Virginia · Private foundation
Carson 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.
- $78k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $18,220
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Carson Foundation 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; $0 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 | 3 | $78k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $53k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $56k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $137k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $75k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $167k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $147k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Womens International Network for Guatemalan Solutions Inc | $153,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Amigos de Santa Cruz Foundation | $137,000 | 4 | 9% |
| Sports Vision 20-20 | $98,220 | 7 | n/a |
| Semilla Nueva | $60,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Miracles in Action Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 9% |
| The Ripple Effect | $50,000 | 3 | 16% |
| Vet Triip Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 16% |
| People for Guatemala Inc | $36,380 | 2 | n/a |
| Rainbow Connection Galveston | $17,500 | 4 | 11% |
| Pan American Educational Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Womens International Network for Guatemalan Solutions Inc | $153,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Amigos de Santa Cruz Foundation | $137,000 | 4 | 9% |
| Sports Vision 20-20 | $98,220 | 7 | n/a |
| Semilla Nueva | $60,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Miracles in Action Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 9% |
| The Ripple Effect | $50,000 | 3 | 16% |
| Vet Triip Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 16% |
| People for Guatemala Inc | $36,380 | 2 | n/a |
| Rainbow Connection Galveston | $17,500 | 4 | 11% |
| Pan American Educational Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hospice Austin | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Del Ray Zen Community | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| NEO Philanthropy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| One Days Wages | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nursing Heart Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 1% |
| New Millenium Project | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($66k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Carson 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: Eagle Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Carson Foundation
- How much does Carson Foundation give?
- Carson Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $78,220 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Carson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (49%), Education (22%), Recreation & Sports (13%).
- Who are Carson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Womens International Network for Guatemalan Solutions Inc ($153k), Amigos de Santa Cruz Foundation ($137k), Sports Vision 20-20 ($98k).
- Does Carson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Carson Foundation 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 Carson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eagle Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Carson Foundation based?
- Carson Foundation is based in VA.
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