California · Private foundation
Josephine de Karman Trust
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $3.7M
- Granted FY2023
- 6
- Grants FY2023
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
97% of Josephine de Karman Trust’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Pasadena Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $3,550,944
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Josephine de Karman Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 4 | $125k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $100k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $88k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Institute of Technology | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Regents Univ of California | $62,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of California Santa Barbara | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($75k), not named here.
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About Josephine de Karman Trust
- How much does Josephine de Karman Trust give?
- Josephine de Karman Trust reported 6 grants totaling $3,700,944 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Josephine de Karman Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (89%), Education (8%), Science & Tech (3%).
- Who are Josephine de Karman Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2023: California Institute of Technology ($100k), Regents Univ of California ($63k), Regents of the University of California at Berkeley ($25k).
- Does Josephine de Karman Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Josephine de Karman Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Where is Josephine de Karman Trust based?
- Josephine de Karman Trust is based in CA.
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