Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Kurtz Family 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.
- $101k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Kurtz Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 6 | $101k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $240k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $206k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $110k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $131k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $95k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $128k | 17% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $110k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence Region | $205,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Philadelphia Children's Alliance | $180,000 | 3 | 2% |
| William Penn Charter School Inc | $175,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $175,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $80,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Delaware River Waterfront Corporation | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pitzer College | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Germantown Friends School | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chestnut Hill Community Association (Pa) Inc | $4,500 | 3 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence Region | $205,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Philadelphia Children's Alliance | $180,000 | 3 | 2% |
| William Penn Charter School Inc | $175,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $175,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $80,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Delaware River Waterfront Corporation | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pitzer College | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Germantown Friends School | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chestnut Hill Community Association (Pa) Inc | $4,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Aspen Art Museum | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Children's Health Care Associates Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($160k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kurtz 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.
Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Kurtz Family Foundation
- How much does Kurtz Family Foundation give?
- Kurtz Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $101,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Kurtz Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (54%), Youth Development (17%), Crime & Legal (15%).
- Who are Kurtz Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence Region ($205k), Philadelphia Children's Alliance ($180k), William Penn Charter School Inc ($175k).
- Does Kurtz Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kurtz 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 Kurtz Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Kurtz Family Foundation based?
- Kurtz Family Foundation is based in PA.
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