Indiana · Private foundation
Sylvester and Tessie Kaminski 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.
- $47k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 62
- Grants FY2025
- 61
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,787
- Organizations funded a year
- 58 to 72
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $633k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Sylvester and Tessie Kaminski Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 62 | $47k | 32% |
| FY2024 | 61 | $46k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 65 | $46k | 34% |
| FY2022 | 72 | $53k | 28% |
| FY2021 | 58 | $40k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 65 | $43k | 34% |
| FY2019 | 61 | $44k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent Depaul | $6,850 | 7 | n/a |
| Holy Family Church | $5,250 | 7 | n/a |
| Christ the King | $5,250 | 7 | n/a |
| Polish Falcons of America Nest 4 | $4,450 | 7 | 1% |
| The Center for the Homeless Inc | $4,280 | 7 | 0% |
| South Bend Civic Theatre Inc | $4,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Logan Community Resources Inc | $4,000 | 7 | 0% |
| St Margarets House | $3,635 | 7 | 0% |
| Friends of Wvpe Inc | $3,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Forever Learning Institute Inc | $3,500 | 7 | 1% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent Depaul | $6,850 | 7 | n/a |
| Holy Family Church | $5,250 | 7 | n/a |
| Christ the King | $5,250 | 7 | n/a |
| Polish Falcons of America Nest 4 | $4,450 | 7 | 1% |
| The Center for the Homeless Inc | $4,280 | 7 | 0% |
| South Bend Civic Theatre Inc | $4,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Logan Community Resources Inc | $4,000 | 7 | 0% |
| St Margarets House | $3,635 | 7 | 0% |
| Friends of Wvpe Inc | $3,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Forever Learning Institute Inc | $3,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Food Bank of Northern Indiana Inc | $3,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Upper Room Recovery Community Inc | $3,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Reins of Life Inc | $3,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Women's Care Center Inc | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Camp Millhouse Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Mishawaka Food Pantry Inc | $2,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Our Lady of the Road Inc | $1,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Fort Wayne Catholic Radio Groupinc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Northern Indiana Historical Society Inc | $1,200 | 4 | 0% |
| St Adalbert Catholic Church | $750 | 1 | n/a |
| St Patrick Catholic Church | $750 | 1 | n/a |
| Potawatomi Zoological Society Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 150 recipients with no EIN on record ($250k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sylvester and Tessie Kaminski 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: University of Notre Dame du Lac · Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · Carroll F V Char Tr-Main · Asante Foundation Inc · Judd Leighton Foundation Inc · The Garatoni-Smith Family Foundation · United Way of St Joseph County Inc · Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc · The Pokagon Fund Inc · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Radiology Inc Foundation · Hayes Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Sylvester and Tessie Kaminski Foundation
- How much does Sylvester and Tessie Kaminski Foundation give?
- Sylvester and Tessie Kaminski Foundation reported 62 grants totaling $47,327 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 58 and 72 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Sylvester and Tessie Kaminski Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (61%), Religion (13%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Sylvester and Tessie Kaminski Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: St Vincent Depaul ($7k), Holy Family Church ($5k), Christ the King ($5k).
- Does Sylvester and Tessie Kaminski Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sylvester and Tessie Kaminski 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 Sylvester and Tessie Kaminski Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include University of Notre Dame du Lac, Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc, Carroll F V Char Tr-Main.
- Where is Sylvester and Tessie Kaminski Foundation based?
- Sylvester and Tessie Kaminski Foundation is based in IN.
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