Texas · Private foundation
Kalman 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.
- $164k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $736k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 54% of the organizations Kalman Foundation 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; $128k 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 | $164k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $265k | 54% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $80k | 73% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $66k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $72k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $80k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $40k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities Inc | $125,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Catholic Leadership Institute | $125,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Houston Coalition for Life | $42,500 | 6 | 1% |
| San Francisco Nativity Academy | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa Juan Diego | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Patriot Paws Service Dogs | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocesan Council of Austin | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Houston Food Bank | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities Inc | $125,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Catholic Leadership Institute | $125,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Houston Coalition for Life | $42,500 | 6 | 1% |
| San Francisco Nativity Academy | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa Juan Diego | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Patriot Paws Service Dogs | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocesan Council of Austin | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Houston Food Bank | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Jose Clinic | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Angela House | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Elijah Rising | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| West Houston Assistance Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cardinal Newman Society for the Preservation of Catholic Hgr Ed | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cuatro Por Venezuela | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Camp H-Town | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Faith in Practice | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Books Between Kids Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding The Lone Star LLC | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($433k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kalman 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: Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Marek Family Foundation · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · Strake Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Houston Food Bank · A R Tony and Maria J Sanchez Family Foundation · Charity Guild of Catholic Women of Harris County Inc · Scanlan Foundation
How this is measured
About Kalman Foundation
- How much does Kalman Foundation give?
- Kalman Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $164,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Kalman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (24%), Public Benefit (23%), Religion (16%).
- Who are Kalman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Catholic Charities Inc ($126k), Catholic Leadership Institute ($125k), Houston Coalition for Life ($43k).
- Does Kalman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kalman 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 Kalman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company, Shell USA Company Foundation, Greater Houston Community Foundation.
- Where is Kalman Foundation based?
- Kalman Foundation is based in TX.
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