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Carrier Foundation Inc

Palm Beach Gardens, FL · EIN 85-3815638. Reported 47 grants totalling $18.0M to 34 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$115,000median grant
$18.0Mgranted, 2021-2025
34recipients, as named on its returns
44%of grantees funded again the next year
$12.0Massets, latest filing

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. Carrier Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $115,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $13,433 and $330,000; the smallest was $78 and the largest $3,032,168. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
4 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
2 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
8 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
2 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
3 grants
$100,000 and Up
28 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
American Online Giving FoundationNewark, DE$10.5M552025
The National Philanthropic TrustJenkintown, PA$1,732,724222022
National Arbor Day FoundationLincoln, NE$1,300,000112025
United Nations World Food ProgramWashington, DC$979,640332024
Habitat for Humanity International AmericusAmericus, GA$680,000332025
The Uk Online Giving FoundationTetbury Road, Cirencester, Glou$353,451442025
C40 Cities Climate LeadershipNew York, NY$350,000112025
The Sustainable Cooling Grant ProgramNew York, NY$350,000112024
Feeding AmericaChicago, IL$250,000112023
Spelman CollegeAtlanta, GA$230,000222023
FirstSt Louis, MO$160,000112024
The North Carolina A&t Real Estate Foundation IncGreensboro, NC$160,000112022
Techforce FoundationPhoenix, AZ$150,000112025
US Green Building CouncilNew York, NY$125,000112023
Boys & Girls Club of PbcW Palm Beach, FL$116,525112021
American Lung AssociationChicago, IL$100,000112023
American Red CrossWashington, DC$100,000112021
Building Talent FoundationWashington, DC$100,000112021
21ST Century School FundWashington, DC$50,000112021
Education Foundation of Palm BeachBoynton Beach, FL$45,000112021
Chicago Historical SocietyChicago, IL$25,000112021
Clifford H Ted Rees JR ScholarshipArlington, VA$15,000112021
Meals on Wheels of the Palm BeachesWest Palm Beach Fl, FL$15,000112021
GlobalgivingWashington, DC$13,433112021
AlsacMemphis, TN$12,000112021
Global GivingWashington, DC$11,218112023
American Heart Association IncDallas, TX$10,000112021
Hispanic Scholarship FundGardena, CA$10,000112021
Pbg Police & Fire Rescue FoundationPalm Beach Gardens, FL$10,000112021
The Lord's Place IncWest Palm Beach, FL$7,500112021
Haus Des Stiftens Fuer UnternehmenMunich$7,216112025
Charitable Giving LtdPitts Cleave Industrial Estate, Tavistock$203112025
Canadian Online Giving FoundationCalgary Ab Te W$125112025
Fonds De Participation SolidaireLe Forum, Lyon Cedex 03$78112025

6 of 34 (18%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 44%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 28 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Philanthropy & Grantmaking
8 grants
Education
5 grants
International Affairs
5 grants
Diseases & Disorders
2 grants
Food & Nutrition
2 grants
Environment
2 grants
Community Improvement
1 grant
Employment
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202116$1,808,310$20,000
20227$3,400,064$160,000
20238$3,954,140$120,000
20246$4,076,981$250,000
202510$4,718,415$173,038

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

58% of its giving went to organizations in Delaware. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Delaware
$10.5M
Pennsylvania
$1.7M
Nebraska
$1.3M
District of Columbia
$1.3M
Georgia
$910K
New York
$825K
Illinois
$375K
Cirencester, Glou
$353K

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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

National Philanthropic Trust11 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc10 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund9 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc9 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program8 shared recipientsCharities Aid Foundation America8 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $115,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Delaware.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Carrier Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 13995 Pasteur Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, 33418. 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.

EIN 85-3815638 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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