Funding search · EIN 311678303 · Chapel Hill, NC

Carlson Family Foundation

Name: Carlson Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

441
grants reported: $4.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

What they fund

major discretionary matching discretinary

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

2 grants matching “discretinary” · $8,000

$5,000
Shepherd University Foundation · Shepherdstown, WV · 2024
Discretinary grant
$3,000
Shepherd University Foundation · Shepherdstown, WV · 2023
Discretinary grant

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Brooke'S House Llc4 grants · $221,368
Sound Waters4 grants · $200,000
University of Southern California3 grants · $165,000
Waterside School4 grants · $100,000
Potomac Riverkeeper4 grants · $97,000
Building One Community4 grants · $95,000
Humble Design4 grants · $87,427
League To Save Lake Tahoe4 grants · $86,667
Detroit Achievement Academy Foundation4 grants · $77,175
Inter-Faith Council for Social Service4 grants · $70,000

Giving over time

$951,434

2022

$964,350

2023

$1.1M

2024

$1.1M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 441 grants.

$78,568
Brooke'S House Llc · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
Major grant, matching grant
$63,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Major grant, discretionary grant
$60,000
Brooke'S House Llc · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Major grant, discretionary grant
$52,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Discretionary grant, major grant
$50,000
Sound Waters · Stamford, CT · 2025
Major grant
$50,000
Sound Waters · Stamford, CT · 2024
Major grant
$50,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Major grant, discretionary grant
$50,000
Sound Waters · Stamford, CT · 2023
Major grant
$50,000
Sound Waters · Stamford, CT · 2022
Major grant
$42,800
Brooke'S House Llc · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Major grant, discretionary grant
$40,000
Brooke'S House Llc · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Major grant
$35,000
Give a Leg Up (Galup) · Boca Raton, FL · 2025
Major grant, discretionary grant
$35,000
Potomac Riverkeeper · Washington, DC · 2024
Major grant
$34,000
Potomac Riverkeeper · Washington, DC · 2022
Major grant
$32,927
Humble Design · Pontiac, MI · 2024
Major grant, discretionary grant, matching grant
$32,000
Booth Hill Fathers Club · Trumbull, CT · 2024
Discretionary grant, major grant
$32,000
New Haven Reads Community Book Bank · New Haven, CT · 2023
Major grant
$30,300
Asociacion Anidan Ayuda Ninos De Africa · 2022
Discretionary and major grant
$30,000
Detroit Achievement Academy Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2025
Major grant
$30,000
Medicos Sin Fronteras Espana · 2023
Major grant
$30,000
Medicos Sin Fronteras Espana · 2022
Major grant
$26,667
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2022
Major grant
$25,000
Amandla · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Major grant
$25,000
Blood Cancer United · Washington, DC · 2025
Major grant
$25,000
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center · Seattle, WA · 2025
Major grant
$25,000
League To Save Lake Tahoe · South Lake Tahoe, CA · 2025
Major grant
$25,000
Stxbp1 Foundation · Holly Springs, NC · 2025
Major grant
$25,000
Waterside School · Stamford, CT · 2025
Major grant
$25,000
Building One Community · Stamford, CT · 2024
Major grant
$25,000
League To Save Lake Tahoe · South Lake Tahoe, CA · 2024
Major grant
$25,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2024
Major grant
$25,000
Waterside School · Stamford, CT · 2024
Major grant
$25,000
Building One Community · Stamford, CT · 2023
Major grant
$25,000
League To Save Lake Tahoe · South Lake Tahoe, CA · 2023
Major grant
$25,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2023
Major grant
$25,000
Waterside School · Stamford, CT · 2023
Major grant
$25,000
Building One Community · Stamford, CT · 2022
Major grant
$25,000
Waterside School · Stamford, CT · 2022
Major grant
$23,000
Humble Design · Southfield, MI · 2025
Major grant
$22,000
Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Major grant, discretionary grant
$21,667
The Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Major grant
$21,000
Equality Now · New York, NY · 2023
Major grant, discretionary grant
$21,000
Trampled Rose · Florence, CO · 2023
Major grant, discretionary grant
$20,100
Unc Health Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
Major grant, matching grant
$20,000
Alive · Alexandria, VA · 2025
Major grant
$20,000
Arlington Free Clinic · Arlington, VA · 2025
Major grant
$20,000
Boys & Girls Club of Durham and Orange Counties · Durham, NC · 2025
Major grant
$20,000
Building One Community · Stamford, CT · 2025
Major grant
$20,000
Catholic Charities Diocese of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2025
Major grant
$20,000
Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2025
Major grant
$20,000
New Jersey Tutoring Corps · Newark, NJ · 2025
Major grant
$20,000
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation · Newtown, CT · 2025
Major grant
$20,000
Save the Sound · New Haven, CT · 2025
Major grant
$20,000
The Clear Fund Dba Givewell · Oakland, CA · 2025
Major grant
$20,000
The Nature Conservancy North Carolina Chapter · Durham, NC · 2025
Major grant
$20,000
Youth Villages · Nashville, TN · 2025
Major grant
$20,000
Amandla · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Major grant
$20,000
Arlington Free Clinic · Arlington, VA · 2024
Major grant
$20,000
Detroit Achievement Academy Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024
Major grant
$20,000
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center · Seattle, WA · 2024
Major grant
$20,000
Grace Farms Foundation · New Canaan, CT · 2024
Major grant
$20,000
Inter-Faith Council for Social Service · Carrboro, NC · 2024
Major grant
$20,000
New Jersey Tutoring Corps · Monroe Township, NJ · 2024
Major grant
$20,000
The Clear Fund Dba Givewell · Oakland, CA · 2024
Major grant
$20,000
Volunteer Alexandria · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Major grant
$20,000
Youth Villages · Nashville, TN · 2024
Major grant
$20,000
Asociacion Anidan Ayuda Ninos De Africa · 2023
Major grant
$20,000
Durham Literacy Center · Durham, NC · 2023
Major grant
$20,000
Inter-Faith Council for Social Service · Carrboro, NC · 2023
Major grant
$20,000
Miraclefeet · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Major grant
$19,500
Humble Design · Pontiac, MI · 2023
Major grant, discretionary grant
$17,500
Clarksville Area Urban Ministries · Clarksville, TN · 2024
Major grant
$17,500
Durham Literacy Center · Durham, NC · 2024
Major grant
$17,500
El Centro Hispano · Durham, NC · 2024
Major grant
$17,500
Unc Health Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Major grant
$17,500
Yaipak Outreach · Clarskville, TN · 2024
Major grant
$17,000
El Centro Hispano · Durham, NC · 2023
Major grant
$17,000
Potomac Riverkeeper · Washington, DC · 2023
Major grant, matching grant
$16,666
Chatham Outreach Alliance · Pittsboro, NC · 2022
Major grant
$16,000
Volunteer Alexandria · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Major grant
$16,000
Ctc Ten Foundation · Penn Valley, PA · 2022
Major grant
$16,000
Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2022
Major grant
$16,000
University of Pennsylvania Orphan Disease Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Major grant
$15,500
Chatham Outreach Alliance - Cora · Pittsboro, NC · 2025
Major grant, discretionary grant, matching grant
$15,200
Orange County Rape Crisis Center · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
Major grant, matching grant
$15,150
El Centro Hispano · Durham, NC · 2025
Major grant, matching grant
$15,000
Arlington Food Assistance Center (Afac) · Arlington, VA · 2025
Major grant
$15,000
Birth Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2025
Major grant
$15,000
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington · Arlington, VA · 2025
Major grant
$15,000
Clarksville Area Urban Ministries · Clarksville, TN · 2025
Major grant
$15,000
Dc Firefighters Burn Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Major grant
$15,000
Emancipate Nc · Durham, NC · 2025
Major grant
$15,000
Inter-Faith Council for Social Service · Carrboro, NC · 2025
Major grant
$15,000
Miraclefeet · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
Major grant
$15,000
Oak City Cares · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Major grant
$15,000
Safechild · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Major grant
$15,000
Yaipak Outreach · Clarskville, TN · 2025
Major grant
$15,000
Arlington Food Assistance Center (Afac) · Arlington, VA · 2024
Major grant
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Durham and Orange Counties · Durham, NC · 2024
Major grant
$15,000
Catholic Charities of Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024
Major grant

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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.