Kerfuffle Foundation

Kerfuffle Foundation is a grantmaking organization located in Covington, Kentucky. 1 It is organized as a donor-advised fund within the Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. 2 The foundation primarily makes grants on journalism, education, youth-focused, and medical topics. 3 4 5

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Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3), Private Foundation
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Part of Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

Location: Covington, KY View on map

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    In 2021, Kerfuffle Foundation contributed $1 million to the University of San Francisco (USF) School of Education to build critical race theory-inspired programming and increase existing scholarship amounts. 3 6 Kerfuffle Foundation’s grant for the critical race theory-influenced concepts of equity and social justice enabled USF to develop a concentration in racial justice in education at the doctoral level and launch the school of education’s new Center for Humanizing Education and Research that made USF a “standard-bearer in the advancement of educational justice” during the COVID-19 pandemic. 7

    Kerfuffle Foundation has also financially supported the left-of-center media organization CalMatters. 8 In 2019, Kerfuffle Foundation was one of the “leading supporters” of investigative journalist organization ProPublica. 9

    Equity Grantmaking

    Kerfuffle Foundation has made grants to various left-of-center causes. In 2021, Kerfuffle Foundation contributed $1 million to the University of San Francisco (USF) School of Education to build critical race theory-inspired social justice programming and increase existing scholarship amounts. 3 6 Kerfuffle Foundation’s grant for the critical race theory-influenced concepts of equity and social justice enabled USF to develop a concentration in racial justice in education at the doctoral level and launch the school of education’s new Center for Humanizing Education and Research. 3

    Other programs at USF associated with the grant included the school of education’s “strategic prioritizing process,” professional development, support for faculty and staff, and a re-envisioning of partnerships with San Francisco Bay Area schools and communities. USF claims the efforts resulting from the grant have brought national attention to the school of education and have raised the school’s profile as a “standard-bearer in the advancement of educational justice” during the COVID-19 pandemic. 7

    Left-of-Center Media Grantmaking

    In 2021, Kerfuffle Foundation also financially supported left-of-center media organization CalMatters. 8 10 Kerfuffle Foundation also financially supported the Greater Lowell Community Foundation in 2020. 11

    In 2019, Kerfuffle Foundation was one of the “leading supporters” of investigative journalist organization ProPublica. 9

    Other Grantmaking

    Kerfuffle Foundation has also supported nonprofit Crisis Action, 12 13 Boys and Girls Club of Puerto Rico, 14 the Exploratorium Science Museum, 15 the Lighthouse Writers Workshop, 16 Baltimore Urban Leadership Foundation’s The Door program, 17 the Cal Performances Program at the University of California, Berkeley, 18 and other educational and youth-focused organizations. 4 5

    In 2020, Kerfuffle Foundation contributed $500,000 to Impact Society. 1 The foundation also contributed $500,000 to Impact Society in 2019 19 and $325,000 to Impact Society in 2017. 20

    Kerfuffle Foundation has also made donations to the National Institute of Health (NIH) for the Center for Biotechnology 21 and for research on RNA sequencing 22 and has supported the National Center for Equine Facilitated Therapy. 23

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    2. “Report on Voluntary Support.” University of Michigan Regent’s Communication. March 31, 2019. Accessed December 18, 2022. https://regents.umich.edu/files/meetings/05-19/2019-05-III-1.pdf.
    3. Dutton-Cookston, Robin. “Kerfuffle Foundation Gives $1 Million to School Education During Pandemic Year.” University of San Francisco. May 12, 2021. Accessed December 13, 2022. https://www.usfca.edu/news/kerfuffle-foundation-gift-education.
    4. “Impact Report 2018-2019.” San Mateo County Community Colleges Foundation. Accessed December 17, 2022. https://foundation.smccd.edu/images/SMCCCF_ImpactReport2018-19_final-fullREV3.pdf.
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    7. Dutton-Cookston, Robin. “Kerfuffle Foundation Gives $1 Million to School of Education During Pandemic Year.” University of San Francisco School of Education. May 12, 2021. Accessed December 18, 2022. https://www.usfca.edu/news/kerfuffle-foundation-gift-education.
    8. Marcia Parker and Kate Looby.  “Building a Better Democracy through Unmatched Reporting.” The Giving List. October 1, 2021. Accessed December 13, 2022. https://www.givinglistbayarea.com/2021/10/01/building-a-better-democracy-through-unmatched-reporting/.
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    14. “Investors.” Boys and Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico. Accessed December 13, 2022. https://bgcpr.org/en/investors/#1579105721011-f6b2008a-17b1.
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    16. “2019 Annual Report.” Lighthouse Writers Workshop. 2019. Accessed December 13, 2022. https://www.lighthousewriters.org/sites/default/files/downloads/LH%20Annual%20Report%202019%20WEB.pdf.
    17.  “2016 Annual Report.” The Door. 2016. Accessed December 13, 2022. https://door.org/wp-content/uploads/FY16_TD_AnnualReport_FINAL.pdf.
    18. “Cal Performances.” University of California, Berkeley. February 10, 2017. Accessed December 13, 2022. https://calperformances.org/learn/k-12/pdf/2016-17/2017-7-fingers-guide-v2.pdf.
    19.  “Impact Society.” Return of Private Foundation. (Form 990-PF). 2019. Schedule B. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/464657948/202042829349100114/full.
    20. “The Impact Society.” Return of Private Foundation. (Form 990-PF). 2017. Schedule B. https://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/464/464657948/464657948_201712_990PF.pdf.
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    22. Junyu Zhai, et. al. “Transcriptomic analysis supports collective endometrial cell migration in the pathogenesis of adenomyosis.” Reproductive BioMedicine Online. Volume 45, Issue 3, September 2022, Pg. 519-530. Accesse3d December 17, 2022. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1472648322003509.
    23. “2017 Roof to Hoof.” National Center for Equine Facilitated Therapy. 2017. Accessed December 13, 2022. https://nceft.org/news-events/news-events-archive/roof-hoof-campaign-50000-goal/.