Funding search · EIN 363779796 · Libertyville, IL

The Kara Foundation

Name: The Kara 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.

78
grants reported: $1.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $16,000
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

food pantry community asbestos cameras cord dental flir

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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.

Smiles4 grants · $205,000
St Charles Police Department2 grants · $150,000
Mobile Cares Chicago3 grants · $117,000
Lakeland School of Walworth County3 grants · $114,900
Lifeline Pilots4 grants · $112,500
Wayne Township Food Pantry4 grants · $80,000
Donka4 grants · $80,000
Town of Randall Volunteer Fire Department2 grants · $78,500
Westosha Senior Community3 grants · $76,500
Town of Burlington Volunteer Fire Department3 grants · $76,000

Giving over time

$377,000

2022

$379,400

2023

$406,000

2024

$424,000

2025

Grant history

All 78 reported grants, largest first.

$125,000
Smiles · Darien, WI · 2025
Operational support
$83,500
Lakeland School of Walworth County · Elkhorn, WI · 2024
Operational support
$75,000
St Charles Police Department · St Charles, IL · 2023
Operational support
$75,000
St Charles Police Department · St Charles, IL · 2022
Operational support
$65,000
3 Fires Council · St Charles, IL · 2025
Operational support
$60,000
Mobile Cares Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operational support
$50,000
Racine County Zoo · Racine, WI · 2025
Operational support
$50,000
Town of Randall Volunteer Fire Department · Burlington, WI · 2023
Operational support
$45,000
Town of Burlington Volunteer Fire Department · Burlington, WI · 2024
Operational support
$37,500
Lifeline Pilots · Peoria, IL · 2024
Operational support
$35,000
Smiles · Darien, WI · 2024
Operational support
$33,500
Westosha Senior Community · Birstol, WI · 2023
Operational support
$30,000
Lifeline Pilots · Peoria, IL · 2025
Operational support
$30,000
Mobile Cares Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operational support
$28,500
Town of Randall Volunteer Fire Department · Burlington, WI · 2022
Flir cameras
$27,000
Mobile Cares Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Refit mobile dental van
$26,500
Lakeland School of Walworth County · Elkhorn, WI · 2025
Operational support
$26,000
Westosha Senior Community · Birstol, WI · 2022
Asbestos floor removal & replacement
$25,000
Naperville Responds for Our Veterans · Naperville, IL · 2024
Operational support
$25,000
Donka · Wheaton, IL · 2023
Operational support
$25,000
Smiles · Darien, WI · 2023
Operational support
$25,000
Donka · Wheaton, IL · 2022
Operational support
$24,000
Lifeline Pilots · Peoria, IL · 2023
Operational support
$24,000
Town of Burlington Volunteer Fire Department · Burlington, WI · 2022
Operational support
$22,500
Burlington Senior Activity Center · Burlington, WI · 2024
Operational support
$22,000
Wetosha Senior Community Center · Bristol, WI · 2025
Operational support
$21,000
Lifeline Pilots · Peoria, IL · 2022
Community outreach
$20,000
Mobile Care Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Operational support
$20,000
Wayne Township Food Pantry · West Chicago, IL · 2025
Operational support
$20,000
Donka · Wheaton, IL · 2024
Operational support
$20,000
Wayne Township Food Pantry · West Chicago, IL · 2024
Operational support
$20,000
Givenkind · Buffalo Grove, IL · 2023
Operational support
$20,000
Naperville Responds for Our Veterans · Naperville, IL · 2023
Operational support
$20,000
United Spinal Association-Illinois Chapter · Palos Heights, IL · 2023
Operational support
$20,000
Wayne Township Food Pantry · West Chicago, IL · 2023
Operational support
$20,000
Naperville Responds for Our Veterans · Naperville, IL · 2022
Operational support
$20,000
Smiles · Darien, WI · 2022
Operational support
$20,000
Wayne Township Food Pantry · West Chicago, IL · 2022
Operational support
$17,000
Westosha Senior Community · Birstol, WI · 2024
Operational support
$15,000
York Township · Lombard, IL · 2025
Operational support
$15,000
United Spinal Association-Illinois Chapter · Palos Heights, IL · 2024
Operational support
$15,000
Southern Lakes Area Love · Burlington, WI · 2022
Social services and community assistance
$10,000
Donka · Wheaton, IL · 2025
Operational support
$10,000
Naperville Respons for Our Veterans · Naperville, IL · 2025
Operational support
$10,000
United Spinal Association · Palos Heights, IL · 2025
Operational support
$10,000
Youth & Family Counseling · Libertyville, IL · 2023
Operational support
$10,000
Lazarus House · St Charles, IL · 2022
Operational support
$10,000
Spinal Cord Injury Association of Illinois · Palos Heights, IL · 2022
Spinal cord injury assistance
$10,000
Youth & Family Counseling · Libertyville, IL · 2022
Operational support
$8,000
Givenkind · Buffalo Grove, IL · 2024
Operational support
$7,500
The Lincoln Memorial Shrine · Redlands, CA · 2024
Operational support
$7,000
Tri Cities Health Department · St Charles, IL · 2025
Operational support
$7,000
Town of Burlington Volunteer Fire Department · Burlington, WI · 2023
Operational support
$5,000
Lake Geneva Food Pantry · Lake Geneva, WI · 2024
Operational support
$5,000
Libertyville Township Food Pantry · Libertyville, IL · 2024
Operational support
$5,000
Lake Geneva Food Pantry · Lake Geneva, WI · 2023
Operational support
$5,000
Libertyville Township Food Pantry · Libertyville, IL · 2023
Operational support
$5,000
The Lincoln Memorial Shrine · Redlands, CA · 2023
Operational support
$5,000
Bloomingdale Township Food Pantry · Bloomingdale, IL · 2022
Food pantry support
$5,000
Elkhorn Food Pantry · Elkhorn, WI · 2022
Food pantry support
$5,000
Harvard Community Food Pantry · Harvard, IL · 2022
Food pantry support
$5,000
Haylofters Community Theatre · Burlington, WI · 2022
Operational support
$5,000
Lake Geneva Food Pantry · Lake Geneva, WI · 2022
Food pantry support
$5,000
Libertyville Township Food Pantry · Libertyville, IL · 2022
Operational support
$5,000
The Chapel Grayslake · Grayslake, IL · 2022
Food pantry support
$5,000
York Township Food Pantry · Lombard, IL · 2022
Food pantry support
$4,900
Lakeland School of Walworth County · Elkhorn, WI · 2023
Operational support
$4,000
The Lincoln Memorial Shrine · Redlands, CA · 2022
Operational support
$3,000
Burlingtom Senior Activity Center · Burlington, WI · 2025
Operational support
$3,000
Givenkind · Buffalo Grove, IL · 2025
Operational support
$1,500
Kexp · Seattle, WA · 2025
Operational support
$1,500
Cmta · Glenolden, PA · 2022
Operational support
$1,000
Bananas Foster · Savannah, GA · 2025
Operational support
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
Operational support
$1,000
Milwaukee Pbs · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operational support
$1,000
Mote Marine Laboratory · Sarasota, FL · 2025
Operational support
$1,000
Northern Il Fhnb · Antioch, IL · 2025
Operational support
$1,000
Tails Humane Society · Dekalb, IL · 2025
Operational support

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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.