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Fannie and Stephen Kahn Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$415k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
54
Itemized grants FY2024
58
Organizations funded FY2023
24%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$284k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 58
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$8.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 24% of the organizations Fannie and Stephen Kahn Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsPhilanthropyFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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
FY2024still arriving54$284k7%
FY202358$285k24%
FY202257$265k86%
FY201916$80kn/a
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$148kHuman Services$124kEducation$66kArts & Culture$65kFood & Nutrition$48kHousing & Shelter$36kYouth Development$26kInternational$20kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Fannie and Stephen Kahn Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
North Texas Food Bank$30,00030%
The Dallas Morning News Charities$25,0003n/a
Buckner Foundation Inc$24,00030%
DME Exchange of Dallas Inc$23,50029%
Austin Street Center$22,00020%
Sammons Center for the Arts$20,00031%
Girls Incorporated of Metropolitan Dallas$19,50030%
North Dallas Shared Ministries Inc$19,00030%
Pediplace Inc$17,50030%
Minnies Food Pantry Inc$17,00030%
The Magdalen House$16,00030%
Network of Community Ministries Inc$16,00030%
Family Gateway Inc$15,50020%
Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Inc$15,50030%
Bishop Dunne Catholic School Inc$15,0003n/a
Crossroads Community Services Inc$15,00030%
Smithsonian Institution$15,00030%
Citysquare$14,20020%
Operation Kindness$12,50030%
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$12,00030%
Planned Parenthood$12,00023%
Dont Forget to Feed Me Pet Food Bank Inc$10,70031%
Child Protective Services Community Partners Inc$10,00020%
Commit2dallas$10,00010%
Hope Center Inc$8,5003n/a
Ark House Foundation$8,00026%
Methodist Justice Ministry of Fumc$8,00030%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$7,00020%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$7,00010%
The Dallas Opera$6,50010%
National Gallery of Art$6,50020%
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children$6,00010%
Chi Omega Foundation$5,50040%
Disaster Accountability Project$5,00017%
Wilkinson Center$5,00010%
Museum of Modern Art$4,80040%
South Coast Botanic Garden Foundation Inc$4,28530%
Take Me Home Pet Rescue Inc$4,12531%
Food & Friends Inc$4,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$4,00020%
Frontiers of Flight Museum Inc$4,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$3,00030%
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation$1,50030%
North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc$1,00010%
Whitney Museum of American Art$60020%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($403k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fannie and Stephen Kahn Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorth Texas Food Bank: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBuckner Foundation Inc: $24,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDME Exchange of Dallas Inc: $23,500 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetAustin Street Center: $22,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSammons Center for the Arts: $20,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Metropolitan Dallas: $19,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNorth Dallas Shared Ministries Inc: $19,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPediplace Inc: $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMinnies Food Pantry Inc: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Magdalen House: $16,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNetwork of Community Ministries Inc: $16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Gateway Inc: $15,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House of Dallas Inc: $15,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCrossroads Community Services Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCitysquare: $14,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Kindness: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGuiding Eyes for the Blind Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood: $12,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetDont Forget to Feed Me Pet Food Bank Inc: $10,700 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetChild Protective Services Community Partners Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCommit2dallas: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArk House Foundation: $8,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetMethodist Justice Ministry of Fumc: $8,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Dallas Opera: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Gallery of Art: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChi Omega Foundation: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDisaster Accountability Project: $5,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetWilkinson Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $4,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Coast Botanic Garden Foundation Inc: $4,285 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTake Me Home Pet Rescue Inc: $4,125 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetFood & Friends Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFrontiers of Flight Museum Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAquarium of the Pacific Corporation: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Texas Public Broadcasting Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWhitney Museum of American Art: $600 over 2y, 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 42.

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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.

Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX32.7× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Fannie and Stephen Kahn Charitable Foundation

How much does Fannie and Stephen Kahn Charitable Foundation give?
Fannie and Stephen Kahn Charitable Foundation reported 54 itemized grants totaling $283,865, out of $414,920 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 58 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Fannie and Stephen Kahn Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (4%), Human Services (4%), Education (2%).
Who are Fannie and Stephen Kahn Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: North Texas Food Bank ($30k), The Dallas Morning News Charities ($25k), Buckner Foundation Inc ($24k).
Does Fannie and Stephen Kahn Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Fannie and Stephen Kahn Charitable 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 Fannie and Stephen Kahn Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Texas Instruments Foundation, The Dallas Foundation.
Where is Fannie and Stephen Kahn Charitable Foundation based?
Fannie and Stephen Kahn Charitable 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 83 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $418k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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