Kittenbrink Family Foundation
The organization is a private foundation dedicated to general charitable giving. Its mission reflects a commitment to supporting a variety of causes, particularly in human services, health charities, and faith-based initiatives. The foundation provides funding to a diverse range of recipients, including behavioral services, community organizations, and educational institutions. It primarily serves organizations within Pennsylvania, although it also supports some initiatives in neighboring states.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A Pennsylvania-based charity (often human-services or faith-based) seeking general operating or project support and able to make a concise, relationship-minded case for funding.
Good Fit
- • Primary program or operations located in Pennsylvania (local footprint).
- • Work in human services, behavioral health, churches, or community service.
- • Ability to accept unsolicited mailed proposals or phone inquiries to a named trustee.
- • Requests sized to match previous grants (many small awards plus occasional large partnership grants).
Geography
Giving is tightly concentrated in Pennsylvania (about 96% of dollars in the latest year) with only occasional small out-of-state grants.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded 11 distinct organizations in the latest year across churches, human services, education and other community groups, and added several new recipients, indicating a broadly distributed recipient set despite dollar concentration.
New Applicants
Direct evidence shows many new grantees in the latest year and a listed application contact; although there is no public website, observed turnover and the presence of submission contact details suggest unfamiliar applicants can and do enter the portfolio.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
