Florida · Private foundation
The Kirch 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.
- $52k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $558k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations The Kirch Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 | 16 | $52k | 19% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $57k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $53k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $23k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $29k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $29k | 15% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $24k | 27% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Foundation | $91,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Northern Illinois University Foundation | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Yerkes Future Foundation Inc | $22,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Special Spaces Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gulfshore Playhouse Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Artis-Naples Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Enchanted Backpack | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Little Friends Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Primera Foundation | $5,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Geneva Lake Conservancy Inc | $3,650 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($114k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kirch 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: The Chicago Community Trust · The John a Miller Family Foundation · Dean L & Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation · Lavin Family Foundation · Alben F & Clara G Bates Foundation · Otzen Family Foundation Incorporated · A G Cox Charity Trust Xxxxx9001 · The Simms Family Foundation · The Anna Emery Hanson Charitable Foundation 1 · John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation · Joy In Childhood Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
About The Kirch Foundation
- How much does The Kirch Foundation give?
- The Kirch Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $51,875 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Kirch Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (40%), Religion (16%), Education (13%).
- Who are The Kirch Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Edward Foundation ($91k), Northern Illinois University Foundation ($22k), Yerkes Future Foundation Inc ($22k).
- Does The Kirch Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kirch 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 Kirch Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, The John a Miller Family Foundation, Dean L & Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation.
- Where is The Kirch Foundation based?
- The Kirch Foundation is based in FL.
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