Karin Larson Charitable Trust
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so an organisation without an invitation should not send it a request.
- Its filing shows that all of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had funded before, so this is a relationship-led funder and a cold approach is unlikely to succeed.
- Its typical grants fall between $430,000 and $820,000, with a median of about $730,000, so any request would need to be sized to that scale rather than kept modest.
- The filing shows grants mainly in Minnesota, California and New Jersey, but states no geographic focus, so these are patterns of past giving rather than a rule on who may apply.
- The filing names no charitable field as a priority and describes no public route or timing for seeking support.
Overview
Karin Larson Charitable Trust is a US private foundation administered by its trustee, Capital Bank Trust, in Reno, NV.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 13 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings describe its grants as general support and record support for a small group of organisations: a cultural institute, a church, a rescue mission, a ministry and a regional organisation. The recipients are located in Minnesota, California and New Jersey, with Minnesota and California accounting for the largest shares of recorded giving. The trust contributes only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests. The filings do not set out further eligibility conditions or describe a public route for organisations to seek support, and they name no particular charitable field as a priority.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Minnesota, California and New Jersey.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 100% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 15 grants to organisations were about $730,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 20% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 100% of grant dollars went to organisations Karin Larson Charitable Trust had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 5 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $816k (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- American Swedish Institute · General support$815,8002025 tax year
- Malibu Pacific Church · General support$815,8002025 tax year
- Converge North Central · General support$815,8002025 tax year
- Union Rescue Mission · General support$815,8002025 tax year
- Urban Promise Ministries · General support$815,8002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
Administered by its trustee, Capital Bank Trust.
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $2,488,205 | $2,172,940 | $80,157,629 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $3,981,947 | $3,647,890 | $86,889,829 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $4,443,861 | $4,079,000 | $96,458,954 | Filing for 2025 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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- Reno, NV (office of its trustee, Capital Bank Trust)
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- Reno, NV (office of its trustee, Capital Bank Trust)