New York · Private foundation
The Karpus Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $812k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 36
- Grants FY2025
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 43
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $25M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations The Karpus Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $167k 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 | 35 | $772k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 43 | $900k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 36 | $889k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 31 | $920k | 39% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $776k | 65% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $821k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation | $250,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $245,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute | $225,000 | 4 | 3% |
| The Daily Caller News Foundation | $175,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Potters Hands Foundation Inc | $160,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Junior Achievement of Central Upstate New York Inc | $154,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Building Homes for Heroes Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Friendship Circle of Cleveland Inc | $145,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Honor Sanctuary Inc | $140,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Media Research Center | $135,000 | 6 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($890k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Karpus Family 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.
Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Rochester Area Community Foundation · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · Esl Charitable Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · Charles J & Burton S August Family Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust · The Charles and Mary Crossed Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Karpus Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Karpus Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Karpus Family Foundation Inc reported 36 grants totaling $812,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 43 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Karpus Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (17%), Human Services (14%), Education (13%).
- Who are The Karpus Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation ($250k), Semper Fi & America's Fund ($245k), Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute ($225k).
- Does The Karpus Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Karpus Family 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 Karpus Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc, Rochester Area Community Foundation, Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Karpus Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Karpus Family Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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