Jkw Foundation Tr Ua
Invitation OnlyNew York, New York · EIN 13-7127165 · Private foundation
Grants paid (2025)$36.9M
Organizations funded53
Typical grant$10,000
Total assets$352K
Half of its grants to organizations were between $5,000 and $30,000.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2025 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
56% of grants went outside New York.
Grants paid in tax year 2025
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distracted Globe Foundation | New York, NY | General support | $17,497,187 |
| Kat Charitable Foundation Inc | New York, NY | General support | $17,497,185 |
| Pen American Center Inc | New York, NY | General support | $770,000 |
| St Ann's Warehouse Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General support | $200,000 |
| Association for Slavic East European and Eurasian Studies | Pittsburgh, PA | General support | $88,000 |
| Asheville Creative Arts Inc | Black Mountain, NC | The people's creative institute | $75,000 |
| Zaccho S F | San Francisco, CA | General support | $60,000 |
| Andre Cailloux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice | New Orleans, LA | General support | $50,000 |
| Barenboim-Said Foundation (USA) | New York, NY | General support | $50,000 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | General support | $50,000 |
| Journalism New England | Harpswell, ME | General support | $50,000 |
| Crushing Colonialism | Mclean, VA | World pride 2025 two-spirit youth, artists' programming, asl and accessibility services | $42,000 |
| Institute for America's Future Inc | Washington, DC | General support | $37,500 |
| Artequity Community | Pasadena, CA | Programmatic support | $30,000 |
| Public Trust | Philadelphia, PA | Black spatial relics | $30,000 |
| Ubuntu Theater Project Inc | Oakland, CA | General support | $30,000 |
| Under the Radar Festival Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General support | $30,000 |
| As 220 | Providence, RI | Haus of glitter- 2025 studio+research+internal systems consulting | $25,000 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | General support | $25,000 |
| Producer Hub Inc | New York, NY | Groundwater arts | $25,000 |
| Oakland Lgbtq Community Center Inc | Oakland, CA | Transcend retreat | $20,000 |
| The Children's Aid Society | New York, NY | General support | $15,900 |
| Looking Glass Arts Inc | West Fulton, NY | General support | $15,000 |
| St Croix Foundation for Community Development | Christiansted, VI | Fiscal sponsorship of crucian heritage and nature tourism towards the emergency microgrants st croix oral history project | $15,000 |
| Elephant Circle | Palisade, CO | Seeds for community wholeness inc: the toolshed : workshopping parenthood together | $10,000 |
| Mano a Mano Mexican Culture Without Borders | New York, NY | General support | $10,000 |
| National Queer Theater | Brooklyn, NY | For criminal queerness festival | $10,000 |
| Refugee Development Center Inc | Providence, RI | The training and mentorship program | $10,000 |
| The Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice | Albuquerque, NM | Sw two spirit society | $10,000 |
| The Center for Economic Change and Social Change Inc | Chicago, IL | General support | $10,000 |
| The Movement Theatre Company Inc | New York, NY | General support | $10,000 |
| Theatre of the Oppressed NYC | New York, NY | General support | $10,000 |
| Uniting Resilience | Rapid City, SD | 3Rd annual black hills two-spirit pow-wow. | $10,000 |
| World Cental Kitchen Inc | Washington, DC | LA fire support | $10,000 |
| Dreaming Stone Arts and Ecology Center | Rutherfordton, NC | Sanctuary medicine retreat | $7,000 |
| Notch Theatre Company | New York, NY | Creation story and the x collective | $7,000 |
| Campfire Project Inc | New York, NY | General support | $5,000 |
| Foundation for the Study of Independent Social Ideas Inc | New York, NY | General support | $5,000 |
| Kopkind Colony | Guilford, VT | General support | $5,000 |
| Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe | Mashpee, MA | Weetumu school | $5,000 |
| New Yorkers for Culture and Arts Inc | New York, NY | Culture retreat | $5,000 |
| Newtok Village Council | Newtok, AK | Lessons from newtok | $5,000 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | Middle passages and return | $5,000 |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation Inc | Amherst, MA | Ellsberg initiative for peace & democracy | $5,000 |
| Maysles Institute Inc | New York, NY | General support | $3,000 |
| Pluma Poetica Del Arte Inc | New York, NY | Artistic programs | $3,000 |
| The Care Center of New York | New York, NY | Summer festivals- june -october | $3,000 |
| Arts and Cultural Alliance of Newport County Inc | Middletown, RI | Center aquidneck for "life after life" led by rebecca noon | $2,500 |
| Shinnecock Indian Nation | Southampton, NY | Boys and girls club of the shinnecock nation | $2,500 |
| Shinnecock Indian Nation | Southampton, NY | Wuneechanunk shinnecock preschool | $2,500 |
| Company One Inc | Boston, MA | General support | $1,000 |
| The Manton Avenue Project | Providence, RI | General support | $1,000 |
| Theatre Bay Area | San Francisco, CA | General support | $1,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $36,901,272 | 53 |
| 2024 | $3,706,548 | 99 |
| 2023 | $3,144,741 | 102 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2025, filed May 8, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202611289349101841
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 13-7127165
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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