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Carolyn and Mike Maples Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$44k
Granted FY2026(still arriving)
5
Grants FY2026
6
Organizations funded FY2024
67%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2026
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2026
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 9
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2026
2
Total assets, FY2026
$55k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Carolyn and Mike Maples Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 93% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesReligionCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2026still arriving4$42k75%
FY20246$29k67%
FY20232$26k0%
FY20224$19k75%
FY20217$57k86%
FY20208$37k88%
FY20199$54k78%
FY20187$56k71%
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$151kReligion$42kEducation$32kHuman Services$22kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kPhilanthropy$7kRecreation & Sports$2kYouth Development$1kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
IA
CA
CO
MO
NM
TN
NC
DC
OK
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Heartgift Foundation$86,90051%
The V Foundation$25,50030%
Connor's Heart$20,0001n/a
Breakthrough T1d$10,20020%
Cargo Ranch Inc$10,0001n/a
Stonewall Headstartinc$10,00011%
The Lifespace Foundation$10,00020%
University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Community Resource Centers of Texas Inc$5,00010%
Eanes Independent School District$4,0001n/a
Show all 24 grantees
All grantees of Carolyn and Mike Maples Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Heartgift Foundation$86,90051%
The V Foundation$25,50030%
Connor's Heart$20,0001n/a
Breakthrough T1d$10,20020%
Cargo Ranch Inc$10,0001n/a
Stonewall Headstartinc$10,00011%
The Lifespace Foundation$10,00020%
University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Community Resource Centers of Texas Inc$5,00010%
Eanes Independent School District$4,0001n/a
Oral Roberts University$2,00010%
Emmanuel Episcopal Church$2,0001n/a
How Ministries$2,00012%
Global Outreach Inc$1,73012%
Westlake Chap Club Inc$1,00010%
University of Texas$1,0001n/a
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Austin Rotary Club Foundation$1,00010%
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Densho$1,00010%
Ms Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Quilts of Valor Foundation$1,00010%
Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc$20010%
John Austin Cheley Foundation Inc$10010%

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($153k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Carolyn and Mike Maples Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHeartgift Foundation: $86,900 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetThe V Foundation: $25,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $10,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStonewall Headstartinc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Lifespace Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Oklahoma Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Resource Centers of Texas Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOral Roberts University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHow Ministries: $2,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetGlobal Outreach Inc: $1,730 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWestlake Chap Club Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAustin Rotary Club Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSt Baldrick's Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDensho: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetQuilts of Valor Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Austin Cheley Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 18.

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.

Austin Community Foundation IncTX13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Carolyn and Mike Maples Foundation

How much does Carolyn and Mike Maples Foundation give?
Carolyn and Mike Maples Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $44,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Carolyn and Mike Maples Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (46%), Religion (13%), Education (10%).
Who are Carolyn and Mike Maples Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Heartgift Foundation ($87k), The V Foundation ($26k), Connor's Heart ($20k).
Does Carolyn and Mike Maples Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Carolyn and Mike Maples Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Carolyn and Mike Maples Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Austin Community Foundation Inc, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is Carolyn and Mike Maples Foundation based?
Carolyn and Mike Maples Foundation is based in TX.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 46 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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