Massachusetts · Private foundation
Elia & Fannie Karas Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $178k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $105,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 15
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $774k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Elia & Fannie Karas Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $213k 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 | 14 | $178k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $293k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $133k | 58% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $103k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $290k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $210,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Boston Latin School Association | $179,498 | 1 | 1% |
| Congregation Mishkan Tefila | $120,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Children Inc | $66,900 | 3 | 5% |
| Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ogunquit Playhouse Foundation | $27,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Congregation Shirat Hayam | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hebrew Senior Life Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $210,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Boston Latin School Association | $179,498 | 1 | 1% |
| Congregation Mishkan Tefila | $120,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Children Inc | $66,900 | 3 | 5% |
| Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ogunquit Playhouse Foundation | $27,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Congregation Shirat Hayam | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hebrew Senior Life Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Miryam Institute Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lappin Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Purpura Family Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Friends of the High Line Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Big Brother & Big Sister Association of Greater Boston | $2,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Marr Charitable Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hale Education Inc | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Generation Investors | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Pink Agenda Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($265k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Elia & Fannie Karas Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
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How this is measured
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About Elia & Fannie Karas Foundation Inc
- How much does Elia & Fannie Karas Foundation Inc give?
- Elia & Fannie Karas Foundation Inc reported 14 grants totaling $178,225 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 15 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Elia & Fannie Karas Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (35%), Religion (24%), Education (18%).
- Who are Elia & Fannie Karas Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc ($210k), Boston Latin School Association ($179k), Congregation Mishkan Tefila ($120k).
- Does Elia & Fannie Karas Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Elia & Fannie Karas Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Elia & Fannie Karas Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation.
- Where is Elia & Fannie Karas Foundation Inc based?
- Elia & Fannie Karas Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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