Washington · Private foundation
The Karas Family 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.
- $20k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $51k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations The Karas Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $20k | 94% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $28k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $25k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $32k | 58% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $27k | 62% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $29k | 55% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $27k | 62% |
| FY2017 | 27 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | $26,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | $9,785 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc | $8,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Donorschooseorg | $6,325 | 5 | 0% |
| Sound Experience | $5,060 | 2 | 0% |
| Worcester County Food Bank Inc | $5,020 | 4 | 0% |
| Essex County Greenbelt Association | $3,420 | 1 | 0% |
| Weld Seattle | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc | $2,600 | 3 | 0% |
| California Fire Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 56 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 78 recipients with no EIN on record ($111k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Karas Family Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Barton Family Foundation · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
About The Karas Family Foundation
- How much does The Karas Family Foundation give?
- The Karas Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $19,798 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Karas Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (43%), Health (8%), Food & Nutrition (7%).
- Who are The Karas Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Duke University ($26k), Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ($10k), University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc ($9k).
- Does The Karas Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Karas Family 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 Karas Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc, Barton Family Foundation.
- Where is The Karas Family Foundation based?
- The Karas Family Foundation is based in WA.
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