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The KFC Youth Foundation empowers young people across the UK to fulfil their potential and build a positive future. The Foundation creates safe, inspiring spaces where young people feel supported, valued and able to thrive through their Youth Hub programme, Hatch employability programme (delivered in partnership with KFC), and Community Grants Programme supporting grassroots organisations. Their work focuses on providing welcoming environments led by trained youth workers, offering activities that build confidence, wellbeing, practical skills, teamwork and personal development.

KFUM Sverige (Swedish YMCA) is Sweden's broadest youth movement with 150 associations and over 45,000 members. The organization empowers young people through local associations, international programs, leadership training, and crime prevention initiatives. KFUM Sverige is part of the global YMCA and YWCA movement, working to strengthen youth participation, promote peace and security, and support sustainable development goals. The organization provides grants and scholarships to member associations, operates camp facilities, and focuses on creating safe spaces for young people while promoting values-based youth development.

KK-stiftelsen (The Knowledge Foundation) is a Swedish foundation that strengthens Sweden's competitiveness by funding research and competence development at Swedish universities and newer university colleges, in collaboration with industry. Since its establishment in 1994, the foundation has distributed over 12.5 billion SEK to support research and education. All projects funded by KK-stiftelsen are designed and carried out in close cooperation between academia and industry, often with matching industry co-financing.

KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska högskolan) is Sweden's largest technical university. Founded in Stockholm, KTH offers education and conducts research across engineering, technology, and related sciences. The university focuses on creating solutions for a sustainable future and maintains strong partnerships with industry and other academic institutions, including participation in the Unite! European University alliance and the Stockholm trio collaboration with Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University.

Kalamazoo Community Foundation (KZCF) is Kalamazoo County's most trusted philanthropic institution, serving as a champion for changemakers across the region since 1925. The foundation is committed to making Kalamazoo County the most equitable place to live, ensuring that everyone—regardless of race, identity, and circumstance—can thrive, fulfill their potential, and contribute their unique talents. KZCF focuses on four priority areas: Wealth (helping people attain resources), Housing (affordable and safe housing for all), Education (accessible learning opportunities), and Neighborhoods (vibrant community spaces). The foundation provides grants to nonprofits, scholarships for students, and manages philanthropic funds to create lasting community impact.

Karlshamns kommun is a Swedish municipality (kommun) located in Blekinge County in southeastern Sweden. As a local government body, it provides a comprehensive range of public services to its residents including education (preschool, primary school, secondary school, and adult education), social services and support, elderly care, healthcare services, urban planning and development, environmental management, culture and recreation, and business support. The municipality works to enhance quality of life for all citizens while promoting sustainable development and local democracy.

Karolinska Institutet is Sweden's only medical university and has the country's broadest range of medical education programs. The institution offers comprehensive education in medicine, biomedicine, healthcare, and dentistry, providing programs ranging from undergraduate studies to doctoral education and commissioned training for regions, municipalities, and companies.

Karriärföretagen is a Swedish organization that has been identifying and presenting Sweden's most attractive employers for students and young professionals since 2011. The organization operates the Karriärnätverket (Career Network), a free membership platform that provides access to job listings, scholarships, trainee programs, webinars, and career development resources. Their mission is to serve as a link between young talents and their future employers, annually recognizing companies that excel in attracting and retaining talent through quality career and development opportunities.

The Kate Edger Foundation is dedicated to advancing education for women in Aotearoa New Zealand. The organization provides scholarships, awards, and financial assistance to help women achieve their academic goals at university, polytechnic, and other higher education institutions, mainly in Auckland and Northland. Their mission is to remove barriers to education, celebrate achievement, and continue the legacy of Kate Edger — the first woman in New Zealand to earn a university degree in 1877. The Foundation has funded over $11 million in awards and scholarships over 20 years, supporting more than 1,600 women in their educational pursuits.

Keele University is a British higher education institution established over 75 years ago, located in Staffordshire, United Kingdom. The university offers foundation, undergraduate, postgraduate, and research degree programs across multiple faculties and schools. Keele is recognized for its career-focused courses, world-class research with regional, national, and international impact, and its distinctive 600-acre campus environment. The university has received Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework and has strong partnerships including with the NHS.

The Kelly Family Charitable Trust is a grant-giving body founded in 2004 by members of the Kelly family. The Trust focuses on funding charities whose activities involve all or most family members in initiatives that seek to tackle problems facing one or more of its members. They have funded charities working in fields including early intervention, mediation, prison services, and services for families affected by sexual abuse, physical abuse, and domestic violence. The Trust generally offers grants worth up to £5,000 and is happy to fund charities' core costs, encouraging applications from relatively new charities to help them become established. Grants are only made to organisations whose activities take place within the UK.

Kent Community Foundation is a charitable organization that supports local communities in Kent. As a community foundation, it works to connect donors with local causes and distributes grants to charitable projects and organizations throughout the Kent region.

The Kent County Agricultural Society is a registered charity that has been supporting and developing farming and agriculture in Kent, England since 1923. The organization hosts major events including the Kent County Show, Kent Farming Conference, Farm Expo, Heritage Transport Show, and Countryside Careers. It also provides educational programs through initiatives like Living Land, offers scholarships and grants to support agriculture, and operates the Kent Event Centre at the Kent Showground.

Key Fund is a social investment organization that provides flexible loans and grants to help community and social enterprises start up, become sustainable, and grow. Operating as a Social Enterprise themselves, they support organizations in the North of England and the Midlands, offering investments from £5k up to £300k. They focus on organizations that have traditionally been excluded and turned down by mainstream banks, creating jobs, reinvigorating communities, and providing both pre and post-investment support to address structural poverty and support communities most in need.

Khyentse Foundation is a global, nonsectarian Buddhist organization founded in 2001 by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. The foundation works toward a harmonious, joyful, and awakened world by supporting people and projects that preserve and promote Buddha's wisdom. It provides funding for individuals and organizations seeking to make the dharma available worldwide, offering broad nonsectarian support for Buddhist institutions, individual students and practitioners, translators, and others through scholarships, grants, and award opportunities. Core activities include academia, education for children, monastics support, practitioner support, teacher training, text preservation, tradition and legacy, and translation.

The King Charles III Charitable Fund is a registered charity that transforms lives and builds sustainable communities through strategic grantmaking. The Fund awards approximately £5 million annually to over 150 organisations, supporting projects across areas including environment, education, and community development. To date, it has invested over £100 million in charitable causes across the UK. The Fund operates both small and large grants programmes and also runs the Coronation Food Project, which addresses food security and waste.

King's College London is one of the UK's leading universities, founded in 1829 and located in central London. The university offers undergraduate, postgraduate taught, and postgraduate research programs across nine faculties including Arts & Humanities, Business, Dentistry, Law, Life Sciences & Medicine, Natural & Mathematical Sciences, Nursing & Midwifery, Psychiatry & Psychology, and Social Science & Public Policy. King's is committed to serving society through academic excellence, research impact, and innovation, with strong partnerships including King's Health Partners.

Kingdom Charitable Trust is a private family foundation founded in 2002 by Janet Madori. The organization adopts a holistic approach to philanthropy through partnerships with nonprofit organizations that serve underprivileged groups and communities. Their mission focuses on promoting spiritual development, economic opportunity, community inclusion, and medical outreach. The foundation's trustees and directors partner with leading nonprofits to address social issues through resourceful collaboration, expertise, and vision to find solutions and drive change.

Kjøbenhavns Guldsmedelaug (Copenhagen Goldsmiths' Guild) is a Danish professional guild for goldsmiths, silversmiths, jewelry designers, and related craftspeople. Founded in 1429 by King Erik of Pomerania and Queen Filippa, the guild has nearly 600 years of history preserving craftsmanship traditions. Today it has 189 members including goldsmiths, silversmiths, designers, retailers, manufacturers, and stone merchants. The guild awards grants (legater) to qualified applicants in the goldsmith trade, administers the prestigious Skt. Loye Prize for jewelry and metalwork, and runs mentorship programs to support the craft.

Klimaetaten is the Climate Agency of Oslo Municipality, operating the KlimaOslo platform. The agency works to make Oslo a better city for current and future generations by promoting climate action, providing climate grants (klimatilskudd), sharing knowledge about sustainable practices, and tracking the city's progress toward becoming a zero-emission city. They focus on areas including personal habits, new sustainable solutions, workplace initiatives, energy efficiency, and transportation, while also publishing climate budgets, reports, and monitoring tools like the Climate Barometer.

Knight-Hennessy Scholars is a multidisciplinary, multicultural graduate scholarship program at Stanford University. Each Knight-Hennessy scholar receives up to three years of financial support to pursue graduate studies at Stanford while engaging in experiences that prepare scholars to be visionary, courageous, and collaborative leaders who address complex challenges facing the world. Scholars participate in leadership development programming that complements their graduate studies across Stanford's seven schools and join a diverse community from across disciplines, nationalities, perspectives, and backgrounds.

Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation) has supported Swedish basic research since its founding in 1917, having granted nearly 42 billion kronor to date. The foundation provides over 2.5 billion kronor annually to excellent basic research and education in Sweden across multiple disciplines including medicine, physics, technology, natural sciences, and humanities. It operates strategic programs for long-term development of national competence in key future areas and supports initiatives like the Wallenberg Academy Fellows and various proof-of-concept programs.

Koda Kultur is the cultural funding arm of Koda, a Danish collective rights management organization for composers, songwriters, and music publishers. Each year, Koda allocates a portion of its revenues to cultural purposes. Koda Kultur supports three main strategic areas: gender balance and diversity in the music industry, strengthening the music ecosystem's supply chain for sustainable professional music creation, and promoting international export and exchange of Danish music.