Karp Family Foundation Stephen R and
Boston, MA · EIN 04-3226725. Reported 181 grants totalling $14.1M to 107 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Karp Family Foundation Stephen R and checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
5 of the organizations Karp Family Foundation Stephen R and funded make grants themselves, and it reported 13 grants totalling $1,285,634 to them. That is 20% of the $6,592,480 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc | federated giving programme | Massachusetts | $1,164,634 | 5 | 5 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Boston Foundation Inc | community foundation | Massachusetts | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Nantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | Massachusetts | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Community Foundation for Nantucket | community foundation | Massachusetts | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Nicklaus Children's Health Care | grantmaking organization | Florida | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $35,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $1,990,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Youth Sanctuary | Dorchester Center, MA | $3,363,830 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Facing History & Ourselves | Brookline, MA | $2,015,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boston Children's Hospital | Boston, MA | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Union College | Schenectady, NY | $1,665,499 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Combined Jewish Philanthropies | Boston, MA | $1,164,634 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Nantucket Cottage Hospital | Nantucket, MA | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lahey Clinic | Burlington, MA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Temple Beth Avodah | Newton Centre, MA | $275,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Joey Fund | Natick, MA | $260,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Theatre Workshop of Nantucket Inc | Nantucket, MA | $205,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston, MA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Belmont Hill School | Belmont, MA | $162,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Way | Boston, MA | $155,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boston Medical Center | Boston, MA | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Perkins School for the Blind | Watertown, MA | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Palm Beach, FL | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hospitality Homes Inc | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Crossroads | Duxbury, MA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mt Auburn Hospital | Cambridge, MA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Our Generation Speaks | Waltham, MA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Boston Foundation | Boston, MA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Getting to We Inc | Cleveland, OH | $59,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boston Medflight | Bedford, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| William James | Newton, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation Mass Eye & Ear Inc | Boston, MA | $43,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nantucket Film Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $42,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Childrens Trust Inc | Boston, MA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Newton Wellesley Hospital | Newton, MA | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Museum of Fine Arts | Boston, MA | $36,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Nantucket Golf Club Foundation | Sasconset, MA | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gavin Foundation Road to Recovery Gala | Boston, MA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New England Baptist Hospital | Boston, MA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Biomedical Science Careers Program | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boston Charitable Trust Fund | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boston University | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brigham & Women's Hospital | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lesley University | Cambridge, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Vilna Shul | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Boston | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bridge Over Troubled Waters | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cradles to Crayons | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hebrew Senior Life | Roslindale, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Centers of | Newton, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lovin' Spoonfuls Inc | Newton, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nantucket Lighthouse School | Nantucket, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nantucket Safe Harbor for Animals | Nantucket, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pine Street Inn | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation for Nantucket | Nantucket, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Team Impact | Quincy, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grubstreet | Boston, MA | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Freshman Fresh Start | Wellesleyhills, MA | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cape Ann Museum | Gloucester, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catholic Schools Foundation | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ellis Early Learning | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Emerson College | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Holocaust Memorial Museum | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Horizons for Homeless Children | Roxbury, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Irise Above Foundation | Hyattsville, MD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lesley University - Usi Alumni Academic Support Fund | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Maria Mitchell Association | Nantucket, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mass College of Art and Design | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mayyim Hayyim Living | Newton, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters | Newton, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nantucket Book Foundation Inc | Nantucket, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nantucket Conservation Foundation | Nantucket, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New England Aquarium | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Second Step Inc | Newtonville, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| John Winthrop School | Boston, MA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nantucket Comedy Festival | Nantucket, MA | $6,216 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alexander Twilight Academy | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Corey Johnson Program for Post Tramatic Healing | Roxbury, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fairwinds | Nantucket, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Movement Inc | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Goals - Global Outreach and Love of Soccer | Des Moines, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heading Home | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Huntington Theatre Company | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Museum of African American History | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nantucket Community Television | Nantucket, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nantucket Historical Association | Nantucket, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nantucket Preservation Trust | Nantucket, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nantucket Public School | Nantucket, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New England Community Services Inc | Dorchester Center, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nicklaus Childrens Health Care | North Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nicklaus Childrens Health Care Foundation | North Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Offshore Animal Hospital | Nantucket, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Palliative and Supportive Care of | Nantucket, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| A Safe Place | Nantucket, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nantucket New School | Nantucket, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Aid Boston | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nantucket Food Pantry | Nantucket, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nantucket Interfaith Council | Nantucket, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Nantucket Atheneum | Nantucket, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wgbhnova | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Mentoring Partnership Inc | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Artists Association of Nantucket | Nantucket, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Children's Museum | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brothers for Life | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket | Nantucket, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nantucket Center for Elder Affairs | Nantucket, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Brain Tumor Society | Newton, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Ability Experience | Charlotte, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nantucket Boys and Girls Club | Nantucket, MA | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Naples Fire Volunteer Assoc | Naples, ME | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dana-Farber | Brookline, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
42 of 107 (39%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 44%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 108 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 30 | $1,969,276 | $12,250 |
| 2021 | 14 | $1,499,500 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 29 | $4,426,490 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 77 | $4,144,929 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 31 | $2,012,884 | $20,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
86% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Karp Family Foundation Stephen R and's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Co Ned 75 Park Plaza Third Floor, Boston, MA, 02116. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 04-3226725 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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