Kansas · Private foundation
Camarena Adelante Foundation
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.
- $620k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,450
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $191,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 54% of the organizations Camarena Adelante Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k 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 | 16 | $620k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $773k | 54% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $661k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $689k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $332k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $273k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $286k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $217k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita State University Foundation | $615,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters Inc | $322,168 | 6 | 2% |
| Pizza Hut Foundation Inc | $64,940 | 2 | 5% |
| Butler Community College Foundation | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Newman University Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nxtus Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 1% |
| United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of the Plains Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Via Christi Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Holy Savior | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita State University Foundation | $615,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters Inc | $322,168 | 6 | 2% |
| Pizza Hut Foundation Inc | $64,940 | 2 | 5% |
| Butler Community College Foundation | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Newman University Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nxtus Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 1% |
| United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of the Plains Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Via Christi Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Holy Savior | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Kansas City Hispanic Heritage Committee Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Kansas African American Museum Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| It Takes a Village Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wichita Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Camarena Adelante Foundation 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: Berry Foundation Inc · Kansas Health Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Goebel Family-Star Lumber Charitable Trust · Lattner Family Foundation Inc · Russ & Helen Meyer Charitable Trust · Belin Foundation · Bruce G Cochener Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Servant Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Camarena Adelante Foundation
- How much does Camarena Adelante Foundation give?
- Camarena Adelante Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $620,190 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Camarena Adelante Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (63%), Religion (16%), Civil Rights (10%).
- Who are Camarena Adelante Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wichita State University Foundation ($615k), Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters Inc ($322k), Pizza Hut Foundation Inc ($65k).
- Does Camarena Adelante Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Camarena Adelante Foundation 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 Camarena Adelante Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Berry Foundation Inc, Kansas Health Foundation, Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353.
- Where is Camarena Adelante Foundation based?
- Camarena Adelante Foundation is based in KS.
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