Minnesota · Private foundation
Carolyn Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2019
- 108
- Itemized grants FY2019
- 98
- Organizations funded FY2019
- Itemized, FY2019
- $1.3M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2019
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $65,000
- States reached, FY2019
- 21
- Total assets, FY2019
- $33M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation for the Arts and Trauma Inc | $190,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas Inc | $66,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Rocky Mountain Institute | $51,000 | 1 | 0% |
| In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mas | $35,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Children's Law Center of Minnesota | $35,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Clean Up the River Environment | $30,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Clean Wisconsin Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Bridge for Youth | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Clean Grid Alliance (Fna Wind on the Wires) | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alliance for Sustainability | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 84 grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($216k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Carolyn Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: The McKnight Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Newalliance Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Yale University · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Patagoniaorg · John and Denise Graves Foundation · United Way of Greater New Haven Inc
How this is measured
About Carolyn Foundation
- How much does Carolyn Foundation give?
- Carolyn Foundation reported 108 itemized grants totaling $1,331,609, out of $1,705,882 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2019 IRS filing.
- What does Carolyn Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2019, its largest causes are Environment (4%), Education (3%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are Carolyn Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2019: Foundation for the Arts and Trauma Inc ($190k), New Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas Inc ($67k), Rocky Mountain Institute ($51k).
- Does Carolyn Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Carolyn Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The McKnight Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
- Where is Carolyn Foundation based?
- Carolyn Foundation is based in MN.
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