Kara Love Project
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 82-7105668. Reported 48 grants totalling $362,688 to 34 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Kara Love Project did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $28,600. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Jewish Federation of North America | New York, NY | $42,900 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Venice Arts | Venice, CA | $42,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project Angel Food | Los Angeles, CA | $40,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kehillat Israel | Pacific Palisades, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Archer School for Girls | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Gentle Barn Foundation | Santa Clarita, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Village School | Eugene, OR | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Radha and Govindas LLC | Pacific Palisades, CA | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts | Beverly Hills, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unatti Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Manifestworks | Los Angeles, CA | $10,680 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Accountability Board Inc | Wakefield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Gentle Barn | Santa Clarita, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Humane Society of the United States | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Ramana's Garden Inc | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Jewish Grad Organization | Beverly Hills, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| At the Well Project | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Communal Fund | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Our Big Kitchen | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Giving Bank Fund | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hanuman Maui | Paia, HI | $2,008 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Crayon Collection | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Helpusadoptorg | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Brentwood | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childrens Hospital La | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Systems Inc | Plymouth, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Concern Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Insight Meditation Society | Barre, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Liberty Sanctuary | Heber City, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Skirball Cultural Center | Los Angeles, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
12 of 34 (35%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 40%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Project Angel Food
SUPPORT OF MEDICALLY TAILORED MEALS TO LA RESIDENTS - The Jewish Federation of North America
SUPPORT OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICES - The Archer School for Girls
SUPPORT OF ENVIROMENT SPECIFIC EDUCATION FOR GIRLS. - Venice Arts
SUPPORT OF THE MEDIA ARTS CAMP - The Gentle Barn Foundation
SUPPORT TO HELP END ANIMAL CRUELTY - Accountability Board Inc
SUPPORT OF INCREASING CORPORATE TRANSPARENCY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 32 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | $39,180 | $9,090 |
| 2022 | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 20 | $158,108 | $6,250 |
| 2024 | 23 | $155,400 | $2,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 67% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Kara Love Project's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 2 returns (tax years 2023-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1715 Westridge Road, Los Angeles, CA, 90049. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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