Texas · Private foundation
Fordan Family 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.
- $12k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $72
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,599
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Fordan Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $720 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $12k | 56% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $6k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $5k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $5k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $4k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $5k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $4k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $9k | 62% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Spirit Catholic Church | $16,530 | 9 | n/a |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $5,276 | 9 | 0% |
| Yale University | $1,335 | 5 | n/a |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $1,025 | 5 | 0% |
| New York Medical College | $850 | 6 | 0% |
| Yale University | $795 | 2 | n/a |
| Methodist Hospitals of Dallas Guild | $600 | 5 | 0% |
| American Wheelchair Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hike for Life Inc | $500 | 3 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $440 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Spirit Catholic Church | $16,530 | 9 | n/a |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $5,276 | 9 | 0% |
| Yale University | $1,335 | 5 | n/a |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $1,025 | 5 | 0% |
| New York Medical College | $850 | 6 | 0% |
| Yale University | $795 | 2 | n/a |
| Methodist Hospitals of Dallas Guild | $600 | 5 | 0% |
| American Wheelchair Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hike for Life Inc | $500 | 3 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $440 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Dallas | $437 | 3 | 0% |
| Bishop Dunne Catholic School Inc | $200 | 2 | n/a |
| La Promesa Foundation | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Yale University | $175 | 1 | n/a |
| The Catholic Foundation | $150 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicanos Por la Causa Inc Cplc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of Dallas Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| National Arbor Day Foundation | $70 | 3 | 0% |
| Bridge Steps | $65 | 1 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas | $58 | 1 | 0% |
| The Boggy Creek Gang Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Stand Up to Cancer | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Diocese of St Augustine | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| St Monica Catholic School | $5 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fordan Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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: Texas Instruments Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Fordan Family Foundation
- How much does Fordan Family Foundation give?
- Fordan Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $11,986 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Fordan Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (64%), Philanthropy (10%), International (9%).
- Who are Fordan Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Holy Spirit Catholic Church ($17k), Compassion International Incorporated ($5k), Yale University ($1k).
- Does Fordan Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fordan Family 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 Fordan Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Texas Instruments Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund.
- Where is Fordan Family Foundation based?
- Fordan Family Foundation is based in TX.
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