· Private foundation
The Eric & Barbara Carle Foundation
Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2017
- Under $10k4 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| STUDIO IN A SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| ERIC CARLE MUSEUM OF PICTURE BOOK ART INC | $5,250 |
| CHILDREN'S BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER | $1,000 |
| WAKE FOREST BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER | $250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
4 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 4 of the 5 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Eric & Barbara Carle Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Eric & Barbara Carle Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Inc: 4% of income from government
- Northampton Survival Center Inc: 3% of income from government
How this is measured
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