Ohio · Private foundation
Howard & Jeanne Karr Charitable 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.
- $42k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $41,870
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $41,870
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $600
- 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 Howard & Jeanne Karr Charitable 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 | 1 | $42k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $1.1M | 9% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $60k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $60k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $57k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $56k | 15% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $60k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youngstown Cityscape Inc | $239,000 | 6 | 28% |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | $210,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Butler Institute of American Art | $61,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Alpha Chi Omega Foundation Inc | $57,000 | 4 | 1% |
| All Children Learn Differently School and Learning Center | $41,870 | 1 | 3% |
| American Junior Golf Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Youngstown Symphony Society | $39,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Compass Family & Community Services | $36,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Youngstown | $19,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown | $10,500 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youngstown Cityscape Inc | $239,000 | 6 | 28% |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | $210,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Butler Institute of American Art | $61,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Alpha Chi Omega Foundation Inc | $57,000 | 4 | 1% |
| All Children Learn Differently School and Learning Center | $41,870 | 1 | 3% |
| American Junior Golf Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Youngstown Symphony Society | $39,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Compass Family & Community Services | $36,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Youngstown | $19,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown | $10,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Faith Community Church | $8,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Hospice of the Valley Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hope House Visitation Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($729k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Howard & Jeanne Karr Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Youngstown Fdn General · Premier Bank Foundation · Florence S Beecher Fdn · Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley · John D Finnegan Fdn · Senator Maurice & Florence Lipscher Char · Ruth Beecher H XI Char Tw · Fibushendricks Family Foundation · The John L Dunne & Jenifer Lloyd Family Foundation · Lamb Jane Charitable Fdn · Zita M and Joseph Diyorio Foundation · Youngstown Area Jewish Federation
How this is measured
Compare Howard & Jeanne Karr Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About Howard & Jeanne Karr Charitable Foundation
- How much does Howard & Jeanne Karr Charitable Foundation give?
- Howard & Jeanne Karr Charitable Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $41,870 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Howard & Jeanne Karr Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (48%), Community Improvement (16%), Civil Rights (14%).
- Who are Howard & Jeanne Karr Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Youngstown Cityscape Inc ($239k), Ohio Wesleyan University ($210k), Butler Institute of American Art ($61k).
- Does Howard & Jeanne Karr Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Howard & Jeanne Karr Charitable 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 Howard & Jeanne Karr Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Youngstown Fdn General, Premier Bank Foundation, Florence S Beecher Fdn.
- Where is Howard & Jeanne Karr Charitable Foundation based?
- Howard & Jeanne Karr Charitable Foundation is based in OH.
Play a game based on Howard & Jeanne Karr’s filings →