· Private foundation
The Torosian 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k68 grants · $105k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Heart of America Shakespeare | $11,702 |
| Greater Arizona Puppet Theatre | $8,707 |
| Bay Head Yacht Club Foundation | $8,152 |
| Jewel Ball | $6,273 |
| St Andrew's Episcopal Church | $4,662 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,200 |
| Phoenix Symphony | $3,900 |
| Ability KC | $3,500 |
| Valley Youth Theatre | $3,035 |
| WWI Museum | $3,000 |
| Alwun House | $2,750 |
| BMA Memorial Foundation | $2,700 |
| Child's Play Inc | $2,535 |
| First Call | $2,500 |
| Pembroke Hill School | $2,147 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 22% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
116 repeat relationships: 45 still active in FY2025, 71 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AKABILITY KC9× · 2017–2025 · $33k · revenue +60%
ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY4× · 2017–2020 · $25k · revenue +4%- BHBAY HEAD YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION4× · 2020–2025 · $21k · revenue +91%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $5k
- SLSt Lawrence Univ - KieneTorosian Scholorshipone grant, 2017 · $5k
- KCKANSAS CITY ACTORS THEATRE INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +45%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To inspire and engage through the beauty, power and passion of dance
To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.
The american theatre guild is dedicated to providing the experience of live theatre to foster passion, inspire creativity and empower youth within our communities.
Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.
Leading the way to the best kc region by convening innovative leaders, collaborating with like-minded organizations, advocating for positive change, and helping small businesses grow.
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.
See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…
Grow food, farms and community in support of a sustainable, healthy and local food system.
We build lifelong relationships that strengthen the university of kansas and the legacy of excellence embodied by its students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends.
The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…
How this is measured
142 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 142 of the 294 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds UNICORN THEATRE ↗
- Who funds LUCKY PLUSH PRODUCTIONS ↗
- Who funds ABILITY KC ↗
- Who funds ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds BAY HEAD YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JEWEL BALL ↗
- Who funds The Children's Mercy Hospital ↗
- Who funds VALLEY YOUTH THEATRE ↗
- Who funds PEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Great Arizona Puppet Theater Inc ↗
- Who funds SOUTHWEST SHAKESPEARE COMPANY INC ↗
- Who funds FIRST CALL ALCOHOLDRUG PREVENTION RECOVERY ↗
- Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THEATER WORKS INC ↗
- Who funds SALISBURY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds WEST VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds GREATER NEWARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds TREASURE HOUSE ↗
- Who funds INSPIRE KC INC ↗
- Who funds NEWHOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds CHILD'S PLAY ↗
- Who funds ACT ONE ↗
- Who funds KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY GARDENS INC ↗
- Who funds ROSE BROOKS CENTER INC ↗
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: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · The Francis Family Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · The Sosland Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · The Sherman Family Foundation · Health Forward Foundation · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Torosian Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Torosian Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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