Texas · Private foundation
Josephine Graf 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.
- $14k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $280k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Josephine Graf Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 6 | $14k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $18k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $10k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $41k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $123k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $42k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $112k | 65% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pegasus Foundation | $317,250 | 7 | 6% |
| The Southampton Fresh Air Home | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Nasher Sculpture Center | $7,786 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Dallas | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sweetheart Ball Inc | $7,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Episcopal School of Dallas Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bathing Corporation of Southampton Scholarship Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Perot Museum of Nature & Science | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Service Air Corps | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Lake Agawam Conservancy Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pegasus Foundation | $317,250 | 7 | 6% |
| The Southampton Fresh Air Home | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Nasher Sculpture Center | $7,786 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Dallas | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sweetheart Ball Inc | $7,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Episcopal School of Dallas Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bathing Corporation of Southampton Scholarship Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Perot Museum of Nature & Science | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Service Air Corps | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Lake Agawam Conservancy Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fresh Air Fund | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dallas Museum of Art | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| 564 Park Avenue Preservation Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Founders Garden Club of Dallas | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Virginia Inc | $530 | 1 | 0% |
| The Orme School | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Parrish Art Museum Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| French Heritage Society Inc | $375 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $70 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($67k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Josephine Graf Foundation 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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Josephine Graf Foundation
- How much does Josephine Graf Foundation give?
- Josephine Graf Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $13,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Josephine Graf Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (76%), Education (15%), Health (3%).
- Who are Josephine Graf Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pegasus Foundation ($317k), The Southampton Fresh Air Home ($10k), The Nasher Sculpture Center ($8k).
- Does Josephine Graf Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Josephine Graf 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 Josephine Graf Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Josephine Graf Foundation based?
- Josephine Graf Foundation is based in TX.
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