· Private foundation
The Kamin Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k15 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $29k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GRANT PARK MUSIC FESTIVAL | $29,254 |
| SARASOTA ORCHESTRA | $5,000 |
| SARASOTA OPERA | $1,250 |
| BRIGHTPOINT | $1,000 |
| TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL | $1,000 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTA-MANATEE | $1,000 |
| EDUCATION CENTER AT TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL | $650 |
| ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK | $300 |
| SARASOTA ART MUSEUM | $250 |
| ASOLO REPERTARY THEATER | $200 |
| Individual grant recipient | $200 |
| RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART FDN | $200 |
| Individual grant recipient | $200 |
| Individual grant recipient | $195 |
| CHICAGO FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN | $50 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +114% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GPGRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION6× · 2020–2025 · $120k · revenue +172%
- CHCHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL5× · 2020–2025 · $5k · revenue +28%
Sarasota Opera Association Inc3× · 2023–2025 · $3k · revenue +114%
Funded once
- TLTHE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGOone grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +24%
- CHCHILDREN'S HOME & AIDone grant, 2022 · $1k
- GLGCE LAB SCHOOLone grant, 2021 · $1k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
We believe in the life-changing, transformational, revelatory power of great art and opera. Lyric Opera of Chicago exists to provide a broad, deep, and relevant cultural service to the Chicago region and the nation, and to advance the…
Chicago opera theater expands the tradition of opera as a living art form by engaging lovers of music and storytelling through innovative experiences, predominantly of new and rarely performed works.
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
The mission of the Sarasota Orchestra is to engage, educate and enrich our community through high quality live musical experiences. Sarasota Orchestra is committed to engaging our community with the highest standards in performing and…
Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…
Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.
The chicago theatre group is committed to producing both classic and contemporary works giving full voice to a wide range of artists and visions. by dedicating itself to three guiding principles - quality, equity, and community - the…
To present the highest-quality performances of great music, bringing national and international distinction to the orchestra and its community; to delight and educate audiences of all ages and backgrounds, and enhance the cultural vitality…
To provide educational displays and information on art in our area and to provide scholarships.
Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.
The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.
The music institute of chicago ("music institute") leads people toward a lifelong engagement with music, by providing widely accessible resources for high quality music teaching, performing, and service activities.
How this is measured
15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 40 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds GRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTA-MANATEE INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL ↗
- Who funds Sarasota Opera Association Inc ↗
- Who funds THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds LIBRARY FOUNDATION FOR SARASOTA COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds SARASOTA CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds SARASOTA FILM SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds International Women Associates Inc ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Kamin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kamin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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