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The Karsh Family Foundation at a glance

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The Karsh Family Foundation

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.

$48M
Granted FY2026still arriving
86
Grants FY2026still arriving
12
States reached
$7.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$150MHealth$16MPhilanthropy$9.2MArts & Culture$6.3MRecreation & Sports$6.1MReligion$5.8MCivil Rights$5.3MHuman Services$3.9MOther$0
02FY2026 · 86 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k16 grants · $76k
  • $10k–50k34 grants · $525k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $752k
  • $250k+26 grants · $47M
$25,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$484M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA - KARSH INSTITUTE OF DEMOCRACY$7,024,181
EAT LEARN PLAY FOUNDATION$5,500,050
KIPP FOUNDATION$5,050,000
DUKE UNIVERSITY - ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$5,007,207
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$5,000,000
GLIDE FOUNDATION$4,500,050
HOWARD UNIVERSITY$2,000,000
MILKEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL$1,500,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA (LA & NATIONAL)$1,500,000
KIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS$1,250,000
THE PAINTED TURTLE$1,050,000
LULU'S PLACE INC$1,025,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000,000
CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUND$1,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$500,000
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 (FY17–26, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YMCA OF SOUTHEAST VENTURA COUNTY: $20k → 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ST LOUIS: $210k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ST LOUIS: $200k → 11%BRAVE HEART VOLUNTEERS: $15k → 8%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 14%LEADERSHIP FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUITY FOUNDATION: $250k → 14%LEADERSHIP FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUITY FOUNDATION: $250k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%NEUROTALENT WORKS: $10k → 14%NEUROTALENT WORKS: $5k → 14%FOOTHILL FAMILY: $3k → 14%TIA'S HOPE: $25k → 14%TIA'S HOPE: $5k → 14%TIA'S HOPE: $5k → 14%TIA'S HOPE: $5k → 14%ANGEL CITY SPORTS: $10k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $5k → 14%FULFILLMENT FUND: $25k → 14%CHILDREN'S BUREAU OF SO CALIFORNIA: $5k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNSELING CENTER: $5k → 14%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

AK
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
WV
VA
AZ
AR
NC
DC
HI
GA
TX
FL
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$220M · 129 repeat orgs$34M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

129 repeat relationships: 60 still active in FY2026, 69 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

129
154

Total granted

$220M
$26M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+8%

Still filing today

75%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25’26
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • KF
    KIPP FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2026 · $27M · revenue +143%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2023 · $22M · revenue +113% · 26% of their budget
  • CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    7× · 2017–2026 · $20M · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2025 · $5.0M
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $4.4M
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $3.0M
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
Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall

The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…

International
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
3
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
5
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
8
University of La Verne

The university of la verne offers a distinctive and relevant educational experience to a diverse population of traditional-age, adult, and graduate learners, preparing them for successful careers and a commitment to lifelong learning…

Education
9
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
10
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

—
11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kipp Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Chester Foundation. 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

218 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 218 of the 318 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
39
Early backer (in before they grew)
212/218
Grantees still filing
147/218
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KIPP FOUNDATION: $26,557,046 · EducationKIPP FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $21,825,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATIONKIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $12,536,433 · EducationKIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLSDUKE UNIVERSITY: $12,120,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $11,072,100 · EducationTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITYTeach for America Inc: $9,972,313 · EducationTeach for America IncUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $8,001,000 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INCSpelman College: $4,750,000 · Education+26 more: $7,818,066 · Education+26 moreUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA - KARSH INSTITUTE OF DEMOCRACY: $17,624,181 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA - KARSH INSTITU…UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $15,584,625 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIADUKE UNIVERSITY - ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $5,090,797 · OtherDUKE UNIVERSITY - ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONIndividual grant recipient: $5,000,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $4,425,417 · OtherWILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE: $4,058,600 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,000,000 · OtherTEACH FOR AMERICA (LA & NATIONAL): $3,000,000 · Other+110 more: $29,562,073 · Other+110 moreCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $20,071,500 · HealthCEDARS-SI…+12 more: $478,000 · HealthEAT LEARN PLAY FOUNDATION: $7,320,050 · PhilanthropyCHARTER FUND INC D/B/A CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUND: $7,000,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA: $1,010,000 · Philanthropy+11 more: $1,915,500 · PhilanthropyLULU'S PLACE INC: $6,045,000 · Recreation & SportsLOS ANGELES ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES 2028: $1,000,000 · Recreation & SportsGOLDEN STATE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $365,625 · Recreation & Sports+3 more: $212,500 · Recreation & SportsSKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER: $2,340,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $1,005,000 · Arts & CultureTHE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR ART RESEARCH AND ALLIANCES INC: $500,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $304,200 · Arts & CultureCOMMON SENSE MEDIA: $285,000 · Arts & CultureMUSICARES FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $555,750 · Arts & CultureGLIDE FOUNDATION: $4,500,050 · Religion
Education$114,651,958Other$87,345,693Health$20,549,500Philanthropy$17,245,550Recreation & Sports$7,623,125Arts & Culture$6,239,950Religion$4,500,050

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetKIPP FOUNDATION: $26,557,046 over 9y, 6.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $21,825,000 over 6y, 26% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $20,071,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetKIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $12,536,433 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $12,120,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $11,072,100 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $9,972,313 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $8,001,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetEAT LEARN PLAY FOUNDATION: $7,320,050 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetCHARTER FUND INC D/B/A CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUND: $7,000,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetLULU'S PLACE INC: $6,045,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetSpelman College: $4,750,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $3,000,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER: $2,340,000 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetTHE PAINTED TURTLE: $1,193,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSITKA SOUND SCIENCE CENTER INC: $1,050,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA: $1,010,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $1,005,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATION REFORM NOW INC: $1,000,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetTHE PRINCE OF WALES FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLOS ANGELES ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES 2028: $1,000,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetTHE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM: $1,000,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetKIPP ST LOUIS: $806,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetSTEP UP TUTORING: $755,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $530,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $500,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEE FOUNDATION FOR CIVIC LEADERSHIP INC: $500,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTHE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES: $500,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetCENTER FOR ART RESEARCH AND ALLIANCES INC: $500,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $472,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $410,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION: $400,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCivic Nation: $400,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetGOLDEN STATE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $365,625 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $304,200 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMON SENSE MEDIA: $285,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $275,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetBRENTWOOD SCHOOL: $266,666 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVET VOICE FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetMUSICARES FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $250,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS FIRST: $230,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTHE JOHN THOMAS DYE SCHOOL: $210,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC: $145,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetROCK AND SOUL FOREVER FOUNDATION INC: $135,000 over 6y, 1.9% 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.

  • Who funds KIPP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds KIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds EAT LEARN PLAY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHARTER FUND INC D/B/A CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUND ↗
  • Who funds LULU'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds Spelman College ↗
  • Who funds GLIDE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MILKEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE PAINTED TURTLE ↗
  • Who funds SITKA SOUND SCIENCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA ↗
  • Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATION REFORM NOW INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PRINCE OF WALES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗

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 Community Foun…California Community …The Ralph M Parsons F…Joseph Drown Foundati…The Annenberg Foundat…The Rose Hills Founda…Weingart FoundationThe Eli and Edythe Br…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Great Public Schools …The Ahmanson Foundati…
Jewish Community Foundation of Los AngelesCA48× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Joseph Drown Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Great Public Schools Now · The Ahmanson 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 Karsh Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Karsh Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Aleph Institute Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
41report 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.

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 318 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
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