The Carr Foundation

• The Carr Foundation operates by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so if you have not been approached you should not apply.
• Its geographic focus is the USA, and its themes include education, health, economic development, human rights, the arts and biodiversity conservation, so check your work matches these areas before considering an approach.
• Typical grants run from $3,000 to $175,000, with a median of $20,000, so a modest request in that range is realistic, though a small number of grants have been much larger.
• Giving looks strongly relationship-led, with 96% of its grant dollars going to organisations it had also funded the previous year, suggesting it sustains long-term partners rather than opening itself to a wide pool of applicants.
• Beyond this, the foundation only says that preselected organisations obtain a formal submission package, so there is nothing here about how or when an uninvited organisation might initiate contact.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Gorongosa Project · To protect and restore the ecosystem of gorgongosa national park and to
  $5,475,6332023 tax year
• Museum of Idaho · Exempt purposes
  $185,0002023 tax year
• Standford University · Exempt purposes
  $150,0002023 tax year
• President and Fellows of Harvard College · Exempt purposes
  $150,0002023 tax year
• Boise State University · Exempt purposes
  $125,0002023 tax year
• Trustees of Princeton University · Exempt purposes
  $100,0002023 tax year
• Sun Valley Writers' Conference · Exempt purposes
  $57,4692023 tax year
• Funcacao Joaquim Chissano · Exempt purposes
  $50,0002023 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.