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Karnell 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.

$518k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
24
Grants FY2025
17
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,500
Organizations funded a year
12 to 28
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$6.4M
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 Karnell Foundation Inc 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.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesEducationInternationalCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving22$421k14%
FY202417$135k0%
FY202328$185k39%
FY202221$220k29%
FY202120$263k40%
FY202016$137k19%
FY201922$115k55%
FY201812$48k8%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$460kHousing & Shelter$150kHealth$142kPhilanthropy$134kInternational$102kFood & Nutrition$80kEducation$67kHuman Services$29kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
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WI
NY
PA
CA
CO
MO
DE
AZ
DC
AL
TX
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Congregation Beth Israel of Phoenix Arizona$213,8869n/a
Djmi-Arizona Inc$133,5008n/a
Thomas More Society$117,50061%
Mission of Mercy Inc$94,54880%
Global Outreach Inc$72,998915%
St Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Parish Phoenix$67,5009n/a
The American Islamic Forum for Democracy$39,500815%
Life Choices Women's Clinic$36,00051%
Cteen of the Valley$32,0004n/a
Morse Family Foundation$31,57712%
Show all 34 grantees
All grantees of Karnell Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Congregation Beth Israel of Phoenix Arizona$213,8869n/a
Djmi-Arizona Inc$133,5008n/a
Thomas More Society$117,50061%
Mission of Mercy Inc$94,54880%
Global Outreach Inc$72,998915%
St Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Parish Phoenix$67,5009n/a
The American Islamic Forum for Democracy$39,500815%
Life Choices Women's Clinic$36,00051%
Cteen of the Valley$32,0004n/a
Morse Family Foundation$31,57712%
St Mary's Food Bank Alliance$27,00030%
Coelho Ranch Foundation$25,0001n/a
San Francisco de Asis Roman Catholic Parish Flagstaff$17,0006n/a
Phoenix Children's Hospital$15,00020%
Jewish Community Association of Greater Phoenix$10,00010%
Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc$10,00010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$8,00020%
Third Way Center Inc$7,50020%
Sunshine Rescue Mission$5,0001n/a
Honorhealth Foundation$5,00010%
The Aloha Foundation Inc$5,00010%
The Foster Alliance$5,00010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$3,00010%
Arroyo Seco Citizens Association Inc$2,5001n/a
Breakthrough T1d$2,50030%
Gofundmeorg$2,05020%
Franciscan Friars of the Holy Spirit$2,0102n/a
Mlcc Charities Inc$2,00022%
Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land$2,00020%
Chrysalis Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence Inc$1,00010%
American Cancer Society Inc$50010%
A New Leaf$50010%
National Jewish Health$50010%
Mercy Ships International$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($577k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Karnell Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThomas More Society: $117,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMission of Mercy Inc: $94,548 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetGlobal Outreach Inc: $72,998 over 9y, 15% of budgetThe American Islamic Forum for Democracy: $39,500 over 8y, 15% of budgetLife Choices Women's Clinic: $36,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMorse Family Foundation: $31,577 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSt Mary's Food Bank Alliance: $27,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Association of Greater Phoenix: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Family Service of Colorado Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThird Way Center Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHonorhealth Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Aloha Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foster Alliance: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGofundmeorg: $2,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMlcc Charities Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetFranciscan Foundation for the Holy Land: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChrysalis Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA New Leaf: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Jewish Health: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 25.

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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.

Arizona Community FoundationAZ18× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation for the Diocese of Phoenix · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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.

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About Karnell Foundation Inc

How much does Karnell Foundation Inc give?
Karnell Foundation Inc reported 24 grants totaling $517,744 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Karnell Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (37%), Housing & Shelter (12%), Health (12%).
Who are Karnell Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Congregation Beth Israel of Phoenix Arizona ($214k), Djmi-Arizona Inc ($134k), Thomas More Society ($118k).
Does Karnell Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Karnell Foundation Inc 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 Karnell Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Catholic Community Foundation for the Diocese of Phoenix, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
Where is Karnell Foundation Inc based?
Karnell Foundation Inc is based in AZ.

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 64 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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