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The Karp Family Foundation at a glance

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The Karp Family 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.

$75k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$988kPhilanthropy$376kEducation$295kReligion$245kInternational$130kYouth Development$100kPublic Safety & Disaster$55kArts & Culture$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$75,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UPMC HILLMAN CANCER CENTER$75,000
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 (FY19–24, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC: $5k → 11%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC: $5k → 11%THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC: $5k → 11%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC: $5k → 11%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC: $5k → 11%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC: $5k → 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.
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 11% of The Karp Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Karp Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.2% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 12 repeat orgs$270k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
15

Total granted

$1.6M
$270k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+6%

Still filing today

58%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthInternationalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    3× · 2019–2021 · $295k · revenue +28%
  • CN
    CHILDREN'S NATIONAL
    3× · 2020–2023 · $256k · revenue +43%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2020 · $232k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • CN
    CHILDREN'S NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $69k
  • CN
    CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $39k
  • EH
    EMORY HEART AND VASCULAR CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
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.

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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative

Pittsburgh regional healthcare initiative's goal is to provide clinicians and institutions with the training and tools to dramatically improve patient safety, healthcare quality and the cost reimbursement system through reductions in…

Health
3
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation

Children's hospital of pittsburgh foundation is the sole fundraising arm of upmc children's hospital of pittsburgh.the foundation exists to provide financial support for the hospital's mission of improving the health and well-being of…

Health
4
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
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The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh

To heal. to teach. to empower. to amaze.

Education
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The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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Health Careers Futures

Primary exempt purpose - to ensure the future of southwestern pennsylvania's health care industry and to work collaboratively with all stakeholders to attract, support, and retain healthcare workers

Health
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Highmark Health Group

Working as an integrated system within highmark health, employees at all of ahn's care sites, including hospitals, health + wellness pavilions, primary and specialty care offices and more, are committed to improving health and promoting…

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9
Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media

Philadelphia jewish film and medias mission is to educate and engage diverse philadelphia communities, jewish and non-jewish alike, by presenting world-class film premieres, repertory cinema, and associated programs that are inspired by…

Human Services
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Pittsburgh Jewish Publication & Education Foundation

The mission statement of the foundation is as follows:- act as an independent voice for the greater pittsburgh jewish community.- inform its readers about local, national, and international news.- promote awareness of issues confronting…

Arts & Culture
11
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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12
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Funders Network; the most unlike its peers is Heart Healers International. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 29 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)
16/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF THE SOUTH HILLS: $170,000 · OtherCHABAD LUBAVITCH OF THE SOUTH HILLSUPMC HILLMAN CANCER CENTER: $150,000 · OtherUPMC HILLMAN CANCER CENTERFRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCE: $120,200 · OtherFRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCECHILDREN'S NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $68,690 · OtherCHILDREN'S NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDAT…CHABAD LUBOVITCH OF THE SOUTH HILLSINC: $55,000 · OtherCHABAD LUBOVITCH OF THE SOUTH HILLSI…CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $39,130 · OtherCHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTEREMORY HEART AND VASCULAR CENTER: $25,000 · OtherTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PGH INC: $25,000 · Other+7 more: $72,000 · Other+7 moreCHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $256,010 · HealthCHILDREN'S NATIONALCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $232,190 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONHEART HEALERS INTERNATIONAL: $169,500 · HealthHEART HEALERS INTERNATIONALInstitute for Exceptional Care: $25,000 · HealthJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $259,515 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION O…JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $111,600 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION O…+2 more: $15,000 · PhilanthropyUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $295,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF P…THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC: $74,700 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN AND WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION AND IRENE KAUFMANN CENT: $5,000 · Human ServicesWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $20,000 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $10,000 · InternationalTHE PEACE INITIATIVE INC: $25,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$725,020Health$682,700Philanthropy$386,115Education$295,000Human Services$79,700International$30,000Public Safety & Disaster$25,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $295,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $259,515 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $256,010 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $232,190 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHEART HEALERS INTERNATIONAL: $169,500 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $111,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC: $74,700 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetInstitute for Exceptional Care: $25,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HIGHLAND BEACH POLICE AND FIRE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSTARABILITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN AND WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION AND IRENE KAUFMANN CENT: $5,000 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 Federation of …Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Federation of Greater PittsburghPA19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Karp Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Karp Family 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 29 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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