Wyoming · Public charity
Karuna Foundation
Making distributions to individuals and organizations that advocate for and/or support the wellbeing of animals, our natural environment and all global citizens, particularly by addressing humanitarian crises or deficiencies in nutrition or food systems.
- $32M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 46
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $5.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $45,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $550,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 30 to 47
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 21
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Karuna Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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 | 46 | $5.1M | 48% |
| FY2024 | 37 | $3.8M | 57% |
| FY2023 | 47 | $7.2M | 62% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $7.8M | 56% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $4.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Million Dollar Vegan | $3,335,592 | 2 | n/a |
| Vegfund Inc | $2,460,000 | 3 | 23% |
| Million Dollar Vegan Inc | $1,898,833 | 2 | 100% |
| Vegan Friendly Inc | $1,854,000 | 4 | 92% |
| Effect Partners FBO Vegan Strong | $1,420,957 | 5 | n/a |
| Veganfta a Nonprofit Corporation | $1,252,984 | 5 | n/a |
| Educated Choices Program Inc | $1,102,000 | 2 | 50% |
| Food Solutions Action | $1,100,000 | 4 | 32% |
| Proveg International Inc | $1,100,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Better Food Foundation Inc | $1,091,180 | 2 | 40% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Million Dollar Vegan | $3,335,592 | 2 | n/a |
| Vegfund Inc | $2,460,000 | 3 | 23% |
| Million Dollar Vegan Inc | $1,898,833 | 2 | 100% |
| Vegan Friendly Inc | $1,854,000 | 4 | 92% |
| Effect Partners FBO Vegan Strong | $1,420,957 | 5 | n/a |
| Veganfta a Nonprofit Corporation | $1,252,984 | 5 | n/a |
| Educated Choices Program Inc | $1,102,000 | 2 | 50% |
| Food Solutions Action | $1,100,000 | 4 | 32% |
| Proveg International Inc | $1,100,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Better Food Foundation Inc | $1,091,180 | 2 | 40% |
| Skylands Animal Sanctuary and Rescue Inc | $1,015,000 | 4 | 30% |
| Waking Justice | $729,969 | 5 | n/a |
| Vegan Hacktivists Inc | $677,352 | 2 | n/a |
| Pro-Animal Future | $601,500 | 3 | 25% |
| Asha's Farm Sanctuary Inc | $554,247 | 3 | 85% |
| LA Farm Animal Save | $365,300 | 4 | n/a |
| Greener by Default | $360,000 | 1 | 33% |
| Project Slingshot Inc | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Middle East Vegan Society Inc | $245,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food 4 Thought Innovations Inc | $230,938 | 2 | 62% |
| Peace 4 Animals | $205,000 | 2 | 29% |
| Robert Cheeke LLC | $204,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Animal Alliance Asia | $200,000 | 1 | 51% |
| Climate Healers | $180,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Better Health Better Life Inc | $162,500 | 2 | 20% |
| Food Policy Pathways Incorporated | $160,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Red Roof Productions | $152,050 | 2 | n/a |
| Lantern Publishing & Media | $150,000 | 1 | 44% |
| Animals United Movement | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oceanic Preservation Society | $150,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Vegan Outreach Inc | $146,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Institute for Animal Happiness | $135,600 | 2 | 33% |
| Vegkentucky Inc | $127,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Hindu American Temple and Cultural Center Inc | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seed Strategies for Ethical and Environmental Development Inc | $123,250 | 2 | 46% |
| Rethink Priorities | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Accountability Board Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Good Food World Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| By Any Greens Necessary | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Animal Rights Initiative | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Animal Advocacy Africa | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Main Street Vegan | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Imagine Farm | $91,793 | 3 | 55% |
| Animal & Vegan Advocacy International Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Physicians Association for Nutrition USA Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Plant Based Treaty SFV | $84,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Angels | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| People for Better Food | $80,000 | 2 | 48% |
| Pollution Studios | $76,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Animal Recovery Mission Inc | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catskill Animal Sanctuary Inc | $72,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Give Back Heritage Foundation Inc | $71,000 | 2 | 43% |
| Jewish Vegan Life Inc | $70,500 | 2 | 78% |
| AS Vegan | $67,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Casa Vegana Inc | $62,000 | 2 | 19% |
| Vegan Publishers | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Environmental Working Group | $56,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Rowdy Girl Sanctuary Inc | $56,164 | 2 | 10% |
| Animal Hero Kids Inc | $52,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Animal Wellness Action | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Our Planet Theirs Too Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 47% |
| La Raza for Liberation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Competitive Markets Action Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Upstream Aquatic Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Wilberforce Institute | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Game Changers Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Thrive Philanthropy Incorporated | $50,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Catalyst Media Company LLC | $45,741 | 3 | n/a |
| Luvin Arms | $45,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Tempe Movement Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| World Animal Protection | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Arthropoda Foundation | $35,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Animal Advocates International | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Simple Heart Initiative | $34,000 | 1 | 20% |
| World Moot on International Law and Animal Rights Inc | $32,900 | 1 | n/a |
| A Well-Fed World | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Broken Shovels Farm and Sanctuary School | $30,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Yes on Ip28 | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Jewish Food Ethics | $30,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Pollination Project Foundation | $27,250 | 1 | 2% |
| Project Animal Freedom | $27,226 | 2 | 18% |
| Peace Ridge Sanctuary | $27,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Good Food Institute Inc | $27,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Animal Activism Collective Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Solutionary Events Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 44% |
| Animal Partisan Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Cotton Branch Farm | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vineveganism Is the Next Evolution Incorporated | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Voters for Animal Rights Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Critter Creek Farm Sanctuary Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| JV Media | $24,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Red Robin Song Animal Sanctuary Inc | $21,274 | 2 | 20% |
| DC Voters for Animals Education Fund Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Fauna Films Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vetha Center for Transdisciplinary Scien | $20,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Full Circle Farm Sanctuary Inc | $19,681 | 1 | 3% |
| Vegan Publishers Inc | $18,590 | 2 | n/a |
| New Market Esg Benefit Company | $18,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Happy Hen Animal Sanctuary | $17,500 | 1 | 9% |
| Julianas Animal Sanctuary Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Committee of Consciousness | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Farm Sanctuary Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Animal Alliance Network | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kindred Spirits Santuary Inc | $11,642 | 1 | 3% |
| Farm of the Free Animal Sanctuary | $10,208 | 1 | 5% |
| Michiana Vegfest Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Franklin Community Advocates | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Virsa Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charlies Acres | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Project Counterglow | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Power is Giving Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Fit N Play Mama | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Veg Avengers Marketing | $9,240 | 1 | n/a |
| Ideagarden Institute Incorporated | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Federation of Jain Associations in North America | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grassroots Artists Movement | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($576k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Karuna Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 22 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 67 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Humane America Animal Foundation · The Quinn Foundation · Vegfund Inc · Animal Charity Evaluators · The Greenbaum Foundation · A Well-Fed World · Effective Ventures Foundation USA Inc · The Humane League · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Susan Michaels Compassion Trust · Kh Dominion Foundation 5507-21-40 · Tipping Point Private Foundation
How this is measured
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About Karuna Foundation
- How much does Karuna Foundation give?
- Karuna Foundation reported 46 itemized grants totaling $5,062,581, out of $32,259,910 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 47 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Karuna Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (90%), Food & Nutrition (5%), Education (5%).
- Who are Karuna Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Million Dollar Vegan ($3.3M), Vegfund Inc ($2.5M), Million Dollar Vegan Inc ($1.9M).
- Does Karuna Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Karuna Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Humane America Animal Foundation, The Quinn Foundation, Vegfund Inc.
- Where is Karuna Foundation based?
- Karuna Foundation is based in WY.
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