Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Herman Karpel Memorial Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $71k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $19k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations The Herman Karpel Memorial Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 75% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k 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 | 16 | $70k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $84k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $21k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $19k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $43k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $37k | 16% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $46k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $35k | 40% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Global Narratives Inc | $34,200 | 9 | n/a |
| The Virginia Thurston Healing Garden Inc | $31,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Temple Adath Israel | $15,262 | 8 | n/a |
| Edith Wharton Restoration Inc | $10,700 | 8 | 0% |
| North Country Camps Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc | $4,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Sizer Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fanfare | $1,750 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Global Narratives Inc | $34,200 | 9 | n/a |
| The Virginia Thurston Healing Garden Inc | $31,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Temple Adath Israel | $15,262 | 8 | n/a |
| Edith Wharton Restoration Inc | $10,700 | 8 | 0% |
| North Country Camps Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc | $4,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Sizer Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fanfare | $1,750 | 1 | n/a |
| The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Harvard Firefighters Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Fairview Hospital | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kessler Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of the Parents Circle - Families Forum | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Triplex Cinema Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Access to the Arts Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Berkshires Bounty Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Berkshire Garden Center Inc Dba Berkshire Botanical Garden Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sunrise Movement Education Fund | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Berkshire Theatre Group Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Filmnorth | $250 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($165k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Herman Karpel Memorial Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
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How this is measured
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About The Herman Karpel Memorial Foundation Inc
- How much does The Herman Karpel Memorial Foundation Inc give?
- The Herman Karpel Memorial Foundation Inc reported 17 grants totaling $71,222 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Herman Karpel Memorial Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (35%), Arts & Culture (31%), Philanthropy (10%).
- Who are The Herman Karpel Memorial Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cornell University ($100k), Global Narratives Inc ($34k), The Virginia Thurston Healing Garden Inc ($31k).
- Does The Herman Karpel Memorial Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Herman Karpel Memorial Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Herman Karpel Memorial Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc, Shoval Foundation, The Velmans Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Herman Karpel Memorial Foundation Inc based?
- The Herman Karpel Memorial Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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