· Private foundation
Karelou 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $95k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST VINCENT COLLEGE | $50,000 |
| SETON HILL UNIVERSITY | $25,000 |
| DEPAUL SCHOOL FOR HEARING & SPEECH | $20,000 |
| DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY | $20,000 |
| LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR | $10,000 |
| UPMC HILLMAN CANCER CENTER | $10,000 |
| SISTERS OF CHARITY OF SETON HILL | $10,000 |
| ST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY | $7,000 |
| AUTISM PROJECT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY | $5,000 |
| WOODS SERVICES | $5,000 |
| POINT PARK UNIVERSITY | $3,000 |
| WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS | $3,000 |
| EMMAUS COMMUNITY OF PITTSBURGH | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SVSAINT VINCENT COLLEGE7× · 2019–2025 · $252k · revenue +19%
- DUDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT7× · 2019–2025 · $175k · revenue +6%
SETON HILL UNIVERSITY7× · 2019–2025 · $103k · revenue +16%
Funded once
- MCMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +15%
- ISIRENE S TAYLOR SCHOLARSHIP FUNDone grant, 2021 · $20k
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHone grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +14%
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.
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.
La roche university advances learning informed by ethical and service-oriented values, reflecting its catholic heritage and the charism of the sisters of divine providence.
St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.
See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…
To foster the vitality of community through learning and the pursuit of wisdom.
Desales is a catholic, salesian university that inspires transformative learning through the liberal arts and professional studies by energizing students to be who they are and be that well.
Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…
Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education
As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.
As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…
University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 17 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ↗
- Who funds SETON HILL UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds DEPAUL SCHOOL FOR HEARING AND SPEECH ↗
- Who funds LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR ↗
- Who funds ST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds AUTISM PROJECT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds POINT PARK UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds EMMAUS COMMUNITY OF PITTSBURGH INC ↗
- Who funds Woods Services 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Karelou Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Karelou Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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