Sylvester and Tessie Kaminski Foundation

Private foundation · South Bend, IN · EIN 23-7355916 · reported 2023–2025

188grants reported

$500median award

$500lower quartile

$200smallest grant

$139Ktotal paid

2states reached

3years giving

This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 21 of its 188 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $16K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.

Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.

Where to write

PO Box 1602
South Bend, IN 46634-1602

Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.

This address is a trust department, not an office. 42 other foundations file from the same address, which means a bank or a management company administers the trust. Put the full legal name of the fund and its EIN at the top of the letter, or it lands in a pile with thousands of others and nobody knows which fund you are writing about.

Who they funded

Recipient and stated purpose	Where	Amount
South Bend Symphony Orchestra	South Bend, IN	$1,787
South Bend Symphony Orchestra	South Bend, IN	$1,676
Queen of Peace Church	Mishawaka, IN	$1,550
Alexandra Juday	South Bend, IN	$1,500
Adam Kinzie	South Bend, IN	$1,500
Charlotte Kemble	Mishawaka, IN	$1,500
Brett Mason	New Carlisle, IN	$1,500
Thomas Murphy	Mishawaka, IN	$1,500
Ella Chelminiak	South Bend, IN	$1,500
Ethan Szajko	Mishawaka, IN	$1,500
Maxwell Sanders	Granger, IN	$1,500
Olivia Kalicki	Walkerton, IN	$1,500
Miriella Escobedo	South Bend, IN	$1,500
Isabella Bauer	Granger, IN	$1,500
David Guarraci	Granger, IN	$1,500
Luke Cysewski	Granger, IN	$1,500
Aliviana Escobedo	South Bend, IN	$1,500
Regina Murphy	South Bend, IN	$1,500
Alexandra Juday	South Bend, IN	$1,500
Zachary Pelletier	Osceola, IN	$1,500
Ethan Olson	Granger, IN	$1,500
Elliana Lemberis	Lakeville, IN	$1,500
Paige Staszewski	South Bend, IN	$1,500
Peter Dolniak	South Bend, IN	$1,500
Maxwell Sanders	Granger, IN	$1,500
Jacqueline Dobrydney	Granger, IN	$1,500
Aliviana Escobedo	South Bend, IN	$1,500
Elliana Lemberis	Lakeville, IN	$1,500
Thomas Murphy	Mishawaka, IN	$1,500
Ethan Szajko	Mishawaka, IN	$1,500
Emma Karczewski	South Bend, IN	$1,500
Benjamin Marino	Granger, IN	$1,500
Olivia Kalicki	Walkerton, IN	$1,500
Jackson Horvath	Mishawaka, IN	$1,500
Isabella Bauer	Granger, IN	$1,500
Jacqueline Dobrydney	Granger, IN	$1,500
Gabriel Polaniecki	South Bend, IN	$1,500
South Bend Symphony Orchestra	South Bend, IN	$1,374
Queen of Peace Church	Mishawaka, IN	$1,250
Queen of Peace Church	Mishawaka, IN	$1,050
St Vincent de Paul	South Bend, IN	$1,000
St Vincent de Paul	South Bend, IN	$1,000
South Bend Civic Theatre	South Bend, IN	$1,000
Logan Center	South Bend, IN	$800
Center for the Homeless	South Bend, IN	$800
Holy Family Church	South Bend, IN	$750
St Anthony of Padua	Walkerton, IN	$750
Polish Falcons of America Nest 4 YOUTH FUND	South Bend, IN	$750
Christ the King	South Bend, IN	$750
St Stanislaus Kostka Church	New Carlisle, IN	$750
St Ann Catholic Church	Cassopolis, MI	$750
St Adalbert Church	South Bend, IN	$750
Holy Family Church	South Bend, IN	$750
St Anthony of Padua	Walkerton, IN	$750
St Vincent de Paul	South Bend, IN	$750
Christ the King	South Bend, IN	$750
St Stanislaus Kostka Church	New Carlisle, IN	$750
St Adalbert Catholic Church FUNDING	South Bend, IN	$750
St Ann Catholic Church	Cassopolis, MI	$750
Holy Family Church	South Bend, IN	$750

Showing the 60 largest of 188 reported grants.

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