California · Private foundation
The Karp Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $250k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2026
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 33% of the organizations The Karp Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 3 | $150k | 100% |
| FY2025 | 9 | $206k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $212k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $157k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $77k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $137k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $68k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $60k | 17% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rockefeller University | $450,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of California Santa Barbara | $200,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The City College 21st Century Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Co2 Coalition | $75,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $55,000 | 8 | 0% |
| California State University Northridge Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Uc Riverside Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| California Institute of Technology | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc | $45,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($244k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Karp Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
About The Karp Foundation Inc
- How much does The Karp Foundation Inc give?
- The Karp Foundation Inc reported 5 grants totaling $250,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Karp Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (68%), Health (14%), Environment (8%).
- Who are The Karp Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: The Rockefeller University ($450k), University of California Santa Barbara ($200k), The City College 21st Century Foundation Inc ($100k).
- Does The Karp Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Karp Foundation Inc 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 Karp Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The Karp Foundation Inc based?
- The Karp Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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