· Private foundation
Gerald a & Karen a Kolschowsky Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k79 grants · $209k
- $10k–50k51 grants · $1.2M
- $50k–250k23 grants · $2.0M
- $250k+9 grants · $7.5M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | $5,000,000 |
| ISUF (CSRL Project) | $450,000 |
| Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | $325,000 |
| Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | $325,000 |
| Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | $325,000 |
| Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | $325,000 |
| Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago | $250,000 |
| Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago | $250,000 |
| Michigan State University | $250,000 |
| Michigan State University | $220,700 |
| Michigan State University | $162,500 |
| Michigan State University | $162,500 |
| Lutheran Child and Family Services of IL | $150,000 |
| University of Oxford | $126,575 |
| All Faiths Food Bank, Inc | $100,000 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
102 repeat relationships: 90 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $226k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SMSarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation5× · 2019–2024 · $21M
- I(ISUF (CSRL Project)4× · 2021–2024 · $1.7M
- MSMichigan State University5× · 2019–2024 · $1.6M
Funded once
- FSFamily Shelter Service, Inc.one grant, 2019 · $75k
- DCDuPage Community Foundationone grant, 2023 · $50k
- MFMetropolitan Family Servicesone grant, 2021 · $32k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
0 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2019–2024.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2019 to 2024, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 0 of the 134 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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