Arizona · Private foundation
Karuna 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.
- $155k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 17
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Karuna Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $155k | 19% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $127k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $118k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $132k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $138k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Center for Victims of Torture | $157,000 | 6 | 0% |
| ACLU Foundation of Arizona | $84,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Centurion Ministries Inc | $84,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Ashoka | $74,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Arizona Equal Justice Foundation | $62,000 | 5 | n/a |
| St Mary's Food Bank Alliance | $55,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Sedona Recycles Inc | $32,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Vitamin Angel Alliance Inc | $31,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Center for Victims of Torture | $157,000 | 6 | 0% |
| ACLU Foundation of Arizona | $84,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Centurion Ministries Inc | $84,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Ashoka | $74,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Arizona Equal Justice Foundation | $62,000 | 5 | n/a |
| St Mary's Food Bank Alliance | $55,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Sedona Recycles Inc | $32,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Vitamin Angel Alliance Inc | $31,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Keep Sedona Beautiful Inc | $12,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Manzanita Outreach | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of the Forest Inc | $6,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Sedona Public Library Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Homes for Our Troops Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Solar United Neighbors Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($172k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Karuna Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: Arizona Community Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Karuna Foundation
- How much does Karuna Foundation give?
- Karuna Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $155,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 17 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Karuna Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (45%), Crime & Legal (21%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are Karuna Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Center for Victims of Torture ($157k), ACLU Foundation of Arizona ($84k), Centurion Ministries Inc ($84k).
- Does Karuna Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Karuna 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 Karuna Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is Karuna Foundation based?
- Karuna Foundation is based in AZ.
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