About Ab Carval Foundation
AB CarVal Foundation concentrates its modest giving on philanthropic intermediaries and community-serving umbrella organizations, providing unrestricted or general support rather than direct program grants. Its two recorded gifts went to a local community foundation in Minneapolis and to a major national Jewish federation, suggesting a preference for funding institutions that distribute or coordinate charitable resources for communities and cultural groups.
Focus Areas
Support for local community foundations (Minneapolis/St. Paul)Funding for Jewish communal institutions and federationsGeneral operating or unrestricted support to philanthropic intermediaries
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizationsSTEM organizations/programs
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated and selective: only two grants of similar size to established intermediary organizations, indicating preference for a small number of institutional partners rather than many direct-service grantees.
Funding Style
general operating support
About Ab Carval Foundation
AB CarVal Foundation’s recent giving is defined by unrestricted support to philanthropic intermediaries and community-serving institutions, including a $51,350 grant to Minneapolis Foundation and a $42,090 grant to United Jewish Appeal - Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc. That pattern points to a funder that prefers organizations positioned to move resources rather than direct service delivery alone. The foundation’s recorded grants also include support for local health, hunger, youth, and education organizations, but the common thread is general operating support. In Minneapolis, it backed Second Harvest Heartland, Children’s Health Care Foundation, the University of Minnesota Foundation, and several other local institutions, while also funding national organizations such as the American National Red Cross, United States Fund for UNICEF, Save the Children Federation Inc, and United States Association for UNHCR. The grant list suggests a broad charitable reach, yet one centered on established nonprofits and umbrella groups. Its public grant programs also describe thematic support for education and leadership, poverty relief, and health and research, with a stated focus on helping vulnerable populations.
What Ab Carval Foundation Funds
Education and leadership appear in the foundation’s public program descriptions, and the recent grant list matches that theme through support for Rock the Street Wall Street in Nashville, which received $15,000 in 2024 and $12,500 in 2023 for general operating support. Poverty relief is reflected in gifts to food and service providers, including $16,900 to Second Harvest Heartland in Brooklyn Park and $7,500 to Loaves and Fishes Too in Minneapolis. Health and research also show up in the record through general operating grants to Children’s Health Care Foundation in Minneapolis, My Breast Cancer Support in Portsmouth, and the University of Minnesota Foundation - Children’s Hospital. The foundation’s giving also reaches organizations serving children and families, such as Jeremiah Program, Innercity Tennis Foundation, and Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation, all supported with unrestricted funding.
How Ab Carval Foundation Gives
The foundation’s reported grant sizes are modest: p25 is $1,540, the median is $2,675, and p75 is $7,500. The recent grant list shows repeated support to the same recipients across more than one year, including Rock the Street Wall Street, My Breast Cancer Support, De La Salle Academy, Jeremiah Program, Innercity Tennis Foundation, Camp Fire Minnesota, and several University of Minnesota Foundation units. That indicates a pattern of follow-on support rather than one-off gifts. Grants are made as general operating support, and the foundation is classified as a regular funder rather than a DAF or program-related investor. The available records do not show a public unsolicited application process.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$144K
Total Assets
$905
Total Revenue
$145K
Total Expenses
$154K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2K and $8K, with a median of $3K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$3K
75th Percentile
$8K
Geographic Reach
National17 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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