Florida · Private foundation
The Kirk Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 98
- Grants FY2024
- 82
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 34 to 82
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $18M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations The Kirk Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $197k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 95 | $1.8M | 15% |
| FY2023 | 82 | $1.5M | 18% |
| FY2022 | 82 | $1.6M | 21% |
| FY2021 | 79 | $1.6M | 35% |
| FY2020 | 67 | $1.1M | 18% |
| FY2019 | 70 | $1.1M | 43% |
| FY2018 | 54 | $732k | 54% |
| FY2017 | 34 | $397k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Children's Museum Inc Fka Miami Youth Museum | $413,411 | 7 | 1% |
| Adrienne Arsht Center Trust Inc | $385,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Education Fund Inc F/K/A Dade Public Education Fund In | $320,000 | 8 | 1% |
| University of Miami | $313,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Achieve Miami Inc | $305,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Guitars Over Guns Organization Inc | $280,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Branches Inc | $246,000 | 8 | n/a |
| New World Symphony Inc | $202,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Miami City Ballet Inc | $185,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Florida Elks Charities Inc | $174,999 | 7 | 5% |
Show all 128 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 51 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kirk 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 Miami Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Peacock Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Dunspaugh Dalton Foundation Inc · United Way Miami Inc · John S and James L Knight Foundation · Coral Gables Community Foundation Inc · Ocean Reef Community Foundation Inc · The Frederick a Deluca Foundation Inc · Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc · William J and Tina Rosenberg
How this is measured
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About The Kirk Foundation
- How much does The Kirk Foundation give?
- The Kirk Foundation reported 98 grants totaling $1,898,583 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 82 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Kirk Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (35%), Education (19%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are The Kirk Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Miami Children's Museum Inc Fka Miami Youth Museum ($413k), Adrienne Arsht Center Trust Inc ($385k), The Education Fund Inc F/K/A Dade Public Education Fund In ($320k).
- Does The Kirk Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kirk 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 Kirk Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Miami Foundation Inc, The Batchelor Foundation Inc, Peacock Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Kirk Foundation based?
- The Kirk Foundation is based in FL.
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