Organization · EIN 94-1241309 · San Francisco, CA · Arts, culture & humanities

Who funds KQED?

232 private foundations reported paying KQED $5.36M on returns for tax year 2023.

232 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 232

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
The Schmidt Family Foundation
Palo Alto, CA
$1,500,000 STRENGTHENING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Menlo Park, CA
$431,260
4 grant lines
FOR SUPPORT OF THE MINDSHIFT BLOG AND DIGITAL REPORTING PLATFORM +3 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Swanson Foundation
Burlingame, CA · Preselected only
$300,000 PUBLIC SERVICE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
John Pritzker Family Fund
Redwood City, CA · Preselected only
$250,000
2 grant lines
Campaign 21 (Capital Project) +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Gilead Foundation
Foster City, CA · Preselected only
$250,000 Program Support- Advancing Education and Healthy Outcomes through Media Literacy and Youth Media Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
George D Smith Fund
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$250,000 ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE PURPOSES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Patrick J McGovern Foundation
Boston, MA · Preselected only
$200,000 TO SUPPORT WORK ADVANCING THE FIELD OF DATA JOURNALISM, PARTICULARLY AS IT PERTAINS TO CLIMATE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Koret Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$150,000 EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MEDIA ACADEMY Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The California Endowment
Los Angeles, CA · Preselected only
$100,750
3 grant lines
COMMUNICATING JUSTICE REFORM TO INCREASE HEALTH OUTCOMES: TO ADVANCE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND HEALING BY SUPPORTING DATA DRIVEN JUSTICE REFORM… +2 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 03/2024
Fthree Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$100,000 GENERAL SUPPORT AND SUPPORT FOR CAMPAIGN 21 Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Bernard Osher Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$100,000 ARTS AND HUMANITIES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
William K Bowes Jr Foundation
San Francisco, CA · Preselected only
$100,000 EDUCATION STEM PROGRAMMING Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Lakeview Foundation
Greenbrae, CA · Preselected only
$100,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Westly Foundation
Wilmington, DE
$75,000 General & Unrestricted Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Baker Street Foundation
San Francisco, CA · Preselected only
$75,000 OPERATING EXPENSES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
John and Gwen Smart Foundation
Lisle, IL · Preselected only
$55,000 GENERAL OPERATINS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Heising-Simons Foundation
Los Altos, CA · Preselected only
$50,000 FOR FORUM HOUR TWO: EVOLVING A NEW STATEWIDE PROGRAM FOCUSED ON RACIAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Crankstart Foundation
San Jose, CA · Preselected only
$50,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Crescent Porter Hale Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$50,000 MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Lisa Stone Pritzker Family Fund
Palo Alto, CA · Preselected only
$50,000 TO PROVIDE PUBLIC RADIO, TELEVISON, AND INDEPENDENT REPORTING ON ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THE BAY AREA. Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like KQED

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with KQED, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. Chubb Charitable Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $928K to them
  2. Citizens Charitable Foundation Johnston, RI
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $42.6K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  3. The Rockefeller Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $1.22M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  4. John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) Chicago, IL
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $1.3M to them
  5. Ge Foundation Norwalk, CT
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $603K to them
  6. Baird Foundation Milwaukee, WI
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $35.9K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  7. Kelson Foundation San Francisco, CA
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $460K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  8. Arthur J Gallagher Foundation Rolling Meadows, IL
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $69.8K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Medecins Sans Frontieres USA New York, NY
    61 shared funders · 2370 funders in all
  2. The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Redwood City, CA
    49 shared funders · 560 funders in all
  3. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, CA
    29 shared funders · 73 funders in all
  4. California Academy of Sciences San Francisco, CA
    32 shared funders · 85 funders in all
  5. Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums San Francisco, CA
    29 shared funders · 89 funders in all
  6. University of California San Francisco Foundation San Francisco, CA
    34 shared funders · 176 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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