Michigan · Private foundation
Jenny H & Otto F Krauss Charitable 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.
- $595k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $161,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Jenny H & Otto F Krauss Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $170k 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 | 20 | $595k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $575k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $488k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $502k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $571k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $466k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $459k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $485k | 17% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Purdue University | $225,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $225,000 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Michigan | $225,000 | 9 | 12% |
| The General Council of the Assemblies of God | $198,000 | 9 | n/a |
| DePauw University | $195,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | $190,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Big Heart Ministries | $115,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Kirtland Community College | $95,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Ark Association to Rescue Kritters | $38,000 | 8 | 4% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Purdue University | $225,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $225,000 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Michigan | $225,000 | 9 | 12% |
| The General Council of the Assemblies of God | $198,000 | 9 | n/a |
| DePauw University | $195,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | $190,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Big Heart Ministries | $115,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Kirtland Community College | $95,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Ark Association to Rescue Kritters | $38,000 | 8 | 4% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Roscommon Historic Model Train Museum | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Kiva Center | $7,000 | 3 | 1% |
| InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.0M), 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Jenny H & Otto F Krauss Charitable Foundation
- How much does Jenny H & Otto F Krauss Charitable Foundation give?
- Jenny H & Otto F Krauss Charitable Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $594,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Jenny H & Otto F Krauss Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (27%), Religion (21%), International (11%).
- Who are Jenny H & Otto F Krauss Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Trustees of Purdue University ($225k), Michigan State University ($225k), University of Michigan ($225k).
- Does Jenny H & Otto F Krauss Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jenny H & Otto F Krauss Charitable 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 Jenny H & Otto F Krauss Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Jenny H & Otto F Krauss Charitable Foundation based?
- Jenny H & Otto F Krauss Charitable Foundation is based in MI.
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