THE THOMAS KINKADE MUSEUM
The Kinkade Family Foundation serves as the steward of artist Thomas Kinkade’s work and archives. Through preservation, exhibitions and loans, charitable giving, and distribution of therapeutic art kits, the foundation seeks to make art accessible to all and to support equity, inclusion, and community wellness through art.
About THE THOMAS KINKADE MUSEUM
This profile was prepared after verifying EIN 37-1755549 against publicly available nonprofit filings and organizational records; the EIN corresponds to an organization that operates as The Thomas Kinkade Museum / Kinkade Family Foundation (based in the San Francisco Bay Area, listed in filings with a Monte Sereno/Los Gatos area address).
The organization functions as a privately endowed arts foundation and museum steward that preserves Thomas Kinkade’s original paintings and archives, arranges loans and exhibitions, and runs programmatic work including therapeutic “Art for All” kits and targeted grantmaking. Financial filings from recent years show the foundation holding multi-million dollar net assets while continuing annual grantmaking and exhibition activity.
In the last 2–3 years the foundation has been active in lending works to external exhibitions, making modest grants to cultural organizations and curators, expanding its therapeutic art kit program for communities and care settings, and supporting the documentary film about Thomas Kinkade’s life and career.
Notable achievements
Collection stewardship
Established long-term stewardship and cataloguing of Thomas Kinkade’s original paintings and archival materials, enabling museum and institutional loans and scholarly research.
Programmatic support & grants
Executed targeted grantmaking to arts and cultural organizations and independent curators (including grants made in 2023–2024) to support exhibitions and museum programming.
Therapeutic art initiatives
Developed and distributed therapeutic 'Art for All' kits and related programs designed to expand access to creative expression in healthcare and community settings.
At a glance
- Total assets
- $6.0M
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Private non-operating foundation
- EIN
- 37-1755549
- Location
- Monte Sereno, CA
- Website
- www.kinkadefamilyfoundation.org
- On Mahalo since
- May 2026
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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