New Mexico · Private foundation
Basalt 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.
- $12k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $301k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Basalt Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 3 | $8k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $4k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $1k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $16k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $14k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $16k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $13k | 83% |
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 Food Depot | $12,250 | 5 | 0% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $11,150 | 4 | 0% |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc | $7,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kitchen Angels Inc | $6,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Interfaith Caring Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint Elizabeth Shelter Corporation | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Food Depot | $12,250 | 5 | 0% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $11,150 | 4 | 0% |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc | $7,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kitchen Angels Inc | $6,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Interfaith Caring Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint Elizabeth Shelter Corporation | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Los Alamos Study Group | $3,000 | 2 | 1% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bay Area Turning Point Inc | $1,400 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($36k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Basalt 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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Basalt Foundation Inc
- How much does Basalt Foundation Inc give?
- Basalt Foundation Inc reported 4 grants totaling $11,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Basalt Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (39%), International (17%), Housing & Shelter (14%).
- Who are Basalt Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Food Depot ($12k), The Houston Food Bank ($11k), Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc ($8k).
- Does Basalt Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Basalt 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 Basalt Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Basalt Foundation Inc based?
- Basalt Foundation Inc is based in NM.
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