Nevada · Private foundation
The John C Kish 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.
- $3.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 85
- Grants FY2025
- 66
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $393,070
- Organizations funded a year
- 66 to 78
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $34M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations The John C Kish Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $631k 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 | 83 | $3.2M | 31% |
| FY2024 | 66 | $3.8M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 78 | $2.9M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 77 | $2.9M | 44% |
| FY2021 | 69 | $3.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Cirkish Foundation | $1,592,074 | 5 | 84% |
| KultureCity | $1,368,000 | 4 | 14% |
| University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation | $744,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Blues Bridge Inc | $666,626 | 5 | n/a |
| The Smith Center for the Performing Arts | $555,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Wilson University Inc | $360,000 | 4 | 14% |
| Vegas Golden Knights Foundation Inc | $253,535 | 5 | 1% |
| Apostolic Global Missions Inc | $252,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Church of Pentecost | $240,000 | 3 | n/a |
| People's Health Clicnic | $225,000 | 5 | 3% |
Show all 86 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 88 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The John C Kish Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 71 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Wynn Resorts Foundation · Vegas Golden Knights Foundation Inc · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · Engelstad Family Foundation · United Way of Southern Nevada · Mgm Resorts Foundation · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · The Moonridge Foundation · Canarelli Family Foundation · Mondays Dark · Three Square · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation
How this is measured
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About The John C Kish Foundation
- How much does The John C Kish Foundation give?
- The John C Kish Foundation reported 85 grants totaling $3,300,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 66 and 78 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The John C Kish Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (25%), Education (12%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are The John C Kish Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Social Cirkish Foundation ($1.6M), KultureCity ($1.4M), University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation ($744k).
- Does The John C Kish Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The John C Kish 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 The John C Kish Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wynn Resorts Foundation, Vegas Golden Knights Foundation Inc, Nevada Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is The John C Kish Foundation based?
- The John C Kish Foundation is based in NV.
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