Kendall Family Foundation
Kendall Family Foundation is a private foundation, based in Cypress, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $33K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 5 grants totaling $5K.
Kendall Family Foundation at a glance
In short: Kendall Family Foundation gave $5K across 5 grants in 2025 (avg $1K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $5,000
- -50.5% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 5
- -16.7% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $1,000
- -40.6% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $1,000
- Total assets
- $33,275
- -14.2% 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 October 2026.
Who Kendall Family Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
21 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 21 grants of 21 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 5 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Kendall Family Foundation gives
- In 2025 it paid out 318% of 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
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2020) to $10K (2024). In 2025 it made 5 grants totaling $5K.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 5 grants to individuals Recipients not named | — | $5,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $33,275 | — | $5,500 | $5,000 | 5 | $5,500 | $1,727 |
| 2024 | $38,775 | — | $10,520 | $10,100 | 6 | $10,520 | $2,175 |
| 2023 | $49,295 | $56,000 | $10,390 | $10,000 | 5 | $10,390 | $1,635 |
| 2022 | $3,685 | $12,000 | $10,368 | $10,000 | Total only | $10,368 | $163 |
| 2021 | $2,053 | $2,000 | $7,500 | $7,500 | 5 | — | $251 |
| 2020 | $7,553 | $2,000 | $2,415 | $2,000 | 5 | — | $358 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Kendall Family Foundation reported a distributable amount of $2K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Kendall Family Foundation is led by John Kendall, President on every filing since 2020; none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
John Kendall
President
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Linda A. Kendall
Secretary & Treasurer
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
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 Kendall Family Foundation
How much does Kendall Family Foundation give each year?
Kendall Family Foundation gave $5K across 5 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $10K across 6 grants.
What is Kendall Family Foundation's typical grant size?
Kendall Family Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $1,000, and its average grant was $1,000, across 5 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Where does Kendall Family Foundation give grants?
Kendall Family Foundation gives mostly in California: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there.
Does Kendall Family Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 5 grants with a stated purpose on Kendall Family Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Monetary Assistance" (5 grants).
How large is Kendall Family Foundation?
Kendall Family Foundation reported $33K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $6K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $2K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What is Kendall Family Foundation's EIN?
Kendall Family Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 46-5481172. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS July 21, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 20, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 28, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS September 18, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 5, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 8, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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