The Kimbo Foundation concentrates its entire documented giving on a single nonprofit, Happy Village (KAVC), suggesting a highly targeted, relationship-driven approach to philanthropy. Grants are unrestricted charitable donations, likely intended to support broad community services or general operations for a local organization. The foundation appears locally focused and prefers sustained backing of one trusted partner rather than spreading funds across many causes.
Highly concentrated giving: all documented funds (three grants totaling $1.34M) went to a single grantee, indicating repeat, sizable donations to one long-term partner rather than distributed or one-off grants.
Kimbo Foundation’s documented giving centers on one nonprofit, Happy Village (KAVC), with a 2025 charity donation of $520,000 and two prior $410,000 scholarship grants in 2023 and 2024. That pattern points to a highly concentrated relationship with a single local partner rather than a broad portfolio of recipients. The foundation’s active scholarship program also shows a defined interest in educational support: it provides financial awards to students who demonstrate exceptional academic achievement and leadership potential within the Korean community. Across the available grant records, the foundation’s giving is entirely in California and entirely to U.S. recipients. The recurring support to Happy Village (KAVC) also suggests that Kimbo Foundation uses multi-year grants to sustain one institutional beneficiary over time, with charity and scholarship support appearing as the main documented vehicles. The legal name on file is KIMBO FOUNDATION.
One clear topic area is scholarship support. Kimbo Foundation’s scholarship program provides financial awards to students who show exceptional academic achievement and leadership potential within the Korean community, and the 2023 and 2024 grants to Happy Village (KAVC) were both recorded as scholarship support. A second area is unrestricted charitable giving: in 2025, the foundation gave $520,000 to Happy Village (KAVC) as a charity donation. The record also points to community-based support delivered through a single local nonprofit in Los Angeles, showing a preference for sustained institutional backing rather than distributed grantmaking across many organizations. The scholarship and charity entries indicate two different ways the foundation supports the same partner.
The documented grant size distribution is tightly clustered: p25, median, and p75 are all between $410,000 and $465,000, with the recent awards at $410,000 and $520,000. That narrow range fits a concentrated pattern of large, recurring support. The same grantee appears across multiple years, with grants recorded in 2023, 2024, and 2025 to Happy Village (KAVC). Kimbo Foundation is a private foundation, and it also funds individuals through its scholarship program. Unsolicited applications are accepted for the scholarship program.
$520K
$2.6M
$649K
$549K
Most grants fall between $410K and $465K, with a median of $410K.
25th Percentile
$410K
Median
$410K
75th Percentile
$465K
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Notable grantees: HAPPY VILLAGE (KAVC)
Kimbo Foundation’s grants are entirely local in the available record, with 100% of grants going to recipients in California. The recipient listed in the grant record is Happy Village (KAVC) in Los Angeles, showing a Los Angeles-centered pattern of giving. The top state by grant count is California, which matches the foundation’s fully in-state recipient distribution. No non-U.S. grant recipients appear in the data; all recorded grants are to U.S. recipients.
The clearest documented pattern is sustained support for Happy Village (KAVC). The foundation gave that organization $520,000 in 2025 as a charity donation, and it also made $410,000 scholarship grants in both 2023 and 2024.
Yes. It operates the Kimbo Foundation Scholarship Program, which provides financial awards to students with exceptional academic achievement and leadership potential within the Korean community. The recent grant records also include scholarship grants in 2023 and 2024.
Yes. The scholarship program accepts unsolicited applications, according to the foundation’s program information.
Its documented giving is entirely in California. All recorded grants went to U.S. recipients, and the listed recipient city is Los Angeles.
No. The available grant record shows a single recipient, Happy Village (KAVC), appearing in 2023, 2024, and 2025, which indicates a concentrated multi-year relationship with one organization.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAPPY VILLAGE (KAVC) | LOS ANGELES, CA | $520,000 | 2025 | CHARITY DONATION |
| HAPPY VILLAGE (KAVC) | LOS ANGELES, CA | $410,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| HAPPY VILLAGE (KAVC) | LOS ANGELES, CA | $410,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
HAPPY VILLAGE (KAVC)
$520,000CHARITY DONATION