Wyoming · Private foundation
The George and Karen James Family Founda
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.
- $62k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $449k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The George and Karen James Family Founda funded were first-time grantees, receiving 95% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 3 | $32k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $11k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $38k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $7k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $44k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $43k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $120k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $98k | 71% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bucknell University | $81,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Brookings Institution | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $21,362 | 3 | 0% |
| New York-Presbyterian Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brunswick School Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nest Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Henrys Fork Foundation Inc | $8,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Trout Unlimited Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Miller Center Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ransom Everglades School Inc | $3,250 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bucknell University | $81,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Brookings Institution | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $21,362 | 3 | 0% |
| New York-Presbyterian Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brunswick School Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nest Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Henrys Fork Foundation Inc | $8,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Trout Unlimited Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Miller Center Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ransom Everglades School Inc | $3,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Native American Jump Start | $2,500 | 3 | 1% |
| The Trustees of the Smith College | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Original Music Workshop Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wild Salmon Center | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Pacific House Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greenwich Chaplaincy Services Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Everglades Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Paul's School | $400 | 2 | 0% |
| St John's Health Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($245k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The George and Karen James Family Founda supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
Compare The George and Karen James Family Founda with peer funders
About The George and Karen James Family Founda
- How much does The George and Karen James Family Founda give?
- The George and Karen James Family Founda reported 6 grants totaling $62,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The George and Karen James Family Founda fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (77%), Philanthropy (9%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are The George and Karen James Family Founda's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bucknell University ($81k), The Brookings Institution ($25k), The Aspen Institute Inc ($21k).
- Does The George and Karen James Family Founda fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The George and Karen James Family Founda 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 George and Karen James Family Founda?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Network for Good.
- Where is The George and Karen James Family Founda based?
- The George and Karen James Family Founda is based in WY.
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