Texas · Private foundation
Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $164k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2026
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 41
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 5
- Total assets, FY2026
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 13% of the organizations Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 33 | $164k | 15% |
| FY2025 | 30 | $149k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 29 | $162k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $173k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $156k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $141k | 3% |
| FY2020 | 41 | $140k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 37 | $138k | 19% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Disaster Search Dog Foundation | $100,000 | 10 | 0% |
| San Diego Humane Society and Spca | $95,000 | 10 | 0% |
| International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America | $80,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Helen Woodward Animal Center | $53,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Operation Blankets Of Love | $46,851 | 8 | 1% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $46,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $45,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $44,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Woods Humane Society Inc | $43,000 | 10 | 0% |
| CARE4Paws Inc | $41,000 | 10 | 1% |
Show all 62 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($207k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ethel Frends Charitable 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: Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · Pedigree Foundation · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Petco Love · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Sempra Foundation · Mary Jo and Hank Greenberg Animal Welfare Foundation · The Winnick Family Foundation Inc · Petsmart Charities Inc · Carol and Kent H Landsberg Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Michelson Found Animals Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation
- How much does Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation give?
- Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $163,500 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 41 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Animals (86%), Public Safety & Disaster (9%), Health (2%).
- Who are Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: National Disaster Search Dog Foundation ($100k), San Diego Humane Society and Spca ($95k), International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America ($80k).
- Does Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation, Pedigree Foundation, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
- Where is Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation based?
- Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation is based in TX.
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