· Private foundation
The Karlson Family Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k3 grants · $9k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $54k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $966k
- $250k+2 grants · $966k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JON H REHNBERG CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | $482,943 |
| H CHRISTOPHER & JENNIE MAY REHNBERG CHARITABLE FUND | $482,943 |
| STEPHANIE'S GIFT FUND | $241,616 |
| MCCANN AGEE CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | $161,123 |
| ANNA J MCCANN CONSERVATION FUND | $161,123 |
| DAGAN MCCANN CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | $161,123 |
| STEPHANIE REHNBERG FUND | $120,739 |
| GREGORY JOHN MOTYCKA FUND | $120,739 |
| UPPER MERRYALL CEMETERY ASSOCIATION | $35,000 |
| DOUGLAS MURRAY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | $18,800 |
| LYNDE POINT LAND TRUST | $5,000 |
| THE CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND | $2,000 |
| FENWICK IMPROVEMENT FUND | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $71k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
49 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 48 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.0M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION6× · 2017–2022 · $86k · revenue +105%
- WQWARRIORS & QUIET WATERS FOUNDATION INC6× · 2017–2022 · $60k · revenue +219%
- SFSoul Friends Inc4× · 2019–2022 · $14k · revenue +198%
Funded once
- WWWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INCgraduated3× · 2017–2019 · $8k · revenue +59%
- PNPAWCATUCK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INCgraduated3× · 2020–2022 · $8k · revenue +55%
- THThe Human Resources Dev Council of District IX3× · 2020–2022 · $8k
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.
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.
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…
The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.
The new england air museum's mission is to preserve and present the story of aviation and aerospace, with an emphasis on new england's role, and the genius and inspiration that made it possible. the museum also seeks to inspire young…
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.
The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…
To promote, for the benefit of the general public, the conservation of land and water natural resources principally in, but not limited to, the town of kent, connecticut.
Dedicated to learning, personal growth, knowledge creation, and the betterment of society. the university engages students in aquiring the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to thrive in and contribute to a pluralistic, complex world.
Overview - founded in boston by pioneering landscape architect and open space visionary charles eliot in 1891, the trustees is the nation's first and the commonwealth's largest conservation and preservation nonprofit.
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
The norwalk seaport association, inc. offers a cultural, environmental, and historical journey to the norwalk islands. the sheffield island lighthouse and the light keeper's cottage provide a unique historical and educational venue which…
The maritime aquarium at norwalk seeks to ignite a connection to long island sound and the ocean to enrich the lives of all people and inspire action to protect our blue planet.
The hartford foundation for public giving puts philanthropy into action to create lasting solutions that result in vibrant communities within the greater hartford region. as the region's community foundation, it is a public, grantmaking…
How this is measured
48 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 48 of the 98 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WARRIORS & QUIET WATERS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds UPPER MERRYALL CEMETERY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds STAND UP AND PLAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Soul Friends Inc ↗
- Who funds JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ↗
- Who funds THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WILD INSTINCTS INC ↗
- Who funds NO BARRIERS USA ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC ↗
- Who funds THE CONNECTICUT RIVER FOUNDATION AT STEAMBOAT DOCK INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds PAWCATUCK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗
- Who funds BUILDING HOMES FOR HEROES INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
- Who funds OUR RESCUE ↗
- Who funds KENT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC ↗
- Who funds ESSEX LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds WILDLIFE IN CRISIS INC ↗
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: The Connecticut Community Foundation · Babbitt Family Charitable Trust · The Kestrel Foundation · The Ellen Knowles Harcourt Foundation · Union Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Shell USA Company Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Karlson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Karlson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: 16% of income from government
- Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
- United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut Inc: 11% of income from government
- Tri-State Center for the Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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