Kazma Family Foundation
The Kazma Family Foundation's public web presence is a family-foundation page hosted on Amzak Capital Management's site listing Leigh-Anne Kazma as President and describing scholarship and education grantmaking across Chicagoland, South Florida, and Central America. The page names partner organizations (e.g., Big Shoulders Fund, Catholic Education Foundation) through which scholarships appear to be administered.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Organizations that administer scholarships or run secondary education programs—especially Catholic or other faith-based schools and scholarship-administration nonprofits with existing ties to Chicagoland or named partner organizations.
Good Fit
- • Operates or partners with scholarship programs or school tuition assistance providers.
- • Has an existing relationship or referral pathway with one of the foundation’s named partners (e.g., Big Shoulders Fund or local diocesan foundations).
- • Is based in or serves the Chicago / Illinois area or otherwise aligns with the foundation’s geographic priorities.
- • Can demonstrate capacity to receive and administer larger multi-year scholarship awards.
Geography
Observed grants span five states but are heavily concentrated in Illinois, which received roughly 67% of 2024 dollars, indicating a primarily local/regional footprint centered on Chicagoland.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 22 distinct recipients (26 grants) and over three years the foundation funded many independent charities and scholarship recipients, indicating a broad recipient set despite dollar concentration among a few large grantees.
New Applicants
Behavioral and application cues indicate the funder operates by preselecting grantees: the public materials and default application note only preselected recipients, and only four new recipients appeared in the latest year, so unfamiliar applicants are unlikely to gain entry without an introduction or partner endorsement.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
