· Private foundation
John Kurtich Foundation for Study and Research
Its FY2025 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 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k6 grants · $31k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $45k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE | $15,000 |
| CHILDRENS THEATRE OF MINNEAPOLIS | $10,000 |
| VANDERCOOK COLLEGE OF MUSIC | $10,000 |
| RIEKES CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS | $10,000 |
| OCCIDENTIAL COLLEGE | $6,000 |
| ALLIANCE FRANCAISE | $5,000 |
| SOLTI FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| CRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| ART HOUSE | $5,000 |
| LUTHER COLLEGE | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 68% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2023, 3 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SOSCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE7× · 2017–2023 · $279k
- CTCHILDRENS THEATRE OF MINNEAPOLIS5× · 2019–2023 · $85k
- LCLUTHER COLLEGE4× · 2020–2023 · $37k · revenue -2%
Funded once
- PCPALM COAST ARTS FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue -99%
- CACLOPTON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue +104%
- SFSKOPELOS FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTSone grant, 2021 · $5k
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.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
Laguna college of art & design prepares individuals for careers as creative artists and designers in a culturally and ethnically diverse world through a curriculum that emphasizes acquiring skills based on observation, representation, and…
Hillsdale college is a private liberal arts college with approximately 1,500 students. founded in 1844, the college remains, in the words of its articles of association, "grateful to god for the inestimable blessings resulting from the…
Steadfast in jesus christ as revealed in the holy scriptures, concordia university chicago promotes academic rigor in its liberal arts and professional programs; grounds students in objective truth, integrity, and excellence; and practices…
Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship
California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…
Bard college seeks to provide a challenging academic program and a supportive environment that fosters a collaborative interchange of ideas in the classroom as well as ambition to achieve excellence.
St. olaf college challenges students to excel in the liberal arts, examine faith and values, and explore meaningful vocation in an inclusive, globally engaged community nourished by lutheran tradition.
Cornell college offers an innovative and rigorous learning community where faculty and staff collaborate with students to develop the intellectual curiosity, creativity and moral courage necessary for a lifetime of learning and engaged…
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 17 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.
- Who funds LUTHER COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE ALLIANCE FRANCAISEFRENCH HOUSE OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds VANDERCOOK COLLEGE OF MUSIC ↗
- Who funds ARTHAUS INC ↗
- Who funds OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE SOLTI FOUNDATION US CO Fiona Queen ↗
- Who funds LINCOLN UNIVERSITY AKA LINCOLN COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds PALM COAST ARTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CLOPTON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John Kurtich Foundation for Study and Research funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John Kurtich Foundation for Study and Research. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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