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The Donald M Karp and Margery Lesnik Karp 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.

$631k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
6
Grants FY2024
17
Organizations funded FY2022
12%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$459,368
Organizations funded a year
17 to 46
FY2017 to FY2022
States reached, FY2024
2
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 12% of the organizations The Donald M Karp and Margery Lesnik Karp Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyEmploymentOther
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
FY2024still arriving6$631k67%
FY202217$19k12%
FY202120$33k15%
FY202024$23k33%
FY201923$33k22%
FY201846$35k54%
FY201731$59kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$641kArts & Culture$53kEducation$48kReligion$44kInternational$11kHealth$10kCivil Rights$9kCrime & Legal$6kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
MI
NY
PA
NJ
CT
VA
MD
KS
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of The Donald M Karp and Margery Lesnik Karp Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Congregation Bnai Jeshurun$44,0646n/a
New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation$28,50060%
Wnet$12,00050%
American Jewish Committee$9,23350%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$7,00020%
Kent Place School$6,70040%
The Spence School$6,00050%
Saint Barnabas Medical Center$3,25050%
Millburn Short Hills Volunteer First Aid Squad Inc$1,80050%
Jewish Community Center of Metrowest Inc$1,50020%
Mrcc Foundation Inc$1,20030%
Rutgers University Foundation$1,00010%
Skidmore College$1,00010%
University of Saint Mary Inc$90040%
Lisa B Fishman Foundation Inc$85040%
Glassroots Inc$85040%
Play for Pink Inc$65030%
Eclc Foundation$60010%
Lymphoma Research Foundation$60020%
Family Connections Inc$56030%
The Center for Jewish History Inc$50010%
Museum of Arts and Design$50020%
Jewish Historical Society of New Jersey$40030%
Mahwah Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc$3001n/a
Newark History Society Inc$3003n/a
The Ruth Gottscho Kidney Foundation$2002n/a
National Wasp Wwii Museum Inc$15010%
Independent Curators International$15010%
The Eisenhower Foundation$10010%
Int'L Foundation for Protection Officers Inc$10010%
Jackie Robinson Foundation Inc$10010%
Summit Speech School$10020%
Huntington's Disease Foundation$10010%
Millburn Short Hills Historical Society$1001n/a
The Army Historical Foundation Inc$10010%
New York Public Radio$10010%
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$5010%
Former Texas Rangers Foundation$5010%
The Fort Ticonderoga Association$5010%
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation$5010%
National Mounted Warfare Foundation$5010%
Louis and Sandra Grotta Foundation Inc$5010%
National Museum of the American Sailor Foundation$5010%
National Civil War Museum$5010%
National Desert Storm War Memorial Association$4510%
The Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum$4210%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($701k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Donald M Karp and Margery Lesnik Karp Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation: $28,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWnet: $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $9,233 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKent Place School: $6,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Spence School: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Barnabas Medical Center: $3,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMillburn Short Hills Volunteer First Aid Squad Inc: $1,800 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetJewish Community Center of Metrowest Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMrcc Foundation Inc: $1,200 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRutgers University Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSkidmore College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Saint Mary Inc: $900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLisa B Fishman Foundation Inc: $850 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGlassroots Inc: $850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPlay for Pink Inc: $650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEclc Foundation: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLymphoma Research Foundation: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Connections Inc: $560 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Jewish History Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Arts and Design: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Historical Society of New Jersey: $400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNational Wasp Wwii Museum Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndependent Curators International: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInt'L Foundation for Protection Officers Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJackie Robinson Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSummit Speech School: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHuntington's Disease Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Army Historical Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Public Radio: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFormer Texas Rangers Foundation: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fort Ticonderoga Association: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Corps Heritage Foundation: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Mounted Warfare Foundation: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLouis and Sandra Grotta Foundation Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNational Museum of the American Sailor Foundation: $50 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Civil War Museum: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Desert Storm War Memorial Association: $45 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum: $42 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 41.

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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.

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJNJ19.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 The Donald M Karp and Margery Lesnik Karp Foundation

How much does The Donald M Karp and Margery Lesnik Karp Foundation give?
The Donald M Karp and Margery Lesnik Karp Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $630,810 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 46 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
What does The Donald M Karp and Margery Lesnik Karp Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (77%), Arts & Culture (6%), Education (6%).
Who are The Donald M Karp and Margery Lesnik Karp Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Congregation Bnai Jeshurun ($44k), New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation ($29k), Wnet ($12k).
Does The Donald M Karp and Margery Lesnik Karp Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Donald M Karp and Margery Lesnik Karp 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 The Donald M Karp and Margery Lesnik Karp Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ, Community Foundation of New Jersey, Lvh Foundation.
Where is The Donald M Karp and Margery Lesnik Karp Foundation based?
The Donald M Karp and Margery Lesnik Karp Foundation is based in NJ.

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 79 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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