The Kimberly‑Clark Foundation concentrates its giving into a small number of large awards, primarily funding scholarship/education programs, disaster relief and community social‑welfare intermediaries. Grants are often routed through philanthropic intermediaries (a donor‑advised/giving fund and Scholarship America) and local community partners such as the United Way and American Red Cross, indicating a mix of centralized grantmaking and rapid‑response/community support. The foundation appears to prioritize scalable vehicles for impact—scholarship administration, disaster response, and broad community service—rather than many small direct-service grants.
A concentrated giving approach: few, very large grants with multiple repeat awards to the same intermediaries. Funding flows primarily through national program administrators and donor‑advised channels rather than many small direct grants.
Kimberly-Clark Foundation’s largest recent grants cluster around employee-linked giving and scholarship administration, with Blackbaud Giving Fund receiving multi-million-dollar awards across 2023, 2024, and 2025. That pattern sits alongside major support for Scholarship America and a steady stream of community and emergency-response grants, which points to a funder that combines centralized philanthropy with employee-directed and rapid-response vehicles. The foundation’s recent giving also shows repeated use of intermediary organizations to move money at scale. Scholarship America appears as a recurring recipient for education-related support, while American Red Cross and United Way of Metropolitan Dallas appear in multiple years for disaster response and local social welfare. Those grants suggest a portfolio built around large, programmatic awards rather than many small one-off gifts. Its active programs reinforce that profile: Bright Futures Scholarship Program supports dependents of Kimberly-Clark employees in North America; Disaster Relief & Emergency Support operates through Emergency Assistance Foundation; and employee matching and volunteer grant programs amplify staff giving. Separate strategic partnerships focus on women’s and girls’ health, including menstrual health and maternal and infant care across seven countries.
Education is one clear lane in Kimberly-Clark Foundation’s grantmaking. In 2025, it gave $987,500 to Scholarship America, and the active Bright Futures Scholarship Program provides $20,000 awards to dependents of Kimberly-Clark employees for post-secondary education. Community welfare shows up through local and regional intermediaries. The foundation gave $554,000 to United Way of Metropolitan Dallas in 2025 and also supported United Way Greater Atlanta and United Way Aiken County, indicating a channel for basic-needs and community support grants. Disaster response is another recurring theme. In 2025, Kimberly-Clark Foundation awarded $300,000 to Emergency Assistance Foundation, and it also gave $250,000 to American Red Cross in Dallas that year. A separate American Red Cross grant in Washington, DC appears in 2023. Environmental grantmaking is present as well. The foundation gave $300,000 to World Wildlife Fund and $100,000 to The Nature Conservancy in 2023, plus smaller environmental awards to Forum for the Future American Climate Futures and The Nature Conservancy in 2025.
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Most grants fall between $50K and $606K, with a median of $154K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$154K
75th Percentile
$606K
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Notable grantees: Blackbaud Giving Fund, Scholarship America, American Red Cross, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas
Kimberly-Clark Foundation’s typical grant size is large: the 25th percentile is $50,000, the median is $153,682, and the 75th percentile is $605,702. That distribution matches a grantmaker that concentrates dollars in a relatively small set of awards. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including Blackbaud Giving Fund, Scholarship America, American Red Cross, and United Way of Metropolitan Dallas. The pattern suggests recurring relationships rather than isolated one-time gifts. The foundation is a corporate foundation, and its active programs include employee matching gifts, volunteer grants, scholarship support, and disaster-response funding. Unsolicited applications are not part of the listed programs.
Kimberly-Clark Foundation gives nationally, and every grant in the recent sample went to U.S. recipients. Texas is a major destination for its giving, accounting for 22% of grants, but the top state by grant count is Virginia. Recent city-level recipients include Dallas, Charleston, Minneapolis, Washington, DC, and Atlanta. The recipient list also includes grantmaking in South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, New York, and Wisconsin.
Its recent and active programs center on scholarship support, disaster relief, employee matching and volunteer grants, community welfare through United Way-type intermediaries, and strategic partnerships for women’s and girls’ health. The grants show repeated support for Scholarship America, American Red Cross, and United Way of Metropolitan Dallas.
The active programs listed for the foundation are not open to unsolicited applications. They include employee-linked scholarship support, disaster response through Emergency Assistance Foundation, volunteer grants, matching gifts, and strategic partnerships that are structured through specific partners.
The foundation’s grant sizes are substantial. The 25th percentile is $50,000, the median grant is $153,682, and the 75th percentile is $605,702. That range shows that many awards are six figures or larger.
Recurring relationships are visible in the recent grants list. Blackbaud Giving Fund, Scholarship America, American Red Cross, and United Way of Metropolitan Dallas each appear in more than one year, which indicates repeated support rather than purely one-off grantmaking.
Its giving is national within the United States, and the recent grant sample is entirely U.S.-based. Texas receives 22% of grants, while Virginia is the top state by grant count. Recent recipients are concentrated in cities such as Dallas, Charleston, Minneapolis, Washington, DC, and Atlanta.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND | CHARLESTON, SC | $1,892,702 | 2025 | CIVIC, CULTURAL AND MISCELLANEOUS |
| SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA | DETROIT, MI | $987,500 | 2025 | OTHER |
| UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS | DALLAS, TX | $554,000 | 2025 | SOCIAL WELFARE |
| WORLD WILDLIFE FUND | WASHINGTON, DC | $300,000 | 2025 | ENVIRONMENTAL |
| EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION | WEST PALM BEACH, FL | $300,000 | 2025 | SOCIAL WELFARE |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | DALLAS, TX | $250,000 | 2025 | CIVIC, CULTURAL AND MISCELLANEOUS |
| UNITED WAY METRO DALLAS | DALLAS, TX | $226,016 | 2025 | SOCIAL WELFARE |
| FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL | SEATTLE, WA | $125,000 | 2025 | CIVIC, CULTURAL AND MISCELLANEOUS |
| FORUM FOR THE FUTURE AMERICAN CLIMATE FUTURES | BROOKLYN, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | ENVIRONMENTAL |
| BOSTON COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL | BOSTON, MA | $50,000 | 2025 | OTHER |
| WAYLAND ACADEMY | BEAVER DAM, WI | $50,000 | 2025 | OTHER |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | arlington, VA | $25,000 | 2025 | ENVIRONMENTAL |
| UNITED WAY AIKEN COUNTY | AIKEN, SC | $25,000 | 2025 | SOCIAL WELFARE |
| UNITED WAY HENDERSON COUNTY | HENDERSONVILLE, NC | $25,000 | 2025 | SOCIAL WELFARE |
| BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND | CHARLESTON, SC | $1,054,900 | 2024 | Civic, Cultural and Miscellaneous |
| SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $987,500 | 2024 | Education |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | DALLAS, TX | $760,810 | 2024 | Civic, Cultural and Miscellaneous |
| UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS | DALLAS, TX | $359,428 | 2024 | Social Welfare |
| UNITED WAY GREATER ATLANTA | ATLANTA, GA | $157,364 | 2024 | Social Welfare |
| FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $150,000 | 2024 | Civic, Cultural and Miscellaneous |
| ATLAS SCIENCE CENTER | APPLETON, WI | $50,000 | 2024 | Civic, Cultural and Miscellaneous |
| SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2024 | Civic, Cultural and Miscellaneous |
| GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND | YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NY | $10,000 | 2024 | Civic, Cultural and Miscellaneous |
| BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND | CHARLESTON, SC | $1,640,075 | 2023 | CIVIC, CULTURAL & MISCELLANEOUS |
| SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $893,750 | 2023 | EDUCATION |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | WASHINGTON, DC | $800,200 | 2023 | CIVIC, CULTURAL & MISCELLANEOUS |
| UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS | DALLAS, TX | $546,541 | 2023 | SOCIAL WELFARE |
| DELTARES | SILVER SPRING, MD | $150,000 | 2023 | CIVIC, CULTURAL & MISCELLANEOUS |
| THE CIRCULATE INITIATIVE | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2023 | CIVIC, CULTURAL & MISCELLANEOUS |
| THE OCEAN CONSERVANCY | WASHINGTON, DC | $100,000 | 2023 | CIVIC, CULTURAL & MISCELLANEOUS |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | ARLINGTON, TX | $100,000 | 2023 | CIVIC, CULTURAL & MISCELLANEOUS |
| FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $50,000 | 2023 | CIVIC, CULTURAL & MISCELLANEOUS |
BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND
$1,892,702CIVIC, CULTURAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA
$987,500OTHER
UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS
$554,000SOCIAL WELFARE
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND
$300,000ENVIRONMENTAL
EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION
$300,000SOCIAL WELFARE
AMERICAN RED CROSS
$250,000CIVIC, CULTURAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
UNITED WAY METRO DALLAS
$226,016SOCIAL WELFARE
FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL
$125,000CIVIC, CULTURAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
FORUM FOR THE FUTURE AMERICAN CLIMATE FUTURES
$100,000ENVIRONMENTAL
BOSTON COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL
$50,000OTHER
WAYLAND ACADEMY
$50,000OTHER
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
$25,000ENVIRONMENTAL
UNITED WAY AIKEN COUNTY
$25,000SOCIAL WELFARE
UNITED WAY HENDERSON COUNTY
$25,000SOCIAL WELFARE
BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND
$1,054,900Civic, Cultural and Miscellaneous
SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA
$987,500Education
AMERICAN RED CROSS
$760,810Civic, Cultural and Miscellaneous
UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS
$359,428Social Welfare
UNITED WAY GREATER ATLANTA
$157,364Social Welfare
FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL
$150,000Civic, Cultural and Miscellaneous
ATLAS SCIENCE CENTER
$50,000Civic, Cultural and Miscellaneous
SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS
$20,000Civic, Cultural and Miscellaneous
GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND
$10,000Civic, Cultural and Miscellaneous
BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND
$1,640,075CIVIC, CULTURAL & MISCELLANEOUS
SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA
$893,750EDUCATION
AMERICAN RED CROSS
$800,200CIVIC, CULTURAL & MISCELLANEOUS
UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS
$546,541SOCIAL WELFARE
DELTARES
$150,000CIVIC, CULTURAL & MISCELLANEOUS
THE CIRCULATE INITIATIVE
$100,000CIVIC, CULTURAL & MISCELLANEOUS
THE OCEAN CONSERVANCY
$100,000CIVIC, CULTURAL & MISCELLANEOUS
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
$100,000CIVIC, CULTURAL & MISCELLANEOUS
FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL
$50,000CIVIC, CULTURAL & MISCELLANEOUS
