Funding search · EIN 046074427 · South Boston, MA

Elia & Fannie Karas Foundation

Name: Elia & Fannie Karas Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

50
grants reported: $712,298
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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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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.

Crohn & Colitis Foundation3 grants · $210,000
Boston Latin School Association1 grant · $179,498
Beth Israel1 grant · $50,000
Friends of Children2 grants · $46,900
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy4 grants · $40,000
Friends of the Children2 grants · $40,000
Shirat Hayam4 grants · $38,025
Ogunquit Playhouse Foundation4 grants · $22,000
Kellie Kennedy Golf Classic3 grants · $11,000
Dana Farber1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$102,900

2021

$133,225

2022

$297,948

2023

$178,225

2024

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

$179,498
Boston Latin School Association · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$105,000
Crohn & Colitis Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable contribution
$55,000
Crohn & Colitis Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Crohn & Colitis Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Beth Israel · Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable contribution
$25,000
Friends of Children · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable contribution
$21,900
Friends of Children · Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable contribution
$20,000
Friends of the Children · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$20,000
Friends of the Children · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$15,500
Shirat Hayam · Swampscott, MA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$10,725
Shirat Hayam · Swampscott, MA · 2022
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Shirat Hayam · Swampscott, MA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Dana Farber · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Hebrew Senior Life · Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy · Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable contribution
$7,000
Ogunquit Playhouse Foundation · Ogunquit, ME · 2021
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Italian Heritage Month Committee of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Kellie Kennedy Golf Classic · East Haven, CT · 2024
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Ogunquit Playhouse Foundation · Ogunquit, ME · 2024
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Brigham & Womens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Ogunquit Playhouse Foundation · Ogunquit, ME · 2023
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Lappin Foundation · Beverly, MA · 2022
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Ogunquit Playhouse Foundation · Ogunquit, ME · 2022
Charitable contribution
$5,000
The Miryam Institute · Great Neck, NY · 2022
Charitable contribution
$3,500
Kellie Kennedy Golf Classic · East Haven, CT · 2023
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Purpura Family Foundation · Marlborough, MA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$2,500
Brigham & Womens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$2,500
Jcc of the North Shore · Marblehead, MA · 2022
Charitable contribution
$2,500
Kellie Kennedy Golf Classic · East Haven, CT · 2022
Charitable contribution
$2,400
Temple Israel of Sharon · Sharon, MA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$2,200
Temple Israel of Sharon · Sharon, MA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Friends of the High Line · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Purpura Family Foundation · Marlborough, MA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$1,825
Jcc of the North Shore · Marblehead, MA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$1,800
Shirat Hayam · Swampscott, MA · 2021
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Jcc of the North Shore · Marblehead, MA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Friends of the High Line · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable contribution
$1,250
Hale Education · Westwood, MA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$1,200
Jewish Big Brother Big Sister · Waltham, MA · 2021
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Marr Charitable Foundation · South Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$1,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable contribution
$1,000
First Generation Investors · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Jewish Big Brother Big Sister · Waltham, MA · 2022
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Marr Charitable Foundation · South Boston, MA · 2021
Charitable contribution
$500
The Pink Agenda · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable contribution
$500
The Simpson Cup · Orlando, FL · 2023
Charitable contribution

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