The Kayasa Foundation

Our Mission

Kayasa is a family foundation that provides grants with the goal of lifting people out of poverty and providing under-resourced people with the means to become self-reliant.

Funding Priorities

We are focused on areas we feel have the potential to make long-term improvements on people's lives and well being.

Human Services

Enrichment for school-aged children, ESL classes, workers' rights education

Food pantries, co-ops, subsidies, meal delivery

Transitional and permanent housing, affordable housing resources, eviction prevention

Housing

Job Training

Certification programs, trade schools, computer skills

Hunger

Early childhood, GED programs, higher education