Kitt Family Foundation
Kitt Family Foundation is a private foundation based in San Francisco, California. It supports charitable organizations through grants, with 10 grants totaling $25,000 reported for 2025.
Kitt Family Foundation at a glance
In short: Kitt Family Foundation gave $25K across 10 grants in 2025 (avg $3K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $25,000
- -9.9% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 10
- -16.7% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $2,500
- +8.1% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $2,500
- Total assets
- $216,716
- -13.1% 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.
How to apply to Kitt Family Foundation
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests for funds and states that it contributes only to preselected charitable organizations.
- Contact
Mailing address: 230 Pacheco Street, San Francisco, CA 94116-1457
Phone: (415) 753-3938
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Kitt Family Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was San Francisco Neurology Society ($5K). Together the top 10 received $25K.
Grant Size Distribution
28 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 28 grants of 28 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
All reported 2025 grant dollars went to recipients in California.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 10 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Kitt Family Foundation gives
- 90% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving grew 390% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 96% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. 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 (2023) to $28K (2024). In 2025 it made 10 grants totaling $25K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Neurology Society Roseville, CA | Medical Support | $5,000 |
| Catholic Charities San Francisco, CA | To Help Needy Family | $3,000 |
| St Brendan School San Francisco, CA | Educational Support | $3,000 |
| Olympic Club Foundation San Francisco, CA | Atletics Support | $3,000 |
| Russian River Aliance Monte Rio, CA | To assist with prevention of homelessness and workforce retention | $2,500 |
| St Ignatious College San Francisco, CA | Educational Support | $2,500 |
| St Brendan Church San Francisco, CA | To Support Ministries, Programs and Facility | $2,000 |
| Alliance for Smiles San Francisco, CA | Medical Support | $1,500 |
| American Cancer Society San Francisco, CA | Medical Support | $1,500 |
| American Red Cross San Francisco, CA | To Help Improve Services to the Community | $1,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $216,716 | $34,453 | $67,166 | $25,000 | 10 | $26,575 | — | $27,703 |
| 2024 | $249,429 | $19,847 | $63,313 | $27,756 | 12 | $30,028 | — | $28,667 |
| 2023 | $292,895 | $24,112 | $25,174 | $1,000 | 1 | $5,310 | $4,385 | $30,256 |
| 2022 | $293,957 | $235,852 | $7,248 | $5,100 | 2 | $6,525 | $9,828 | $22,455 |
| 2021 | $65,353 | — | $6,930 | $5,850 | 3 | $6,930 | — | $3,469 |
| 2020 | $72,283 | — | $6,980 | $5,850 | 3 | — | — | $3,831 |
| 2019 | $79,263 | — | $5,310 | $4,250 | 6 | — | — | $4,087 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Kitt Family Foundation reported a distributable amount of $28K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
No mission statement for the foundation is provided. Its 2025 grants supported organizations with purposes including medical support, education, athletics, assistance to a needy family, homelessness prevention and workforce retention, church ministries and programs, and community services. The Olympic Club Foundation, which received $3,000, describes its mission as financially supporting programs that promote organized athletics for young people and develop future community leaders; this is the grantee’s stated mission, not the foundation’s.
Grantmaking
In 2025, the foundation reported 10 grants totaling $25,000. Grant amounts ranged from $1,000 to $5,000, with a median of $2,500. Notable grants included $5,000 to San Francisco Neurology Society for medical support; $3,000 each to Catholic Charities to help a needy family, St Brendan School for educational support, and Olympic Club Foundation for athletics support; and $2,500 each to Russian River Alliance for homelessness prevention and workforce retention and St Ignatious College for educational support.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Donald C Kitt as President & CEO, Marisela I Kitt as Secretary/Treasurer, and Donna Kitt Juntunen as Vice President.
Kitt Family Foundation is led by Donald C. Kitt, President & CEO on every filing since 2019; none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Donald C. Kitt
President & CEO
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Donna Kitt Juntunen
Vice President
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Marisela I. Kitt
Secretary & Treasurer
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
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.
Frequently asked questions about Kitt Family Foundation
How much does Kitt Family Foundation give each year?
Kitt Family Foundation gave $25K across 10 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $28K across 12 grants.
What is Kitt Family Foundation's typical grant size?
Kitt Family Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $2,500, and its average grant was $2,500, across 10 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Where does Kitt Family Foundation give grants?
Kitt Family Foundation 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 San Francisco, CA (8 grants).
Does Kitt Family Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 10 grants with a stated purpose on Kitt Family Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Medical Support" (3 grants).
Who are Kitt Family Foundation's largest grantees?
Kitt Family Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include San Francisco Neurology Society ($5,000), Catholic Charities ($3,000) and St Brendan School ($3,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 44% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Kitt Family Foundation?
Kitt Family Foundation reported $217K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $27K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $28K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
What does Kitt Family Foundation fund?
No mission statement for the foundation is provided. Its 2025 grants supported organizations with purposes including medical support, education, athletics, assistance to a needy family, homelessness prevention and workforce retention, church ministries and programs, and community services. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Kitt Family Foundation?
The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests for funds and states that it contributes only to preselected charitable organizations. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Kitt Family Foundation's EIN?
Kitt Family Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 27-4439336. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Does Kitt Family Foundation accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 9, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 10, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 4, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS September 11, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS September 11, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 8, 2025)
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