Texas · Private foundation
Giana Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $45k
- Granted FY2019
- 11
- Grants FY2019
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 91%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 91% of the organizations Giana Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 11 | $45k | 91% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $51k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $56k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Color Me Empowered | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cry Havoc Theater Company | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Dallas Black Dance Theatre Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Kids Who Care Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Youth Ballet | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Dallas Wind Symphony | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($135k), not named here.
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: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Taca Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Giana Foundation
- How much does Giana Foundation give?
- Giana Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $45,000 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Giana Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Education (84%), Arts & Culture (11%), Youth Development (2%).
- Who are Giana Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Color Me Empowered ($3k), Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Inc ($3k), Cry Havoc Theater Company ($3k).
- Does Giana Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 91% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Giana 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 Giana Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Texas Instruments Foundation, Taca Inc.
- Where is Giana Foundation based?
- Giana Foundation is based in TX.
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