ThZeal - The Zeal

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s prospectus and other information about the Fund, including the Fund’s statement of additional information and shareholder reports, online at http://kineticsfunds.com/reports.htm. You can also get this information at no cost by calling (800) 930-3828 or by sending an e-mail request to kineticsfunds@usbank.com, or from your financial intermediary. The Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated April 30, 2022 are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

The primary investment objective of the Alternative Income Fund is to provide current income and gains. The Alternative Income Fund seeks to obtain long-term growth of capital as a secondary objective. The Alternative Income Fund is the sole “feeder fund” to The Alternative Income Portfolio, a series of Kinetics Portfolios Trust.

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Alternative Income Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts for Advisor Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Advisor Class A shares of the Kinetics Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the sections titled “Description of Advisor Classes” beginning on page 128 of the Fund’s prospectus, in Appendix A to this Prospectus - Financial Intermediary Sales Charge Variations, and “Purchasing Shares” beginning on page 65 of the Fund’s statement of additional information.


Fee Table(1)
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)	Advisor Class A	Advisor Class C
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	5.75%	None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption price, whichever is less)	None	1.00%
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed on shares held for 30 days or less, if applicable)	2.00%	2.00%


ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)	Advisor Class A	Advisor Class C
Management Fees(1)	0.90%	0.90%
Distribution and Service (Rule 12b-1) Fees(2)	0.50%	1.00%
Other Expenses	1.20%	1.20%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses	0.05%	0.05%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses(3)	2.65%	3.15%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursements(4)	-1.40%	-1.40%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursements	1.25%	1.75%

(2)The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Kinetics Mutual Funds, Inc. has approved a Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan that allows the Fund to pay up to 0.50% and 0.75% of the average daily net asset value (“NAV”) of the Advisor Class A shares and Advisor Class C shares, respectively, as compensation to the distributor or other qualified recipients, pursuant to the Plan. However, at the present time, the Fund is only assessing 0.25% and 0.75% under the Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan for

Advisor Class A shares and Advisor Class C shares, respectively. In addition, the Board has approved a Shareholder Servicing Plan for Advisor Class A shares and Advisor Class C shares that provides for an annual shareholder servicing fee equal to 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to Advisor Class A shares and Advisor Class C shares.

(3)Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratio of operating expenses to average net assets before expense reimbursement found in the “Financial Highlights” section of this Prospectus, which reflects the Alternative Income Fund’s operating expenses and does not include acquired fund fees and expenses (“AFFE”).

(4)Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC, the investment adviser to the Alternative Income Portfolio of the Kinetics Portfolio Trust (the “Investment Adviser”), has agreed to waive management fees and reimburse Fund expenses so that Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not exceed 1.20% and 1.70%, excluding AFFE, for Advisor Class A shares and Advisor Class C shares, respectively. These waivers and reimbursements are in effect until April 30, 2023, and may not be terminated without the approval of the Board.

Example. This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Alternative Income Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. This Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Alternative Income Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of these periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Alternative Income Fund’s operating expenses remain the same (taking into account the expense limitation only in the first year). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your cost for the Alternative Income Fund would be:

Portfolio Turnover. The Alternative Income Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Alternative Income Portfolio’s, and therefore the Alternative Income Fund’s, performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Alternative Income Portfolio’s portfolio turnover rate was 0% of the average value of its portfolio.

The Alternative Income Fund is a diversified fund that invests all of its investable assets in the Alternative Income Portfolio, a series of Kinetics Portfolios Trust. Under normal circumstances, the Alternative Income Portfolio will hold a portfolio of primarily fixed income securities and, conditions permitting, implement an equity put writing option strategy intended to generate returns from the receipt of option premiums. The Alternative Income Portfolio will thereby only be able to seek to fulfill its primary investment objective of generating current income and gains by collecting premiums on written put options while maintaining a portfolio of primarily fixed income securities that serve as collateral to cover obligations pursuant to the written options. In addition to writing options when appropriate, the Alternative Income Portfolio may also purchase options in certain circumstances. The Alternative Income Portfolio’s secondary objective is to achieve long-term growth of capital.

The Alternative Income Portfolio implements option strategies on market indexes, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) or company specific equity securities, receiving up-front cash payments from the purchasers of these options in exchange for providing the purchasers with the right to potentially sell an underlying security to the Alternative Income Portfolio. If the prevailing market value of the underlying equity securities on an expiration date exceeds the exercise price of the put option that the Alternative Income Portfolio has written, it is expected that the option will not be exercised. In such instance, the Alternative Income Portfolio would not be required to purchase any securities and the received premium would be considered income.

At the time of writing (selling) a put option, the aggregated amount of all the notional obligations of the option positions (the sum of all the exercise prices referenced) held by the Alternative Income Portfolio may not exceed 100% of the Alternative Income Portfolio’s total assets. In this way, the Alternative Income Portfolio intends to

The Investment Adviser selects option investments based on market volatility levels, underlying security valuations and perceived market risks. Further, the Investment Adviser evaluates relative option premiums and implied volatilities in determining preferred option contract terms, such as exercise prices and expiration dates. The Alternative Income Portfolio will typically buy or sell exchange-traded options on market indexes, diversified and non-diversified ETFs, real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), convertible securities and U.S. listed stocks of individual companies. The Alternative Income Portfolio may also invest in foreign securities, including up to 100% in emerging markets, directly or through American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”) and International Depositary Receipts (“IDRs”). To the extent the Alternative Income Portfolio buys or sells options on single stock equity securities, the aggregate notional exposure to a specific underlying company will typically not exceed 5% of the Alternative Income Portfolio’s net assets at the time of investment.

To satisfy collateral requirements related to the use of derivatives and provide full coverage of potential security purchase obligations related to written options, the Alternative Income Portfolio may invest up to 100% of its net assets in fixed income securities including cash or cash equivalents, fixed income closed-end funds (“CEFs”) and ETFs. There are no limitations as to the maturities or credit ratings of the fixed income securities in which the Alternative Income Portfolio may invest, however, fixed income securities held by the Alternative Income Portfolio are generally issued by the U.S. government or investment grade, large capitalization U.S. companies.

In managing the Alternative Income Portfolio’s fixed income holdings, the Investment Adviser focuses on achieving a reasonable risk-adjusted return with an emphasis on capital preservation, while seeking long term growth of capital. The Investment Adviser selects fixed income securities based on market liquidity, duration risk, credit risk, and yield to maturity.

In connection with the Alternative Income Portfolio’s positions in derivatives, the Alternative Income Portfolio segregates liquid assets or will otherwise cover its position in accordance with applicable U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) requirements. Additionally, the Alternative Income Portfolio may participate in securities lending arrangements up to 33-1/3% of the securities in its portfolio with brokers, dealers, and financial institutions (but not individuals) in order to increase the return on its portfolio.

The Alternative Income Portfolio may maintain during a temporary period, which could be for a short period or a longer period lasting several years or more, of abnormal conditions, a significant portion of its total assets in cash and securities, generally considered to be cash and cash equivalents, including, but not limited to: high quality, U.S. short-term debt securities and money market instruments. The Investment Adviser will invest in such short-term cash positions to the extent that the Investment Adviser is unable to find sufficient investments meeting its criteria and when the Investment Adviser believes the purchase of additional equity securities would not further the investment objective of the Alternative Income Portfolio during such periods of time. Additionally, to respond to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions, which may persist for short or long periods of time, the Alternative Income Portfolio may invest up to 100% of its assets in the types of high quality, U.S. short-term debt securities and money market instruments described above.

If the market advances during periods when the Alternative Income Portfolio is holding a large cash position, the Portfolio may not participate as much as it would have if it had been more fully invested in securities. In the aforementioned temporary defensive periods, the Investment Adviser believes that an additional amount of liquidity in the Alternative Income Portfolio is desirable both to meet operating requirements and to take advantage of new investment opportunities. When the Alternative Income Portfolio holds a significant portion of assets in cash and cash equivalents, it may not meet its investment objective.

adversely affect the net asset value (“NAV”), total return and the value of the Alternative Income Fund, Alternative Income Portfolio and your investment. The first three risks are prioritized by order of importance. The remaining principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate finding particular risks and comparing them with other funds. Each risk summarized below is considered a principal risk of investing in the Alternative Income Fund, and indirectly the Alternative Income Portfolio, regardless of the order in which it appears. Different risks may be more significant at different times depending on market conditions or other factors.

ª Interest Rate Risk: The risk that when interest rates increase, fixed-income securities held by the Alternative Income Portfolio will decline in value. Long-term fixed-income securities will normally have more price volatility because of this risk than short-term fixed-income securities. A low or negative interest rate environment could cause the Alternative Income Portfolio’s earnings to fall below the Portfolio’s expense ratio, resulting in a decline in the Portfolio’s share price. A general rise in interest rates may cause investors to move out of fixed income securities on a large scale, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fixed income securities. The Portfolio may be exposed to heightened interest rate risk as interest rates rise from historically low levels. The risks associated with changing interest rates may have unpredictable effects on the markets and the Alternative Income Portfolio’s investments. Certain countries and regulatory bodies may use negative interest rates as a monetary policy tool to encourage economic growth during periods of deflation. In a period of negative yields, the purchaser of the debt instrument may receive at maturity less than the total amount invested.

ª Option Transaction Risks: Purchasing and writing put and call options are highly specialized activities and entail greater than ordinary investment risks. The successful use of options depends in part on the ability of the Investment Adviser to manage future price fluctuations and the degree of correlation between the options and securities (or currency) markets. By writing put options on equity securities, the Alternative Income Portfolio gives up the opportunity to benefit from potential increases in the value of the common stocks above the exercise prices of the written put options, but continues to bear the risk of declines in the value of its common stock portfolio. The Alternative Income Portfolio will receive a premium from writing a covered call option that it retains whether or not the option is exercised. The premium received from the written options may not be sufficient to offset any losses sustained from the volatility of the underlying equity securities over time.

ª Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) Risks: ETFs are registered investment companies whose shares are listed and traded on U.S. stock exchanges or otherwise traded in the over-the-counter market. In general, passively-managed ETFs seek to track a specified securities index or a basket of securities that an “index provider,” such as Standard & Poor’s, selects as representative of a market, market segment or industry sector. A passively-managed ETF is designed so that its performance will correspond closely with that of the index it tracks. Conversely, actively-managed ETFs seek an investment objective by investing in a basket of securities based on the investment strategy and discretion of the ETF’s adviser. A leveraged ETF will engage in transactions and purchase instruments that give rise to forms of leverage, including, among others, the use of reverse repurchase agreements and other borrowings, the investment of collateral from loans of portfolio securities, the use of when issued, delayed-delivery or forward commitment transactions or short sales. To the extent a fund invests in ETFs that achieve leveraged exposure to their underlying indexes through the use of derivative instruments, the fund will indirectly be subject to leveraging risk. As a shareholder in an ETF, the Alternative Income Portfolio will bear its pro rata portion of an ETF’s expenses, including advisory fees, in addition to its own expenses. The existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of an active trading market for an ETF’s shares could result in such shares trading at a significant premium or discount to their NAV.

ª Derivatives Risks: The Alternative Income Portfolio’s investments in options and other derivative instruments may result in loss. Derivative instruments may be illiquid, difficult to price and leveraged so that small changes may produce disproportionate losses to the Alternative Income Portfolio. If a secondary market does not exist for an option purchased or written by the Alternative Income Portfolio, it might not be possible to effect a closing transaction in the option (i.e., dispose of the option), with the result that (1) an option purchased by the Alternative Income Portfolio would have to be exercised in order for the Alternative Income Portfolio to realize any profit and (2) the Alternative Income Portfolio may not be able to sell portfolio securities covering an option written by it until the option expires or it delivers the underlying security, upon exercise. To the extent the Alternative Income Portfolio segregates assets to cover derivative positions, the Alternative Income Portfolio may impair its ability to meet current obligations, to honor requests for redemption and to manage the Alternative Income Portfolio properly in a manner consistent with its stated investment objective. The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with investments in more traditional securities and instruments.

ª Emerging Markets Risks: The risk that the securities markets of emerging countries are less liquid, are especially subject to greater price volatility, have smaller market capitalizations, have less government regulation and are not subject to as extensive and frequent accounting, financial and other reporting requirements as the securities markets of more developed countries as have historically been the case. The information available about an emerging market issuer may be less reliable than for comparable issuers in more developed capital markets.

ª Foreign Securities Risks: The Alternative Income Portfolio may invest in foreign securities directly or through ADRs, GDRs and IDRs. Foreign securities can carry higher returns but involve more risks than those associated with U.S. investments. Additional risks associated with investment in foreign securities include currency fluctuations, political and economic instability, less publicly available information, differences in financial reporting standards and less stringent regulation of securities markets. Foreign securities in which the Portfolio invests may be traded in markets that close before the time that the Portfolio calculates its NAV. Furthermore, certain foreign securities in which the Portfolio invests may be listed on foreign exchanges that trade on weekends or other days when the Portfolio does not calculate its NAV. As a result, the value of the Portfolio’s holdings may change on days when shareholders are not able to purchase or redeem the Alternative Income Fund’s shares.

ª Investment in Other Investment Companies Risk: As with other investments, investments in other investment companies, including ETFs, are subject to market and manager risk. In addition, if the Alternative Income Portfolio acquires shares of investment companies, shareholders bear both their proportionate share of expenses in the Fund (including management and advisory fees) and, indirectly, the expenses of the investment companies. The Alternative Income Portfolio may invest in money market mutual funds. An investment in a money market mutual fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although money market mutual funds that invest in U.S. government securities seek to preserve the value of the Portfolio’s investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in a stable NAV money market mutual fund. Moreover, Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules require prime money market mutual funds to use floating NAVs that do not preserve the value of the Portfolio’s investment at $1.00 per share.

ª Leveraging Risks: Investments in derivative instruments may give rise to a form of leverage. The Investment Adviser may engage in speculative transactions, which involve substantial risk and leverage. The use of leverage by the Investment Adviser may increase the volatility of the Alternative Income Portfolio. These leveraged instruments may result in losses to the Alternative Income Portfolio or may adversely affect the Alternative Income Portfolio’s NAV or total return, because instruments that contain leverage are more sensitive to changes in interest rates. The Alternative Income Portfolio may also have to sell assets at inopportune times to satisfy its obligations in connection with such transactions.

ª Liquidity Risks: The Alternative Income Portfolio’s investments in options and, to the extent it invests in certain non-investment grade fixed income securities, including CEFs or ETFs, makes the Alternative Income Portfolio especially susceptible to the risk that during certain periods the liquidity of certain issuers or industries, or all

securities within particular investment categories, will decrease or disappear suddenly and without warning as a result of adverse market or political events, or adverse investor perceptions. Natural disasters, public health emergencies (including epidemics and pandemics), terrorism and other global unforeseeable events may lead to instability in world economies and markets, market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects.

ª REITs Risks: REITs may be affected by economic forces and other factors related to the real estate industry. Investing in REITs may involve risks similar to those associated with investing in small capitalization companies. REITs may have limited financial resources, may trade less frequently and in a limited volume and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than larger company securities. Historically, small capitalization stocks, such as REITs, have been more volatile in price than the larger capitalization stocks included in the S&P 500® Index. In addition, REITs could possibly fail to (i) qualify for favorable tax treatment under applicable law, or (ii) maintain their exemptions from registration under the 1940 Act.

ª Sector Concentration Risk: Although the Alternative Income Portfolio will not concentrate its investments in any industries, the Alternative Income Portfolio may, at certain times, have concentrations in one or more sectors which may cause the Portfolio to be more sensitive to economic changes or events occurring in those sectors, and the Portfolio’s investments may be more volatile. As of December 31, 2021, the Portfolio had 70.2% invested in the Finance and Insurance sector.

The bar chart and table shown below illustrate the variability of the Alternative Income Fund’s returns. The bar chart indicates the risks of investing in the Alternative Income Fund by showing the changes in the Alternative Income Fund’s performance from year to year (on a calendar year basis). The table shows how the Alternative Income Fund’s average annual returns, before and after taxes (after taking into account any sales charges) compared with those of the Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Credit Bond Index and the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which represent broad measures of market performance. The past performance of the Alternative Income Fund, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Alternative Income Fund or the Alternative Income Portfolio will perform in the future. Performance reflects fee waivers in effect. If fee waivers were not in place, the Alternative Income Fund’s performance would be reduced. The bar chart shows how the performance of Advisor Class A shares (the Class with the longest period of annual returns) has varied from year to year. The returns for Advisor Class C shares were different than the returns shown below because each Class of shares has different expenses. Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at http://www.kineticsfunds.com or by calling the Fund toll-free at (800) 930-3828.

Important note about performance reflecting the Fund’s prior investment strategy. The performance shown for periods prior to January 1, 2013 reflects a previous investment objective and strategy. The Fund sought long-term growth of capital as its primary investment objective with a secondary objective to obtain current income while investing at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies engaged in water infrastructure and natural resources with a specific water theme and related activities. Effective January 1, 2013, the Fund’s performance reflects the significantly different investment objective of seeking to generate income and capital gains with long-term growth of capital as its secondary investment objective while investing in primarily fixed income securities while utilizing an options strategy.

The after-tax returns for the Alternative Income Fund’s Advisor Class A shares as shown in the following table are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown. If you own Fund shares in a tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account (“IRA”), the information on after-tax returns is not relevant to your investment. After-tax returns are shown for Advisor Class A shares only. After-tax returns for Advisor Class C shares will differ. The Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares is higher than other return figures when a capital loss occurs upon the redemption of Fund shares.


	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years	Since Inception (June 29, 2007)
The Alternative Income Fund (KWIAX) Advisor Class A
Return Before Taxes	-7.23%	-0.13%	2.11%	-0.07%
Return After Taxes on Distributions	-7.23%	-0.31%	1.95%	-0.24%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares(1)	-4.28%	-0.17%	1.57%	-0.11%
The Alternative Income Fund (KWICX) Advisor Class C
Return Before Taxes	-3.04%	0.55%	2.20%	-0.16%
Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Credit Bond Index (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)	-0.17%	2.35%	2.09%	2.89%
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)	-1.54%	3.57%	2.90%	4.16%

You may purchase, exchange or redeem Fund shares on any business day by written request via mail (Kinetics Mutual Funds – The Alternative Income Fund, c/o U.S. Bank Global Fund Services, P.O. Box 701, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0701), by telephone at 1-800-930-3828, or through a financial intermediary. You may also purchase or redeem Fund shares by wire transfer. The minimum initial investment for both regular accounts and IRAs is $2,500 ($2,000 for Coverdell Education Savings Accounts). There is no minimum on subsequent investments for all account types.

If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the Fund and/or its Investment Adviser may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other financial intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.


	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Advisor Class A (if you redeem your shares at the end of the period)	$695	$1,226	$1,781	$3,289
Advisor Class C (if you redeem your shares at the end of the period)	$281	$840	$1,528	$3,360
Advisor Class C (if you do not redeem your shares at the end of the period)	$178	$840	$1,528	$3,360


Best Quarter:	Q1 2012	7.07%
Worst Quarter:	Q3 2015	-2.15%


Investment team member	Primary Title	Years of Service with the Fund
Peter B. Doyle	Investment Team Member	11
Murray Stahl	Co-Portfolio Manager	11
James Davolos	Investment Team Member	10
Matthew Houk	Co-Portfolio Manager	6
Steven Tuen	Investment Team Member	6
Steven Bregman	Investment Team Member	6


			Summary Prospectus			April 30, 2022

			The Alternative Income Fund
			Class A Shares (KWIAX) Class C Shares (KWICX)