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Karsten Family Foundation

Name: Karsten Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

54
grants reported: $520,120
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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.

What they fund

public

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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.

Top recipients

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

The Brennan Center for Justice3 grants · $57,000
Public Wise3 grants · $50,000
Hias3 grants · $30,000
Rock the Vote2 grants · $30,000
Environmental Integrity Project2 grants · $30,000
J Street Education Fund2 grants · $30,000
International Rescue Committee2 grants · $20,000
T'Ruah2 grants · $20,000
Project Shema2 grants · $20,000
National Network of Abortion Funds3 grants · $16,045

Giving over time

$156,250

2022

$161,025

2023

$202,845

2024

Grant history

All 54 reported grants, largest first.

$25,000
Public Wise · New York, NY · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$22,000
The Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$20,000
The Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$15,000
Project Shema · New York, NY · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$15,000
Rock the Vote · Washington, DC · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$15,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$15,000
Environmental Integrity Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$15,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$15,000
International Rescue Committee · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$15,000
J Street Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$15,000
Jewish National Fund · Van Nuys, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$15,000
Public Wise · New York, NY · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$15,000
Environmental Integrity Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$15,000
J Street Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$15,000
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$15,000
Rock the Vote · Washington, DC · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$15,000
The Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$12,500
Down Home North Carolina · Burlington, NC · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
Democracy North Carolina · Morrisville, NC · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
Forward Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
Mi Familia Vota · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
Michigan Voices · Detroit, MI · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
Montana Women Vote · Missoula, MT · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
Public Wise · New York, NY · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
Somos Siembra Nc · Greensboro, NC · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
Spread the Vote · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
T'Ruah · New York, NY · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
Voter Participation Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
T'Ruah · New York, NY · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
Movement Voter Project · Northamptonm, MA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$10,000
Voter Participation Project Education Fund · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$7,500
For the Next Generation Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$6,500
Ride Share 2 Vote · Dallas, TX · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Fighting Online Antisemitism · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Project Shema · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
International Rescue Committee · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Mercy Corps · Washington, DC · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$5,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$2,500
The Als Association Golden West Chapter · Woodland Hills, CA · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$2,500
The Brigid Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$2,500
Whole Woman'S Health Alliance · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$1,250
Aprodeca · Yonkers, NY · 2022
Public support of organization mission
$1,000
Aprodeca · Yonkers, NY · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$575
Everyorg · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$525
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2023
Public support of organization mission
$520
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2024
Public support of organization mission
$250
Academy for Jewish Religion Ca · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Public support of organization mission

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