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Carlsen Muir Family Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 82-3157713 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
- Total grants paid
- $2.8M
- Grants reported
- 173
- Median grant
- $5K
- Future commitments
- None reported
Giving by tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | $1.1M |
| 2024 | 54 | $983.4K |
| 2023 | 61 | $722.7K |
Where Carlsen Muir Family Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
The biggest individual grants on file, as reported by the foundation to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Tax year | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improve your tomorrow | Sacramento, CA | The life path for black and Latino boys is often the same. They leave high school without graduating, struggle to find employment, commit a crime and then find themselves in jail. The majority of which return to a community plagued by high unemployment, violence and a lack of hope. This cycle is known as the school to prison pipeline and frequently repeats generation, after generation, after generation. Improve Your Tomorrow, otherwise known as IYT was created in 2013 to break the school to prison pipeline by helping young men of color get to and through college. IYT started with seventeen students at Valley High School in South Sacramento, these seventeen laid the foundation for what is now the largest education nonprofit only serving young men of color in the country. IYT currently serves over 1000 young men of color through three academic programs including the IYT College Academy, IYT Continue to Dream Academy and IYT U. | 2024 | $244.5K |
| Twin Lakes Food Bank | Folsom, CA | Every human being has a fundamental right to access to food. No person deserves to go hungry. The reality is that food insecurity impacts one in six Americans who report running out of food at least once a year. We serve individuals, families, senior citizens and homeless who are desperate for groceries for themselves and their families.Money goes to general operations | 2025 | $220K |
| Powerhouse Ministries | Folsom, CA | Support the Women and Childrens Transformation Center. They strive to break the cycle of life-destroying forces and choices. The children of PTC benefit from excellent care, counseling and community, giving them the hope of a much brighter future. The Powerhouse Transformation Center is one of the few no-cost residential recovery programs in Northern California. The center addresses all aspects of a womans life within a safe, caring community. We know for life transformation there are no quick fixes. The program is tailored to each womans personal development needs, dreams and life goals. It consists of five phases and lasts approximately two years. | 2025 | $152K |
| Folsom's Hope | Folsom, CA | 'Ibis is the eleventh school year the Folsom STARS After School Program has been in operation. The Folsom STARS Program grew out of a desire to meet the needs of at-risk students in Folsom. The mission of the Folsom STARS program is to provide holistic support to at-risk students outside of the school day, so that they can be successful in their traditional classroom setting. The program is housed on the campus of Theodore Judah Elementary School in Folsom, California. As the attached program description states, this program is comprised of students from both Theodore Judah and Blanche Sprentz Elementary Schools, as both schools are located within the area of Folsom with the greatest percentage of poverty. | 2025 | $150K |
| Big BrothersBig Sisters | Sacramento, CA | To provide children facing adversity with professionally-supported one-to-one mentoring relationships that impact their lives forever. To increase the number of successful mentoring relationships for all children who need them, contributing to brighter futures, better schools, and stronger communities. | 2024 | $125K |
| Powerhouse Ministries | Folsom, CA | Support the Women and Childrens Transformation Center. They strive to break the cycle of life-destroying forces and choices. The children of PTC benefit from excellent care, counseling and community, giving them the hope of a much brighter future. The Powerhouse Transformation Center is one of the few no-cost residential recovery programs in Northern California. The center addresses all aspects of a womans life within a safe, caring community. We know for life transformation there are no quick fixes. The program is tailored to each womans personal development needs, dreams and life goals. It consists of five phases and lasts approximately two years. | 2023 | $50K |
| Operation Hope | Vista, CA | General Operations of Emergency Bridge Housing | 2023 | $50K |
| Hands for an African Child | Folsom, CA | MISSION: Bring homeless orphaned children into loving family homes with mothers and fathers, where they will feel God's love for them and become self-reliant adults, breaking the cycle of poverty. We are creating a self-sustaining agriculture based farming community with elementary, secondary and trade schools. This community will reach out to the local villages with clean water initiatives, education on personal hygiene, sanitation and improved farming techniques. There will also be a medical/dental clinic which will used for the community and visiting "medical mission trips". The children will be taught of God's love for them and to live by Christian principles and values. | 2025 | $50K |
| Hands for an African Child | Folsom, CA | MISSION: Bring homeless orphaned children into loving family homes with mothers and fathers, where they will feel God's love for them and become self-reliant adults, breaking the cycle of poverty. We are creating a self-sustaining agriculture based farming community with elementary, secondary and trade schools. This community will reach out to the local villages with clean water initiatives, education on personal hygiene, sanitation and improved farming techniques. There will also be a medical/dental clinic which will used for the community and visiting "medical mission trips". The children will be taught of God's love for them and to live by Christian principles and values. | 2023 | $50K |
| Ticket to Dream | Roseville, CA | Ticket to Dream Foundation is dedicated to creating hope and opportunity for foster children across the nation, so they can just be kids | 2025 | $50K |
| Ticket to Dream | Roseville, CA | Ticket to Dream Foundation is dedicated to creating hope and opportunity for foster children across the nation, so they can just be kids | 2024 | $50K |
| Powerhouse Ministries | Folsom, CA | Support the Women and Childrens Transformation Center. They strive to break the cycle of life-destroying forces and choices. The children of PTC benefit from excellent care, counseling and community, giving them the hope of a much brighter future. The Powerhouse Transformation Center is one of the few no-cost residential recovery programs in Northern California. The center addresses all aspects of a womans life within a safe, caring community. We know for life transformation there are no quick fixes. The program is tailored to each womans personal development needs, dreams and life goals. It consists of five phases and lasts approximately two years. | 2024 | $50K |
| Hands for an African Child | Folsom, CA | MISSION: Bring homeless orphaned children into loving family homes with mothers and fathers, where they will feel God's love for them and become self-reliant adults, breaking the cycle of poverty. We are creating a self-sustaining agriculture based farming community with elementary, secondary and trade schools. This community will reach out to the local villages with clean water initiatives, education on personal hygiene, sanitation and improved farming techniques. There will also be a medical/dental clinic which will used for the community and visiting "medical mission trips". The children will be taught of God's love for them and to live by Christian principles and values. | 2024 | $50K |
| Twin Lakes Food Bank | Folsom, CA | Every human being has a fundamental right to access to food. No person deserves to go hungry. The reality is that food insecurity impacts one in six Americans who report running out of food at least once a year. We serve individuals, families, senior citizens and homeless who are desperate for groceries for themselves and their families.Money goes to general operations | 2023 | $50K |
| Big BrothersBig Sisters | Sacramento, CA | To provide children facing adversity with professionally-supported one-to-one mentoring relationships that impact their lives forever. To increase the number of successful mentoring relationships for all children who need them, contributing to brighter futures, better schools, and stronger communities. | 2025 | $40K |
| SEAL Future Foundation Inc | New York, NY | We work tirelessly to provide Navy SEALs a foundation that supports their well-being, education and career to continue a life of service within their communities. | 2025 | $35K |
| Wellsprings Womens Center | Sacramento, CA | The Mission of Wellspring Womens Center is to nurture the innate goodness and personal self-esteem of women and their children and to do so within an atmosphere of hospitality with dignity and love. Wellspring serves as a drop-in center to vulnerable women and their children and provides a nutritious breakfast and light lunch. Additionally, we provide practical assistance combined with compassion and encouragement in a stable environment. Wellspring started from humble beginnings and has grown to become a trusted neighborhood gathering place that reduces isolation and loneliness. | 2025 | $30K |
| Theatre for Children | Sacramento, CA | $150,000 Last portion of $250,000 Pledge of $26million Building Fund for new theatre. Sponsored Box Office | 2025 | $30K |
| Big BrothersBig Sisters | Sacramento, CA | To provide children facing adversity with professionally-supported one-to-one mentoring relationships that impact their lives forever. To increase the number of successful mentoring relationships for all children who need them, contributing to brighter futures, better schools, and stronger communities. | 2023 | $30K |
| Orangevale Fair Oaks Comty Fund | Orangevale, CA | We aim for every person, group, & organization in Orangevale and Fair Oaks to be engaged in making our community better,If that sounds like you, join us & see for yourself that service & generosity are at the core of who we are | 2024 | $30K |
| Folsom's Hope | Folsom, CA | 'Ibis is the eleventh school year the Folsom STARS After School Program has been in operation. The Folsom STARS Program grew out of a desire to meet the needs of at-risk students in Folsom. The mission of the Folsom STARS program is to provide holistic support to at-risk students outside of the school day, so that they can be successful in their traditional classroom setting. The program is housed on the campus of Theodore Judah Elementary School in Folsom, California. As the attached program description states, this program is comprised of students from both Theodore Judah and Blanche Sprentz Elementary Schools, as both schools are located within the area of Folsom with the greatest percentage of poverty. | 2024 | $30K |
| Folsom's Hope | Folsom, CA | 'Ibis is the eleventh school year the Folsom STARS After School Program has been in operation. The Folsom STARS Program grew out of a desire to meet the needs of at-risk students in Folsom. The mission of the Folsom STARS program is to provide holistic support to at-risk students outside of the school day, so that they can be successful in their traditional classroom setting. The program is housed on the campus of Theodore Judah Elementary School in Folsom, California. As the attached program description states, this program is comprised of students from both Theodore Judah and Blanche Sprentz Elementary Schools, as both schools are located within the area of Folsom with the greatest percentage of poverty. | 2023 | $30K |
| Chico Project SAVE | Chico, CA | Chico Project SAVE (Salvage All Valuable Equipment) collects, then re-distributes, quality recycled medical and dental equipment and supplies both locally and around the world, in an effort to help people receive needed care who otherwise might not. The organization was founded in the early 1990's by Dr. Phyllis Cullen, saving supplies and equipment for local physicians going on medical missions, and has been enlarged and directed since 2004 by Chico, CA, resident Janice Walker. The administration and staff are all unpaid volunteers. Shipping costs are paid with tax-deductible donations. Recipient and donor organizations are asked to raise the funds for shipping costs. | 2024 | $25K |
| Make a Wish | Sacramento, CA | Mission: Make-A-Wish creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Every34 minutes Make-A-Wish grants the wish of a child diagnosed with a critical illness in the United States and its territories. We believe that a wish experiencecan be a game-changer. This one belief guides us in everything we do. It inspires us to grant wishes that change the lives of the kids we serve. | 2024 | $25K |
| Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical So | Sacramento, CA | Since 1868, SSVMS has brought together physicians to promote the health and well-being of physicians and the patients we serve. With over 6,500 physician members in the Sacramento region, SSVMS provides advocacy, programs and services to promote access to quality medical care and to help physicians reclaim the joy of practicing medicine. | 2023 | $25K |
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About this data
Figures are aggregated from Carlsen Muir Family Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (3 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF e-file archive.