California · Private foundation
Cactus Jack Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $465k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $60,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $566k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Cactus Jack Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $465k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $35k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $1.1M | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $250k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $240k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| HBCU Foundation Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prairie View A&M Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | 13% |
| The New School | $198,828 | 1 | 0% |
| The Howard University | $164,302 | 2 | 0% |
| Fashion Scholarship Fund | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Houston Health Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Public Art Fund Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Houston Responds | $60,000 | 1 | 18% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Association of Christian Churches | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| HBCU Foundation Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prairie View A&M Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | 13% |
| The New School | $198,828 | 1 | 0% |
| The Howard University | $164,302 | 2 | 0% |
| Fashion Scholarship Fund | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Houston Health Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Public Art Fund Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Houston Responds | $60,000 | 1 | 18% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Association of Christian Churches | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Morehouse College | $12,174 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($54k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cactus Jack 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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Cactus Jack Foundation Inc
- How much does Cactus Jack Foundation Inc give?
- Cactus Jack Foundation Inc reported 5 grants totaling $465,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Cactus Jack Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (83%), Health (5%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are Cactus Jack Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: HBCU Foundation Inc ($1.0M), Prairie View A&M Foundation ($250k), The New School ($199k).
- Does Cactus Jack Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cactus Jack 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 Cactus Jack Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Cactus Jack Foundation Inc based?
- Cactus Jack Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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