Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Kaminski Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $153k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2026
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 3
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 25% of the organizations The Kaminski Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 11 | $153k | 36% |
| FY2025 | 8 | $118k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $168k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $103k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $78k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $47k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $60k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lehigh Valley Health Network | $239,340 | 7 | 7% |
| New York City Ballet Inc | $150,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology | $142,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology Inc | $25,500 | 5 | 0% |
| School of American Ballet Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Baum School of Art | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wildlands Conservancy Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($328k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The 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: United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Aetna Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About The Kaminski Foundation
- How much does The Kaminski Foundation give?
- The Kaminski Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $152,500 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Kaminski Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (29%), Education (24%), Arts & Culture (19%).
- Who are The Kaminski Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Lehigh Valley Health Network ($239k), New York City Ballet Inc ($150k), The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology ($142k).
- Does The Kaminski Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kaminski Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Kaminski Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, Aetna Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Kaminski Foundation based?
- The Kaminski Foundation is based in PA.
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