· Private foundation
Carolyn S Kruse Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k22 grants · $72k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FAMILY SERVICES OF TULARE COUNTY | $10,000 |
| CASA OF TULARE COUNTY | $9,500 |
| VISALIA RESCUE MISSION | $7,500 |
| ZOZU PROJECT | $6,000 |
| MUST CHARITIES | $5,000 |
| ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULARE | $5,000 |
| CASA | $5,000 |
| LUMINA ALLIANCES | $5,000 |
| EL CAMINO HOMELESS SHELTER | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,500 |
| PASO ROBLES YOUTH ARTS FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| RANCHLAND TRUST OF KANSAS | $2,500 |
| PIONEER BLUFFS FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
| TALLGRASS LEGACY ALLIANCE INC | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $79k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
31 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- COCASA OF TULARE COUNTY4× · 2021–2025 · $28k · revenue +9%
- MMUST5× · 2021–2025 · $25k · revenue +16%
- GSGOOD SAMARITAN SHELTER2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +113%
Funded once
- VRVIASLIA RESCUE MISSIONone grant, 2021 · $5k
- VEVISALIA EMERGENCY AID COUNCIL INCone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -1%
- VSVTEC SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -43%
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.
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.
Enhance the community quality of life
To prevent animal abuse and neglect, enforce the anti-cruelty laws of the State of California and promote the wellbeing of animals.
Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship is creating and maintaining world-class trails responsibly, sustainably, and collectively.
Three valley conservation trust partners with people and communities to conserve the natural environment and cultural heritage of our service area for the well-being of future generations
The vista ranchos historical society is specifically concerned with the discovery,recording, collecting and preservation of the historical facts, properties and other materials regarding the history of the southwestern united…
Support and conduct non-partisan education, and informational activities to increase public awareness of local artists and art organizations
We conserve the lands and waters of California's heartland.
Sierra watch secures conservation outcomes to protect the natural resources, mountain communities, and timeless values of the tahoe sierra.
To acquire, develop, own, provide and manage affordable housing within the county of tulare, california for the mentally ill, representing households with low and moderate income levels.
The mission of estes valley land trust is to conserve land throughout the estes valley and surrounding areas for current and future generations.
Tri-county casa, inc. volunteers advocate for children in the 13th judicial district in butler, greenwood, and elk counties in kansas.
Preserve and enrich the ag assocation in tulare county.
How this is measured
19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 47 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds FAMILY SERVICES OF TULARE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds EDUCHRIST ↗
- Who funds CASA OF TULARE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds MUST ↗
- Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN SHELTER ↗
- Who funds Ranchland Trust of Kansas Inc ↗
- Who funds VISALIA RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds The Pioneer Bluffs Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds VISALIA EMERGENCY AID COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds THE MARTIN AND OSA JOHNSON SAFARI MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds FLINT HILLS DISCOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds VTEC SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds VALLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds CHERRY STREET YOUTH CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Symphony in the Flint Hills Inc ↗
- Who funds ARTS VISALIA ↗
- Who funds TALLGRASS LEGACY ALLIANCE INC ↗
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 Setton Foundation · Land O'Lakes Foundation · United Way of Tulare County · Correia Family Foundation · Central California Food Bank · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Carolyn S Kruse Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carolyn S Kruse Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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