The Karp Family Foundation concentrates its giving on Holocaust remembrance, documentation, and education—primarily supporting institutions that preserve survivor testimony and public memory—while making a smaller number of targeted health and medical education gifts in Michigan. Grants are large and targeted, often repeated to the same organizations, indicating sustained commitments to a few signature causes rather than broad, diversified giving.
A defining thread in Karp Family Foundation grantmaking is long-term support for Holocaust remembrance and education, anchored by repeated gifts to the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills. The foundation has also backed survivor-testimony preservation through USC Shoah Foundation in Los Angeles and supported Holocaust studies and education excursions at Oakland University. Alongside that core theme, the foundation makes targeted health and Jewish communal grants in Michigan, including support for the University of Michigan Health System, Beaumont Health Foundation, and Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network. Recent grants show a pattern of multi-year commitments rather than one-time awards, with the same organizations appearing across several years and in some cases receiving both unrestricted and program-specific support. The result is a grantmaking profile centered on memory, public education, and institutions that sustain Jewish life and related services. The foundation also extends selected support to Israeli-related causes and medical aid organizations, including Friends of Israel Defense Forces and American Friends of Magen David Adom.
In Holocaust memorialization, the foundation gave $630,000 to Holocaust Memorial Center for public support to the Holocaust center, following earlier unrestricted grants of $279,000 in 2024 and $333,234 in 2023. For testimony preservation and Holocaust research, it awarded $232,500 to USC Shoah Foundation and $215,000 to Shoah Foundation University of Southern California, both unrestricted. In education connected to Holocaust study, Oakland University received $23,000 for an excursion to Auschwitz program. The foundation also supports Jewish communal institutions in Michigan: Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network received multiple $72,000 grants, and Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit received grants of $55,000, $47,500, and $40,000 across different years. Israeli-related giving appears in grants to Friends of Israel Defense Forces and American Friends of Magen David Adom.
Typical grant sizes are modest at the low end and larger in the upper range, with a p25 of $3,600, median of $5,000, and p75 of $34,875. The recent record suggests repeat support to a relatively small group of organizations across multiple years, including several unrestricted awards and some program-specific gifts. The foundation is a family foundation, and it also funds individuals. Its grantmaking is local in scope, with most gifts staying in Michigan and a strong concentration in the HQ state’s recipient base.
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Most grants fall between $4K and $35K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$4K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$35K
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Concentrated, high-dollar grants with repeat funding to a small set of core grantees; few but substantial gifts rather than many small grants, with both national (USC) and local (Michigan) beneficiaries.
Notable grantees: Holocaust Memorial Center, USC Shoah Foundation (Shoah Foundation, University of Southern California), University of Michigan Health System, Friends of Israel Defense Forces, Beaumont Health Foundation
Grant recipients are overwhelmingly in the United States, and Michigan receives the largest share of awards. Farmington Hills appears repeatedly as a recipient city, along with West Bloomfield, Southfield, Bloomfield Hills, Ann Arbor, and Rochester. Outside Michigan, recent grants reached Los Angeles, New York, Northbrook, Palm Beach Gardens, and Cleveland. The recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based in the provided data.
The foundation concentrates on Holocaust remembrance, testimony preservation, and public education, with additional support for Jewish communal institutions, selected health organizations in Michigan, and Israeli-related causes. Recent grants include repeated support for Holocaust Memorial Center, USC Shoah Foundation, Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network, and Friends of Israel Defense Forces.
Yes. The recent grants show multi-year support to several organizations. Holocaust Memorial Center received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit received multiple grants across different years.
The typical grant size is $5,000 at the median, with a lower quartile of $3,600 and an upper quartile of $34,875. The recent grants include both small awards around $10,000 and larger awards well above $100,000.
Michigan is the top state by grant count, and 81% of grants go to recipients in the HQ state. Recent Michigan recipients include organizations in Farmington Hills, West Bloomfield, Southfield, Bloomfield Hills, Ann Arbor, and Rochester.
Yes. The foundation’s profile indicates that it funds individuals, and the recent grants list also includes education scholarship support, including awards tied to Friends of Israel Defense Forces and program-related educational support.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holocaust Memorial Center | Farmington Hills, MI | $630,000 | 2025 | Public Support to the Holocaust Center |
| Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network | West Bloomfield, MI | $72,000 | 2025 | Public Support of Charitable Organization |
| Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit | Cleveland, OH | $40,000 | 2025 | Public Support of Charitable Organization |
| FIDF | New York, NY | $38,833 | 2025 | Public Support of Charitable Organization |
| Insight Through Education | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $20,000 | 2025 | Public Support of Charitable Organization |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | Northbrook, IL | $15,000 | 2025 | Public Support of American Friends of Magen David Adom |
| Yeshiva Beth Yehuda | Southfield, MI | $10,000 | 2025 | Public Support of Charitable Organization |
| Friendship Circle | West Bloomfield, MI | $7,200 | 2025 | Public Support of Charitable Organization |
| Jewish Community Center | West Bloomfield, MI | $5,000 | 2025 | Public Support of Charitable Organization |
| Child Safe Michigan | Farmington Hills, MI | $5,000 | 2025 | Public Support of Charitable Organization |
| Jewish Senior Life - PHSF | West Bloomfield, MI | $5,000 | 2025 | Public Support of Charitable Organization |
| JARC | Bloomfield Hills, MI | $5,000 | 2025 | Public Support of Charitable Organization |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra | Detroit, MI | $5,000 | 2025 | Public Support of Charitable Organization |
| Adat Shalom Synagogue | Farmington Hills, MI | $3,600 | 2025 | Public Support of Adat Shalom |
| Congregation Shaarey Zedek | Southfield, MI | $3,600 | 2025 | Public Support of Charitable Organization |
| Young Israel of Oak Park | Oak Park, MI | $3,600 | 2025 | Public Support of Charitable Organization |
| Cabaret 313 | Southfield, MI | $2,500 | 2025 | Public Support of Charitable Organization |
| Farber Hebrew Day School | Southfield, MI | $1,800 | 2025 | Public Support of Charitable Organization |
| Frankel Jewish Academy | West Bloomfield, MI | $1,800 | 2025 | Public Support of Charitable Organization |
| JSL Foundation | Southfield, MI | $1,800 | 2025 | Public Support of Charitable Organization |
| HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER | FARMINGTON HILLS, MI | $279,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| SHOAH FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | LOS ANGELES, CA | $215,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES | WALLED LAKE, MI | $108,333 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| JEWISH HOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY NETWORK | W BLOOMFIELD, MI | $72,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF METRO DETROIT | BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI | $55,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| INSIGHT THROUGH EDUCATION | PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL | $15,000 | 2024 | UNRESTIRCTED |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADO | NORTHBROOK, IL | $10,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| THE INTL RAOUL WALLENBERG FOUNDATIO | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| CHILD SAFE MICHIGAN | FARMINGTON HILLS, MI | $5,000 | 2024 | UNRESTIRCTED |
| JARC | BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI | $5,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE | W BLOOMFIELD, MI | $5,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| YESHIVA BETH YEHUDAH | SOUTHFIELD, MI | $5,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| JEWISH SENIOR LIFE | W BLOOMFIELD, MI | $5,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| SHAAREY ZADEK | SOUTHFIELD, MI | $3,600 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE | FARMINGTON HILLS, MI | $3,600 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| SPILL THE HONEY FOUNDATION | SOUTHFIELD, MI | $2,500 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| HILLEL DAY SCHOOL | FARMINGTON HILLS, MI | $1,800 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| FRANKEL JEWISH ACADEMY | WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI | $1,800 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| FARBER HEBREW DAY SCHOOL | SOUTHFIELD, MI | $1,500 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER | FARMINGTON HILLS, MI | $333,234 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| UNIV OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM | ANN ARBOR, MI | $290,000 | 2023 | PROFESSORSHIP FUND |
| USC SHOAH FOUNDATION | LOS ANGELES, CA | $232,500 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| SHOAH FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | LOS ANGELES, CA | $216,712 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| BEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION | SOUTHFIELD, MI | $100,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES | WALLED LAKE, MI | $80,834 | 2023 | EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP |
| JEWISH HOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY NETWORK | W BLOOMFIELD, MI | $72,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| JEWISH HOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY NETWORK | W BLOOMFIELD, MI | $72,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES | WALLED LAKE, MI | $57,500 | 2023 | EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF METRO DETROIT | BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI | $47,500 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF METRO DETROIT | BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI | $40,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
Public Support of Charitable Organization
FIDF
$38,833Public Support of Charitable Organization
Insight Through Education
$20,000Public Support of Charitable Organization
American Friends of Magen David Adom
Public Support of American Friends of Magen David Adom
Yeshiva Beth Yehuda
$10,000Public Support of Charitable Organization
Friendship Circle
$7,200Public Support of Charitable Organization
Jewish Community Center
$5,000Public Support of Charitable Organization
Child Safe Michigan
$5,000Public Support of Charitable Organization
Jewish Senior Life - PHSF
$5,000Public Support of Charitable Organization
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
$5,000Public Support of Charitable Organization
Adat Shalom Synagogue
$3,600Public Support of Adat Shalom
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
$3,600Public Support of Charitable Organization
Young Israel of Oak Park
$3,600Public Support of Charitable Organization
Cabaret 313
$2,500Public Support of Charitable Organization
Farber Hebrew Day School
$1,800Public Support of Charitable Organization
SHOAH FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
$215,000UNRESTRICTED
FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
$108,333UNRESTRICTED
INSIGHT THROUGH EDUCATION
$15,000UNRESTIRCTED
THE INTL RAOUL WALLENBERG FOUNDATIO
$10,000UNRESTRICTED
CHILD SAFE MICHIGAN
$5,000UNRESTIRCTED
THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE
$5,000UNRESTRICTED
YESHIVA BETH YEHUDAH
$5,000UNRESTRICTED
JEWISH SENIOR LIFE
$5,000UNRESTRICTED
SHAAREY ZADEK
$3,600UNRESTRICTED
ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE
$3,600UNRESTRICTED
SPILL THE HONEY FOUNDATION
$2,500UNRESTRICTED
FARBER HEBREW DAY SCHOOL
$1,500UNRESTRICTED
UNIV OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM
$290,000PROFESSORSHIP FUND
USC SHOAH FOUNDATION
$232,500UNRESTRICTED
SHOAH FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
$216,712UNRESTRICTED
BEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION
$100,000UNRESTRICTED
FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
$80,834EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP
FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
$57,500EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP
JEWISH FEDERATION OF METRO DETROIT
$47,500UNRESTRICTED
JEWISH FEDERATION OF METRO DETROIT
$40,000UNRESTRICTED