Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP

Private foundation · Grantmaker San Francisco, CA EIN: 45-3125773

Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP is a private foundation focused on Education, based in San Francisco, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $108K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 4 grants totaling $100K.

Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP at a glance

In short: Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP gave $100K across 4 grants in 2025 (avg $25K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$100,000
+0.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
4
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$25,000
+0.0% vs 2024
Median grant
$25,000
Total assets
$107,579
-3.6% vs 2024
Primary geography
California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Student: $100K across 4 grantsStudent$100K · 4 grants

The largest 2025 recipient was Student ($100K across 4 grants).

Grant Size Distribution

20 grants across all recorded years

20<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 20 grants of 20 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 4 itemized grants.

Cities

BerkeleySan FranciscoOaklandAlbanyLos Angeles

How Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP gives

  • Giving grew 25% from 2022 to 2025. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out well above its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$25K$50K$75K$100K4 grants2020 4 grants2021 4 grants2022 4 grants2023 4 grants2024 4 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $63K (2020) to $100K (2025). In 2025 it made 4 grants totaling $100K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Student Berkeley, CAScholarship$25,000
Student Berkeley, CAScholarship$25,000
Student Oakland, CAScholarship$25,000
Student Oakland, CAScholarship$25,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsDistributable Amount
2025$107,579$100,005$104,075$100,0004$102,075$2,624
2024$111,649$100,518$103,570$100,0004$101,800$3,368
2023$114,701$51,413$104,584$100,0004$102,230$5,315
2022$167,872$170,250$83,029$80,0004$81,515$2,950
2021$81,736$60,026$90,050$87,5004$88,770$1,673
2020$111,760$50,045$64,220$62,5004—$2,480

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP reported a distributable amount of $3K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP is led by Christina Lee, President since 2023 (on filings since 2022); none of the 10 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Christina Lee

    President

    Director → President, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Valerie Fletcher

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amy Phillip

    Committee Member

    Director → Committee Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Biz Heckman

    Committee Member

    Director → Committee Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Erin Meyer

    Committee Member

    Director → Committee Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jasmine Virk

    Committee Member

    Director → Committee Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kelly Kaufman

    Committee Member

    Director → Committee Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Leo Lam

    Committee Member

    Director → Committee Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nicolas Goldberg

    Committee Member

    Director → Committee Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ryen Bani-Hashemi

    Committee Member

    Director → Committee Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (10)
  • Former: Ryan Wong (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Jessica Ourk (2023–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Jan Little (2020–2023) — Chairman of the Board
  • Former: Franco Muzzio (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Janay Williams (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Luke Apfeld (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Yena Lee (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Paven Malhotra (2020–2022) — President
  • Former: Lanitra Webb (2022) — Secretary
  • Former: Alexis Brown (2020–2021) — Secretary

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP

How much does Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP give each year?

Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP gave $100K across 4 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $100K across 4 grants.

What is Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP's typical grant size?

Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP's median grant in 2025 was $25,000, and its average grant was $25,000, across 4 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Where does Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP give grants?

Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP gives mostly in California: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Berkeley, CA (2 grants) and Oakland, CA (2 grants).

Does Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 4 grants with a stated purpose on Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Scholarship" (4 grants).

How large is Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP?

Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP reported $108K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $102K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $3K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).

What is Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP?

Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP is a private foundation focused on Education, based in San Francisco, CA. It holds $108K in total assets as of 2025.

What is Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP's EIN?

Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 45-3125773. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS September 28, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 15, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 22, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS September 17, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 15, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 9, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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