Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation

The Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation, also referred to as the Kirsch Foundation, is an American non-profit organization based in Los Altos, California. It was founded by Steve Kirsch and Michele Kirsch.

Its areas of focus include “cleaning up the air in California to eliminating nuclear weapons” and supporting Silicon Valley foundations.¹⁾

The Foundation engages both in grantmaking and advocacy efforts to effect change, including “extensive lobbying and advocacy activities.”

The Foundation was formally established in 1999 within the Community Foundation Silicon Valley (CFSV), which merged with Peninsula Community Foundation in 2006 to become the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The Kirsches had been active philanthropists since the early 1990s, however, through their donor-advised fund at CFSV.²⁾

Between October 1999 and April 2001, the foundation partnered with CoreMatter (formerly known as AllCharities.com) and helped establish the use of the Internet as a charitable giving vehicle. The partnership ended shortly thereafter and CoreMatter ceased operations.³⁾

The Foundation has collaborated with a number of other foundations and non-profit organizations, including:⁵⁾

• Community Foundation Silicon Valley (CFSV)
• Council on Foundations
• De Anza College
• Morgan Family Foundation
• Peace and Security Funders Group (PSFG)
• Ploughshares Fund
• Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Recipients of grants from the Kirsch foundation include:^{6) 7)}

Further grant recipients to catalogue are listed here.

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