Funding search · EIN 137147287 · Beverly Hills, CA

The Karsh Family Foundation

Name: The Karsh Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

297
grants reported: $116.7M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

University of Virginia2 grants · $15.3M
Kipp Foundation4 grants · $11.0M
University of Virginia - Karsh Institute of Democracy2 grants · $10.6M
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center4 grants · $10.0M
University of Virginia Law School Foundation2 grants · $6.8M
The Howard University2 grants · $6.5M
United Negro College Fund2 grants · $4.0M
Carol Kimmelman Athletic and Academic Campus2 grants · $3.0M
Spelman College3 grants · $3.0M
Charter School Growth Fund3 grants · $3.0M

Giving over time

$36.6M

2021

$28.7M

2022

$34.2M

2023

$17.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 297 grants.

$10.0M
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2021
Education
$5.3M
University of Virginia - Karsh Institute of Democracy · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Education
$5.3M
University of Virginia - Karsh Institute of Democracy · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Education
$5.3M
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Education
$5.0M
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Health
$5.0M
Kipp Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Education
$5.0M
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Health
$3.4M
University of Virginia Law School Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Education
$3.4M
University of Virginia Law School Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2021
Education
$3.3M
The Howard University · Washington, DC · 2021
Education
$3.3M
The Howard University · Washington, DC · 2022
Education
$2.5M
American Jewish Committee - Facts for Peace · New York, NY · 2024
Philanthropic activity
$2.5M
Kipp Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Education
$2.5M
Kipp Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Education
$2.0M
Howard University (Grace Grant Endowment Fund) · Washington, DC · 2023
Education
$2.0M
Jewish Federation - Israel Crisis Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Philanthropic activity
$2.0M
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Education
$2.0M
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Education
$2.0M
Carol Kimmelman Athletic and Academic Campus · Summit, NJ · 2021
Philanthropic activity
$2.0M
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Education
$1.5M
Teach for America (La & National) · New York, NY · 2024
Education
$1.5M
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2023
Education
$1.5M
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2022
Education
$1.5M
Wilshire Boulevard Temple · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Philanthropic activity
$1.4M
Uva Law School Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Education
$1.3M
Kipp Socal Public Schools · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Education
$1.3M
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2023
Education
$1.3M
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2021
Education
$1.0M
Wilshire Blvd Temple · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Philanthropic activity
$1.0M
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Philanthropic activity
$1.0M
Spelman College - Karsh Kipp Ii Scholarship Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Education
$1.0M
Charter School Growth Fund · Broomfield, CO · 2023
Education
$1.0M
Eatlearnplay Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Philanthropic activity
$1.0M
Friends of Israel Defense Forces (Fidf) · New York, NY · 2023
Philanthropic activity
$1.0M
Jewish Federation - Israel Crisis Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Philanthropic activity
$1.0M
Skirball Cultural Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Arts
$1.0M
Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Education
$1.0M
Wilshire Blvd Temple - Karsh Social Service Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Philanthropic activity
$1.0M
Carol Kimmelman Athletic and Academic Campus · Summit, NJ · 2022
Philanthropic activity
$1.0M
Charter School Growth Fund · Broomfield, CO · 2022
Education
$1.0M
Skirball Cultural Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Arts
$1.0M
Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Education
$1.0M
Charter School Growth Fund · Broomfield, CO · 2021
Education
$1.0M
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Philanthropic activity
$1.0M
Kipp Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Education
$1.0M
Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Education
$500,000
Headcount · New York, NY · 2024
Philanthropic activity
$500,000
Step Up Tutoring · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Education
$500,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Education
$500,000
Wilshire Blvd Temple - University Campus · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Philanthropic activity
$500,000
Eat Learn Play Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2021
Philanthropic activity
$500,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2021
National museum of african american history and culture
$500,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Education
$450,000
Stephen S Wise Temple · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Philanthropic activity
$400,000
Stephen Wise Temple · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Philanthropic activity
$400,000
Stephen S Wise Temple · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Philanthropic activity
$285,000
Kipp Socal Public Schools · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$250,000
Jewish Federation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Philanthropic activity
$250,000
New York Consolidated Inc (Center for Art Research and Alliances Inc) · New York, NY · 2024
Arts
$250,000
Sitka Sound Science Center · Sitka, AK · 2024
Philanthropic activity
$250,000
Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2024
Arts
$250,000
Kipp Socal Public Schools Rosenfield Match · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$250,000
New York Consolidated (Center for Art Research and Alliances Inc) · New York, NY · 2023
Arts
$250,000
Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2023
Arts
$250,000
Vet Voice Foundation · Portland, OR · 2023
Philanthropic activity
$250,000
Wilshire Blvd Temple - Temple Security Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Philanthropic activity
$250,000
New York Consolidated · New York, NY · 2022
Arts
$250,000
Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2022
Arts
$250,000
New York Consolidated · New York, NY · 2021
Arts
$250,000
Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2021
Arts
$200,300
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Arts
$200,000
Education Reform Now · New York, NY · 2024
Education
$200,000
Education Reform Now · New York, NY · 2022
Education
$200,000
Education Reform Now · New York, NY · 2021
Education
$150,000
Civic Nation · Washington, DC · 2023
Philanthropic activity
$150,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Philanthropic activity
$125,000
Civic Nation · Washington, DC · 2023
Philanthropic activity
$125,000
Civic Nation · Washington, DC · 2022
Philanthropic activity
$110,000
Eat Learn Play Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Philanthropic activity
$100,000
Advocates for Children of New York · New York, NY · 2024
Philanthropic activity
$100,000
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · Washington, DC · 2024
Philanthropic activity
$100,000
Duke University Trinity College Annual Fund · Durham, NC · 2024
Education
$100,000
Eat Learn Play Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Philanthropic activity
$100,000
Teach for America (National) · New York, NY · 2024
Education
$100,000
Duke University Trinity College Annual Fund · Durham, NC · 2023
Education
$100,000
Eatlearnplay Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Philanthropic activity
$100,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
Education
$100,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2021
Education
$100,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2021
Health
$83,590
Duke University - Alumni Association · Durham, NC · 2024
Education
$77,684
The Milken Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Education
$60,000
John Thomas Dye School · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Education
$50,000
Child Mind Institute · San Mateo, CA · 2024
Philanthropic activity
$50,000
Human Rights First · New York, NY · 2024
Philanthropic activity
$50,000
Salvation Army (Strawberry Fields) · Rancho Palos Verdes, CA · 2024
Philanthropic activity
$50,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2023
Education
$50,000
University of Virginia - Alumni Association · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Education
$50,000
Human Rights First · New York, NY · 2021
Philanthropic activity
$50,000
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Health
$50,000
Voto Latino · Washington, DC · 2021
Philanthropic activity

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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.