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The Kimball Foundation was established by William R. Kimball (1919 - 2005) and Sara H. Kimball (1936 - 1997). It was incorporated as a private foundation in the State of California in 1997.
The foundation's most recent grants are located here: 2011, 2010, and 2009. For previous years, please contact staff.
Grantmaking Guidelines
Updated May 20, 2013
FUNDING PRIORITIES
The Kimball Foundation provides opportunities for the at-risk and disadvantaged youth in the Bay Area to improve the quality of their lives and reach their highest potential.
The foundation’s focus areas include the following:
• Academic Enrichment – particularly programs that help disadvantaged youth build academic skills and prepare for, apply to, and succeed in college;
• Cultural Enrichment – especially artistically-significant programs that provide disadvantaged youth with participatory arts experiences;
• Environmental Education – particularly high engagement programs that provide outdoor experiential, wilderness, and environmental science education; and • Vocational Development – especially programs that provide disadvantaged youth with work readiness, in demand skills training, and workplace-like environments.
The foundation prioritizes the support of organizations that promote college access and encourage community service for low-income youth. Grants in the arts are made to groups that predominately serve youth.
MEASURING SUCCESS
Please note that the foundation seeks to support organizations that measure the effectiveness of their services. All grantseekers should establish SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound) objectives, measure performance against those objectives (“outcomes”), and communicate them to the foundation. LOIs and full proposals should include objectives and outcomes for the period preceding the request and must include new or updated objectives for the period covered by the request. Reports must provide outcomes based on the objectives established in proposals. If you have any questions regarding the measuring success policy, please contact Hector Melendez, Senior Program Officer, at hmelendez@pfs-llc.net.
RESTRICTIONS
The Foundation prefers to receive requests for specific projects and programs. The Foundation does not support medical research, individuals, endowments, events, annual appeals, or religious organizations other than those providing non-sectarian services to the community.
REST YEAR POLICY
The Kimball Foundation seeks to provide both ongoing support for effective nonprofit organizations, and to identify and support new and promising organizations. To achieve this goal, the foundation employs the following “rest year” policy: any organization that receives four years of consecutive funding must take a one-year rest before receiving additional support. Each year of a multi-year grant is counted as one year of support. Organizations that were awarded a multi-year grant prior to this policy in March of 2012, and the remaining portion of the grant constitutes a fifth year of support or greater, will receive the remaining grant funds pending good performance. Following this distribution, the organization must take a rest year. Organizations who have received an Interim grant and that have transitioned to the regular board grant cycle may be counted towards the four consecutive years of funding at staff discretion. This policy does not apply to board discretionary or legacy grants.
Application Procedure
Updated May 20, 2013
DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY
To determine if your organization is eligible to apply for a Kimball Foundation grant, you must be able to answer yes to all the questions listed below.
- Is your organization a registered 501(c)(3) organization? If not, do you have a fiscal sponsor?
- Does your organization serve the residents within the San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo, and Sonoma counties with a limited extent Santa Clara County as far as Palo Alto?
- Does your organization’s program focus on
one or more of the following areas?
- Academic Enrichment, particularly promoting college access and success
- Cultural Enrichment, especially artistically-significant programs
- Environmental Education, with high engagement in outdoor experiences and environmental science
- Vocational Development, especially providing youth with work readiness
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
Submission Deadlines
The foundation will accept 2013 proposal submissions for consideration during the following dates:
| Spring Board Meeting | November 1, 2012 - November 15, 2012 | |
Summer Board Meeting |
March 11, 2013 - March 25, 2013 |
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Winter Board Meeting |
September 5, 2013 – September 12, 2013 |
Please check back often as sometimes these dates might change due to unforeseen circumstances.
Instructions for Submitting Proposals
Reporting Requirements
Updated May 20, 2013
All grantees are required to submit reports on progress achieving the goals, objectives, and outcomes identified in the proposal. Reports are due approximately eight months from the grant distribution. Specific due dates will be included in the organization’s grant agreement. For further information on the reporting procedure, please see Reporting Requirements.
Questions & Concerns
If you have any questions or concerns about the submission process, please
contact Wendy Yu Einhorn, Program Coordinator, at weinhorn@pfs-llc.net.
Board of Directors
Gretchen B. Kimball, President and CEO
Stephen C. Kimball, Vice President
Donald J. McCubbin, Treasurer and CFO
Gerald F. Brush, Jr.
Andrew W. Edwards
Anne C. Kimball
Jeffrey L. Kimball
Contact Information
Hector Melendez, Senior Program Officer (hmelendez@pfs-llc.net)
Charles R. Casey, Program Officer (ccasey@pfs-llc.net)
Jessi Misslin, Program Officer (jmisslin@pfs-llc.net)
Wendy Yu Einhorn, Program Coordinator (weinhorn@pfs-llc.net)
The Kimball Foundation
1660 Bush Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, California 94109
www.kimballfoundation.org