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Foster Karney Trust Foundation at a glance

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Foster Karney Trust 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.

$242k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$27k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$376kMembership Benefit$257kHuman Services$247kEducation$183kArts & Culture$131kPhilanthropy$121kCrime & Legal$80kPublic Benefit$68kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $209k
$14,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RANCH HOPE$27,000
FOUNDATION OF SUBSTAINABLE VETS HOU$27,000
JOHN R ELLIOTT HERO CAMPAIGN$24,000
SUNSHINE FOUNDATION$22,000
SHORE MEMORIAL CENTER$20,000
Individual grant recipient$18,000
VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE$18,000
OC HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS$15,000
AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY POST 524$14,279
AMERICAN LEGION POST 524$14,000
NJ RUN FOR THE FALLEN$10,000
ST PETERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$9,000
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$6,000
CAPE ATLANTIC CITIZENS ALTERATING S$5,000
SONES OF AMERICAN LEGION SQUAD 524$4,000
02The need
03

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, $68k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%OPERATION FIRST RESPONSE: $3k → 8%OPERATION FIRST RESPONSE: $3k → 8%OPERATION FIRST RESPONSE: $3k → 8%OPERATION FIRST RESPONSE: $3k → 8%ANGELIC HEATH FOUNDATION: $4k → 11%ANGELIC HEATH FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%GILDA'S CLUB SOUTH JERSEY: $13k → 11%GILDA'S CLUB SOUTH JERSEY: $10k → 11%GILDA'S CLUB SOUTH JERSEY: $10k → 11%GILDA'S CLUB SOUTH JERSEY: $8k → 11%GILDA'S CLUB SOUTH JERSEY: $5k → 11%GILDA'S CLUB SOUTH JERSEY: $3k → 11%GILDA'S CLUB SOUTH JERSEY: $2k → 11%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.
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 48 repeat orgs$180k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

48 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 36 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
22

Total granted

$1.6M
$76k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
-4%

Still filing today

38%
5%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $104k 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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesAnimalsPublic BenefitFood & NutritionOther
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

  • RH
    Ranch Hope Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $107k · revenue +36%
  • CC
    CONTACT CAPE ATLANTIC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $42k · revenue +31%
  • CA
    CAPE ATLANTIC CITIZENS ALTERING STRAY CATS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $40k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $11k
  • SH
    SHRINNERS' HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
  • AL
    AMERICAN LEGION CRAWFORD CREWS POST
    one grant, 2024 · $6k
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
Fund for New Jersey
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2
Grateful Paws

Grateful Paws NJ is a non-profit organization devoted to rescuing stray and abandoned animals throughout New Jersey, providing medical care and helping them to find new homes.

Animals
3
Nj Animal Advocacy Alliance

The mission of the nj animal advocacy alliance is to protect the welfare of all homeless animals by reducing the number of homeless animals, offering low cost spay and neuter clinics, raising awareness and educating our youth.

—
4
Jersey Strong Foundation
Philanthropy
5
New Jersey Alliance for Culture Change
Health
6
Cape Verdean Veterans Memorial Project
Arts & Culture
7
Vericon Foundation a Nj Nonprofit Corporation
Human Services
8
Lumena Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation
Philanthropy
9
The Kind Collectve
Health
10
Cape Fear Memorial Foundation
Philanthropy
11
South Jersey Regional Animal Shelter Inc

Provides refuge for homeless and unwanted animals, adoption services for homeless animals, and spay/neuter services.

Animals
12
Capic-Cat Adoption and Pet Information Center

Capic rescues animals and gets them new homes and does tnr for the community as well as adopting animals, spay neuters returns, and helps owners who cannot afford medical help and vetting on their own We also feed hundreds of animals feral…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is A Place for Us Atlantic County Womens Center; the most unlike its peers is Newwave 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

20 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. 20 of the 77 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OC HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS: $175,800 · OtherOC HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPSAMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY POST 524: $121,225 · OtherAMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY POST 524AMERICAN LEGION POST 524: $106,546 · OtherAMERICAN LEGION POST 524CASA: $79,000 · OtherCASAJOHN R ELLIOTT HERO CAMPAGNE: $73,000 · OtherJOHN R ELLIOTT HERO CAMPAGNESHORE MEDICAL CENTER: $42,200 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $42,000 · Other+55 more: $569,369 · Other+55 moreRanch Hope Inc: $107,000 · HealthRanch Hope I…CONTACT CAPE ATLANTIC: $41,900 · HealthCONTACT CAPE…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $25,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOS…CAPE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE INC: $25,000 · HealthCAPE VOLUNTE…SUNSHINE FOUNDATION: $112,500 · PhilanthropySUNSHINE FO…CAPE ATLANTIC CITIZENS ALTERING STRAY CATS: $40,442 · PhilanthropyCAPE ATLANT…THEATER COLLABORATIVE OF SOUTH JERSEY: $13,000 · PhilanthropyTHEATER COL…+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyGILDA'S CLUB SOUTH JERSEY INC: $51,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION FIRST RESPONSE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesANGELIC HEALTH FOUNDATION A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $6,500 · Human ServicesNJ RUN FOR THE FALLEN INC: $39,000 · Public BenefitFOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE VETERAN HOUSING A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $33,000 · Housing & ShelterMarine Mammal Stranding Center: $11,500 · AnimalsKIBBLE CUPBOARD: $7,600 · Animals
Other$1,209,140Health$198,900Philanthropy$170,942Human Services$67,500Public Benefit$39,000Housing & Shelter$33,000Animals$19,100

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSUNSHINE FOUNDATION: $112,500 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetRanch Hope Inc: $107,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB SOUTH JERSEY INC: $51,000 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetCONTACT CAPE ATLANTIC: $41,900 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetCAPE ATLANTIC CITIZENS ALTERING STRAY CATS: $40,442 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetNJ RUN FOR THE FALLEN INC: $39,000 over 9y, 19% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE VETERAN HOUSING A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $33,000 over 2y, 67% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCAPE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE INC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetA PLACE FOR US ATLANTIC COUNTY WOMENS CENTER: $21,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE WETLANDS INSTITUTE: $16,800 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHEATER COLLABORATIVE OF SOUTH JERSEY: $13,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetMarine Mammal Stranding Center: $11,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetOPERATION FIRST RESPONSE INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKIBBLE CUPBOARD: $7,600 over 5y, 22% of budgetANGELIC HEALTH FOUNDATION A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $6,500 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetNEWWAVE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMud Girls Studios a NJ non profit Corporation: $4,000 over 2y, 0.5% 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.

  • Who funds SUNSHINE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Ranch Hope Inc ↗
  • Who funds GILDA'S CLUB SOUTH JERSEY INC ↗
  • Who funds CONTACT CAPE ATLANTIC ↗
  • Who funds CAPE ATLANTIC CITIZENS ALTERING STRAY CATS ↗
  • Who funds NJ RUN FOR THE FALLEN INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE VETERAN HOUSING A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds CAPE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE INC ↗
  • Who funds A PLACE FOR US ATLANTIC COUNTY WOMENS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE WETLANDS INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THEATER COLLABORATIVE OF SOUTH JERSEY ↗
  • Who funds Marine Mammal Stranding Center ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION FIRST RESPONSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Food Bank Of New Jersey 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.

Oceanfirst FoundationUnited Way of Greater…The Sykora Family Cha…Community Foundation …Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Oceanfirst FoundationNJ21.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Oceanfirst Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Sykora Family Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Newwave Foundation: 100% of income from government
  • Marine Mammal Stranding Center: 10% of income from government
  • The Wetlands Institute: 2% of income from government
  • A Place for Us Atlantic County Womens Center: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 77 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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