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The Karen Katen Foundation

Name: The Karen Katen 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.

260
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $850
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

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

University of Chicago4 grants · $900,000
Cleveland Clinic Indian River2 grants · $161,400
Ccirf(Indian River Hospital)2 grants · $158,200
McKee Botanical Gardens4 grants · $100,000
Connecticut River Museum4 grants · $100,000
Ny Botanical Garden Center4 grants · $80,000
Middlesex Health Philanthropy4 grants · $55,000
Simpson College4 grants · $42,000
Alzheimers Assn4 grants · $40,000
Rand Corporation2 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$673,150

2022

$578,050

2023

$324,800

2024

$368,050

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 260 grants.

$400,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
unrestrictedgraant
$400,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
unrestrictedgraant
$95,000
Ccirf(Indian River Hospital) · Vero Beach, FL · 2022
unrestrictedgrant
$88,200
Cleveland Clinic Indian River · Vero Beach, FL · 2024
unrestrictedgrant
$73,200
Cleveland Clinic Indian River · Vero Beach, FL · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$63,200
Ccirf(Indian River Hospital) · Vero Beach, FL · 2023
unrestrictedgrant
$50,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
unrestrictedgraant
$50,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
unrestrictedgraant
$30,000
Simpson College · New London, CT · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$30,000
Ny Botanical Garden Center · Bronx, NY · 2022
unrestictedgrant
$30,000
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
unrestrictedgrant
$25,000
Alzheimers Assn · Chicago, IL · 2025
unrestricted grant
$25,000
Connecticut River Museum · Essex, CT · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$25,000
McKee Botanical Gardens · Vero Beach, FL · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$25,000
Middlesex Health Philanthropy · Middlesex, CT · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$25,000
Ny Botanical Garden Center · Bronx, NY · 2025
unrestictedgrant
$25,000
Connecticut River Museum · Essex, CT · 2024
unrestrictedgrant
$25,000
McKee Botanical Gardens · Vero Beach, FL · 2024
unrestrictedgrant
$25,000
Ny Botanical Garden Center · Bronx, NY · 2024
unrestictedgrant
$25,000
Connecticut River Museum · Essex, CT · 2023
unrestrictedgrant
$25,000
McKee Botanical Gardens · Vero Beach, FL · 2023
unrestrictedgrant
$25,000
Connecticut River Museum · Essex, CT · 2022
unrestrictedgrant
$25,000
McKee Botanical Gardens · Vero Beach, FL · 2022
unrestrictedgrant
$10,000
Comm Fdtn of Eastern Ct · New London, CT · 2024
unrestrictedgrant
$10,000
Help Me See · New York, NY · 2024
unrestricted Grant
$10,000
Middlesex Health Philanthropy · Middlesex, CT · 2024
unrestrictedgrant
$10,000
Middlesex Health Philanthropy · Middlesex, CT · 2023
unrestrictedgrant
$10,000
Middlesex Health Philanthropy · Middlesex, CT · 2022
unrestrictedgrant
$7,500
Alzheimers Assn · Chicago, IL · 2024
unrestricted grant
$7,000
Miss Stacie'S Foundation · Centerbrook, CT · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$7,000
Miss Stacie'S Foundation · Centerbrook, CT · 2024
unrestrictedgrant
$6,300
Youth Guidance · Chicago, IL · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$5,500
Visiting Nurse of Lower Valley · Centerbrook, CT · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$5,000
Help Me See · New York, NY · 2025
unrestricted Grant
$5,000
Indian River Land Trust · Vero Beach, FL · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$5,000
Johns Island Community Service · Vero Beach, FL · 2025
unrestictedgrant
$5,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$5,000
Indian River Land Trust · Vero Beach, FL · 2024
unrestrictedgrant
$5,000
Johns Island Community Service · Vero Beach, FL · 2024
unrestictedgrant
$5,000
Alzheimers Assn · Chicago, IL · 2023
unrestricted grant
$5,000
Indian River Land Trust · Vero Beach, FL · 2023
unrestrictedgrant
$5,000
Help Me See · New York, NY · 2022
unrestricted Grant
$4,400
The Kate · Old Saybrook, CT · 2024
unrestricted grant
$4,100
Visiting Nurse of Lower Valley · Centerbrook, CT · 2024
unrestrictedgrant
$4,000
Simpson College · New London, CT · 2024
unrestrictedgrant
$4,000
Simpson College · New London, CT · 2023
unrestrictedgrant
$4,000
Simpson College · New London, CT · 2022
unrestrictedgrant
$3,100
Visiting Nurse of Lower Valley · Centerbrook, CT · 2023
unrestrictedgrant
$3,000
Johns Island Foundation · Vero Beach, FL · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$3,000
Trickle Up · New York, NY · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$3,000
Trickle Up · New York, NY · 2024
unrestrictedgrant
$3,000
Indian River Habitat for Humanity · Vero Beach, FL · 2023
unrestrictedgrant
$3,000
Trickle Up · New York, NY · 2023
unrestrictedgrant
$3,000
Ivorytown Playhouose · Ivorytown, CT · 2022
unrestrictedgrant
$3,000
Trickle Up · New York, NY · 2022
unrestrictedgrant
$2,750
Indian River State College Fund · Fort Pierce, FL · 2022
unrestrictedgrant
$2,500
Covenant Shelter of New London · New London, CT · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$2,500
Environmental Learning Center · Bristol, CT · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$2,500
Florence Griswold Museum · Old Lyme, CT · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$2,500
Red Door Community · New York, NY · 2025
unrestricted grant
$2,500
Environmental Learning Center · Bristol, CT · 2024
unrestrictedgrant
$2,500
Johns Island Foundation · Vero Beach, FL · 2024
unrestrictedgrant
$2,500
Red Door Community · New York, NY · 2024
unrestricted grant
$2,500
Red Door Community · New York, NY · 2023
unrestricted grant
$2,500
Alzheimers Assn · Chicago, IL · 2022
unrestricted grant
$2,500
Indian River Habitat for Humanity · Vero Beach, FL · 2022
unrestrictedgrant
$2,500
Red Door Community · New York, NY · 2022
unrestricted grant
$2,000
Gifford Youth Center · Vero Beach, FL · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$2,000
Indian River Habitat for Humanity · Vero Beach, FL · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$2,000
Indian River State College · Fort Pierce, FL · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$2,000
One Love Learning · Atlanta, GA · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$2,000
Senior Resource Assn · Vero Beach, FL · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$2,000
St Judes Childrens Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$2,000
Susan Komen Annual Fund · Dallas, TX · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$2,000
The Learning Alliance · New York, NY · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$2,000
United Way of Indian River · Vero Beach, FL · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$2,000
Florence Griswold Museum · Old Lyme, CT · 2024
unrestrictedgrant
$2,000
Indian River Habitat for Humanity · Vero Beach, FL · 2024
unrestrictedgrant
$2,000
Indian River State College · Fort Pierce, FL · 2024
unrestrictedgrant
$2,000
Susan Komen Annual Fund · Dallas, TX · 2024
unrestrictedgrant
$2,000
The Learning Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
unrestrictedgrant
$2,000
United Way of Indian River · Vero Beach, FL · 2024
unrestrictedgrant
$2,000
Environmental Learning Center · Bristol, CT · 2023
unrestrictedgrant
$2,000
Johns Island Foundation · Vero Beach, FL · 2023
unrestrictedgrant
$2,000
Susan Komen Annual Fund · Dallas, TX · 2023
unrestrictedgrant
$2,000
Environmental Learning Center · Bristol, CT · 2022
unrestrictedgrant
$2,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2022
unrestrictedgrant
$2,000
Susan Komen Annual Fund · Dallas, TX · 2022
unrestrictedgrant
$1,500
Child and Family of Se Ct · New London, CT · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$1,500
Court Appt Special Advocate · New Haven, CT · 2025
unrestrictedgrant
$1,500
Child and Family of Se Ct · New London, CT · 2024
unrestrictedgrant
$1,500
Court Appt Special Advocate · New Haven, CT · 2024
unrestrictedgrant
$1,500
Comm Fdtn of Eastern Ct · New London, CT · 2023
unrestrictedgrant
$1,500
Court Appt Special Advocate · New Haven, CT · 2023
unrestrictedgrant
$1,500
Florence Griswold Museum · Old Lyme, CT · 2023
unrestrictedgrant
$1,500
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2023
unrestrictedgrant
$1,500
Casa of Orange County · Santa Ana, CA · 2022
unrestrictedgrant
$1,500
Child & Family Agency · New London, CT · 2022
unrestrictedgrant
$1,500
Florence Griswold Museum · Old Lyme, CT · 2022
unrestrictedgrant
$1,500
Johns Island Foundation · Vero Beach, FL · 2022
unrestrictedgrant

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