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Carp Family 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.

$68k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$68kPhilanthropy$42kSocial Science$38kYouth Development$38kEnvironment$32kHuman Services$21kRecreation & Sports$19kEducation$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
$2,400
Median grant
4
States reached
$419k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LANKENAU MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$25,000
IDEATE COMMUNITY$10,000
KIDS SMILES$8,031
SUNDANCE INSTITUTE$6,904
WOMEN OF TOMORROW$6,204
Individual grant recipient$2,525
ISRAEL TENNIS & EDUCATION CENTERS$2,417
DANIEL B ALLANOFF FOUNDATION$2,400
DO GOODERS$1,825
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER PBC$1,324
CHILD CRISIS TREATMENT CENTER$1,050
PASADENA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$360
BOYS TOWN JERUSELUM FOUNDATION$150
JACK M BARRACK HEBREW ACADEMY$118
CHILDREN FIRST INC$104
02The need
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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 (FY17–25, $51k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DREAM BIG FOUNDATION: $4k → 7%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $2k → 22%BIG ARTS ORGANIZATION: $32k → 10%DREAM BIG FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%DREAM BIG FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%DREAM BIG FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%TEAM GLEASON: $5k → 23%CHILDREN FIRST INC: $104 → 22%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

IL
NY
MA
PA
CA
UT
CO
MD
DE
AZ
SC
DC
LA
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.
$246k · 14 repeat orgs$73k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
37

Total granted

$246k
$68k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+1%

Still filing today

57%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureInternationalCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • LM
    LANKENAU MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2025 · $26k · revenue +56%
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
    6× · 2017–2023 · $14k · revenue +88%
  • NA
    NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER
    4× · 2019–2023 · $14k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • BA
    BIG ARTS ORGANIZATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $32k · revenue -47%
  • TG
    TEAM GLEASON FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +308%
  • KY
    KOHELET YESHIVA HIGH SCHOOL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +65%
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
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
2
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
5
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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6
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
7
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
8
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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9
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
10
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
11
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
12
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Gives Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Dream Big Foundation. 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

33 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. 33 of the 60 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
18/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $51,471 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSUNDANCE INSTITUTE: $38,304 · OtherSUNDANCE INSTITUTEIDEATE COMMUNITY: $20,000 · OtherIDEATE COMMUNITYDO GOODERS: $14,215 · OtherDO GOODERS+34 more: $32,371 · Other+34 moreLANKENAU MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $25,500 · HealthLANKENAU MEDICAL CE…THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $14,475 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSP…KIDS SMILES INC: $12,106 · HealthKIDS SMILES INCDANIEL B ALLANOFF FOUNDATION INC: $5,400 · HealthDANIEL B ALLANOFF F…IMMUNE DEFICIENCY FOUNDATION: $2,766 · Health+4 more: $470 · HealthBIG ARTS ORGANIZATION INC: $32,000 · Human ServicesBIG ARTS ORGANIZ…THE DREAM BIG FOUNDATION: $12,213 · Human ServicesTHE DREAM BIG FO…TEAM GLEASON FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesTEAM GLEASON FOU…JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $1,872 · Human Services+1 more: $104 · Human ServicesTHE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION: $34,540 · PhilanthropyTHE GREATER N…JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $6,360 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERA…+1 more: $510 · PhilanthropyWOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INC: $23,379 · Youth DevelopmentTREE HOUSE BOOKS: $10,073 · EducationKOHELET YESHIVA HIGH SCHOOL INC: $3,600 · Education+1 more: $192 · EducationNATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $13,532 · Recreation & Sports
Other$156,361Health$60,717Human Services$51,189Philanthropy$41,410Youth Development$23,379Education$13,865Recreation & Sports$13,532

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 budgetTHE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION: $34,540 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBIG ARTS ORGANIZATION INC: $32,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLANKENAU MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $25,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INC: $23,379 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $14,475 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $13,532 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DREAM BIG FOUNDATION: $12,213 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetKIDS SMILES INC: $12,106 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $6,360 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDANIEL B ALLANOFF FOUNDATION INC: $5,400 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetTEAM GLEASON FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKOHELET YESHIVA HIGH SCHOOL INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $3,120 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMMUNE DEFICIENCY FOUNDATION: $2,766 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABACO MEDICAL RELIEF FUND: $2,625 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetJEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $1,872 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $510 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTILT INSTITUTE FOR THE CONTEMPORARY IMAGE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING BEYOND BREAST CANCER: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $192 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACK M BARRACK HEBREW ACADEMY: $118 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren First PA: $104 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON'S FUND: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE 5 MICHAEL G LUTZ LODGE: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $20 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.

The Philadelphia Foun…The Gordon Charter Fo…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…The Goldstein Axelman…Lindback Cr & Mf Foun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…Silicon Valley Commun…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…
The Philadelphia FoundationPA18.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Goldstein Axelman Family Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

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 Carp Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carp Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 60 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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