Korum for Kids Foundation Grant

Korum for Kids Foundation Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Korum for Kids Foundation
Last Updated: December 21, 2025

Summary

The Korum for Kids Foundation Grant supports initiatives that enhance the lives of children, families, and communities in the South Puget Sound area. Established in 1994, the foundation funds organizations addressing disabilities, early education, and mental health. It prioritizes projects that foster youth development, promote arts and STEM learning, and improve social services. The foundation seeks to collaborate with tax-exempt organizations, ensuring that funds are utilized effectively to create positive community impacts.

Overview

About Us Jerry and Germaine Korum founded Korum For Kids Foundation in 1994. We support organizations and causes that improve the quality of life for children, families, and communities primarily in the South Puget Sound area. The Korum For Kids Foundation supports a variety of causes that impact children, families, and communities primarily in the South Puget Sound area each year. As a nonprofit organization, the foundation is funded by contributions from family owned automotive retailing companies and real estate holdings. What We Fund Organizations addressing the needs of those affected by disabilities, illness, or disease: We support organizations that help build up our youth with new, innovative and up to date resources in our local hospitals, education centers, and schools. Early Learning/Parental Education/Sports: We promote the early learning of youth 0-5, as well as learning opportunities for parents to become the best version of themselves to be the best early educators for their children; supporting organizations and programs such as museum programs and programs at our local colleges determined to help parents and youth together. We are big believers in sports for all youth and initiatives that build the mind, character and physical abilities of all. Expanded Learning Opportunities: We support participation in the arts, cultural learning and civic engagement, as well as the areas of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and environmental education. Social Services that improve the quality of life and impact a positive change in the community; primarily youth: Programs or facilities that strive to meet the needs of people in our community; such as food banks and homeless shelters that seek to move the people they serve forward and upward. Those affected by mental health instabilities: We seek to partner with institutions and programs that seek to preserve health or treat, prevent and manage mental illness by giving to hospital funds, programming, and treatment services. We partner with our local and national organizations promoting suicide awareness and prevention, an epidemic claiming far too many. We continue to work in memory of Cali Noel Hall that not one more should die of an overdose and partner with local and national organizations that promote and endorse drug prevention and awareness for a crisis taking (AGAIN) far too many.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Requests are considered from organizations that qualify as tax-exempt under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Service code and are not private foundations as defined in that code.Donations will be awarded primarily to organizations located in and benefiting residents in The Puget Sound Area.Donations to national organizations conducting local fund drives will be made primarily only for specific programs which benefit their work within the South Puget Sound area.Only one grant is made to a project within any given year, though an organization may apply for more than one project within the same year.Grants are generally limited to no more than 10% of total operating revenue.Organizations must carry out full control of donated funds, using them as requested and evaluate/report on the program’s effectiveness.We reserve the right to demand monies returned if knowledge becomes aware to us that those funds are not being used as honored.All funds are to be used directly for the project/programming funded.We encourage collaborative efforts among organizations which foster other community involvement such as matching funds, public and/or private.

Ineligibility

No gifts are to be given as a result of our funding (e.g. flowers, baskets, plaques, invites to events, etc.) Annual funds, galas, or other special event fundraising activities including sponsorships.Individuals (e.g. direct grants or scholarships for individuals).Organizations that discriminate on the basis of ethnic origin, gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation.Organizations whose principal activity is for the benefit of their own members.Organizations that support violence.Religious or sectarian organizations whose principal activity is for the benefit of their own members.