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Beth & Ken Karmin Family Foundation at a glance

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Beth & Ken Karmin Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$123k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$41k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$259kArts & Culture$200kCommunity Improvement$70kHuman Services$35kPhilanthropy$26kYouth Development$21kHealth$20kScience & Tech$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$106k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAMMER MUSEUM$41,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
MOCA$19,000
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$10,000
THE MAYER AND MORRIS KAPLAN$10,000
MOMENTUM CHARITY$5,000
GI RESEARCH FOUNDATION$5,000
NORTH SHORE COUNTY DAY SCHOOL$5,000
JEWISH FEDERATION$5,000
LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LA$2,000
MISERICORDIA FOUNDATION$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MISERICORDIA HEART OF MERCY CENTER: $5k → 14%MISERICORDIA HEART OF MERCY CENTER: $4k → 14%MISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%SGA YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
MO
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$499k · 12 repeat orgs$150k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
25

Total granted

$499k
$112k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+14%

Still filing today

67%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2019–2024 · $130k · revenue +44%
  • AH
    ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $84k · revenue +26%
  • TC
    THE COLORADO COLLEGE
    2× · 2019–2022 · $35k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • CM
    COLLEGE MATCH
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • SY
    SGA YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES NFPgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +32%
  • EI
    Erikson Institute
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +14%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
2
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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5
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
6
Occidental College

See schedule othe mission of occidental college is to provide a gifted and diverse group of students with a total educational experience of the highest quality - one that prepares them for leadership in an increasingly complex,…

Education
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Mcad provides a transformative education within a community of support for creative students of all backgrounds to work, collaborate, and lead with confidence in a dynamic, interconnected world.

Education
9
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
10
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
11
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
12
Bard College

Bard college seeks to provide a challenging academic program and a supportive environment that fosters a collaborative interchange of ideas in the classroom as well as ambition to achieve excellence.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ucla Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Barak Ballet Corporation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 44 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
22/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF HOPE: $70,000 · OtherCITY OF HOPEMOCA: $41,000 · OtherMOCANORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $23,500 · OtherNORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientA PLACE CALLED HOME: $20,000 · OtherA PLACE CALLED HOMEJEWISH FEDERATION: $17,500 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATIONTHE MAYER AND MORRIS KAPLAN: $10,000 · OtherAPCH: $10,000 · Other+11 more: $30,500 · Other+11 moreWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $130,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITYTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $35,000 · EducationTHE COLORADO COLLEGECOLLEGE MATCH: $25,000 · EducationCOLLEGE MATCHWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $16,500 · EducationWESLEYAN UNIVERSITYErikson Institute: $10,000 · Education+5 more: $14,000 · Education+5 moreARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $83,500 · Arts & CultureARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF …VIA ART FUND INC: $47,000 · Arts & CultureVIA ART FUND INCTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $5,000 · Arts & CultureORCHESTRA SANTA MONICA ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureSGA YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES NFP: $10,000 · Human ServicesMISERICORDIA HOME: $8,500 · Human ServicesMISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Human ServicesCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthGASTRO INTESTINAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthSUGAR RAY LEONARD FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthTOWER CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthPHASE ONE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthJEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA: $2,500 · PhilanthropyTHEODORE PAYNE FOUNDATION FOR WILD FLOWERS AND NATIVE PLANTS INC: $500 · Environment
Other$242,500Education$230,500Arts & Culture$143,000Human Services$19,500Health$13,000Philanthropy$2,500Environment$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $130,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $83,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVIA ART FUND INC: $47,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $23,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $16,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSGA YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES NFP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetErikson Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISERICORDIA HOME: $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORCHESTRA SANTA MONICA ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetGASTRO INTESTINAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBarak Ballet Corporation: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSTEP UP TUTORING: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUGAR RAY LEONARD FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTOWER CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHASE ONE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPUEBLO NUEVO EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT G: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHEODORE PAYNE FOUNDATION FOR WILD FLOWERS AND NATIVE PLANTS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY10.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Beth & Ken Karmin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Beth & Ken Karmin Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
  • Bennington College Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 44 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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