Texas · Private foundation
Aelk Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $335k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Aelk Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $185k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $375k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $395k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $323k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $335k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $190k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $270k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $175k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Refugee Collective | $465,000 | 8 | 15% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $320,000 | 5 | 0% |
| TreeFolks Inc | $220,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Austin Youth & Community Farm Inc Dba Urban Roots | $115,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Out Youth Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Houston Botanic Garden | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Room to Read | $95,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Texas A&M Foundation | $65,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Good Work Austin | $55,000 | 1 | 6% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Refugee Collective | $465,000 | 8 | 15% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $320,000 | 5 | 0% |
| TreeFolks Inc | $220,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Austin Youth & Community Farm Inc Dba Urban Roots | $115,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Out Youth Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Houston Botanic Garden | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Room to Read | $95,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Texas A&M Foundation | $65,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Good Work Austin | $55,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Breakthrough Collaborative | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Border Kindness | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Interfaith Action of Central Texas | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Smithsonian Institution | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation Communities Inc | $12,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Sustainable Food Center | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Miaan Group Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Garza | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Austin Pets Alive Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($570k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Aelk Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Tingari Foundation · Shield-Ayres Foundation · St David's Foundation · Better Business Bureau · Donald D Hammill Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Aelk Foundation Inc
- How much does Aelk Foundation Inc give?
- Aelk Foundation Inc reported 5 grants totaling $335,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Aelk Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (28%), Human Services (20%), Food & Nutrition (11%).
- Who are Aelk Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Refugee Collective ($465k), Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated ($320k), TreeFolks Inc ($220k).
- Does Aelk Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Aelk Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Aelk Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Austin Community Foundation Inc, Tingari Foundation, Shield-Ayres Foundation.
- Where is Aelk Foundation Inc based?
- Aelk Foundation Inc is based in TX.
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