielmetti Family Foundation | Program support | 1 | $15,000 |
| Audet Law Foundation | Provide legal education serivces to parties in need. | 1 | $12,500 |
| Harita and Jay Patel Family Foundation | Promoting and supporting non-biased news reporting | 1 | $12,000 |
| Nancy Webb Ruskin Foundation | General use | 1 | $12,000 |
| The Bockus Brown Family Foundation | Contribution to the donee to provide community-supported television, radio, digital media and educational services | 1 | $10,500 |
| Hilltop Foundation | General support | 1 | $10,000 |
| Niebla Foundation Inc | To support local educational television and media | 1 | $10,000 |
| Warmenhoven Family Foundation | General | 1 | $10,000 |
| Alex J Ettl Foundation | Support | 1 | $10,000 |
| Paul S Nadler Family Charitable Trust | General | 1 | $10,000 |
| Steven and Catherine Jacob Family Foundation | To advance the mission of the organization. | 1 | $10,000 |
| The George and Judy Marcus Family Foundation II | General fund | 1 | $10,000 |
| The Hohbach Family Foundation | Community support | 1 | $10,000 |
| The Davis Family Foundation | to support public radio & television | 1 | $10,000 |
| Frank and Karen Geefay Foundation | General support | 1 | $10,000 |
| McMurtry Family Foundation of 2003 | To further and promote charitable efforts. | 1 | $10,000 |
| The Herrick Fund | To support public media programming, journalism, and educational services. | 1 | $10,000 |
| Ravizza Family Foundation | Provides the community with independent reporting, television, and radio programming. | 1 | $10,000 |
| The Whittier Educational Foundation | Producer's circle | 1 | $10,000 |
| The Mosse Foundation | Charitable organization | 1 | $10,000 |
| Tidemark 10 Foundation | General & Unrestricted | 1 | $10,000 |
| Mark and Amy Garrett Family Foundation | Unrestricted | 1 | $10,000 |
| Pam and Rich Nuccitelli Foundation | Tv - san francisco | 1 | $10,000 |
| Neil & Amelia McDaniel Charitable Trust | General operating support & kqed member services | 1 | $10,000 |
| Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation | To carry out specific charitable, educational, and cultural projects | 1 | $10,000 |
| Gat Family Foundation | General | 1 | $9,000 |
| George J and Theresa L Cotsirilos Merced Foundation | General Support | 1 | $8,500 |
| The Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation | General purposes of the organization | 1 | $8,000 |
| Zalec Familian & Lilian Levinson Fdn | General purpose | 1 | $8,000 |
| The Sanford & Linda Gallanter Foundation | Community support | 1 | $7,500 |
| Lu Wang Family Foundation | Charity | 1 | $7,500 |
| Robert E and Adele M Boydston Foundation | unrestricted | 1 | $6,000 |
| Valhalla Foundation | General operating support - public interest media | 1 | $5,250 |
| The Fredric E Steck Family Foundation | General operations | 1 | $5,000 |
| Cross Ridge Foundation Co Davidson Daw | General purposes | 1 | $5,000 |
| Rock Paper Scissors Foundation Inc | General support | 1 | $5,000 |
| The Emily Benatar Foundation | General & unrestricted | 1 | $5,000 |
| Tareen Filgas Foundation | Support for northern california public broadcasting | 1 | $5,000 |
| Grey Family Foundation | Program support | 1 | $5,000 |
| PNK Inc | Charitable contribution | 1 | $5,000 |
| The Talbott Family Foundation | General support | 1 | $5,000 |
| The Wanda Bobowski Fund | General Support | 1 | $5,000 |
| The Brandenburg Family Foundation | Support the mission of providing consistently high quality public media that informs, educates, entertains, and engages our communities from a northern california perspective. | 1 | $5,000 |
Using this list
A foundation that already gives to Kqed gives in its field and region, so the list doubles as a prospect list for similar organizations in San Francisco. Open a foundation to see its application rules, typical grant and every other grant it paid.
Questions people ask
Who funds Kqed?
The Schmidt Family Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc and The Swanson Foundation, and 306 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.
How much does Kqed get from foundations?
$8.3 million in 328 reported grants from 311 private foundations in tax years 2023 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.
Which of these funders accept applications?
The Schmidt Family Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, John S and James L Knight Foundation, The Bernard Osher Foundation and Fthree Foundation say in their filings that they accept applications.