Funding search · EIN 206611238 · Seattle, WA

The Karas Family Foundation

Name: The Karas 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.

55
grants reported: $73,268
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $1,000
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

education child environment hunger medical services welfare health

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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.

Duke University2 grants · $10,000
Sound Experience2 grants · $7,238
World Central Kitchen1 grant · $3,500
Seattle Academy1 grant · $3,450
Essex County Greenbelt Association1 grant · $3,420
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center2 grants · $3,000
World Kitchen2 grants · $3,000
Uvm Foundation1 grant · $2,500
University of Vermont1 grant · $2,500
Weld Seattle1 grant · $2,052

Giving over time

$25,371

2022

$28,099

2023

$19,798

2024

Grant history

All 55 reported grants, largest first.

$5,220
Sound Experience · Memphis, TN · 2023
Educationnon violence
$5,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
Educationeducation
$5,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
Educationeducation
$3,500
World Central Kitchen · Harvard, MA · 2024
Hunger
$3,450
Seattle Academy · Seattle, WA · 2022
Education
$3,420
Essex County Greenbelt Association · Essex, MA · 2023
Environment
$2,500
University of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2023
Education
$2,500
Uvm Foundation · Burlington, VT · 2022
Education
$2,052
Weld Seattle · Harvard, MA · 2024
Housingeducation
$2,035
McF Sound Experience · Harvard, MA · 2024
Education
$2,018
Sound Experience · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educationnon violence
$2,000
Friends of the Children Boston · Harvard, MA · 2024
Child welfare
$2,000
Clean Air Task Force · Harvard, MA · 2023
Environment
$2,000
World Kitchen · Harvard, MA · 2022
Hunger
$1,500
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center · Seattle, WA · 2023
Medical research
$1,500
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center · Seattle, WA · 2022
Medical research
$1,050
Northwest Film Forum · Seattle, WA · 2024
Education
$1,046
Unicef · Harvard, MA · 2024
Child services
$1,040
Environmental Defense Fund · Harvard, MA · 2022
Environment
$1,021
Greater Hope · Harvard, MA · 2024
Child welfare
$1,000
Aspca · Harvard, MA · 2024
Animal welfare
$1,000
Globe Santa · Harvard, MA · 2024
Child services
$1,000
Karas Family Scholarship Fund (Recpient Kennedy Dylewicz) · Harvard, MA · 2024
Education
$1,000
National Marine Life Center · Harvard, MA · 2024
Environment
$1,000
Rave Foundation · Harvard, MA · 2024
Child welfare
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · Harvard, MA · 2023
Education
$1,000
Faresrtart · Harvard, MA · 2023
Hunger
$1,000
If Project · Harvard, MA · 2023
Rehabilitation of incarcerated adults
$1,000
Karas Family Scholarship Fund (Recpient Vera Tafara) · Harvard, MA · 2023
Education
$1,000
Shelterbox · Harvard, MA · 2023
Disaster relief
$1,000
World Kitchen · Harvard, MA · 2023
Hunger
$1,000
Camp Sunshine · Harvard, MA · 2022
Education
$1,000
Globe Santa Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
Children
$1,000
Karas Family Scholarship Fund (Recpient Ryan McNulty) · Harvard, MA · 2022
Education
$1,000
Phillips Brooks School · Harvard, MA · 2022
Educationpoverty
$1,000
Shelterbox · Harvard, MA · 2022
Disaster relief
$1,000
Worcester City Food · Harvard, MA · 2022
Hunger
$829
Surfrider Foundation · Harvard, MA · 2024
Environment
$622
Surfrider Foundation · Harvard, MA · 2023
Environmentpoverty
$515
Play Ball Foundation · Concord, MA · 2023
Child services
$500
Great Dog Rescue · Harvard, MA · 2024
Animal welfare
$500
Ssp Virginia Thurston · Concord, MA · 2024
Medical support
$500
Great Dog Rescue New England · Andover, MA · 2022
Animals
$500
Virginia Thurston Healing Garden · Harvard, MA · 2022
Medical
$351
Holt International Children'S Services · Harvard, MA · 2023
Child services
$351
Holt International Children'S Services · Harvard, MA · 2022
Child services
$271
International Federationof Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies · Harvard, MA · 2023
Disaster relief
$265
National Multiple Schlerosis · Harvard, MA · 2024
Medical research
$262
Gfm · Harvard, MA · 2022
Health
$250
Metapay for Good · Harvard, MA · 2023
Children
$250
Pan Mass Challenge · Harvard, MA · 2023
Health
$200
Help Mike · Seattle, WA · 2022
Health
$100
Child Haven · Harvard, MA · 2023
Education
$100
Gfm · Harvard, MA · 2023
Health
$50
One Love Animal Rescue · Harvard, MA · 2022
Animals

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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.