Texas · Private foundation
Ca 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.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $350,328
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $23M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Ca Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k 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 | 23 | $1.4M | 35% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $1.1M | 27% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $410k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $771k | 58% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $185k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $58k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $639k | 20% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakthrough | $944,973 | 5 | 4% |
| Vanderbilt University | $790,531 | 3 | 0% |
| Pomona College | $710,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Breakthrough Collaborative | $415,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Champions Educational Foundation | $162,760 | 6 | 23% |
| Pease Park Conservancy | $146,632 | 4 | 5% |
| Island Conservation | $136,500 | 2 | 1% |
| St Stephens Episcopal School | $93,141 | 3 | n/a |
| Grand Teton National Park Foundation | $80,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Friends of Pathways | $56,128 | 5 | 2% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakthrough | $944,973 | 5 | 4% |
| Vanderbilt University | $790,531 | 3 | 0% |
| Pomona College | $710,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Breakthrough Collaborative | $415,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Champions Educational Foundation | $162,760 | 6 | 23% |
| Pease Park Conservancy | $146,632 | 4 | 5% |
| Island Conservation | $136,500 | 2 | 1% |
| St Stephens Episcopal School | $93,141 | 3 | n/a |
| Grand Teton National Park Foundation | $80,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Friends of Pathways | $56,128 | 5 | 2% |
| City Kids to Wilderness Project Inc | $45,125 | 4 | 1% |
| Shoal Creek Conservancy | $32,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Zoe Empowers | $27,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Onestar Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hill Country Conservancy | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Wildflower Donor Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Presbyterian Church of Jackson Hole | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Austin Speech Labs Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Jackson Hole Land Trust | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Angel Flight Inc Dba Angel Flight South Central | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Teton Raptor Center | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hospice Austin | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lighthawk | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ciclavia Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ca 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 · Shield-Ayres Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Mfi Foundation · Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation · St David's Foundation · Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Better Business Bureau · Patagoniaorg · National Philanthropic Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ca Foundation Inc
- How much does Ca Foundation Inc give?
- Ca Foundation Inc reported 25 grants totaling $1,613,245 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ca Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (52%), Education (33%), Science & Tech (3%).
- Who are Ca Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Breakthrough ($945k), Vanderbilt University ($791k), Pomona College ($710k).
- Does Ca Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ca 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 Ca Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Austin Community Foundation Inc, Shield-Ayres Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation.
- Where is Ca Foundation Inc based?
- Ca Foundation Inc is based in TX.
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