The WKS Foundation

EIN 208255795 Private Foundation

Los Alamitos, CA 90720 |(562) 425-1402

Total Given 2022–2023
$145K
35 grants · $73K avg/year
based on 2 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
<$100K/yr
micro funder
capacity
$4K
typical micro grants · $1K–$5K
grant size
3%
transactional · 1/34 multi-year
repeat
$2K
Assets (2023)
34
Distinct Recipients

Focus Areas

Education Health Youth Development Community Development

Application Information

Accepts Unsolicited Proposals No. Preselected Only
Contact Person Bibiana Clderon
Phone (562) 425-1402

Financial Trends

Giving Over Time

Total Assets Over Time

View financial data as table
YearTotal GivingTotal AssetsRevenueGrants
2016 N/A $0 $4K N/A
2017 N/A $0 $15K N/A
2018 N/A $0 $20K N/A
2019 N/A $0 $108K N/A
2020 N/A $0 $35K N/A
2021 N/A $0 $59K N/A
2022 $75K $10K $81K 16
2023 $70K $2K $64K 19

Grant Size Distribution

Based on 35 grants on record

Minimum
$478
25th Pctl
$1K
Median
$4K
Average
$4K
75th Pctl
$5K
Maximum
$26K

Geographic Distribution


Texas Counties Served

5.7% of US grants · Rank #4 of 10 states $2K across 2 grants 1 of 254 counties

Top 1 counties

  1. 1 Dallas 2 grants · $2K

Officers & Directors

Grants Awarded (35 total)

Purpose
Damon Brodowski Long Beach, CA $25,750 Damn Brodowaski wife's death 2022
Bibiana Clderon Burbank, CA $10,000 Donation - Wendy's Burbank - Mother's Funeral Exp 2023
California State University LB Long Beach, CA $8,403 Mireya Hernandez MBA Program 2022
LDS Church Long Beach, CA $8,088 Back to School Backpack Program and Youth Camp 2023
Roxana Barrientos Lehi, UT $8,000 Assistance of her brother's illness 2023
Aisha Kahee-Ward Keizer, OR $5,000 Home Burned down 2022
Jolena Johnston Brimhall Nizhoni, NM $5,000 Assistance of Parent Illness 2022
Chase Jackie Oppenlander Los Alamitos, CA $5,000 Chistmas Donation 2022
Carla Goodman Los Alamitos, CA $5,000 Chistmas Donation 2022
Phillip Shumway Las Vegas, NV $5,000 Chistmas Donation 2022
Eileen Anciaux Los Alamitos, CA $5,000 Chistmas Donation 2022
Toni Sansom Billings, MT $5,000 Donation - foster children 2023
Diane Feinour Topton, PA $5,000 Chistmas Donation 2023
Diana Johnson Riverside, CA $5,000 Chistmas Donation 2023
Linda Jones Medford, OR $5,000 Chistmas Donation 2023
Paula Kinzie Long Beach, CA $5,000 Chistmas Donation 2023
Carla Goodman Los Alamitos, CA $5,000 Chistmas Donation 2023
California State University Long Be Long Beach, CA $4,432 Donation - MBA program for Mireya Hernandez 2023
Long Beach Rescue Mission Long Beach, CA $3,000 Donation 2022
Steve Jones Los Alamitos, CA $2,500 St. Luke's Donation 2022
Mireya Hernandez Bellflower, CA $2,422 Payment reinbursement for MBA tuition 2023
Lyle Pedersen Indio, CA $2,000 Chistmas Donation 2023
Peggy Sample Holbrook, AZ $1,500 Funeral Arrangements help 2022
High Desert Bombers Baseball Palmdale, CA $1,000 Baseball Team Sponsor 2022
Makai Brown Henderson, KY $1,000 Sunrise Restaurant's Courage Award 2022

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