Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation
We build a better future for children by providing scholarships & leadership training to college and high school students; grants to our kiwanis clubs and six children's hospitals; and through our innovative pediatric trauma program.
Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation at a glance
In short: Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation gave $161K across 9 grants in 2025 (avg $18K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $160,841
- -5.6% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 9
- +28.6% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $17,871
- -26.6% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $20,000
- Total assets
- $4,869,955
- -3.7% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- California (76% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation
Open Grants
5 open opportunities from Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation
Community Grants (Kiwanis Clubs)
Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
COVID-19 Community Assistance Grant Program
Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation
Amount
Up to $500 per project (or more with matching funds)
Deadline
Deadline not published
First Dude's Project Grant (Aktion Club)
Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation
Amount
Up to $400
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 9 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Valley Children's Healthcare ($28K). Together the top 9 received $161K.
Grant Size Distribution
37 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 37 grants of 37 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 9 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation gives
- Giving grew 38% 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 $60K (2019) to $184K (2023). In 2025 it made 9 grants totaling $161K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Valley Children's Healthcare Madera, CA | Safety is for everyone: providing asset training to pediatric trauma surgeons and purchasing a trailer for use in injury prevention education events. | $28,277 |
| Loma Linda Children's Hospital Loma Linda, CA | Car safety seat training and equipment expansion: provide training and hands-on education to cpsts & purchase special needs seats and chest clips. | $24,750 |
| Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children Honolulu, HI | Infant injury prevention programs: purchase "period of purple crying" educational materials for distribution to 6,600 families across the islands, and portable cribs to reduce sids (sudden infant death syndrome), shaken baby syndrome (SBS)/abusive head trauma (AHT). | $23,844 |
| Rady Children's Hospital San Diego San Diego, CA | Testing the water-family water safety experience: improve water safety knowledge and skills for 100 people (adults and their young children). | $20,998 |
| UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland Oakland, CA | Childhood injury prevention program: purchase sleepsacks, cribettes, home safety items, helmets, child safety seats, stop the bleed kits, and develop a new gun-safety booklet for distribution to families within alameda and contra Costa counties | $20,000 |
| Renown Health Foundation Reno, NV | Pediatric firearm safety & prevention: provide education, outreach, and the distribution of firearm safety resources, including gun locks and safe storage solutions. | $15,000 |
| La Canada Kiwanis Foundation La Canada Flintridge, CA | Financial support to teachers and staff lcusd who lost homes in the eaton fire. | $13,000 |
| Kiwanis Club of Glendale Foundation Glendale, CA | Gift cards for college students made homeless by the California wildfires | $8,000 |
| Cal-NEV-Ha Distict of Kiwanis Rancho Cucamong, CA | Grant for the 2024 Kiwanis Rose Float Project | $6,972 |
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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 | $4,869,955 | $843,361 | $833,993 | $160,841 | 9 | $225,576 |
| 2024 | $5,057,927 | $775,998 | $820,971 | $170,422 | 7 | $114,616 |
| 2023 | $4,966,347 | $809,831 | $806,642 | $184,230 | 9 | $205,507 |
| 2022 | $5,043,753 | $875,345 | $687,005 | $116,328 | 6 | $184,595 |
| 2021 | $5,628,122 | $1,368,632 | $596,709 | $114,774 | 6 | $63,564 |
| 2020 | $4,727,573 | $715,503 | $630,232 | $103,505 | 7 | $59,549 |
| 2019 | $4,645,337 | $754,089 | $638,076 | $60,000 | 6 | $127,803 |
About Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation is a public charity, based in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $4.9M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 9 grants totaling $161K. Net investment income was $226K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation is led by Jennifer Chaves, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; 3 of 23 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jennifer Chaves
Executive Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$85K (2019) → $105K (2025)
Mark W. McDonald
Cnh District Executive Director
Director → Ex-Officio, 2024
Ex-Officio → Cnh District Executive Director, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
$103K (2025)
Robert Larsen
President
Director → Vice President, 2024
Vice President → President, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mark Waronek
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mike Fields
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Patrick A. Liddell
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lynda R. Spann
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Valarie Brown-Klingelhoefer
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kathi Tran
Director
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brian Dahlquist
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Claudia E. Soria-Delgado
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marko Swan
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Patricia Larrigan
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Angela Nowlin
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jose L. Sierra
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nancy Pearson
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul McKenna Jr.
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Van Vu MD
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Pete Horton
Secretary & Treasurer
On filings since 2019
30 hrs/week
$39K (2019) → $69K (2025)
Gary Jander
Imm. Past President
Vice President → President, 2023
President → Imm. Past President, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steven V. Geraci
Cnh District Governor-Elect
Director → Cnh District Governor-Elect, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Schmitt
Vice President
Director → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Doug Frost
Cnh District Governor
Director → Ex-Officio, 2024
Ex-Officio → Cnh District Governor, 2025
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (25)
- Former: Craig Wallace (2019–2024) — Imm. Past President
- Former: John L. Buck III (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Carole Farris (2021–2024) — Ex-Officio
- Former: Grant Imper (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: James Becker (2024) — Director
- Former: Bob Larsen (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Anna Wu (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Margo Dutton (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Roy Talley (2019–2022) — Imm. Past President
- Former: Tony Antonelli (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: William Bill Hooper (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Shirley Nakawatase (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Joni Ackerman (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Dave Schmitt (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Anthony Antonelli (2021) — Director
- Former: Michael Fields (2021) — Director
- Former: Alan Quon (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Bob Isaacs (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Gary Gray (2019–2020) — Cnh District Governor Elect
- Former: Mark Mc Donald (2019–2020) — Director & Cnh Executive Director
- Former: Timothy Cunning (2019–2020) — Cnh District Governor
- Former: Debbie Scheibel (2019) — Director
- Former: Guy Blair (2019) — Director
- Former: Pete Machott (2019) — Director
- Former: Rocci Barsotti (2019) — Cnh District Governor
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 $105K, to Jennifer Chaves (Executive Director). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation
How much does Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation give each year?
Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation gave $161K across 9 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $170K across 7 grants.
What is Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation's typical grant size?
Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $20,000, and its average grant was $17,871, across 9 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation give grants?
Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation gives mostly in California: 76% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest states were Hawaii (15%) and Nevada (9%).
Does Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 9 grants with a stated purpose on Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.
Who are Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation's largest grantees?
Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Valley Children's Healthcare ($28,277), Loma Linda Children's Hospital ($24,750) and Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children ($23,844), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 48% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation?
Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation reported $4.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $843K.
What is Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation's EIN?
Kiwanis Cal-NEV-Ha Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 94-1623498. 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
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS June 28, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS July 13, 2022)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 10, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 15, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 17, 2026)
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