KCRW Foundation Inc
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KCRW Foundation Inc at a glance
In short: KCRW Foundation Inc gave $10K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $10K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $10,000
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $10,000
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $10,000
- Total assets
- $58,148,231
- +6.9% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who KCRW Foundation Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Santa Monica College Foundation ($10K).
Grant Size Distribution
3 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 3 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How KCRW Foundation Inc gives
- Giving fell 67% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1K (2020) to $30K (2022). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $10K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Monica College Foundation Santa Monica, CA | Support for Basic Needs Food Security | $10,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $58,148,231 | $25,518,159 | $25,492,448 | $10,000 | 1 | $1,430,934 |
| 2024 | $54,409,419 | $22,293,937 | $25,016,923 | $10,000 | 1 | $1,387,462 |
| 2023 | $53,237,241 | $22,332,572 | $23,700,964 | — | — | $1,113,615 |
| 2022 | $52,530,753 | $23,901,680 | $21,710,852 | $30,000 | 1 | $1,058,345 |
| 2021 | $56,643,852 | $23,681,553 | $20,702,924 | — | — | $860,729 |
| 2020 | $48,233,976 | $21,775,303 | $21,304,137 | $1,000 | Total only | $941,482 |
| 2019 | $46,662,129 | $22,122,685 | $23,465,548 | $20,000 | 1 | $781,472 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About KCRW Foundation Inc
Based on IRS filings
KCRW Foundation Inc is a public charity, based in Santa Monica, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $58.1M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $10K. Net investment income was $1.4M.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
KCRW Foundation Inc is led by Jennifer Ferro, President & General Manager on every filing since 2019; 11 of 40 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jennifer Ferro
President & General Manager
On filings since 2019
20 hrs/week
$135K (2019) → $152K (2025)
Monica Shilling
Chair
Board Member → Chair, 2020
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jill Smayo
COO
Chief Operating Officer → COO, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$170K (2019) → $222K (2025)
Madeleine Brand
Program Host
Program Host → Host, 2024
Host → Program Host, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$211K (2019) → $226K (2025)
Sistina Smith
Vice President & Human Resources
Head of People → Vice President & Human Resources, 2025
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$144K (2023) → $156K (2025)
Arnold Seipel
Chief Content Officer
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$175K (2024) → $200K (2025)
Gina Delvac
Head of Audience Lab
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$173K (2024) → $177K (2025)
Scott Horner
Chief Technology Officer
Head of Technology → Chief Technology Officer, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$185K (2024) → $190K (2025)
Tejal Ajmera
Chief Financial Officer
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$24K (2024) → $209K (2025)
Cheryl Glaser
Program Anchor
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$227K (2025)
Novena Wallach
Program Host
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$159K (2025)
Sarah Nathalie Hill
Chief Audience Officer
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$155K (2025)
Akio Tagawa
Vice Chair
Board Member → Treasurer, 2022
Treasurer → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Donald Girard
Board Member
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dylan Yolles
Board Member
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
George Strompolos
Board Member
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Heather Mingst
Secretary
Board Member → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jay Borzi
Board Member
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Julia Huang
Treasurer
Board Member → Assistant Secretary, 2024
Assistant Secretary → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Fleming
Board Member
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Norris Bishton
Board Member
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rob Rader
Board Member
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Saree Kayne
Board Member
Board Member → Vice Chair, 2020
Vice Chair → Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Shahram Delijani
Board Member
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Susan Genco
Board Member
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Flavio Morales
Board Member
On filings since 2022
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mike Harmon
Board Member Left
Board Member → Board Member Left, 2025
On filings since 2022
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alyse Bobb
Board Member
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Madhu Pocha
Board Member
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Miriam Muscarolas
Board Member
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Natasha Li
Board Member
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alicia Lovelace
Board Member
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Morgan Wandell
Board Member
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Niki Jaeger
Board Member
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ryan Wegner
Board Member
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ali Baird
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Amanda Marks
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Chris Day
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Glenn Kaino
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeremy Barber
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (43)
- Former: Natalie Kyriakoudis (2020–2024) — Chief Financial Officer
- Former: Susan Wright (2020–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Emily Gold Mears (2022–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Jamie Cataldo (2024) — Head of Development
- Former: Nathalie Hill (2024) — Chief Audience Officer
- Former: Edward Woods (2019–2023) — Secretary
- Former: Karen Roth (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Paul Haas (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Ashkon Batmanghelich (2020–2023) — Senior Systems Engineer
- Former: Silas Myers (2020–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Anne Litt (2021–2023) — Music Director
- Former: Kim Ishikawa-Kim (2021–2023) — Head of Membership
- Former: Paul Bennun (2020–2022) — Chief Content Officer
- Former: Alyse Bobb Joined March (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Consuelo Alvarez (2022) — Director of Communications
- Former: Donald De Brier Left Dec (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Jon Owyang Left December (2022) — Treasurer
- Former: Karyn Williams Left June (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Kevin Systrom Left June (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Madhu Pocha Joined March (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Natasha Li Joined June (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Donald De Brier (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Emily Gold-Mears (2019–2021) — Secretary
- Former: Jeremy Weinstein (2019–2021) — Head of Development
- Former: Karyn Williams (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Kevin Systrom (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Michael Harmon (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Jon Owyang (2020–2021) — Treasurer
- Former: Deborah Ramo Left June (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Flavio Morales Joined June (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Jay Farrand Left Oct (2021) — Head of Marketing
- Former: Matt Kline Left June (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Paul Bennun Left June (2021) — Chief Content Officer
- Former: Deborah Ramo (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Jason Bentley (2019–2020) — Music Director
- Former: Jay Farrand (2019–2020) — Head of Marketing
- Former: Lee Rierson (2019–2020) — Vice Chair
- Former: Matt Kline (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Tom Wertheimer (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Adele Yellin (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Gary Scott (2019) — Program Director
- Former: Rod Perth (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Stuart Bloomberg (2019) — Board Member
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $227K, to Cheryl Glaser (Program Anchor (Until 8/24)). 11 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about KCRW Foundation Inc
How much does KCRW Foundation Inc give each year?
KCRW Foundation Inc gave $10K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $10K across 1 grant.
How large is KCRW Foundation Inc?
KCRW Foundation Inc reported $58.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $25.5M.
Where does KCRW Foundation Inc operate?
KCRW Foundation Inc has awarded grants in California.
What is KCRW Foundation Inc's EIN?
KCRW Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 95-3750631. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(4)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 13, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 14, 2021)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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