Funding search · EIN 271486201 · Bloomington, IN

Karis Foundation

Name: Karis 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.

54
grants reported: $542,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

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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.

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund1 grant · $150,000
Greater Yellowstone Coalition2 grants · $75,000
Greater Yellowstone Coalition1 grant · $40,000
Bicycles for Humanity2 grants · $31,000
Growing Gardens of Boulder County2 grants · $27,000
Middle Way House2 grants · $20,000
Wildlife Conservation Network2 grants · $18,000
Sun Valley Youth Center2 grants · $15,000
Bicycles for Humanity - Colorado1 grant · $15,000
Grand Canyon Trust2 grants · $12,500

Giving over time

$121,000

2022

$126,000

2023

$142,000

2024

$153,000

2025

Grant history

All 54 reported grants, largest first.

$150,000
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General
$40,000
Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General
$40,000
Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General support for organization's charitable purposes.
$35,000
Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General
$16,000
Bicycles for Humanity · Denver, CO · 2024
General
$15,000
Growing Gardens of Boulder County · Boulder, CO · 2024
General
$15,000
Bicycles for Humanity · Denver, CO · 2023
General
$15,000
Bicycles for Humanity - Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
General support for organization's charitable purposes.
$12,000
Growing Gardens of Boulder County · Boulder, CO · 2023
General
$12,000
Growing Gardens of Boulder County · Boulder, CO · 2022
General support for organization's charitable purposes.
$10,000
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$10,000
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2024
General
$10,000
Middle Way House · Bloomington, IN · 2024
General
$10,000
Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General
$10,000
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative · Golden, CO · 2023
General
$10,000
Middle Way House · Bloomington, IN · 2023
General
$10,000
Sun Valley Youth Center · Denver, CO · 2023
General
$10,000
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative · Golden, CO · 2022
General support for organization's charitable purposes.
$10,000
Sun Valley Youth Center · Denver, CO · 2022
General support for organization's charitable purposes.
$8,000
Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General
$7,000
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2022
General support for organization's charitable purposes.
$7,000
World Monuments Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General support for organization's charitable purposes.
$5,000
Sun Valley Youth Center · Denver, CO · 2024
General
$5,000
World Monuments Fund Rockefeller Center · New York, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Bears Ears Partnership · Bluff, UT · 2023
General
$5,000
Trees Water People · Ft Collins, CO · 2023
General
$5,000
World Monuments Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Bears Ears Partnership · Bluff, UT · 2022
General support for organization's charitable purposes.
$5,000
Middle Way House · Bloomington, IN · 2022
General support for organization's charitable purposes.
$5,000
Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support for organization's charitable purposes.
$4,000
Monroe County United Ministries · Bloomington, IN · 2024
General
$3,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$3,000
Canopy Bloomington · Bloomington, IN · 2024
General
$3,000
Colorado Humanities · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024
General
$3,000
Engineers Without Borders Gt · Denver, CO · 2023
General
$2,500
Glenn Canyon Institute · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
General
$2,500
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023
General
$2,000
Bookgive · Denver, CO · 2024
General
$2,000
Habitat for Humanity International · Americus, GA · 2024
General
$1,000
Arkansas River Watershed Collaborative · Westcliffe, CO · 2024
General
$1,000
Denver Inner City Parish · Denver, CO · 2024
General
$1,000
High Country News · Paonia, CO · 2024
General
$1,000
Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust · Wood River, NE · 2024
General
$1,000
Remerg Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
General
$1,000
The Mayfly Project · Benton, AR · 2024
General
$1,000
The Storytellers Project · Aurora, CO · 2024
General
$1,000
Denver Inner City Parish · Denver, CO · 2023
General
$1,000
The Other Side Academy Denver · Denver, CO · 2023
General
$1,000
Western Landowners Alliance · Denver, CO · 2023
General
$1,000
Adventure Cycling Association · Missoula, MT · 2022
General support for organization's charitable purposes.
$1,000
Denver Inner City Parish · Denver, CO · 2022
General support for organization's charitable purposes.
$1,000
Food for Thought · Forestville, CA · 2022
General support for organization's charitable purposes.
$1,000
Glen Canyon Institute · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
General support for organization's charitable purposes.
$1,000
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2022
General support for organization's charitable purposes.

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