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The Kalt Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$148k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
19
Grants FY2025
21
Organizations funded FY2024
24%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$67,500
Organizations funded a year
13 to 45
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$1.9M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 24% of the organizations The Kalt Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalHealthHuman ServicesCivil RightsEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving18$145k56%
FY202421$329k24%
FY202328$537k39%
FY202232$594k41%
FY202132$440k34%
FY202045$418k76%
FY201918$139k39%
FY201813$117k46%
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$946kHealth$735kPhilanthropy$537kFood & Nutrition$138kArts & Culture$131kInternational$121kReligion$107kCivil Rights$37kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MD
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Scripted Inc Dba Code Nation$580,00054%
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$463,74990%
University of Michigan$160,000338%
Depaul University$100,00030%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$55,00040%
Am Shalom$50,0007n/a
University of Chicago$47,50030%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$39,00050%
Nourishing Hope$38,12570%
Congregation Bnai Brith$33,8263n/a
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All grantees of The Kalt Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Scripted Inc Dba Code Nation$580,00054%
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$463,74990%
University of Michigan$160,000338%
Depaul University$100,00030%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$55,00040%
Am Shalom$50,0007n/a
University of Chicago$47,50030%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$39,00050%
Nourishing Hope$38,12570%
Congregation Bnai Brith$33,8263n/a
Jarc$31,00070%
Dare2tri Paratriathlon Club$27,79981%
Hebrew Free Loan Association of San Francisco$25,00011%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$20,64110%
K a M Isaiah Israel Congregation$20,0001n/a
Greenhouse Scholars$17,50040%
Friends of Givat Haviva$15,15030%
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc$15,00020%
Tazzy Animal Rescue Fund Inc$15,0001n/a
Anti-Defamation League$13,00030%
United States Fund for Unicef$12,82220%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$12,18830%
Hope Chicago Inc$11,50020%
United Way Inc$10,29810%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$10,00020%
Birthright Israel Foundation$10,00040%
Soul Children of Chicago Inc$7,77112%
Equal Justice Initiative$6,00020%
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic$5,30030%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$5,22710%
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc$5,04010%
The Anti-Cruelty Society$5,00020%
Glencoe Educational Foundation$5,00019%
City Year Inc$5,00020%
Dream Hustle Code$5,0001n/a
Sierra Club Foundation$5,00010%
The Detroit Institute of Arts$5,00010%
American Jewish Committee$5,00010%
Steppenwolf Theatre Company$5,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$5,00010%
Paws Chicago$5,00020%
The Chicago Scholars Foundation$5,00010%
Mapscorps$5,00021%
Heal the Ocean Inc$3,50020%
Maddie Mae Fund$3,0001n/a
Temple Israel of Detroit$2,8002n/a
Upstart Bay Area$2,75010%
Breakthrough T1d$2,75020%
Ignite Worldwide$2,50011%
Childrens Literacy Network$2,50011%
Santa Barbara Education Foundation$2,50010%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$2,50010%
Mission Scholars$2,5001n/a
Morehouse College$2,50010%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$2,50010%
Michigan Parkinson Foundation$2,50010%
Twist Out Cancer$2,00010%
Direct Relief$2,00010%
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Inc$1,08410%
Save The Children Federation Inc$1,02210%
Black Girls Smile Inc$1,00011%
Trustees of Tufts College$1,00010%
Future Youth Records Incorporated$1,00010%
Reproductive Freedom for All$1,00010%
Figueroa Wu Family Foundation$1,00010%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$1,00010%
Keshet$1,00010%
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles$51810%
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations$50010%
American Library Association$5001n/a
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$50010%
Chicago Public Media Inc$36010%
Michigan Humane Society$30010%
Friends of the Glencoe Public Library$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($940k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Kalt Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 64 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetScripted Inc Dba Code Nation: $580,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetJewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: $463,749 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $160,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetDepaul University: $100,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $55,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $47,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $39,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNourishing Hope: $38,125 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJarc: $31,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDare2tri Paratriathlon Club: $27,799 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetHebrew Free Loan Association of San Francisco: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUnited Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc: $20,641 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreenhouse Scholars: $17,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Givat Haviva: $15,150 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $12,822 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $12,188 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHope Chicago Inc: $11,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way Inc: $10,298 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSoul Children of Chicago Inc: $7,771 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Jazz Philharmonic: $5,300 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $5,227 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc: $5,040 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGlencoe Educational Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetCity Year Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Detroit Institute of Arts: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSteppenwolf Theatre Company: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPaws Chicago: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chicago Scholars Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMapscorps: $5,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHeal the Ocean Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUpstart Bay Area: $2,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $2,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIgnite Worldwide: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChildrens Literacy Network: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSanta Barbara Education Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMorehouse College: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMichigan Parkinson Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 64.

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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.

The Chicago Community TrustIL16.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Dancing Tides Foundation Inc · Mosher Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Brittingham Family Foundation · Manitou Fund · United Jewish Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Kalt Family Foundation

How much does The Kalt Family Foundation give?
The Kalt Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $147,893 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 45 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Kalt Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (32%), Health (25%), Philanthropy (18%).
Who are The Kalt Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Scripted Inc Dba Code Nation ($580k), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($464k), University of Michigan ($160k).
Does The Kalt Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Kalt Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Kalt Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Dancing Tides Foundation Inc, Mosher Foundation.
Where is The Kalt Family Foundation based?
The Kalt Family Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 126 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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