What 1440 Foundation does

1440 Foundation is a private non-profit foundation established in 2011 and headquartered in Scotts Valley, California (with a mailing address in Saratoga, CA). Founded by Scott and Joanie Kriens, the foundation operates with 1–10 staff (EIN 77-0456449) and makes grants to 501(c)(3) public charities across three stated focus areas: Healthcare Resilience, Inner Well-being, and Community Building. Over its operating history it has supported 250+ nonprofit organizations, with grantmaking and direct programming concentrated in California's Bay Area, Silicon Valley, and San Joaquin Valley, and with one international program — the Department of Possibility at the Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda.

The foundation's product surface is a hybrid of pure regranting and direct program operation. Direct program lines include Healing Our Healthcare Heroes, Healing Our Nurses, RISE (for educators), Healing Our First Responders, and Healing Our Nonprofit Leaders. The foundation also co-creates and co-funds specialized entities, most notably the Canopy Cancer Collective (focused on oncology support within Healthcare Resilience) and 1440 Multiversity, an aligned educational and retreat organization. The foundation further supports psychedelic-assisted therapy research and policy advocacy through grants to the Usona Institute, BrainFutures, and the Office of Systems Catalyst.

Revenue mechanics are those of a private foundation: the entity receives tax-deductible contributions and endowment income, then disburses those funds as grants and direct-program spend. The operating model is relationship-driven rather than technology-driven — there is no platform, software product, or data infrastructure referenced in the foundation's described activities. No pricing, subscription, contract, or fee-for-service mechanics apply. Customer concentration risk is most relevant on the donor side rather than the grantee side, given the breadth of the 250+ nonprofit portfolio.

Name

1440 Foundation

Legal name

1440 Foundation

Website

https://1440foundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

1440 Foundation is a private non-profit foundation founded in 2011 by Scott and Joanie Kriens that grants to and operates direct programs for 250+ nonprofit organizations across Healthcare Resilience, Inner Well-being, and Community Building, based in Scotts Valley, California, with programming in California and Uganda.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Philanthropic Grantmaking Foundation

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL), Education Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAK)

Keywords

• Philanthropic grantmaking
• Nonprofit foundation
• Healthcare resilience programs
• Inner wellbeing initiatives
• Community building grants

Headquarters

HQ city

Saratoga

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Foundation Operations: 1440 Foundation is a private nonprofit foundation established in 2011. As a grantmaking foundation, they receive donations and distribute grants to nonprofit organizations in their focus areas. The foundation's EIN is 77-0456449. Revenue is generated through donor contributions, with programs including Healing Our Healthcare Heroes, Healing Our Nurses, RISE for educators, and Healing Our First Responders provided free to participants through donor funding.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

1440 Foundation is a private non-profit foundation that makes grants to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations across three focus areas: healthcare resilience and collaboration, inner well-being, and community building. The foundation also funds and delivers free immersive 3-day/2-night healing programs at 1440 Multiversity's campus for healthcare professionals, nurses, educators, and first responders.

Product overview

1440 Foundation is a private, non-profit foundation that operates as a grantmaking organization supporting programs in three core areas: healthcare resilience and collaboration, inner well-being, and community building. The foundation's offerings consist of grant programs to nonprofit organizations and direct healing programs delivered at the 1440 Multiversity campus. Key direct programs include Healing Our Healthcare Heroes™, Healing Our Nurses™, RISE: Restoring Inspiration & Sustaining Educators, Healing Our First Responders, and Healing Our Nonprofit Leaders. The foundation also supports the Canopy Cancer Collective for cancer care collaboration and the Department of Possibility for refugee support. To date, the Foundation has supported more than 250 nonprofit organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Healing Our Healthcare Heroes: A 3-day/2-night program focused on self-care and wellbeing for healthcare professionals, addressing resilience, moral injury, grief, and finding joy.
• Healing Our Nurses
• RISE: Restoring Inspiration & Sustaining Educators
• Healing Our First Responders

Quantifiable outcome

• 250+ nonprofit organizations supported to date
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• 1440 MultiversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner1440 Multiversity is a related 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that shares founders with 1440 Foundation. The Multiversity campus in Saratoga, CA serves as the venue for healing programs including Healing Our Healthcare Heroes, Healing Our Nurses, RISE, and Healing Our First Responders. The foundation provides in-kind grants at 1440 Multiversity to support program delivery.
• Canopy Cancer CollectivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA nonprofit organization supported by 1440 Foundation that works with leading healthcare systems to promote comprehensive, coordinated care across the pancreatic cancer care journey. The foundation supports this initiative to help prevent patients and families from getting lost in the healthcare system.
• Healthcare Systems (participating)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner1440 Foundation collaborates with healthcare systems to offer the Healing Our Healthcare Heroes and Healing Our Nurses programs. Healthcare professionals from participating systems attend the 3-day/2-night programs at 1440 Multiversity campus.
• Office of Systems Catalyst (OSC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA national, cross-sector collaborative of philanthropic leaders and field experts working to accelerate the safe, ethical integration of innovative mental-health care into the U.S. healthcare system. 1440 Foundation supports OSC's work focused on psychedelic-assisted therapy preparation.
• Community Health Leadership Council San Joaquin (CHLC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEstablished in 2000, CHLC is a collaborative of key healthcare, education, and business leaders serving to improve health and quality of life in the Northern Central Valley through topic-specific annual community health forum convenings.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Tides Foundation: Mission-driven philanthropy and grantmaking platform serving nonprofit partners across health, equity, and community issues — comparable in grantmaking infrastructure and multi-cause nonprofit support.
• California Health Care Foundation: Independent California-based philanthropy focused on health-care system improvement, including workforce wellbeing and care delivery innovation — overlapping with 1440's healthcare resilience and Canopy Cancer Collective initiatives.
• Bob Woodruff Foundation: National nonprofit dedicated to supporting veterans, service members, and first responders — directly comparable to 1440's Healing Our First Responders program in target beneficiary and program-design ethos.
• Sierra Health Foundation: California-based health philanthropy investing in community-based health, mental health, and equity programs — closely comparable to 1440's regional, community-building grantmaking focus.

Broad incumbents

• Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation: California-established, multi-pillar foundation with significant science and patient-care-improvement funding — comparable in family-wealth origins, geographic roots, and breadth of grantmaking themes.
• Conrad N. Hilton Foundation: Major family foundation supporting vulnerable populations, including mental health and homelessness — adjacent peer given overlapping pillars (homelessness, mental wellbeing) and California presence.
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Largest U.S. philanthropy focused on health, including workforce wellbeing — overlapping with 1440's healthcare resilience pillar and setting the national standard for health-systems grantmaking.
• David and Lucile Packard Foundation: Large Silicon Valley-rooted family foundation funding conservation, science, children and families — comparable as a California-based, multi-pillar family foundation with similarly long-horizon grantmaking.

Emerging players

• Hope for the Warriors: National nonprofit delivering wellness programs to post-9/11 service members and their families — comparable to 1440's Healing Our First Responders in serving frontline professionals with restorative programs.
• Bravewell Collaborative (Integrative Medicine Foundation): Philanthropy collaborative historically focused on integrative and innovative approaches to health and healing — overlapping with 1440's 'Inner Well-Being' pillar and mental-health-innovation grantmaking.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/1440Foundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/1440-foundation
• Xx.com/1440foundation

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments2 records

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