Texas · Private foundation
James K Ferguson Foundation Inc
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.
- $78k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $13,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 17
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $959k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations James K Ferguson Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k 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 | $78k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $67k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $52k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $48k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $48k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $42k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospice Austin | $34,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Project Night Night | $25,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc | $24,300 | 4 | 0% |
| Fishing the Good Fight Inc | $24,200 | 2 | 2% |
| Maryland Therapeutic Riding Inc | $23,000 | 6 | 1% |
| A Wider Circle Inc | $21,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Canine Therapy Corps Inc | $16,200 | 2 | 3% |
| Wildflower Donor Inc | $13,150 | 6 | n/a |
| Bethesda Cares Inc | $11,900 | 5 | 0% |
| The DC Central Kitchen Inc | $9,600 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($51k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James K Ferguson Foundation Inc 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: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About James K Ferguson Foundation Inc
- How much does James K Ferguson Foundation Inc give?
- James K Ferguson Foundation Inc reported 16 grants totaling $78,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 17 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does James K Ferguson Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (48%), Human Services (13%), Environment (6%).
- Who are James K Ferguson Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Hospice Austin ($34k), Project Night Night ($26k), Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc ($24k).
- Does James K Ferguson Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James K Ferguson Foundation Inc 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 James K Ferguson Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, Network for Good, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is James K Ferguson Foundation Inc based?
- James K Ferguson Foundation Inc is based in TX.
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