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12 funders with a record of paying for “karl”
Where the money went
Lopker Family FoundationSanta Barbara, CA
5 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $750,000 to DON BOSCO TECH — karl lopker endowed merit scholarship fund, est 2018
Largest: $250,000 to SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION KARL AND ESTHER HOBLITZELLE FUND — toward a capital campaign for the brain research tower for the peter o'donnell jr. brain institute.
Largest: $102,391 to CITY OF WATERLOO — karl junginger memorial library support
Evelyn Kading Clark Trust Under WillSun Prairie, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $190,000 · through 2024Largest: $80,000 to KARL JUNGINGER MEMORIAL LIBRARY — all income from the trust goes to the karl junginger memorial library
Largest: $25,000 to KARL LYN — lyn, karl (massachusetts, amherst, u. of) "a new generation: the everyday political lives of black young adults in south central los angeles"
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2023Largest: $780,771 to ALICE E KARL AND ASSOCIATES INC — desert tortoise use of altered habitat study
Chs FoundationInver Grove Heights, MN
4 matching grants · $44,000 · through 2025Largest: $12,000 to KANSAS AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LEADERSHIP INC — karl program class xvii - year one
Largest: $59,900 to AGENT KARL NESTELBERGER — support for individuals in needsupport for individuals in needsupport and assistance for families
Largest: $38,500 to KARL A SPAHLINGER SCHOLARSHIP FUND — college sholarship funds
C K Blandin FoundationGrand Rapids, MN
3 matching grants · $8,350 · through 2024Largest: $3,050 to KALLIO KARL — scholarship - northwest technical college minnesota state colleges & universities
Largest: $46,650 to RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAT HEIDELBERG — excavation: koumasa (d.panagiotopoulos)
Largest: $500,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — to support the karl and martha kohn professorship of social policy.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →