Iowa · Private foundation
The Mark and Kris Kramer 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.
- $92k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- 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 Mark and Kris Kramer 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 | 11 | $92k | 55% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $36k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $69k | 64% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $82k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chabad-Lubavitch of Rochester Jewish Educ & Hospitality Center | $120,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $17,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gift of Life Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Paws-N-Claws Iowa | $6,366 | 1 | 5% |
| Snap of Chickasaw County Inc | $5,725 | 2 | n/a |
| S N a P | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Animal Rescue League of Iowa Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Flo Association | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Chickasaw Elite Wrestling Club | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chabad-Lubavitch of Rochester Jewish Educ & Hospitality Center | $120,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $17,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gift of Life Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Paws-N-Claws Iowa | $6,366 | 1 | 5% |
| Snap of Chickasaw County Inc | $5,725 | 2 | n/a |
| S N a P | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Animal Rescue League of Iowa Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Flo Association | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Chickasaw Elite Wrestling Club | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Everybody Hurts | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Freedom Run Dog Park Corp | $1,500 | 2 | 15% |
| Carnegie Cultural Center | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| North Iowa Mopar Club | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($132k), not named here.
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.
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How this is measured
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About The Mark and Kris Kramer Foundation
- How much does The Mark and Kris Kramer Foundation give?
- The Mark and Kris Kramer Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $92,366 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Mark and Kris Kramer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (38%), Human Services (13%), Philanthropy (13%).
- Who are The Mark and Kris Kramer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Chabad-Lubavitch of Rochester Jewish Educ & Hospitality Center ($120k), Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($17k), Turning Point USA Inc ($10k).
- Does The Mark and Kris Kramer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mark and Kris Kramer 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 Mark and Kris Kramer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Mark and Kris Kramer Foundation based?
- The Mark and Kris Kramer Foundation is based in IA.
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