Connecticut · Private foundation
Kastory Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $266k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2026
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $71,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 7
- Total assets, FY2026
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 31% of the organizations Kastory Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 13 | $266k | 31% |
| FY2025 | 16 | $215k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $150k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $220k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $175k | 54% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $150k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $120k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Against Poverty Inc | $326,350 | 7 | 1% |
| Utmd Anderson | $150,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Saratoga Performing Arts Center Inc | $125,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Learning Alliance Inc | $105,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Cara Program | $105,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Skidmore College | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Nest Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $32,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Duke University | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Against Poverty Inc | $326,350 | 7 | 1% |
| Utmd Anderson | $150,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Saratoga Performing Arts Center Inc | $125,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Learning Alliance Inc | $105,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Cara Program | $105,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Skidmore College | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Nest Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $32,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Duke University | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Gift of Adoption Fund Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Double H Hole in the Woods Ranch Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Orphan Foundation of America D/B/A Foster Care to Success Foundation | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Vero Beach Museum of Art Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Foster Village Waco | $20,000 | 3 | 26% |
| Midwest Food Bank Nfp | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| StandUp for Kids | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Givedirectly Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beyond Hunger | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Revive Center for Housing and Healing | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foster Village Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The John's Island Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Unity Farm Sanctuary | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($125k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Kastory Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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 · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Kastory Family Foundation
- How much does Kastory Family Foundation give?
- Kastory Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $266,250 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2025.
- What does Kastory Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2026, its largest causes are International (28%), Health (18%), Education (15%).
- Who are Kastory Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2026: United Against Poverty Inc ($326k), Utmd Anderson ($150k), Saratoga Performing Arts Center Inc ($125k).
- Does Kastory Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kastory Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Kastory Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Kastory Family Foundation based?
- Kastory Family Foundation is based in CT.
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