Illinois · Private foundation
Kish Charitable Trust
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.
- $87
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $35
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Kish Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50 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 | 4 | $87 | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $512 | 8% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $434 | 8% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $420 | 0% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $384 | 31% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $525 | 47% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $381 | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Island Historical Society Inc | $260 | 5 | n/a |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America | $246 | 6 | 0% |
| Salesian Missions Inc | $224 | 6 | n/a |
| Society of the Little Flower | $177 | 5 | n/a |
| St George Church | $135 | 2 | n/a |
| Father Justin Rosary Hour | $130 | 7 | n/a |
| Homewood Historical Society | $100 | 6 | n/a |
| KNOM Radio Mission Inc | $80 | 4 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $75 | 1 | n/a |
| Elcho Historical Society | $50 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Island Historical Society Inc | $260 | 5 | n/a |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America | $246 | 6 | 0% |
| Salesian Missions Inc | $224 | 6 | n/a |
| Society of the Little Flower | $177 | 5 | n/a |
| St George Church | $135 | 2 | n/a |
| Father Justin Rosary Hour | $130 | 7 | n/a |
| Homewood Historical Society | $100 | 6 | n/a |
| KNOM Radio Mission Inc | $80 | 4 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $75 | 1 | n/a |
| Elcho Historical Society | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Immaculate Heart Media Inc | $40 | 2 | n/a |
| Roads to Life Tanzania Inc | $25 | 1 | 0% |
| Beverly Arts Center of Chicago | $25 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($1k), not named here.
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Kish Charitable Trust
- How much does Kish Charitable Trust give?
- Kish Charitable Trust reported 4 grants totaling $87 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Kish Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (50%), Arts & Culture (28%), Health (9%).
- Who are Kish Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Blue Island Historical Society Inc ($260), Paralyzed Veterans of America ($246), Salesian Missions Inc ($224).
- Does Kish Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kish Charitable Trust 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 Kish Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Kish Charitable Trust based?
- Kish Charitable Trust is based in IL.
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