Funding search · EIN 844036992 · Fort Worth, TX
Karsten Family Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 39
- grants reported
- $144,152
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $2,500
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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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Grant history
All 39 reported grants, largest first.
- $30,000
University of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
To provide aid to student(s).
- $11,580
Communities Foundation of Texas · Dallas, TX · 2022
To stimulate creative solutions to key challenegd in the community, and improve lives throght commitment to lasting impacts.
- $7,500
Justins Place · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Provides assistance with technology and resources to help access to job and educational opportunities to help single mothers build resumes, apply for jobs and schedule interviews.
- $7,049
Amazon Smile · Seattle, WA · 2024
Supporting communitites globally.
- $7,000
Princess Promise · McKinney, TX · 2022
Ministries resources
- $6,000
The Net Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
To fight and prevent sex trafficking, and support survivors.
- $6,000
The Net Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
To fight and prevent sex trafficking, and support surviors.
- $6,000
Hope International · Lancaster, PA · 2022
To fight global poverty
- $6,000
The Net Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
To fight and prevent sex trafficking, and support surviors.
- $5,550
Cy - Hope · Cypress, TX · 2023
To target and develop social skill and emotional development through therapy.
- $5,500
Rockport - Fulton Good Samaritans · Rockport, TX · 2023
Supports those in need and uplift their community. Through the good sams food pantry, services and volunteer efforts, they strive to make a lasting difference in the lives of local families.
- $5,188
Birdies for Charity · East Moline, IL · 2022
Contibute positively to the quality of life in the commuinity
- $5,053
Union Gospel Mission · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Contributions for the homeless
- $4,853
Cy - Hope · Cypress, TX · 2022
To target and develop social skill and emotional development through therapy.
- $3,500
Justins Place · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Provides assistance with technology and resources to help access to job and educational opportunities to help single mothers build resumes, apply for jobs and schedule interviews.
- $3,100
Mercy House Ministires · Colleyville, TX · 2022
To create a refuge that is dedicated to the emotional and spiritual support of the newly developing family.
- $3,000
Pathfinders · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Pathfinders provides self-sufficiency mentoring and financial coaching to help eliminate poverty and move families to economic stability.
- $2,963
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention · New York, NY · 2022
Advocates research and education around suicide and provide help when needed.
- $2,602
Cy - Hope · Cypress, TX · 2024
To target and develop social skill and emotional development through therapy.
- $2,500
Purmercy House Glo · Trevor, WI · 2024
Supports youth development and advocacy
- $2,500
Project Beloved · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Strives to educate, advocate and collaborate to change the conversation about sexual assault and empower survivors to find their voices.
- $1,425
Changing Tides Foundation · Encinitas, CA · 2022
To solve global challenges and create change by empowering women to protect the planet.
- $1,157
Amazon Smile · Seattle, WA · 2023
Supporting communitites globally.
- $1,133
Motivations Counseling · Sugar Land, TX · 2022
Dedication to emotional and spiritual growth.
- $1,100
Cwbba · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Supports beauty and barber professionals through education, networking, and business development
- $630
Union Gospel Mission · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Contributions for the homeless
- $600
Food for the Hungry · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Provides life-changing resources such as clean water, medical aid, food, equal educational opportunities to girls and boys, vocational training and empowerment in the midst of unimaginable hardships.
- $600
Global Fellowship Church · Richardson, TX · 2022
Empowering and educating and housing those around dfw.
- $550
Mercy House Ministires · Colleyville, TX · 2023
To create a refuge that is dedicated to the emotional and spiritual support of the newly developing family.
- $500
Birdies for Charity · East Moline, IL · 2024
Helps fund other nonprofits
- $500
Tmf · Austin, TX · 2024
Empowers churches and ministries in texas
- $500
Food for the Hungry · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Provides life-changing resources such as clean water, medical aid, food, equal educational opportunities to girls and boys, vocational training and empowerment in the midst of unimaginable hardships.
- $500
Hope International · Lancaster, PA · 2023
To fight global poverty
- $387
Amazon Smile · Seattle, WA · 2022
Supporting communitites globally.
- $350
Food for the Hungry · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Provides life-changing resources such as clean water, medical aid, food, equal educational opportunities to girls and boys, vocational training and empowerment in the midst of unimaginable hardships.
- $276
Changing Tides Foundation · Encinitas, CA · 2023
To solve global challenges and create change by empowering women to protect the planet.
- $256
Helping Hands · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Hhcss is a community-based behavioral health agency that strives to create and deliver compassionate solutions that empower, enrich, and elevate the community in which we serve.
- $150
Global Fellowship Church · Richardson, TX · 2023
Empowering and educating and housing those around dfw.
- $100
Aauw · Washington, DC · 2024
Advances gender equity for women and girls through research, education, and advocacy
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