Texas · Private foundation
Guitar Family Foundation
- $149k
- Granted FY2023
- 10
- Grants FY2023
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Guitar Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 10 | $149k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $45k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $62k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $11k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abilene Opera Association | $25,000 | 3 | 17% |
| Historic Paramount Theatre Inc | $19,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Frontier Texas Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Abilene Womans Club Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Rescue the Animals Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Abilene Arts Alliance | $600 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($210k), 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: Dian Graves Owen Foundation · Shelton Family Foundation · The Legett Foundation · Barber Foundation · The Karakin Foundation · Kickapoo Springs Foundation
How this is measured
About Guitar Family Foundation
- How much does Guitar Family Foundation give?
- Guitar Family Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $149,029 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Guitar Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Religion (43%), Arts & Culture (21%), Housing & Shelter (10%).
- Who are Guitar Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Abilene Opera Association ($25k), Historic Paramount Theatre Inc ($19k), Frontier Texas Inc ($10k).
- Does Guitar Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Guitar Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dian Graves Owen Foundation, Shelton Family Foundation, The Legett Foundation.
- Where is Guitar Family Foundation based?
- Guitar Family Foundation is based in TX.
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