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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 FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$416kEducation$127kHuman Services$105kReligion$37kHousing & Shelter$36kHealth$34kMembership Benefit$8kPhilanthropy$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $161k
$3,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$5.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE$45,000
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY BILDNER CENTER$40,000
Individual grant recipient$33,000
NEW JERSEY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION$18,375
CENTER FOR CREATIVE CHANGE$15,000
MATAN$10,000
ELIJAH'S PROMISE$6,545
PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE$5,669
RUTGERS HILLEL$3,600
SECOND STAGE THEATER$3,546
STATE THEATRE OF NJ$3,500
MANHATTAN THEATRE$3,200
THE PUBLIC THEATRE$3,000
ROUNDABOUT THEATRE$3,000
Individual grant recipient$2,500
02The need
03

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 (FY22–25, $52k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FULL OF GRACE FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%MATAN: $11k → 9%MATAN: $10k → 9%MATAN: $10k → 9%MATAN: $10k → 9%NJ COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS: $1k → 11%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

WI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
UT
MD
DC
TX
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$774k · 16 repeat orgs$261k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +7% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
31

Total granted

$774k
$178k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+4%

Still filing today

56%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyMembership BenefitOther
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

  • GS
    GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSEINC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $317k · revenue +22%
  • MI
    MATAN INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $51k · revenue +85%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR CREATIVE CHANGE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $45k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • WC
    WBEVWXRO CHILDREN'S RADIOTHON INC
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue -1%
  • BD
    Beaver Dam Area Comm Theater
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • CS
    CHILDREN'S SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
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
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
2
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc

Mtc's work includes producing and developing new work on and off-broadway, nurturing artists throughout their careers, and positively impacting the lives of many through innovative education programs. we are committed to equity, diversity…

Arts & Culture
3
Transport Group Inc Dba Transport Group Theatre Company

Producing and developing plays and musicals.

Arts & Culture
4
Miami New Drama

Miami new drama is a nonprofit professional theater company based in miami beach, florida, dedicated to the development and production of new theatrical work and to theater-making as a means of social engagement, cultural conversation, and…

Arts & Culture
5
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
6
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc

To create rousing, visceral, enlightening theatre experiences that galvanize diverse artists and audiences to engage with our world in unexpected and often challenging ways.

Arts & Culture
7
New York Theatre Workshop Inc

To provoke, produce and cultivate the work of artists whose visions inspire and challenge all of us.

Arts & Culture
8
Theatre for a New Audience Inc

The mission of theatre for a new audience is to develop and vitalize the performance and study of shakespeare and classic drama. the theatre is dedicated to the language and ideas of writers - to a dialogue over centuries between…

Arts & Culture
9
Staretthe Directors Company Inc

The Directors Company is an award-winning not-for-profit theatre company with an extraordinary record in its mission to develop and produce groundbreaking new plays and musicals initiated and generated by outstanding directorial talent,…

Arts & Culture
10
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
11
Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington Dc Inc

Guided by jewish values and heritage, the edlavitch dc jewish community center (edcjcc) engages individuals and families through its cultural, recreational, educational, and social justice programs by welcoming people of all backgrounds to…

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12
Film At Lincoln Center Inc

Film at lincoln center, inc. was formed to develop, stimulate and support the art of film and related media by the presentation of film festivals and year-round film programming at lincoln center or elsewhere; the showing of selected…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is N J Coalition to End Homelessness; the most unlike its peers is Children's Specialized Hospital. 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

36 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. 36 of the 62 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
17/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $97,078 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBILDNER CENTER - RUTGERS UNIVERSITY: $93,600 · OtherBILDNER CENTER - RUTGERS UNIVERSITYRUTGERS UNIVERSITY BILDNER CENTER: $40,000 · OtherRUTGERS UNIVERSITY BILDNER CENTERRutgers University: $31,250 · OtherRutgers UniversityBeaver Dam Area Comm Theater: $25,000 · OtherBeaver Dam Area Comm TheaterIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherNew Jersey Library Association: $18,375 · OtherRutgers Hillel Corporation: $16,415 · Other+29 more: $82,680 · Other+29 moreGEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSEINC: $317,220 · Arts & CultureGEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSEINCWBEVWXRO CHILDREN'S RADIOTHON INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureWBEVWXRO CHILDREN'S RADIOTHON INCTHE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $34,005 · Arts & Culture+11 moreCENTER FOR CREATIVE CHANGE: $45,000 · EducationHOMEFRONT INC: $34,580 · EducationMATAN INC: $50,500 · Human ServicesFULL OF GRACE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,300 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL: $20,000 · HealthNEXT FOR AUTISM INC: $5,250 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · HealthTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $21,820 · Membership BenefitElijahs Promise Inc: $6,545 · Food & Nutrition
Other$424,398Arts & Culture$411,225Education$79,580Human Services$61,800Health$30,250Membership Benefit$21,820Food & Nutrition$6,545

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 budgetGEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSEINC: $317,220 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetMATAN INC: $50,500 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetCENTER FOR CREATIVE CHANGE: $45,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHOMEFRONT INC: $34,580 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWBEVWXRO CHILDREN'S RADIOTHON INC: $30,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $21,820 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNew Jersey Library Association: $18,375 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetRutgers Hillel Corporation: $16,415 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN IN FILM & VIDEO INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFULL OF GRACE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetPaper Mill Playhouse: $7,529 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetElijahs Promise Inc: $6,545 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEXT FOR AUTISM INC: $5,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWheaton Arts & Cultural Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR JEWISH FILMINC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SECOND STAGE THEATRE INC: $3,546 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Liberty Museum: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSIGNATURE THEATRE COMPANY INC: $2,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARS NOVA THEATER I INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW JERSEY THEATRE ALLIANCE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL JERSEY INC: $2,180 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetN J COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS: $1,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LIBI INC: $1,041 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAYOR COHENS CHARITY FUND A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTHE IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE COMPANYINC: $650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMontgomery County Community Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJames Renwick Alliance: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $180 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.

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.

Jewish Communal FundGlasgold Family Found…The Shubert Foundatio…The Hyde and Watson F…Bristol-Myers Squibb …Jewish Community Fede…The Ayco Charitable F…American Express Foun…Vanguard Charitable E…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…
Jewish Communal FundNY16.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Karma Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Karma Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Homefront Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Paper Mill Playhouse: 9% of income from government
  • The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
  • National Center for Jewish Filminc: 4% of income from government
  • United Way of Central Jersey Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Wheaton Arts & Cultural Center Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Karma Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Karma Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 62 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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