Georgia · Private foundation
Klaus Family 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.
- $771k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
87% of Klaus Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $18,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $672,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10M
- 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 Klaus Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 | 5 | $99k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $156k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $170k | 86% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $55k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $451k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $69k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $571k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Tech Foundation Inc | $944,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Emory University | $160,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Atlanta International School | $102,984 | 2 | 0% |
| 404 Dao Inc | $87,000 | 2 | 29% |
| Emory University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Art Center Sarasota Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| City Springs Theatre | $10,045 | 2 | 0% |
| D3 Research Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Defenders of Wildlife | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Tech Foundation Inc | $944,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Emory University | $160,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Atlanta International School | $102,984 | 2 | 0% |
| 404 Dao Inc | $87,000 | 2 | 29% |
| Emory University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Art Center Sarasota Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| City Springs Theatre | $10,045 | 2 | 0% |
| D3 Research Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Defenders of Wildlife | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Childspring International Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Savannah College of Art and DesignInc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($141k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Klaus Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Klaus Family Foundation
- How much does Klaus Family Foundation give?
- Klaus Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $770,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Klaus Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (70%), Education (25%), Science & Tech (2%).
- Who are Klaus Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Georgia Tech Foundation Inc ($945k), Emory University ($160k), Atlanta International School ($103k).
- Does Klaus Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Klaus Family 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 Klaus Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Klaus Family Foundation based?
- Klaus Family Foundation is based in GA.
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