Karlin Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- Karlin Family Foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests, so an organisation without an invitation should not send it a cold proposal.
- Its filings describe its recorded grants as general operating support, and recipients include community and healthcare charities, a rescue mission, international relief organisations, a missionary aviation organisation, a church and an animal-welfare foundation, so a general operating request matches how it has given.
- Half of its 21 grants to organisations were $45,000 or less, so a modest request is more likely to fit, though its typical grants run from $3,100 to $200,000 and its largest recorded grant was about $485,000, so that figure is not a ceiling.
- In the filing, 57% of grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in the two earlier filings, which suggests relationships matter a good deal.
- The filing shows grants mainly in California, Washington, Idaho, North Carolina and Virginia, but no geographic focus is stated, so those places describe past giving rather than a rule about who may apply.
Overview
Karlin Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Palm Desert, CA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings describe all recorded organisation grants as general operating support. Recipients include community and healthcare charities, a rescue mission, international relief organisations, a missionary aviation organisation, a church and an animal-welfare foundation. The giving record is spread across six states, with the largest share of recorded dollars going to California and further substantial support to Washington, Idaho and North Carolina. These are descriptions of past recipients and their locations, not stated funding priorities or eligibility rules; the filings provide no broader account of what kinds of work the foundation seeks to support.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in California, Washington, Idaho, North Carolina and Virginia.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 57% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 21 grants to organisations were $45,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 28% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 57% of grant dollars went to organisations Karlin Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 28% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 9 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $100k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- California Community · General operating$485,3882024 tax year
- Saint Johns Health Center Foundatio · General operating$250,0002024 tax year
- Union Rescue Mission · General operating$200,0002024 tax year
- World Vision · General operating$150,0002024 tax year
- Mission Aviation Fellowship · General operating$100,0002024 tax year
- Samaritans Purse · General operating$100,0002024 tax year
- Salvation Army · General operating$100,0002024 tax year
- Bel Air Church · General operating$75,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Robert Wilmeth JR — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $52,462 | $19,996 | $5,353,821 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $324,753 | $180,000 | $23,051,332 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,816,586 | $1,535,388 | $24,943,022 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
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.
Sources
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Contact
- Palm Desert, CA