Illinois · Private foundation
The Kotel 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.
- $15k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $66k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Kotel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 3 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $43k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $44k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $86k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $28k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $39k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $73k | 20% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food for the Poor Inc | $127,814 | 7 | 0% |
| St Jude Catholic Church | $96,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Gigi's Playhouse Inc | $54,910 | 8 | 0% |
| Special Gifts Theatre Inc Co Elise Larsen | $45,300 | 9 | 1% |
| Special Olympics Inc | $10,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Diocese of Palm Beach | $9,510 | 4 | n/a |
| Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pandas Pans Advocacy and Support | $2,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Clearbrook | $1,800 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food for the Poor Inc | $127,814 | 7 | 0% |
| St Jude Catholic Church | $96,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Gigi's Playhouse Inc | $54,910 | 8 | 0% |
| Special Gifts Theatre Inc Co Elise Larsen | $45,300 | 9 | 1% |
| Special Olympics Inc | $10,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Diocese of Palm Beach | $9,510 | 4 | n/a |
| Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pandas Pans Advocacy and Support | $2,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Clearbrook | $1,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Hearts for Humanity Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Play for Pink Inc | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| Major Stuart Adam Wolfer Institute Inc | $180 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($125k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kotel 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
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About The Kotel Foundation
- How much does The Kotel Foundation give?
- The Kotel Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $15,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Kotel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (27%), Health (25%), Religion (24%).
- Who are The Kotel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Food for the Poor Inc ($128k), St Jude Catholic Church ($96k), Gigi's Playhouse Inc ($55k).
- Does The Kotel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kotel 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 Kotel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is The Kotel Foundation based?
- The Kotel Foundation is based in IL.
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