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KOURAGEOUS KARTER FOUNDATION

KOURAGEOUS KARTER FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,500 to it, the largest being THE NESI FAMILY FOUNDATION ($7,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$37k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$8k
Net assets
$38k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What Kourageous Karter Foundation does

Mission

To make life better for medically complex kids and the people who love them

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Raise money to support individuals and charities that support children with disabilitties.

    $13,811 spentof which $13,811 as grants
    52% of program spending
  2. The purpose of this is tosupport key's charity fund (the cafe) with their mission of helping families with medically complex children

    $12,552 spent
    48% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $26,363.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($2k) Expenses 100 ($622) Net assets 100 ($1k)2021 Revenue 11 ($228) Expenses 19 ($120) Net assets 108 ($2k)2023 Revenue 1843 ($37k) Expenses 4882 ($30k) Net assets 2681 ($38k)
202020212023
Revenue (1843)Expenses (4882)Net assets (2681)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1k to $2k (+8%).

$1k
$2k
$38k
202020212023
Total assetsTotal liabilities

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

202020212023
Listed337
Joined·+0·
No longer listed·0·
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $3k.

Funder
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of KOURAGEOUS KARTER FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

KOURAGEOUS KARTER FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 1 state in all.

NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

KOURAGEOUS KARTER FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,774 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin19% · above the median
Months of reserve14.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)164% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,774 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2023

Organizations like KOURAGEOUS KARTER FOUNDATION

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Minnesota

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 13%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

83%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

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Questions and answers

Who funds KOURAGEOUS KARTER FOUNDATION?
KOURAGEOUS KARTER FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,500 to it, the largest being THE NESI FAMILY FOUNDATION ($7,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does KOURAGEOUS KARTER FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $7,500 in grants to KOURAGEOUS KARTER FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of KOURAGEOUS KARTER FOUNDATION?
THE NESI FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like KOURAGEOUS KARTER FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2020–2023), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing