Connecticut · Private foundation
The Karen Katen Foundation
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.
- $368k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 60
- Grants FY2025
- 62
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $73,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 39 to 63
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations The Karen Katen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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 | 59 | $368k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 62 | $325k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 54 | $578k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 63 | $673k | 16% |
| FY2021 | 61 | $645k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 57 | $616k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 39 | $698k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | $2,100,000 | 7 | 0% |
| McKee Botanical Garden Inc | $200,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Connecticut River Foundation at Steamboat Dock Inc | $180,500 | 7 | 2% |
| The Rand Corporation | $90,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Indian River Memorial Hospital Inc | $65,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $45,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Help Me See Inc | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Trickle Up Program Inc | $21,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Indian River Land Trust Inc | $17,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Indian River County Habitat for Humanity Inc | $15,500 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 57 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 87 recipients with no EIN on record ($994k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Karen Katen 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: Indian River Community Foundation Inc · Archie S Wingfield Jr Charitable Trust U/A/D 5/15/1995 · Bernard a Egan Foundation Inc · Kitchings Family Foundation · Olivia Delacruz Foundation Inc · Grand Harbor Community Outreach Program Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · S & H Foundation Inc · Enid Storm Dwyer Foundation · Impact 100 of Indian River County · The John's Island Foundation Inc · United Way of Indian River County Inc
How this is measured
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About The Karen Katen Foundation
- How much does The Karen Katen Foundation give?
- The Karen Katen Foundation reported 60 grants totaling $368,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 63 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Karen Katen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (56%), Health (20%), Environment (10%).
- Who are The Karen Katen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: University of Chicago ($2.1M), McKee Botanical Garden Inc ($200k), The Connecticut River Foundation at Steamboat Dock Inc ($181k).
- Does The Karen Katen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Karen Katen 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 Karen Katen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Indian River Community Foundation Inc, Archie S Wingfield Jr Charitable Trust U/A/D 5/15/1995, Bernard a Egan Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Karen Katen Foundation based?
- The Karen Katen Foundation is based in CT.
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