Texas · Private foundation
Carl & Phyllis Detering 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.
- $85k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $966k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Carl & Phyllis Detering Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 14 | $85k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $101k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $98k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $56k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $64k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $59k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $14k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $11k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kinkaid School Inc | $179,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Houston Botanic Garden | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools of Houston Inc | $26,167 | 5 | 0% |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $20,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Museum of Fine Arts Houston | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Heritage Society | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Mercury Chamber Orchestra Inc | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Memorial Park Conservancy Inc | $5,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Culver Educational Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Junior League of Houston Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kinkaid School Inc | $179,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Houston Botanic Garden | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools of Houston Inc | $26,167 | 5 | 0% |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $20,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Museum of Fine Arts Houston | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Heritage Society | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Mercury Chamber Orchestra Inc | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Memorial Park Conservancy Inc | $5,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Culver Educational Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Junior League of Houston Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Search Homeless Services | $5,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Houston Food Bank | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Waller County Fair Association | $4,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Coastal Bend Food Bank | $4,080 | 2 | 0% |
| Focusing Families | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Epilepsy Foundation of Texas | $4,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Waller County Historical Society Inc | $4,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Washington Cemetery Historic Trust | $2,500 | 5 | n/a |
| River Oaks Garden Club | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Methodist University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sweet Briar Institute | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Martins Episcopal Preschool | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($134k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Carl & Phyllis Detering 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.
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How this is measured
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About Carl & Phyllis Detering Foundation
- How much does Carl & Phyllis Detering Foundation give?
- Carl & Phyllis Detering Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $85,073 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Carl & Phyllis Detering Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (56%), Arts & Culture (16%), Environment (10%).
- Who are Carl & Phyllis Detering Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Kinkaid School Inc ($180k), Houston Botanic Garden ($45k), Communities in Schools of Houston Inc ($26k).
- Does Carl & Phyllis Detering Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Carl & Phyllis Detering 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 Carl & Phyllis Detering Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, The Brown Foundation Inc, Shell USA Company Foundation.
- Where is Carl & Phyllis Detering Foundation based?
- Carl & Phyllis Detering Foundation is based in TX.
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