Cornell University
BOONE, IA
$1.2MTax year 2025
Grant purpose
$300,000 to karin bain kukral '82 head coach of women's lacrosse fund; $25,000 to discretionary fund for the ovpia afghanistan initiative; $500,000 to field hockey complex fund
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Karin Bain and John Kukral Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 81-4631874 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: KARIN BAIN AND JOHN KUKRAL FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | $5.1M |
| 2024 | 68 | $4.8M |
Where Karin Bain and John Kukral Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Northwestern University
EVANSTON, IL
$751.7KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
$76,666 to ryan field project; $100,000 to water systems research fund, $250,000 to family medicine, $250,000 to women's cardiac research, $50,000 to mccormick architectural engineering & design; $10,000 to phi gamma delta 2331 sheridan building fund; $10,000 to steven l. Glick fund; $5000 to formula racing (fsae) program
American Enterprise Institute
WASHINGTON, DC
$750KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
$400,000 to general operations; $350,000 to research on the federal deficit
American Enterprise Institute
WASHINGTON, DC
$750KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
$400,000 general operations; $350,000 economics team research on the federal deficit
Truenu
BARTLETT, IL
$750KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Program support
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Figures are aggregated from Karin Bain and John Kukral Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 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 filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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