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Karmic Kids Foundation Inc at a glance

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Karmic Kids Foundation Inc

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.

$206k
Granted FY2021
1
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$206k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Food & Nutrition$1.1MHealth$292kAnimals$269kEducation$224kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kArts & Culture$15kPhilanthropy$3kYouth Development$3k
02FY2021 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$206,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$183k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REAL DOG RESCUE$206,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 71% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ST FRANCIS PREPARATORY: $3k → 13%SMILE TRAIN: $50k → 17%FEEDING FLORIDA: $50k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN: $10k → 12%CHILTON MEDICAL CENTER: $25k → 4%SOMERSET HILLS LEARNING INSTITUTE: $50k → 5%RACHEL FOREVER INC: $3k → 7%RUTGERS FOUNDATION: $100k → 8%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF UNION COUNTY: $3k → 10%THE OASIS FUND FOR WOMEN: $400k → 12%THE VALARIE FUND: $100k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $4k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF MAINE: $4k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN: $5k → 12%SHAUN O HARA FOUNDATION: $5k → 5%REAL DOG RESCUE: $206k → 7%RUTGERS FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%THE OASIS FUND FOR WOMEN: $309k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF MAINE: $4k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN: $4k → 12%SHAUN O HARA FOUNDATION: $2k → 5%REAL DOG RESCUE: $36k → 7%THE OASIS FUND FOR WOMEN: $300k → 12%REAL DOG RESCUE: $14k → 7%WAYNE HILLS HIGH SCHOOL: $3k → 12%REAL DOG RESCUE: $14k → 7%BOGOTA HIGH SCHOOL: $36k → 7%BOGOTA HIGH SCHOOL: $25k → 7%RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY: $12k → 7%RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY: $8k → 7%RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY: $4k → 7%FRANKLIN LAKES PBA: $25k → 7%O DIBELLA MUSIC INC: $10k → 7%O DIBELLA MUSIC INC: $5k → 7%MARBLE JAM KIDS: $50k → 7%MARBLE JAM KIDS: $10k → 7%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 8% of Karmic Kids Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 93% of the giving stays in NJ; by stated purpose, 86%.

Karmic Kids Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 10 repeat orgs$314k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2021, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
11

Total granted

$1.6M
$314k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+44%

Still filing today

50%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21
EducationAnimalsHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • REAL DOG RESCUE INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $269k · revenue +45% · 67% of their budget
  • MARBLEJAM KIDS INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $60k · revenue +273%
  • UO
    University of New Haven
    3× · 2018–2020 · $19k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • TV
    THE VALERIE FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +44%
  • SH
    SOMERSET HILLS LEARNING INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +12%
  • SMILE TRAIN INC
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +19%
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.

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Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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2
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
3
Monmouth University Inc

See schedule omonmouth university is a comprehensive institution of higher education committed to excellence and integrity in teaching, scholarship and service. through its offerings in liberal arts, sciences, and professional programs,…

Education
4
Garden Academy Inc

Garden academy, inc. uses scientific data-based and accountable interventions to provide an individualized education to students with autism, so that they may lead lives of the greatest possible independence. we are committed to helping…

Education
5
Autism Family Services of Nj

Autism family services of new jersey is dedicated to ensuring a better quality of life for individuals with autism and their families. our skilled team works in partnership with families to address daily challenges, foster communication,…

Human Services
6
The Center for Education Nj Inc

The school's mission is to provide a quality, comprehensive education and therapy services to students with disabilities.

Education
7
St Joseph's Health System Subordinate Group Return

We are committed to providing exceptional quality care which sustains and improves both individual and community health, with a special concern for those who are poor, vulnerable and underserved.

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8
South Shore University Hospital

South shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
9
Newgrange School of Princeton Inc

To empower people with learning disabilities to reach their full potential as educated and productive members of society

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10
Virtua Medical Group Pa

The physicians of virtua medical group (vmg) share a common philosophy in all they do: to create an outstanding experience for patients. in a broad range of specialties, from family medicine to surgery to oncology, vmg's highly-trained…

Health
11
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
12
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Valerie Fund; the most unlike its peers is Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

10 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. 10 of the 21 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
9/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE OASIS FUND FOR WOMEN: $1,009,000 · OtherTHE OASIS FUND FOR WOMENTHE VALERIE FUND: $100,000 · OtherTHE VALERIE FUNDBOGOTA HIGH SCHOOL: $61,469 · OtherSMILE TRAIN INC: $50,000 · OtherFEEDING FLORIDA INC: $50,000 · Other+9 more: $108,341 · Other+9 moreREAL DOG RESCUE INC: $269,394 · AnimalsREAL DOG RESCUE …RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $102,500 · EducationRUTGERS UN…SOMERSET HILLS LEARNING INSTITUTE INC: $50,000 · EducationSOMERSET H…University of New Haven: $19,167 · EducationUniversity…SHAUN OHARA FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 · EducationMARBLEJAM KIDS INC: $60,000 · HealthBoys & Girls Clubs of Union County Inc: $2,500 · Youth Development
Other$1,378,810Animals$269,394Education$178,667Health$60,000Youth Development$2,500

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 budgetREAL DOG RESCUE INC: $269,394 over 4y, 67% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $102,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VALERIE FUND: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMARBLEJAM KIDS INC: $60,000 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetSOMERSET HILLS LEARNING INSTITUTE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING FLORIDA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetUniversity of New Haven: $19,167 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHAUN OHARA FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Union County Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 REAL DOG RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE VALERIE FUND ↗
  • Who funds MARBLEJAM KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds SOMERSET HILLS LEARNING INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds University of New Haven ↗
  • Who funds SHAUN OHARA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County 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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American Online Giving Foundation IncDE7.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Karmic Kids Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Karmic Kids Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Feeding Florida Inc: 32% of income from government
  • University of New Haven: 2% of income from government
  • Marblejam Kids Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 21 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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