Illinois · Private foundation
Kurt B Karmin Family Foundation
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.
- $81k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $450
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- 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 Kurt B Karmin Family Foundation 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 | 8 | $81k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $67k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $85k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $117k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $36k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $103k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $21k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $97k | 27% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $341,050 | 8 | 0% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $34,450 | 7 | 0% |
| North Shore Congregation Israel | $27,235 | 6 | n/a |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $25,150 | 5 | 0% |
| North Shore Country Day School | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $2,870 | 8 | 0% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | $1,050 | 2 | 0% |
| Tools for Tomorrow Inc | $950 | 3 | 0% |
| MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger | $654 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $341,050 | 8 | 0% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $34,450 | 7 | 0% |
| North Shore Congregation Israel | $27,235 | 6 | n/a |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $25,150 | 5 | 0% |
| North Shore Country Day School | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $2,870 | 8 | 0% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | $1,050 | 2 | 0% |
| Tools for Tomorrow Inc | $950 | 3 | 0% |
| MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger | $654 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $405 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $380 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $350 | 2 | 0% |
| Music Theatre Works Inc | $300 | 2 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| The Thresholds | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Levy Senior Center Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $80 | 1 | 0% |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | $50 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($295k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kurt B Karmin Family 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.
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How this is measured
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About Kurt B Karmin Family Foundation
- How much does Kurt B Karmin Family Foundation give?
- Kurt B Karmin Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $81,450 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Kurt B Karmin Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (45%), Education (17%), Health (11%).
- Who are Kurt B Karmin Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($341k), Chicago Symphony Orchestra ($34k), North Shore Congregation Israel ($27k).
- Does Kurt B Karmin Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kurt B Karmin 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 Kurt B Karmin Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Kurt B Karmin Family Foundation based?
- Kurt B Karmin Family Foundation is based in IL.
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