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OUR MOTTO

Tuko Pamoja:
We Are Together 

OUR FOCUS AREAS

Education

Programs designed to give disadvantaged learners a step up are preferred.

Environment

Environmental initiatives that focus on bringing people together to determine best practices and mitigate harm.

Equality

Organizations that are actively working
to provide a better standard of living by addressing safety, food, medical care, housing, and equitable support.

Our Mission

The KARIS Foundation is a private family philanthropic corporation established by Martha and David Moore in December 2009.  Other board members include son Andrew Moore and his wife LeAnna Hunton Moore;  daughter Emily Pierson and her husband William Pierson; and daughter Clara Moore.

KARIS supports 501 (c)(3) organizations whose purposes include at least one of the following: support of educational initiatives, sustainable environmental practices, or programming dedicated to the equitable treatment of others.

The existence of the KARIS Foundation is predicated on the strongly held belief of the family that “to whom much is given, much is expected.”   The family is committed to support designated charities in  meaningful ways both financially and as volunteers.

Meet the Team

Martha & David Moore

FoundeRS

LeAnna & Andrew Moore

Board Member

Emily & William Pierson

Board Member

Clara
Moore

Board Member

Supported organizations

Americares, Disaster relief 
Animal Wildlife Sanctuary 
Bicycles for Humanity Colorado 
Boulder Humane Society 
Centerstone Behavioral Health of Indiana 
Central Lydia Archeological Dig 
Colorado 14er’s Initiative 
Conservation Colorado 

Defenders of Wildlife 
Farm Church 
Greater Yellowstone Coalition 
Growing Gardens, Cultiva Youth Program, Boulder 
Habitat for Humanity, Indiana 
Lighthouse Writer’s Workshop 
Middle Way House, Women’s Crisis Prevention Center 

NEAR – Indianapolis 
Rocky Mountain Wild 
Save the Elephants, Elephants & Bees project
Sun Valley Youth Center, Denver 
Valencia 505 Youth Writing Center 
Wildlife Conservation Network 
Women’s Bean Project, Denver 
World Monuments Fund 

Education

Programs designed to give disadvantaged learners a step up are preferred.

As a retired teacher, Martha is acutely aware of the inequities that exist in educational situations and systems.  It is a unified passion of the family to actively support organizations that are endeavoring to educate children and adults, particularly in the areas of literacy, early learning, and real life experiences – organizations that nourish learners and value their potential. 

Environment

KARIS favors supporting environmental initiatives that focus on bringing people together to determine best practices and mitigate harm.

The Moores are active outdoor enthusiasts.  Time spent in nature and a mutual respect for the wildlife and people who coexist in this world are paramount to the decisions KARIS makes to support sustainable, viable environmental practices.  Clara has spent extensive time in Africa working on wildlife protection, and at the same time educating local farmers about practices to mitigate crop damage caused by animals.  Andrew serves on the board of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, which endeavors to bring all parties to the table to mediate wildlife conflicts and construct solutions to environmental challenges in the American west.  Will has a strong passion for disaster relief, especially in places  directly impacted by global warming.  

Equality

KARIS supports organizations that are hands on, actively working to provide a better standard of living by addressing safety, food, medical care, housing, and equitable support for those who need it.

Emily, LeAnna and Clara have all been actively involved in volunteering for organizations that work to protect women’s rights, and help women in crisis.  They have marched in Washington DC and written to Congress persons about many issues relating to equitable and safe treatment of women. The family also shares a mutual concern about the increase in dangerous street drugs and how these drugs negatively impact the mentally ill and homeless populations, as well as other addicted individuals.  Food insecurity and affordable housing are related issues that must be addressed in tandem. 

Let’s Work Together

CONTACT US

Say Hello!

Have questions? Want to work together or to stay in touch? Send us a message via the contact form or to the email below. We’d love to hear from you.

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info@karisfoundation.org

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