Foundation and Government Support
Government grants and contributions from private, family, corporate, and community foundations are important sources of support for KQED. Often providing seed money or capstone funds for KQED projects, foundation and government support makes it possible for KQED to develop new productions, implement community outreach initiatives, as well as maintain longtime program favorites.
KQED's Foundation and Government Development team raises money for KQED general operating expenses, as well as for a number of specific projects for Television, Radio, KQED.org, and the KQED Education Network.
To learn more about the ways your foundation can support KQED, read our most
recent Investor Updates, or please
call Adam Sopko, Associate Director, Foundation Relations, at (415)
553-2270. You can sign up to receive our quarterly Investor Update or
send your questions not answered in our FAQ section to fdn@kqed.org.
Please include your contact information, and foundation name. We are generally
able to respond to requests for information within twenty-four hours.
2007 Donors
- $500,000 and above
The Amgen Foundation
QUEST (three-year grant)
The California Endowment
Health Dialogues (two-year grant)
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures
Early Learning/Hands on Literacy (three-year grant)
Teachers' Domain (two-year grant)
Ready to Learn
The War
Richard and Rhoda Goldman Foundation
QUEST (three-year grant)
Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures (three-year grant)
Environmental Programming (three-year grant)
General Support
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Immigration Initiative
The James Irvine Foundation
SPARK (three-year grant)
The California Report (three-year grant)
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
QUEST (three-year grant)
National Science Foundation
QUEST (three-year grant)
- $200,000-$499,999
William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation
QUEST
The Freeman Foundation
Pacific Time (two-year grant)
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
SPARK (two-year grant)
Koret Foundation
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (two-year grant)
Health Initiative
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures (two-year grant)
- $100,000-$199,999
The California Wellness Foundation
Health Initiative (three-year grant)
William Fries II Foundation
Nature Programming on KQED Public Television
The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation
Truly CA: Our State, Our Stories (two-year grant)
Pacific Time
Walter & Elise Haas Fund
SPARK (two-year grant)
General Support
The Bernard Osher Foundation
Forum
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
KQED Public Radio
Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation
SPARK (three-year grant)
The Westly Foundation
The California Report (two-year grant)
- $50,000-$99,000
Adobe Foundation Fund at Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Digital Storytelling Initiative
R. Gwin Follis Foundation
School Services
David B. Gold Foundation
QUEST
Walter S. Johnson Foundation
The California Report
General Support
The Morris Stulsaft Foundation
QUEST
- $20,000-$49,999
Bank of America Foundation
School Services
George F. Jewett Foundation
SPARK
Henri & Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation
Japanese and Japanese American Programming on KQED Public Television
Wallis Foundation
General Support
- $10,000-$19,999
S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
General Support
Cisco Foundation
SPARKed
Ducommun & Gross Family Foundation
General Support
William G. Gilmore Foundation
General Support
Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund
Early Learning/Hands on Literacy
General Support
The Stanley S. Langendorf Foundation
Early Learning/Hands on Literacy
Wells Fargo Foundation
Early Learning/Hands on Literacy
WNET- Thirteen
SPARK
- $5,000-$9,999
The Mervyn L. Brenner Foundation
General Support
Frank A. Campini Foundation
General Support
The Steve and Paula Child Foundation
General Support
JEC Foundation
General Support
LEF Foundation
General Support
Lopez Low Foundation
Early Learning/Hand on Literacy
The Marcled Foundation
General Support
Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
General Support
- Under $5,000
Isabel Allende Foundation
Hands on Literacy
Danford Foundation
General Support
The Kahle-Austin Foundation
General Support
Leo S. Guthman Fund
General Support
The Highfield Foundation
General Support
Middle Passage Foundation
General Support
National Center for Outreach, WETA
The War
Rotasa Foundation
General Support
RSF Innovations in Social Finance
General Support
The Sierra Club Foundation
QUEST
Marty and Dorothy Silverman Charitable Trust
General Support
Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation
General Support
Western Digital Foundation
Digital Storytelling Initiative
Charlotte and Arthur Zitrin Foundation
General Support
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