Private foundation · EIN 20-0512724 · Sandpoint, Idaho · Philanthropy & grantmaking

Kampe Family Foundation

Should you approach them?

Yes, approach them if you work nationally. The foundation accepts applications (No submission deadlines.) and its median grant is $4,500.

From the 2024 Form 990-PF: 31 grants paid, $138K total, median $4,500. 3% of grants stayed in Idaho. Stated restrictions: The kampe family foundation provides programs and funding to nonprofit organizations in the fields of community development, social justice, and environmental issues.

Accepts applications
Yes
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2024
31
$138K
Median grant
$4,500
Stays in ID
3%
of grants
Deadline
See below
No submission deadlines.
Assets
$2.9M

How to apply

The kampe foundation requires all organizations interested in funding to submit a letter of inquiry of two to three pages maximum, providing the following information: 1.) a statement of your organizational goals, mission and history of your accomplishments. 2.) the relationship of the request to your mission. 3.) the purpose of your request, or need for the proposed project and/or funding. 4.) anticipated outcome of the project if funded. 5.) a plan for project evaluation. Your letter of inquiry will be reviewed by the foundation board, and applicants will be notified regarding our interest… Contact: Kampe Family Foundation Website Www, 1665 Rapid Lightning Road, Sandpoint, Id, 9706234290 Deadlines: No submission deadlines. Restrictions: The kampe family foundation provides programs and funding to nonprofit organizations in the fields of community development, social justice, and environmental issues. To be eligible for consideration, applicants must illustrate financial need, be actively involved in a kampe foundation program area, and be geographically located in the western states of california, oregon, washington, idaho, montana, utah, nevada, colorado or wyoming.

Quoted from Part XV of the foundation's 2024 Form 990-PF; the full text is in the filing. Confirm on the foundation's website before you write.

Grants paid in 2024

31 grants, all shown · from Form 990-PF Part XV

RecipientPurposeAmount
Samaritan's PurseBoone, NCOperating support$12K
Lutheran Church Missouri SynodSt Louis, MOOperating support$10K
Vida Verde Nature EducationSan Gregorio, CAOperating support$10K
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran SynodWauwatosa, WIOperating support$10K
Children of the Night IncLos Angeles, CAOperating support$7,000
Friends of the Paonia LibraryPaonia, COOperating support$7,000
Cabrillo Unified School DistrictHalf Moon Bay, CAOperating support$5,000
Guiding Eyes for the BlindYorktown Heights, NYOperating support$5,000
Half Moon Bay High School Boosters Athletics CorpHalf Moon Bay, CAOperating support$5,000
Palestinian American Community CenterClifton, NJOperating support$5,000
PolarisWashington, DCOperating support$5,000
Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenTampa, FLOperating support$5,000
The Right Way FoundationLos Angeles, CAOperating support$5,000
UsoWashington, DCOperating support$5,000
Wounded Warrior ProjectJacksonville, FLOperating support$5,000
North Fork School of Integrated StudiesPaonia, COOperating support$4,500
Coastside Football CyaHalf Moon Bay, CAOperating support$4,000
Eddy HouseReno, NVOperating support$3,000
Valley Organic Growers AssociationHotchkiss, COOperating support$3,000
Western Slope Conservation CenterPaonia, COOperating support$3,000
Friends of Youth and NatureHotchkiss, COOperating support$2,500
The Nature ConnectionHotchkiss, COOperating support$2,500
Leadership InstituteArlington, VAOperating support$2,000
Slavic Gospel AssociationLoves Park, ILOperating support$2,000
Together We Rise (foster Love)Phoenix, AZOperating support$2,000
Tunnel to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NYOperating support$2,000
North Fork Valley Creative CoalitionPaonia, COOperating support$1,920
Ground WorkPaonia, COOperating support$1,750
Stepping Into His Image MinistriesFort Worth, TXOperating support$1,500
Arts Alliance IncSandpoint, IDOperating support$1,253
Mach Academy IncAugusta, GAOperating support$500

By state: California 6 · Colorado 8 · North Carolina 1 · Missouri 1 · District of Columbia 2 · Florida 2

About this foundation

Kampe Family Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation in Sandpoint, Idaho, administered in care of Andrew J Kampe, tax-exempt since 2006. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.

Foundation websiteAll filings on ProPublica

Does Kampe Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. On its 2024 Form 990-PF the foundation indicates it accepts applications. ) a statement of your organizational goals, mission and history of your accomplishments. ) the relationship of the request to your mission. Deadlines: No submission deadlines..

How much does Kampe Family Foundation give each year?

In tax year 2024 it paid $138K across 31 grants, a median of $4,500.

Where does Kampe Family Foundation give?

California (6 grants), Colorado (8 grants), North Carolina (1 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.

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