Florida · Private foundation
Kay Torshen Foundation
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.
- $108k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Kay Torshen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $108k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $117k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $100k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $131k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $130k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $105k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $135k | 56% |
| FY2017 | 22 | $134k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute of Contemporary Art Miami Inc | $310,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $210,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Chicago Council on Global Affairs | $155,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | $86,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Chicago Police Foundation | $48,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Rush University Medical Center | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Sinai Congregation | $15,760 | 3 | n/a |
| Council for Economic Education | $8,500 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $8,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Francis W Parker School | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($41k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kay Torshen Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: The Chicago Community Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Smart Family Foundation of Illinois · Kovler Family Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · AbbVie Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Kay Torshen Foundation
- How much does Kay Torshen Foundation give?
- Kay Torshen Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $108,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Kay Torshen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (65%), International (16%), Public Safety & Disaster (5%).
- Who are Kay Torshen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Institute of Contemporary Art Miami Inc ($310k), The Art Institute of Chicago ($210k), The Chicago Council on Global Affairs ($155k).
- Does Kay Torshen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kay Torshen 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 Kay Torshen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Smart Family Foundation of Illinois.
- Where is Kay Torshen Foundation based?
- Kay Torshen Foundation is based in FL.
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