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Marci and Martin Karplus Family 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.

$7k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
13
Grants FY2025
33
Organizations funded FY2024
6%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$500
Organizations funded a year
32 to 44
FY2022 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$1.1M
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 Marci and Martin Karplus Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
InternationalEducationHealthOther
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 arriving13$7k0%
FY202433$55k6%
FY202332$86k13%
FY202244$104kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Education$196kHealth$58kInternational$49kCrime & Legal$26kArts & Culture$20kPhilanthropy$16kCivil Rights$13kPublic Safety & Disaster$9kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
WI
NY
MA
IN
PA
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of Marci and Martin Karplus Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cambridge Public Library Foundation Inc$25,00017%
New England Innocence Project$13,50030%
Unrwa USA National Committee Inc$13,50030%
Human Rights Watch Inc$10,50030%
Huntington Theatre Co Inc$10,00010%
Fiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc$10,00010%
Political Asylumimmigration Representation Project Inc$10,00030%
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights$9,50030%
World Central Kitchen Inc$8,50030%
University of St Thomas$6,50030%
United States Fund for Unicef$6,00030%
WGBH Educational Foundation$5,00030%
Cambridge Center for Adult Education$5,00020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$5,00020%
International Rescue Committee INC$5,00020%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$3,90030%
Planned Parenthood Global Inc$3,50010%
American Indian College Fund$3,00040%
ACLU Foundation of Massachusetts Inc$3,00020%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$2,75040%
East Coast Assistance Dogs Inc$2,55030%
National Alliance On Mental Illness-Cambridge$2,50017%
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc$2,50010%
NAMI National$2,50010%
Envisioning Access Inc$2,50040%
Association of American Voices$2,45030%
Bidwell Training Center Inc$2,45040%
Law Forward Inc$2,25030%
Partners for Youth With Disabilities Inc$2,00010%
Hopewell Inc$2,00030%
Apopo US Inc$2,00010%
Forward Impact$2,00040%
Dolores C Huerta Foundation$1,85040%
The Cambridge Homes$1,70040%
Rosie's Place Inc$1,60030%
Riverside Community Care Inc$1,50020%
Rosenberg Fund for Children Inc$1,50020%
Community Cooks Inc$1,45040%
Bridges Homeward Inc$1,35030%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$1,25040%
Malta Conferences Foundation$70021%
Friends of the King Open School Inc$5001n/a
Friends of the Jewish Museum of Vienna Inc$50011%
National Academy of Sciences$30010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($49k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Marci and Martin Karplus Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCambridge Public Library Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetNew England Innocence Project: $13,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUnrwa USA National Committee Inc: $13,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHuntington Theatre Co Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPolitical Asylumimmigration Representation Project Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCoalition for Humane Immigrant Rights: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCambridge Center for Adult Education: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmnesty International of the USA Inc: $3,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Global Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Indian College Fund: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetACLU Foundation of Massachusetts Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetProject Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc: $2,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEast Coast Assistance Dogs Inc: $2,550 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNational Alliance On Mental Illness-Cambridge: $2,500 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetPlanned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnvisioning Access Inc: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAssociation of American Voices: $2,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBidwell Training Center Inc: $2,450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLaw Forward Inc: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPartners for Youth With Disabilities Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHopewell Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetApopo US Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetForward Impact: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDolores C Huerta Foundation: $1,850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cambridge Homes: $1,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRosie's Place Inc: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRiverside Community Care Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRosenberg Fund for Children Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Cooks Inc: $1,450 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBridges Homeward Inc: $1,350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMalta Conferences Foundation: $700 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFriends of the Jewish Museum of Vienna Inc: $500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNational Academy of Sciences: $300 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 43.

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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.

Boston Foundation IncMA25.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · The Louis Foundation · Stevenson Family Charitable Trust · Alchemy Foundation · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust · Cambridge Community Foundation · Eastern Cambridge Foundation · The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc)

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 Marci and Martin Karplus Family Foundation

How much does Marci and Martin Karplus Family Foundation give?
Marci and Martin Karplus Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $6,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 44 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
What does Marci and Martin Karplus Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (48%), Health (14%), International (12%).
Who are Marci and Martin Karplus Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Cambridge Public Library Foundation Inc ($25k), New England Innocence Project ($14k), Unrwa USA National Committee Inc ($14k).
Does Marci and Martin Karplus Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Marci and Martin Karplus Family 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 Marci and Martin Karplus Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is Marci and Martin Karplus Family Foundation based?
Marci and Martin Karplus Family Foundation is based in DE.

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 53 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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