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The Karl 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.

$38k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$21k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Human Services$88kReligion$57kHealth$12kInternational$6kArts & Culture$4kCivil Rights$3kEducation$856Food & Nutrition$723Other$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $2k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $36k
$250
Median grant
3
States reached
$309k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEMPLE DE HIRSCH SINAI$21,100
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE$15,000
HILLEL FOUNDATION$1,036
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS$250
Individual grant recipient$180
HIGH PEAKS HOSPICE$150
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$100
SEATTLE HUMANE SOCIETY$100
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $87k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HIGH PEAKS HOSPICE: $150 → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $204 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $200 → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $15k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $15k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $14k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $12k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $11k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $11k → 9%COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $200 → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $8k → 9%SOUND GENERATIONS: $200 → 9%SOUND GENERATIONS: $200 → 9%ISSAQUAH FOOD & CLOTHING BANK: $103 → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CA
NE
MO
MD
AZ
KS
TN
DC
AL
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$219k · 33 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
37

Total granted

$219k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+17%

Still filing today

36%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureInternationalCivil RightsEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
    7× · 2019–2025 · $85k · revenue +121%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    4× · 2021–2024 · $5k · revenue +117%
  • HC
    Holocaust Center For Humanity
    4× · 2019–2024 · $3k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • RC
    RIVKIN CENTER FOR OVARIAN CANCER
    one grant, 2019 · $500 · revenue -23%
  • CC
    CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $500 · revenue +15%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $500 · revenue +79%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
4
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
5
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
6
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
7
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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8
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

We conduct fundamental infectious disease research to generate critical new knowledge about pathogens and their interactions with see schedule o for continuationhumans to enable the discovery and development of novel interventions,…

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9
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
10
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
11
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
12
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Father Flanagan's Boys' Home. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

40 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. 40 of the 75 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
29/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $48,850 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTEMPLE DE HIRSCH SINAI: $39,925 · OtherTEMPLE DE HIRSCH SINAIHILLEL FOUNDATION: $11,820 · OtherHILLEL FOUNDATION+46 more: $26,839 · Other+46 moreJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $85,475 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE+7 more: $1,457 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $4,750 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 · InternationalAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $300 · International+2 more: $190 · InternationalAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · HealthRIVKIN CENTER FOR OVARIAN CANCER: $500 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $500 · HealthFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $380 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $200 · HealthTURNER SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC: $103 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 · HealthANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $1,101 · Civil RightsAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $680 · Civil RightsAMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC: $378 · EducationTrustees of Tufts College: $102 · EducationFeeding America: $300 · Food & NutritionFOOD LIFELINE: $120 · Food & Nutrition
Other$127,434Human Services$86,932International$5,740Health$2,783Civil Rights$1,781Education$480Food & Nutrition$420

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $85,475 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $4,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHolocaust Center For Humanity: $2,960 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $1,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $1,101 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $680 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Washington: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRIVKIN CENTER FOR OVARIAN CANCER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $404 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUND GENERATIONS: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $380 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC: $378 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $120 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNER SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC: $103 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetISSAQUAH FOOD AND CLOTHING BANK: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $102 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FILM NOIR FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $90 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELLEVUE ART MUSEUM: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF OMAHA INC: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds Holocaust Center For Humanity ↗
  • Who funds FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds American Civil Liberties Union of Washington ↗
  • Who funds RIVKIN CENTER FOR OVARIAN CANCER ↗
  • Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUND GENERATIONS ↗
  • Who funds Seattle Children's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗

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.

Seattle FoundationJewish Federation of …American Gift FundMorgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Mightycause Charitabl…Vanguard Charitable E…The Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…
Seattle FoundationWA18.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle · American Gift Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Karl Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Karl Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Community Services Inc: 90% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 75 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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