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Karen's Family Foundation at a glance

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Karen's Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$120k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$297kReligion$208kPhilanthropy$47kEducation$34kHealth$22kArts & Culture$9kInternational$5kAnimals$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEMPLE DE HIRSCH SINAI$50,360
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE$30,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
STROUM JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$5,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTL$5,000
TREEHOUSE$5,000
CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION$3,500
JCC ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA$3,250
Individual grant recipient$1,000
PALM DESERT COMMUNITY CENTER$1,000
LIVING DESERT ZOO & GARDENS$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $261k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JCC ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA: $3k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $35k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $35k → 9%CHARITY WATER: $100 → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $31k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $30k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $29k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $25k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $19k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $17k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $12k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $10k → 9%LIFEWIRE: $834 → 9%HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF WA: $2k → 9%YOUTH CARE: $3k → 9%WESTSIDE BABY: $5k → 9%WESTSIDE BABY: $4k → 9%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
CA
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL
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.
$597k · 17 repeat orgs$70k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
28

Total granted

$597k
$63k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+17%

Still filing today

41%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $243k · revenue +107%
  • FO
    FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $23k · revenue +48%
  • CC
    CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $11k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • SF
    SCHULTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -45%
  • WS
    WA ST HOLOCAUST EDUCATION RESOURCE
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +1%
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
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
2
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.

Public Benefit
3
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

—
4
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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5
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc

Strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social services to all ages, faiths and backgrounds.

Human Services
6
Seattle Children's Foundation

Seattle children's foundation exists to improve the quality of health care services to infants, children, and adolescents through contributions to organizations providing health care services, research and education.

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7
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
8
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
9
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
10
Oregon Jewish Community Foundation

To build and promote a culture of giving in oregon and southwest washington that supports a thriving jewish commmunity now and for generations to come.

Philanthropy
11
Seattle Children's Healthcare System

Seattle children's healthcare system (schs) is engaged in activities relating to the provision of health care services to infants, children, and adolescents, delivering and improving the delivery and the quality of those services through…

Health
12
School's Out Washington

School's out washington (sowa) drives positive systemic change so that all washington's children and youth, particularly those furthest from justice, have access to a robust ecosystem of high-quality expanded learning programs.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Children's Hospital; the most unlike its peers is Schultz Family 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

26 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. 26 of the 51 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
20/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE DE HIRSCH SINAI: $142,150 · OtherTEMPLE DE HIRSCH SINAIHILLEL FOUNDATION: $58,500 · OtherHILLEL FOUNDATIONJEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTIION COMMITTE: $25,000 · OtherJEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTIION COMMITTEIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSTROUM JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $14,500 · Other+24 more: $65,710 · Other+24 moreJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $242,985 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICEWESTSIDE BABY: $9,333 · Human Services+6 more: $16,117 · Human Services+6 moreFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $23,050 · EducationWESTSIDE SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationSCHULTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE: $6,800 · PhilanthropyDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,800 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $10,500 · HealthSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $3,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $500 · HealthTREEHOUSE: $5,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INC: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentMaris Place: $500 · Youth DevelopmentThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $5,000 · International
Other$330,860Human Services$268,435Education$29,050Philanthropy$19,100Health$14,000Youth Development$8,500International$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $242,985 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $23,050 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSCHULTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTSIDE BABY: $9,333 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEverstrong Prevention: $7,133 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE: $6,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTSIDE SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTHCARE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL DEFENSE LEAGUE OF TEXAS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN AND YOUTH JUSTICE CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON STATE: $1,800 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLIVING DESERT THE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLifeWire: $834 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaris Place: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SCHULTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WESTSIDE BABY ↗
  • Who funds Everstrong Prevention ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE ↗
  • Who funds TREEHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ↗
  • Who funds WESTSIDE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds YOUTHCARE ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN RIVERS INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INC ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL DEFENSE LEAGUE OF TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN AND YOUTH JUSTICE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON STATE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Seattle FoundationJewish Federation of …United Way of King Co…Tillie & Alfred Shema…Moccasin Lake Foundat…Medina FoundationRaikes FoundationBny Mellon Charitable…Morgan Stanley Global…American Gift FundMightycause Charitabl…Gs Donor Advised Phil…
Seattle FoundationWA16.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle · United Way of King County · Tillie & Alfred Shemanski Testamentary Trust · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Medina Foundation · Raikes Foundation · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Gift Fund · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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 Karen's Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Karen's Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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 51 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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