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US nonprofit · EIN 752692023 · Abilene, TXiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 752692023) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PF), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Karakin Foundation

Donations deductible
Total assets
$193.7m
IRS master file
Directors and trustees
5
4.8 years on average
Chair observed
≥4 yrs
Kade L Matthews
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
4
named in Part VII
Activity
T22Z
Philanthropy, voluntary services and grantmaking
Filings on record
4
latest 2024
Renewal outlook
Low current likelihood
score 8 of 100
How am I connected?

Karakin Foundation's network

5 people4 organisationsi5 people and 4 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (6) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

5 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Kade L Matthews ChairChairman/President2020
6 yrs
Elyse LewisSecretary / Senior Grants Officer2024
2 yrs
Jeff BlanksSenior Vice President/Operations Offic2020
6 yrs
John A Matthews JRVice President2020
6 yrs
Margaret Matthews FrederickAssistant Vice President / Grants2024
2 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Aaron MillerVice President/Treasurer/CFOsince 2023
Brenda CasselberryProperty / Administrator2024
Joseph E CanonExecutive Vice President / Executive Dsince 2020
Watt R MatthewsExecutive Vice President / CIO2024

About

Legal name
Karakin Foundation
EIN
752692023
Address
400 Pine St Ste 900, Abilene, TX, 79601-5141
State
Texas
Activity (NTEE)
T22Z Philanthropy, voluntary services and grantmaking
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations
Size band
9 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 May 1997
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
4, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PF (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥6years on the filingsKade L Matthews
≥6years on the filingsJeff Blanks
≥6years on the filingsJohn A Matthews JR
≥2years on the filingsElyse Lewis

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$0$20.2mDeficit $20.2m

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
The Karakin Foundation likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, entity data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
Texas
Entity type
nonprofit corporation
Status
Active
Formed
3 December 1996
Registered agent
Not stated

This register does not publish officers or directors.