Texas · Private foundation
Caris 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.
- $5.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,747,576
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $17M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Caris Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% 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 | 13 | $3.2M | 15% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $3.0M | 22% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $2.7M | 23% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $2.7M | 20% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $2.4M | 30% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $2.0M | 20% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $2.1M | 38% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $1.6M | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caris Foundation International | $16,653,024 | 8 | 56% |
| Global Health Corps Inc | $850,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Fortress Youth Development Center Inc | $557,676 | 8 | 12% |
| Bands Ministries | $379,187 | 8 | 32% |
| The George W Bush Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lake Cities Church of Christ | $128,248 | 5 | n/a |
| Health Talents International Inc | $125,125 | 6 | 2% |
| Touch-A-Life | $75,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Cl - Changing Lives | $50,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Touch a Life Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 9% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caris Foundation International | $16,653,024 | 8 | 56% |
| Global Health Corps Inc | $850,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Fortress Youth Development Center Inc | $557,676 | 8 | 12% |
| Bands Ministries | $379,187 | 8 | 32% |
| The George W Bush Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lake Cities Church of Christ | $128,248 | 5 | n/a |
| Health Talents International Inc | $125,125 | 6 | 2% |
| Touch-A-Life | $75,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Cl - Changing Lives | $50,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Touch a Life Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Zoies Place | $35,000 | 1 | 21% |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Shiloh Place McKinney | $25,400 | 1 | 9% |
| New York Cancer Foundation | $25,100 | 1 | 1% |
| The Gathering Place Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Botanical Research Institute of Texas Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The LV Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Grant Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Support Our Troops Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Birdville Independent School District | $2,383 | 1 | n/a |
| Prosper High School Bass Fishing Club | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| A & M Church of Christ | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($259k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Caris Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Halbert Harmon Foundation · Rainwater Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
About Caris Foundation
- How much does Caris Foundation give?
- Caris Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $5,739,165 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Caris Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (49%), Education (46%), Youth Development (2%).
- Who are Caris Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Caris Foundation International ($17M), Global Health Corps Inc ($850k), Fortress Youth Development Center Inc ($558k).
- Does Caris Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Caris 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 Caris Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Halbert Harmon Foundation, Rainwater Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Caris Foundation based?
- Caris Foundation is based in TX.
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