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Funding search · EIN 133137962 · Great Barrington, MA

The Herman Karpel Memorial

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

58
grants reported
$199,792
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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4 grants matching “tanglewood” · $17,500

  • $5,000

    Tanglewood Music Center · Lenox, MA · 2025

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  • $5,000

    Tanglewood Music Center · Lenox, MA · 2024

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  • $5,000

    Tanglewood Music Center · Lenox, MA · 2023

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  • $2,500

    Tanglewood Music Center · Lenox, MA · 2022

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Top recipients

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  • Cornell University2 grants · $100,000
  • Global Narratives4 grants · $19,500
  • Tanglewood Music Center4 grants · $17,500
  • Hevreh4 grants · $11,520
  • Mahaiwe Theatre4 grants · $11,000
  • Temple Adath Israel4 grants · $7,272
  • The Mount4 grants · $6,000
  • Jewish Federation of the Berkshires4 grants · $5,000
  • Jewish Women'S Federation of the Be4 grants · $5,000
  • Fitch Fdn1 grant · $2,500

Giving over time

$20,360
2022
$22,410
2023
$85,800
2024
$71,222
2025

Grant history

All 58 reported grants, largest first.

  • $60,000

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024

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  • $40,000

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2025

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  • $5,500

    Global Narratives · Somerville, MA · 2024

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  • $5,100

    Hevreh · Great Barrington, MA · 2025

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  • $5,000

    Global Narratives · Somerville, MA · 2025

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  • $5,000

    Tanglewood Music Center · Lenox, MA · 2025

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  • $5,000

    Tanglewood Music Center · Lenox, MA · 2024

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  • $5,000

    Tanglewood Music Center · Lenox, MA · 2023

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  • $4,500

    Global Narratives · Somerville, MA · 2023

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  • $4,500

    Global Narratives · Somerville, MA · 2022

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  • $3,500

    Mahaiwe Theatre · Great Barrington, MA · 2025

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  • $2,500

    Fitch Fdn · Millwood, NY · 2025

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  • $2,500

    Mahaiwe Theatre · Great Barrington, MA · 2024

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  • $2,500

    Mahaiwe Theatre · Great Barrington, MA · 2023

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  • $2,500

    Mahaiwe Theatre · Great Barrington, MA · 2022

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  • $2,500

    Tanglewood Music Center · Lenox, MA · 2022

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  • $2,360

    Hevreh · Great Barrington, MA · 2023

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  • $2,060

    Hevreh · Great Barrington, MA · 2022

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  • $2,000

    Hevreh · Great Barrington, MA · 2024

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  • $1,872

    Temple Adath Israel · Lexington, KY · 2025

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  • $1,800

    Temple Adath Israel · Lexington, KY · 2024

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  • $1,800

    Temple Adath Israel · Lexington, KY · 2023

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  • $1,800

    Temple Adath Israel · Lexington, KY · 2022

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  • $1,500

    Jewish Federation of the Berkshires · Pittsfield, MA · 2025

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  • $1,500

    Jewish Women'S Federation of the Be · Pittsfield, MA · 2025

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  • $1,500

    The Mount · Lenox, MA · 2025

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  • $1,500

    Jewish Federation of the Berkshires · Pittsfield, MA · 2024

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  • $1,500

    Jewish Women'S Federation of the Be · Pittsfield, MA · 2024

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  • $1,500

    The Mount · Lenox, MA · 2024

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  • $1,500

    The Mount · Lenox, MA · 2023

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  • $1,500

    The Mount · Lenox, MA · 2022

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  • $1,250

    Afya · Yonkers, NY · 2023

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  • $1,000

    American Friends of the Parents Cir · New York, NY · 2025

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  • $1,000

    Kessler Foundation · East Hanover, NJ · 2024

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  • $1,000

    Virginia Thurston Healing Garden · Harvard, MA · 2024

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  • $1,000

    Jewish Federation of the Berkshires · Pittsfield, MA · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Jewish Women'S Federation of the Be · Pittsfield, MA · 2023

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  • $1,000

    Jewish Federation of the Berkshires · Pittsfield, MA · 2022

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  • $1,000

    Jewish Women'S Federation of the Be · Pittsfield, MA · 2022

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  • $1,000

    North County Camps Foundation · Keeseville, NY · 2022

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  • $1,000

    Virginia Thurston Healing Garden · Harvard, MA · 2022

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  • $500

    Berkshire Bounty · Great Barrington, MA · 2025

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  • $500

    Jacob'S Pillow · Becket, MA · 2025

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  • $500

    Shakespare & Co · Lenox, MA · 2025

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  • $500

    Stockbridge Library · Stockbridge, MA · 2025

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  • $500

    Triplex Cinema · Great Barrington, MA · 2025

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  • $500

    Berkshire Botanical Garden · Stockbridge, MA · 2024

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  • $500

    Jacob'S Pillow · Becket, MA · 2024

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  • $500

    Nccf - National Center for Children · Bethesda, MD · 2024

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  • $500

    Shakespare & Co · Lenox, MA · 2024

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  • $500

    Stockbridge Library · Stockbridge, MA · 2024

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  • $500

    American Friends of the Pares Circl · New York, NY · 2023

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  • $500

    Jacob'S Pillow · Becket, MA · 2023

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  • $500

    Triplex · Great Barrington, MA · 2023

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  • $500

    American Friends of the Pares Circl · New York, NY · 2022

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  • $500

    Fairview Hospital · Great Barrington, MA · 2022

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  • $500

    Jacob'S Pillow · Becket, MA · 2022

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  • $250

    Film North · St Paul, MN · 2025

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.