Texas · Public charity
Fruitful Commons
Every neighborhood has vibrant spaces that reconnect people to growing food, nature and each other.
- $42k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 10
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $199k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations Fruitful Commons funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $47k | 90% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $62k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebuilding Broken Communities | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Serafina | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Downtown Austin Parks LLC | $12,600 | 2 | 2% |
| PTA Texas Congress | $10,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Partners for Education Agriculture and Sustainability | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Salvation Army | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Austin Discovery School Parent Teacher Organization | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| PTA Texas Congress | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebuilding Broken Communities | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Serafina | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Downtown Austin Parks LLC | $12,600 | 2 | 2% |
| PTA Texas Congress | $10,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Partners for Education Agriculture and Sustainability | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Salvation Army | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Austin Discovery School Parent Teacher Organization | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| PTA Texas Congress | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Red Salmon Arts | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Kalpulli Texas Quetzalcoatl | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sustainable Food Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Becker Green Classroom | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ecology Action of Texas Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($28k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fruitful Commons 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: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Better Business Bureau · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Fruitful Commons
- How much does Fruitful Commons give?
- Fruitful Commons reported 10 grants totaling $42,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 10 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Fruitful Commons fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (50%), Community Improvement (16%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are Fruitful Commons's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Rebuilding Broken Communities ($15k), Serafina ($14k), Downtown Austin Parks LLC ($13k).
- Does Fruitful Commons fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Fruitful Commons?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Austin Community Foundation Inc, Better Business Bureau, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Fruitful Commons based?
- Fruitful Commons is based in TX.
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