Open Foundations · Arizona

J W Kieckhefer Foundation

Prescott, Arizona · EIN 866022877. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $1.6M across 101 grants in 2025, a median of $10K each.

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$1.6M
paid in 2025
101
grants paid
$10K
median grant
100%
to first-time recipients
$16.5M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
JOHN W KIECKHEFER ANDOR JOHN I KIEC
Address
PO BOX 1151, PRESCOTT, AZ, 86302
Phone
9284454010
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
INTERNALLY INITIATED GRANTS COMPRISE VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE CURRENT GRANT MAKING OF THE FOUNDATION.
Submission deadline
INFORMATIONAL LETTERS WILL BE ACCEPTED, BUT MAY NOT BE RESPONDED TO.
Restrictions on awards
NO LOANS OR GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202641319349102774. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

health

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 101 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Rare Village - Sgs Foundation Fiscal SponsorTX$100,000SEIZURE TRACKER APP & PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGIST PROGRAM
2Agape House of PrescottAZ$75,0002025 CAPACITY BUILDING GOAL
3St Mary's Food Bank AllianceAZ$75,000GENERAL PURPOSES/2026 OPERATIONS
4Special Operations Solutions FundTX$55,000GENERAL PURPOSES
5Children's Action AllianceAZ$50,0002025/2026 CHILD WELFARE PROJECT
6Shriners Children's LexingtonKY$50,000PEDIATRIC ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS PROGRAM
7University of Arizona FoundationAZ$50,000JAMES 4-H CAMP IMPROVEMENTS AND OPERATIONS FUND
8Central Arizona Shelter ServicesAZ$30,000MEAL PROGRAM AT THE HAVEN
9Prescott Area Shelter ServicesAZ$30,000GENERAL PURPOSES
10Yavapai College FoundationAZ$30,000FAMILY ENRICHMENT CENTER ($2K), FOOD PANTRY ($14K), COLLEGE FOR KIDS SUMMER EDUCATION PROGRAM ($4K), CHILDREN'S MATINEES AT YCPAC ($6K)
111010 MinistriesAZ$25,000GENERAL PURPOSES
12American Lutheran ChurchAZ$25,000CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND
13Boys and Girls Clubs of the ValleyAZ$25,000GENERAL PURPOSES
14Ocj KidsAZ$25,000EMERGENCY REMOVAL RESOURCES PROGAMMING AND SUPPLIES
15Salvation Army Southwest Division (the)AZ$25,000GENERAL PURPOSES IN THE PRESCOTT COMMUNITY

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20201$1.7M
20211$1.4M
20221$1.7M
20231$1.6M
20241$1.6M
2025 (partial year)101$1.6M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Arizona85%
Texas2%
Wisconsin2%
Kentucky1%
California1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

John I KieckheferTRUSTEE · 2025
John W KieckheferTRUSTEE · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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