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Funding search · EIN 116043764 · New York, NY

George C Karlson Foundation Xxx-Xx-Xxxx

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: $440,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $6,250
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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Top recipients

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Ymca Youth and Family Services4 grants · $90,000
Hoover Institution of Stanford University3 grants · $75,000
Wounded Warriors Project3 grants · $40,000
Semper Fi Fund3 grants · $40,000
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission4 grants · $35,000
Transition House4 grants · $30,000
Women'S Fund of Santa Barbara4 grants · $24,000
The Hun School of Princeton2 grants · $20,000
Lompoc Family Ymca4 grants · $20,000
Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$83,500

2022

$108,500

2023

$123,000

2024

$125,500

2025

Grant history

All 54 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
Ymca Youth and Family Services · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Hoover Institution of Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Hoover Institution of Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Hoover Institution of Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
Ymca Youth and Family Services · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General purposes
$20,000
Ymca Youth and Family Services · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Ymca Youth and Family Services · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General purposes
$15,000
Semper Fi Fund · Oceanside, CA · 2024
General purposes
$15,000
Wounded Warriors Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
General purposes
$15,000
Semper Fi Fund · Oceanside, CA · 2023
General purposes
$15,000
Wounded Warriors Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
General purposes
$13,500
Women'S Fund of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Friends of the Idf · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation · Tuckahoe, NY · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Semper Fi Fund · Oceanside, CA · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
The Hun School of Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Wounded Warriors Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation · Tuckahoe, NY · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
The Hun School of Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General purposes
$9,000
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General purposes
$9,000
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General purposes
$8,500
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General purposes
$8,500
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General purposes
$7,500
Transition House · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General purposes
$7,500
Transition House · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General purposes
$7,500
Transition House · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General purposes
$7,500
Transition House · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General purposes
$5,000
Lompoc Family Ymca · Lompoc, CA · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Dignity Moves · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Lompoc Family Ymca · Lompoc, CA · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Lompoc Family Ymca · Lompoc, CA · 2023
General purposes
$5,000
Lompoc Family Ymca · Lompoc, CA · 2022
General purposes
$3,500
Women'S Fund of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General purposes
$3,500
Women'S Fund of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General purposes
$3,500
Women'S Fund of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General purposes
$2,500
Channel Islands Ymca · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General purposes
$2,500
Channel Islands Ymca · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General purposes
$2,500
Channel Islands Ymca · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General purposes
$2,000
Carpinteria Children'S Project · Carpinteria, CA · 2025
General purposes
$2,000
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General purposes
$2,000
Carpinteria Children'S Project · Carpinteria, CA · 2024
General purposes
$2,000
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General purposes
$2,000
Carpinteria Children'S Project · Carpinteria, CA · 2023
General purposes
$2,000
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General purposes
$2,000
Carpinteria Children'S Project · Carpinteria, CA · 2022
General purposes
$2,000
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General purposes
$1,500
The Cecilia Fund · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General purposes
$1,500
The Cecilia Fund · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General purposes
$1,500
The Cecilia Fund · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General purposes
$1,500
The Cecilia Fund · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General purposes
$500
Montecito Trails Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General purposes
$500
Montecito Trails Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General purposes
$500
Montecito Trails Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General purposes
$500
Montecito Trails Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General purposes

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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.