Texas · Private foundation
Capricorn Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,263
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,263
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Capricorn Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 | 1 | $1k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $160k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $360k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $290k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $180k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $39k | 14% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $58k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menil Foundation Inc | $120,770 | 6 | 0% |
| International Crane Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Third Annisquam Parish in Gloucester | $60,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Galveston Bay Foundation Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hermann Park Conservancy | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Annisquam Association Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 43% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menil Foundation Inc | $120,770 | 6 | 0% |
| International Crane Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Third Annisquam Parish in Gloucester | $60,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Galveston Bay Foundation Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hermann Park Conservancy | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Annisquam Association Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 43% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cape Ann Museum Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Houston Area Parkinson Society | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Rockport Music Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Conservation Alliance | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Inprint Inc | $9,560 | 2 | 1% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $1,263 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($336k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Capricorn Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Boston Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Capricorn Foundation
- How much does Capricorn Foundation give?
- Capricorn Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $1,263 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Capricorn Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (52%), Environment (11%), Religion (7%).
- Who are Capricorn Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Menil Foundation Inc ($121k), International Crane Foundation Inc ($75k), The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc ($75k).
- Does Capricorn Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Capricorn Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Capricorn Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Capricorn Foundation based?
- Capricorn Foundation is based in TX.
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