Funding search · EIN 200350673 · Fox Point, WI

The Karol Fund

Name: The Karol Fund grants, 2020–2025
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.

66
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2020–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2025. 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

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.

St Francis De Sales Seminary - Annual Appeal6 grants · $297,500
The Salesianum Trust1 grant · $250,000
Archdiocese of Milwaukee - Stewardship Appeal4 grants · $160,000
Seton Catholic Schools5 grants · $125,000
Archdiocese of Milwaukee - Love One Another Capital Campaign4 grants · $120,000
Divine Savior Holy Angels - Forward in Faith Capital Campaign4 grants · $80,000
St Francis Seminary1 grant · $60,000
Boston College - Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies2 grants · $50,000
Archdiocese of Milwaukee1 grant · $40,000
St Josephat Basilica Foundation5 grants · $25,000

Giving over time

$185,000

2020

$247,500

2022

$255,000

2023

$500,000

2024

$245,000

2025

Grant history

All 66 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
The Salesianum Trust · St Francis, WI · 2024
Annual support
$85,000
St Francis De Sales Seminary - Annual Appeal · St Francis, WI · 2024
Annual support
$60,000
St Francis Seminary · St Francis, WI · 2020
Annual support
$50,000
St Francis De Sales Seminary - Annual Appeal · St Francis, WI · 2025
Annual support
$50,000
St Francis De Sales Seminary - Annual Appeal · St Francis, WI · 2023
Annual support
$50,000
St Francis De Sales Seminary - Annual Appeal · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Annual support
$40,000
Archdiocese of Milwaukee - Stewardship Appeal · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Annual support
$40,000
Archdiocese of Milwaukee - Stewardship Appeal · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Annual support
$40,000
Archdiocese of Milwaukee - Stewardship Appeal · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Annual support
$40,000
Archdiocese of Milwaukee - Stewardship Appeal · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Annual support
$40,000
Archdiocese of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2020
Annual support
$35,000
St Francis De Sales Seminary - Annual Appeal · St Francis, WI · 2023
Annual support
$30,000
Archdiocese of Milwaukee - Love One Another Capital Campaign · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Annual support
$30,000
Archdiocese of Milwaukee - Love One Another Capital Campaign · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Annual support
$30,000
Archdiocese of Milwaukee - Love One Another Capital Campaign · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Annual support
$30,000
Archdiocese of Milwaukee - Love One Another Capital Campaign · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Annual support
$27,500
St Francis De Sales Seminary - Annual Appeal · St Francis, WI · 2023
Annual support
$25,000
Boston College - Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2025
Annual support
$25,000
Milwaukee Catholic Home · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Annual support
$25,000
Seton Catholic Schools · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Annual support
$25,000
Boston College - Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024
Annual support
$25,000
Seton Catholic Schools · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Annual support
$25,000
Seton Catholic Schools · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Annual support
$25,000
Seton Catholic Schools · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Annual support
$25,000
St Francis De Sales Seminary - Fr Luke Strand Installation · St Francis, WI · 2022
Annual support
$25,000
Milwaukee Public Library Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2020
Annual support
$25,000
Seton Catholic Schools · Milwaukee, WI · 2020
Annual support
$20,000
Divine Savior Holy Angels - Forward in Faith Capital Campaign · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Annual support
$20,000
Divine Savior Holy Angels - Forward in Faith Capital Campaign · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Annual support
$20,000
Divine Savior Holy Angels - Forward in Faith Capital Campaign · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Annual support
$20,000
Divine Savior Holy Angels - Forward in Faith Capital Campaign · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Annual support
$10,000
Archdiocese of Milwaukee - Catholic Schools Dinner · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Annual support
$10,000
Archdiocese of Milwaukee - 2024 Catholic Schools Dinner · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Annual support
$10,000
Ahava Productions · Oconomowoc, WI · 2022
Annual support
$10,000
Archdiocese of Milwaukee - 2022 Catholic Schools Dinner · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Annual support
$10,000
Archdiocese of Milwaukee - 2023 Catholic Schools Dinner · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Annual support
$10,000
St Monica Congregation · Whitefish Bay, WI · 2020
Annual support
$5,000
Greensburg Central Catholic School · Greensburg, PA · 2025
Annual support
$5,000
St Josephat Basilica Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Annual support
$5,000
Women'S Support Center of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Annual support
$5,000
Greensburg Central Catholic School · Greensburg, PA · 2024
Annual support
$5,000
St Josephat Basilica Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Annual support
$5,000
Women'S Support Center of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Annual support
$5,000
Young America Foundation · Reston, VA · 2024
Annual support
$5,000
St Josephat Basilica Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Annual support
$5,000
Women'S Support Center of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Annual support
$5,000
Dominican High School · Whitefish Bay, WI · 2022
Annual support
$5,000
Greensburg Central Catholic School · Greensburg, PA · 2022
Annual support
$5,000
St Josephat Basilica Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Annual support
$5,000
Women'S Support Center of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Annual support
$5,000
Greensburg Central Catholic School · Greensburg, PA · 2020
Annual support
$5,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2020
Annual support
$5,000
St Josephat Basilica Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2020
Annual support
$5,000
Women'S Support Center of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2020
Annual support
$2,500
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Annual support
$2,500
St Anthony School · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Annual support
$2,500
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Annual support
$2,500
St Francis of Assisi Parish · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Annual support
$2,500
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Annual support
$2,500
St Anthony School · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Annual support
$2,500
St Francis of Assisi Parish · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Annual support
$2,500
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Annual support
$2,500
St Anthony School · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Annual support
$2,500
St Francis of Assisi Parish · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Annual support
$2,500
St Anthony School · Milwaukee, WI · 2020
Annual support
$2,500
St Francis of Assisi Parish · Milwaukee, WI · 2020
Annual 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.