Delaware · Private foundation
Cara Charitable Foundation Inc
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.
- $156k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $155,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $155,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $923
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Cara Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $156k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $352k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $319k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $341k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $410k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $454k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $156k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $97k | 42% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Katahdin | $1,772,000 | 7 | 22% |
| St Andrew's School of Delaware Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Food Bank | $58,000 | 4 | 0% |
| LifeFlight Foundation | $56,200 | 6 | 1% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $33,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Anne's Episcopal School | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Millinocket Regional Hospital | $28,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Millinocket Memorial Library | $26,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Penobscot Bay YMCA | $23,300 | 7 | 0% |
| Town of Millinocket | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Katahdin | $1,772,000 | 7 | 22% |
| St Andrew's School of Delaware Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Food Bank | $58,000 | 4 | 0% |
| LifeFlight Foundation | $56,200 | 6 | 1% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $33,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Anne's Episcopal School | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Millinocket Regional Hospital | $28,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Millinocket Memorial Library | $26,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Penobscot Bay YMCA | $23,300 | 7 | 0% |
| Town of Millinocket | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Homeworthy | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Southern California Equestrian Sports | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation | $9,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Olympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northern Forest Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Outdoor Sport Institute Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Camden Childrens House Montessori School | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Finding Our Voices | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| PAWS Animal Adoption Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nurturing Minds Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($165k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cara Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Cara Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does Cara Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- Cara Charitable Foundation Inc reported 1 grants totaling $155,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Cara Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (73%), Education (12%), Health (5%).
- Who are Cara Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Our Katahdin ($1.8M), St Andrew's School of Delaware Inc ($85k), Good Shepherd Food Bank ($58k).
- Does Cara Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cara Charitable Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cara Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Elmina B Sewall Foundation, Bangor Savings Bank Foundation.
- Where is Cara Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- Cara Charitable Foundation Inc is based in DE.
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