New York · Private foundation
Karo Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $192k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,292
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $135,896
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Karo Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $192k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $107k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $175k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $85k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $112k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $123k | 55% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $122k | 83% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $99k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shuva Israel | $57,012 | 8 | n/a |
| North Shore Hebrew Academy | $50,797 | 1 | 0% |
| Ezrat Israel Inc | $25,613 | 8 | n/a |
| Bobower Sha-Are Zion Cong | $19,998 | 2 | n/a |
| Shelter Rock Jewish Center | $15,216 | 2 | n/a |
| Roslyn Sephardic Center Corp | $11,268 | 4 | 3% |
| Religious Zionist Youth Movement Bnei Akiva of the US and Canada Inc | $5,960 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad of Roslyn Inc | $5,434 | 2 | n/a |
| Derech Etz Chaim Institutions | $3,088 | 1 | 0% |
| Chizuk Hatorah Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shuva Israel | $57,012 | 8 | n/a |
| North Shore Hebrew Academy | $50,797 | 1 | 0% |
| Ezrat Israel Inc | $25,613 | 8 | n/a |
| Bobower Sha-Are Zion Cong | $19,998 | 2 | n/a |
| Shelter Rock Jewish Center | $15,216 | 2 | n/a |
| Roslyn Sephardic Center Corp | $11,268 | 4 | 3% |
| Religious Zionist Youth Movement Bnei Akiva of the US and Canada Inc | $5,960 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad of Roslyn Inc | $5,434 | 2 | n/a |
| Derech Etz Chaim Institutions | $3,088 | 1 | 0% |
| Chizuk Hatorah Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Anshei Shalom | $860 | 1 | n/a |
| Shaar Asher | $606 | 2 | n/a |
| Chabad of Great Neck Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Tomchei Tzedaka Corp | $400 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($815k), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Karo Foundation
- How much does Karo Foundation give?
- Karo Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $192,105 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Karo Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (52%), Religion (24%), Education (4%).
- Who are Karo Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Shuva Israel ($57k), North Shore Hebrew Academy ($51k), Ezrat Israel Inc ($26k).
- Does Karo Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Karo Foundation 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 Karo Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Karo Foundation based?
- Karo Foundation is based in NY.
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