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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 46-4874785

Karpel Foundation

A private foundation in Saint Louis, MO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $45,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $45,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,162,414

  • Tax year 2024

    $55,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,144,872

  • Tax year 2023

    $105,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,778,490

  • Tax year 2022

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,267,640

  • Tax year 2021

    $58,380

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $945,839

  • Tax year 2020

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $850,598

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Prosecutors Center for ExcellenceNew York, NY

    Work with prosecutors to improve criminal justice

    $35,000
  2. Individual

    Larry Morse II Commitement to Justice Grant

    $10,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Social science1 grant $35,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $35,000

Officers, directors and trustees

14 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Jeff L KarpelPresident and CEO Hours 10Pay $0
  • Bradley C BerrySecretary and Executive Director Hours 20Pay $50,004
  • Jeff ReisigDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • Kevin S BrackettDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • Jennifer M JoyceDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • John J ChoiDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • Spencer MerriweatherDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • Jean Peters BakerDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • Jeannine PacioniDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • Morgan GireDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • Stephen KunzweilerDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • Kenda CulpepperDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • Charles Smith IIIDirector Hours 2Pay $0
  • John D MillerDirector Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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