Virginia · Private foundation
The Carlson Family Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $798k
- Granted FY2019
- 4
- Grants FY2019
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
98% of The Carlson Family Foundation’s FY2019 grant dollars went to Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund For Wealth Management Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2019 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $782,988
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 4
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 33% of the organizations The Carlson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 67% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 3 | $15k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $40k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $51k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
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, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stable | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Morningside University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Kidney Foundation Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Gloucester Institute Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Ivy Hill Foundation Inc Brockett | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rider University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Spinal Cord Injury Association Houston | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($6k), 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: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Carlson Family Foundation
- How much does The Carlson Family Foundation give?
- The Carlson Family Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $797,988 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does The Carlson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Philanthropy (88%), Education (5%), Arts & Culture (4%).
- Who are The Carlson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Stable ($35k), Morningside University ($20k), National Kidney Foundation Inc ($18k).
- Does The Carlson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Carlson Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Carlson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Carlson Family Foundation based?
- The Carlson Family Foundation is based in VA.
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