Illinois · Private foundation
Koch Charitable Trust
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.
- $64k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 16
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $895k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Koch Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $63k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $61k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $57k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $47k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $48k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $48k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $47k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Community Services Inc | $67,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Acres for Joy Inc | $38,000 | 5 | 16% |
| Memory Lane Farm Inc | $27,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Marshfield Area United Way | $24,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota | $22,500 | 3 | 1% |
| North Ridge Church | $21,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Minnesota Saints Chorale Foundation | $19,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Fierce Freedom Inc | $14,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Feed My People Inc | $13,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Angel on My Shoulder Ltd | $8,000 | 2 | 4% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Community Services Inc | $67,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Acres for Joy Inc | $38,000 | 5 | 16% |
| Memory Lane Farm Inc | $27,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Marshfield Area United Way | $24,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota | $22,500 | 3 | 1% |
| North Ridge Church | $21,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Minnesota Saints Chorale Foundation | $19,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Fierce Freedom Inc | $14,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Feed My People Inc | $13,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Angel on My Shoulder Ltd | $8,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Scholl Community Impact Group Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Agape Help Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| His Way Events | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Door Childrens Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Heartland Embrace Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Confluence Council Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shirleys House of Hope | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($106k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Koch Charitable Trust 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: Xcel Energy Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Nelson-Jameson Foundation Inc · Eau Claire Community Foundation · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Koch Charitable Trust
- How much does Koch Charitable Trust give?
- Koch Charitable Trust reported 17 grants totaling $64,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 16 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Koch Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (22%), Health (19%), Crime & Legal (18%).
- Who are Koch Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Wisconsin Community Services Inc ($68k), Acres for Joy Inc ($38k), Memory Lane Farm Inc ($27k).
- Does Koch Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Koch 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 Koch Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Xcel Energy Foundation, Green Bay Packers Foundation, Nelson-Jameson Foundation Inc.
- Where is Koch Charitable Trust based?
- Koch Charitable Trust is based in IL.
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