Keller Family Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The David and Anita Keller Foundation awards grants to groups that fight for access to basic physical and mental healthcare and increased government and corporate accountability for human rights violations.
IP TAKE: This is a crowded grant space as Keller tends to support its grantees for multiple years rather than to award one-time grants. This is not always the case, as new grantees appear on its tax filings each year; however, grant seekers should expect competition from like-minded organizations in this funding field.
PROFILE: Based in the San Francisco Bay area, the David and Anita Keller Foundation was established in 2002, and directs all of its resources to “supporting organizations and social entrepreneurs who work to expand and protect human rights.” Its main focus areas are Healthcare is a Human Right and Advocacy and Investigation.
Grants for Global Health
Keller awards grants to organizations that advocate for access to physical and mental healthcare, with an emphasis on those working in remote and rural locations. The foundation also supports groups that expand healthcare systems in those hard-to-reach locations. Keller’s grants are relatively broad here. Past grants have supported Last Mile Health, to support its continuing work in developing and managing local community health workers, and Gardens for Health, to support its work combating malnutrition through innovative approaches in agriculture.
Grants for Security and Human Rights
Keller’s grant making is also based on the belief that “[g]overnments and corporations should be held to account for the injustices they impose on vulnerable communities.” Keller’s giving is relatively broad here. Some grants support innovative methods to investigate war crimes and human rights violations, as well as to support community-driven strategies that advocate for human rights and justice policy changes.
Important Grant Details:
Grants typically range in amount from $10,000 to $30,000, and few awards are granted each year—generally under 10. Grant seekers may review the foundation’s grant making activities on its projects page.
This funder does not accept unsolicited proposals or provide a direct way of getting in touch. An address and phone number are provided below.
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CONTACT:
David & Anita Keller Foundation
130 Locust St.
San Francisco, CA 94118
(650) 862-5751
