NonprofitsKiss The Ground

Food, Agriculture & Nutrition

Kiss The Ground

LOS ANGELES, CA

Total revenue

$3.6M

Total expenses

$2.9M

Net assets

$3.3M

Grants received

$4.7M

191 grants

EIN

464507696

Tax year

2024

Mission

Promoting regenerative agriculture and soil health as solutions for climate resilience, ecological restoration, and human well-being.

Programs

3 programs

Communicationsthe storytelling program is at the heart of ktg. Ktg creates and produces documentaries, educational videos, and social media shorts that are engaging and accessible to all. In its long-form mini-documentary series, ktg dives into individual farmers' journeys across the country as they implement regenerative practices onto their land. In ktg's educational videos, it educates people on topics such as composting, soil health, and backyard gardening, with the involvement of leading experts and activists in the movement. Ktg's short series, primarily featured on its social media platforms, are friendly and approachable.

Expenses: $1.2M

Partnershipsthe partnership program allows ktg to use expertise and experience to further the work of its brand partners and businesses wanting to enter or grow within the regenerative space. Ktg believes that real transformation is made possible through strong, aligned partnerships. Ktg has been a trusted voice in this space since 2013, and has aided earnest companies on their journey to support regeneration with storytelling and educational support on regenerative agriculture. Employees, company boards, executive leadership, and consumers are increasingly interested in regenerative agriculture as a viable solution for the wellness, water, and climate crisis. Ktg provides guidance, support, and education for these groups to enter the space and make an impact within both their businesses and the wider food and textile industries.

Expenses: $351K

Fiscal sponsorshipktg acts as a fiscal sponsor for various projects that align with its exempt purposes.

Expenses: $74KGrants: $41K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$3.6M
Program service revenue$34K
Investment income$30K
Other revenue
Total revenue$3.6M

Expenses

Grants paid$41K
Salaries & benefits$1.7M
Fundraising$332K
Other expenses$1.2M
Total expenses$2.9M
Total assets$3.5M
Net assets$3.3M

People

16 listed

NameRoleCompensation

EVAN HARRISON

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Board

$284K

40 hrs/wk

RYLAND ENGELHART

CO-FOUNDER/SPECIAL PROJECTS

Board

$40K

40 hrs/wk

BECKY CASSEL

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

RYAN CHAVEZ

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

MOLLIE ENGELHART

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ADRIENNE CALLANDRELLO

BOARD CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

LARRY O'CONNOR

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

LANETTE PHILLIPS

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ROBERT RAICH

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

MATT WIGGINS

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

PATRICK BROWN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

STEPHEN PFAHLER

BOARD SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAVID LEWIS

BOARD TREASURER

Board

1 hrs/wk

KAREN RODRIGUEZ

CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

Staff

$147K

40 hrs/wk

FINIAN MAKEPEACE

CO-FOUNDER/SPECIAL PROJECTS

Staff

$140K

40 hrs/wk

NATHAN RICE

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

Staff

$115K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

ALL OF US FILMS

VIDEO PRODUCTION

$233K

RYLAND ENGLEHART

STRATEGIC CONSULTING

$110K

Grants received

Showing 191 of 191

FromAmountPurposeYear
$393K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$150K
TO FUND REGENERATING COMMUNITIES FARMER GRANTS FOR 2025
2024
$110K
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
2024
$75K
REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
2024
$50K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
2024
$50K
TO SUPPORT THE STEWARDSHIP CIRCLE
2024
$50K
WILDLIFE/ENVIRONMENT
2024
$45K
FOOD, NUTRITION
2024
$25K
General Financial Support
2024
$25K
OPERATIONAL
2024
$20K
OPERATIONAL
2024
$15K
TO CARRY OUT CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
2024
$15K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2024
$10K
UNRESTRICTED
2024
$10K
UNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE GIFT
2024
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$10K
Support for environmental preservation
2024
$6K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$5K
FURTHER ORG'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$5K
PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
2024
$2K
CHARITABLE
2024
$1K
AUDIENCE-SUPPORTED NONPROFIT PROMOTING REGENERATION AND HEALTHY SOIL AS A VIABLE SOLUTION FOR OUR CLIMATE, WELLNESS, AND WATER CRISIS.
2024
$111K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$85K
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
2023
$75K
REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
2023
$50K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT.
2023
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$50K
THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO SUPPORT THE STEWARDSHIP CIRCLE, YEAR TWO.
2023
$50K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
2023
$50K
WILDLIFE/ENVIRONMENT
2023
$50K
Kiss the Ground's Advocacy Program
2023
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$45K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$43K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$40K
TRANSITION TO REGENERATIVE AGROFORESTRY
2023
$25K
To support 2023 charity.
2023
$25K
TO FUND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
2023
$25K
OPERATIONAL
2023
$25K
OPERATIONAL
2023
$20K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$15K
CHARITABLE GIFT
2023
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT. THE ORGANIZATION CAN USE THE FUNDS AS NEEDED IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
2023
$10K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$10K
TO CARRY OUT CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
2023
$10K
Support for environmental preservation
2023
$7K
TO SUPPORT JUNGLE PROJECT
2023
$7K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$5K
REGENERATIVE FARMING
2023
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$5K
PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
2023
$3K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$3K
Support for ecosystem regeneration to restore the health of soil, water, and the atmosphere.
2023
$2K
CHARITABLE
2023
$1K
CHARITABLE
2023
$500
GENERAL PURPOSES
2023
$500
EDUCATIONAL
2023
$267
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$100K
IN FURTHERANCE OF SECTION 501(C)(3) CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2022
$75K
Regenerative agriculture support
2022
$50K
THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO SUPPORT A THREE-YEAR STEWARDSHIP CIRCLE COMMITMENT.
2022
$50K
Support Advocacy & Edu. Initiative
2022
$50K
Support Advocacy & Edu. Initiative
2022
$50K
WILDLIFE/ENVIRONMENT
2022
$43K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$25K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$25K
GRANT - TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ENVIRONMENTAL MISSION, ACTIVITIES AND OPERATIONS OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION
2022
$25K
General Financial Support
2022
$20K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2022
$20K
RELIEF PROGRAM
2022
$12K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$11K
IN SUPPORT OF KISS THE GROUND
2022
$10K
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
2022
$10K
TO CARRY OUT CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
2022
$10K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2022
$10K
General operating support
2022
$10K
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
2022
$10K
Regenerating Communities
2022
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT. THE ORGANIZATION CAN USE THE FUNDS AS NEEDED IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
2022
$10K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$8K
REGENERATIVE FARMING
2022
$7K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$5K
Regenerate Agriculture Farm Bill initiative
2022
$5K
PROMOTING REGENERATION AND HEALTHY SOIL AS A VIABLE SOLUTION FOR OUR CLIMATE, WELLNESS, AND WATER CRISIS
2022
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$5K
TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH DIFFERNT MEDIA PLATFORMS TO AWAKEN PEOPLE TO THE POSSIBILITIES OF REGENERATION.
2022
$5K
GENERAL CHARITY
2022
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$3K
Support for ecosystem regeneration to restore the health of soil, water, and the atmosphere.
2022
$2K
EDUCATIONAL
2022
$2K
CHARITABLE
2022
$500
GENERAL PURPOSES
2022
$250
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$80
EMPLOYEE MATCHING GIFT DONATION
2022
$75K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$75K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$22K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$18K
UNRESTRICTED
2021
$17K
TO HELP THE ORGANIZATION FURTHER ITS MISSION OF HUMANITY LIVING REGENERATIVELY.
2021
$10K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$10K
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
2021
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$7K
HUMAN SERVICES
2021
$5K
TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH DIFFERNT MEDIA PLATFORMS TO AWAKEN PEOPLE TO THE POSSIBILITIES OF REGENERATION.
2021
$5K
Farmer transition program and regenerative training scholarship FUND
2021
$4K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL ASSISTANCE
2021
$1K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$1K
General & Unrestricted
2021
$100K
Supporting Kiss the Grounds Farmland Program, which offers the support Farmers need to succeed in their transition to regenerative agriculture.
2020
$92K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$30K
TO PROMOTE, RAISE AWARENESS AND EDUCATE ABOUT KEY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, INCLUDING SOIL HEALTH, GLOBAL WARMING, AND NUTRITION.
2020
$26K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$10K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.
2020
$10K
TO HELP THE ORGANIZATION FURTHER ITS MISSION OF HUMANITY LIVING REGENERATIVELY.
2020
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$10K
TO INVEST IN THE HEALTH OF OUR PLANET AND A WORLD WHERE LIFE IS THRIVING.
2020
$10K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2020
$8K
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
2020
$6K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$6K
Unrestricted
2020
$6K
PROMOTING EDUCATION
2020
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2020
$3K
Support for ecosystem regeneration to restore the health of soil, water, and the atmosphere.
2020
$3K
FARMER'S FOOTPRINT SUPPORT
2020
$669
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$300
EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM
2020
$150
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$50
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION MADE BY EMPLOYEE OF YELP, INC.
2020
Kiss the Ground is a California-based 501(c)(3) environmental non-profit telling a new story about our ability to regenerate land and reverse climate change by building back healthy soil. We create media, campaigns and educational curriculum that raise awareness and empower individuals to take action.
2020
$34K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$25K
General support
2019
$25K
ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY
2019
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2019
$500
SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
2019
$10K
General & Unrestricted
2018
$6K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$200
PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE TABLE AT LA COUNTY "OUR VOICE, OUR COUNTY" COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
2018
$50K
General Support
2017
$11K
TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS.
2017
$7K
Human Development Environment
2017

Funded by

$4.7M from 108 funders · 191 grants · 2017–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$435K · 7 grants · 2018–2023

Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

$393K · 1 grant · 2024

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$312K · 6 grants · 2018–2023

Tides Foundation

$215K · 4 grants · 2022–2024

Aspen Community Foundation

$200K · 5 grants · 2019–2024

The Mental Insight Foundation

$165K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

The Community Foundation For

$150K · 1 grant · 2024

Stranahan Foundation

$150K · 2 grants · 2023–2024

Details

EIN464507696
NTEE codeK20
Subsection03
Ruling date2014-09
Formed2014
Employees24
Volunteers12
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