New Jersey · Private foundation
The Karma 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.
- $203k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 24
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations The Karma Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 | 25 | $203k | 56% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $222k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $269k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $202k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $139k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Street Playhouseinc | $317,220 | 5 | 1% |
| Matan Inc | $50,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Center for Creative Change | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Homefront Inc | $34,580 | 2 | 0% |
| Wbevwxro Children's Radiothon Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 20% |
| The Actors' Fund of America | $21,820 | 4 | 0% |
| Children's Specialized Hospital | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Jersey Library Association | $18,375 | 1 | 3% |
| Rutgers Hillel Corporation | $16,415 | 3 | 1% |
| The Center for Independent Documentary Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 36 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($363k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Karma 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: Jewish Communal Fund · Glasgold Family Foundation · The Shubert Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · American Express Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
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About The Karma Foundation
- How much does The Karma Foundation give?
- The Karma Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $203,299 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 24 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Karma Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (25%), Education (8%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are The Karma Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: George Street Playhouseinc ($317k), Matan Inc ($51k), Center for Creative Change ($45k).
- Does The Karma Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Karma 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 Karma Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Glasgold Family Foundation, The Shubert Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Karma Foundation based?
- The Karma Foundation is based in NJ.
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