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Kolbe Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$11k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$64kHealth$34kPhilanthropy$30kHuman Services$22kArts & Culture$20kPublic Benefit$15kAnimals$10kPublic Safety & Disaster$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
8
States reached
$4k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Own Your Own Universe$1,180
Honor Flight Austin$1,029
Samaritan Center$1,000
Tunnels to Towers Foundation$1,000
Austin Pets Alive$525
USO$503
Opeations Homefront$500
Home for Our Troops$500
American Red Cross$500
Goodwill Central Texas$500
Warrior Canine Connection$500
TAPS$500
Comfort Crew for Military Kids$500
The Do More Foundation$500
Sanctuary Project$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 23% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%National Indigenous Women's resource Center: $2k → 18%Warrior Canine Connection: $2k → 8%National Indigenous Women's Resource Center: $1k → 18%Hospice Giving Foundation: $1k → 12%Warrior Canine Connection: $1k → 8%Hospice Giving Foundation: $500 → 12%Warrior Canine Connection: $500 → 8%Warrior Canine Connection: $250 → 8%Samaritan Center: $6k → 10%Samaritan Center: $3k → 10%Samaritan Center: $2k → 10%Samaritan Center: $1k → 10%Samaritan Center: $500 → 10%Meals on Wheels: $250 → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
NY
MA
CA
MO
VA
MD
TN
DC
MS
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$134k · 22 repeat orgs$94k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
21

Total granted

$134k
$93k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+14%

Still filing today

73%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesAnimalsHealthArts & CultureCrime & LegalPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • HF
    Honor Flight Austin
    5× · 2018–2024 · $15k · revenue +91%
  • SC
    SAMARITAN CENTER INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $12k · revenue +53%
  • AD
    AUSTIN DOG ALLIANCE
    5× · 2018–2024 · $7k · revenue +85%

Funded once

  • NP
    Naval Postgradutate School
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • IL
    I Live Here I Give HereAustin Amplify
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • IL
    I LIVE HERE I GIVE HERE
    one grant, 2018 · $14k · revenue -24%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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2
National Domestic Violence Hotline

The national domestic violence hotline provides crisis intervention, saftey planning, resources, information, and referrals to those affected by relationship abuse.

Human Services
3
Usvets - Texas

The successful transition of u.s. military veterans and their families through the provision of housing, counseling, career development and comprehensive support.

Human Services
4
Patriot Paws Service Dogs

To train and provide service dogs of the highest quality at no cost to disabled american veterans and others with mobile disabilities in order to help restore their physical and emotional independence.

Human Services
5
Austin Habitat for Humanity Inc

Through faith in action, austin habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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6
Texas Wounded Warriors

The mission of the texas wounded warrior foundation is to raise awareness, to honor, and to empower our wounded united state military warriors, enabling them to assimilate back to daily life upon their return from combat. we seek to…

Public Benefit
7
The Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc

The austin humane society (ahs) offers comprehensive, humane, life-saving animal services, transforming the lives of animals and those who love them. because we believe homeless animals deserve a chance to thrive in a loving environment,…

Animals
8
One Tail At a Time West Texas

One tail at a time west texas otat wtx serves the rural communities of west texas by supporting animal shelter operations rescuing and sheltering homeless unwanted companion animals dogs and cats primarily arranging their veterinary care…

Animals
9
Austin Cops for Charities

To enhance community relations with austin police officers and the local community by supporting local charitable agencies. in addition, to support austin police officers and their families in times of need.

Crime & Legal
10
Amvets (American Veterans)

Amvets is a veterans service organization whose members, having served or now serving in the u.s. armed forces, are united to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states; to safeguard the principles of freedom, liberty and…

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11
Divine Canines

Divine canines therapy encourages smiles and brightens lives. to accomplish this, we recruit and train teams of dogs and their owners and organize and facilitate regular, frequent visits to residents of special care facilities.

Animals
12
Operation Kindness

Our mission is to create a kinder world for pets and the people who love them by providing lifesaving care, innovative programs, and community resources.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Homes for Our Troops Inc; the most unlike its peers is Meals On Wheels. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 46 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
20/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Texas State University: $34,000 · OtherTexas State UniversityNaval Postgradutate School: $25,000 · OtherNaval Postgradutate SchoolI Live Here I Give HereAustin Amplify: $15,450 · OtherI Live Here I Give HereAustin AmplifySeton Breast Cancer Seton: $5,000 · OtherMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $5,000 · Other+24 more: $53,783 · Other+24 moreSAMARITAN CENTER INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN …WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC: $3,750 · Human ServicesWARRIOR CA…NATIONAL INDIGENOUS WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL I…HOSPICE GIVING FOUNDATION: $1,650 · Human ServicesHOSPICE GI…+1 more: $250 · Human ServicesAmerican Artists Project: $10,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican …OWN YOUR OWN UNIVERSE: $9,691 · Arts & CultureOWN YOUR …AUSTIN DOG ALLIANCE: $7,250 · AnimalsAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $5,075 · AnimalsANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL INC US: $2,000 · AnimalsEMANCIPET INC: $1,000 · AnimalsHonor Flight Austin: $15,029 · Public BenefitI LIVE HERE I GIVE HERE: $13,890 · PhilanthropyTHE COMFORT CREW FOR MILITARY KIDS: $2,750 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,500 · HealthJACOBS HEART CHILDRENS CANCER SUPPORT SERVICES: $1,000 · HealthAUSTIN BLACK PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 · Health
Other$138,233Human Services$20,650Arts & Culture$19,691Animals$15,325Public Benefit$15,029Philanthropy$13,890Health$6,250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHonor Flight Austin: $15,029 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetI LIVE HERE I GIVE HERE: $13,890 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSAMARITAN CENTER INC: $12,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican Artists Project: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetOWN YOUR OWN UNIVERSE: $9,691 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetAUSTIN DOG ALLIANCE: $7,250 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $5,075 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC: $3,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWATERORG: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL INDIGENOUS WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMFORT CREW FOR MILITARY KIDS: $2,750 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $2,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL INC US: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE GIVING FOUNDATION: $1,650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN DISASTER RELIEF NETWORK: $1,030 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMANCIPET INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACOBS HEART CHILDRENS CANCER SUPPORT SERVICES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Honor Flight Austin ↗
  • Who funds I LIVE HERE I GIVE HERE ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds American Artists Project ↗
  • Who funds OWN YOUR OWN UNIVERSE ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN DOG ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION ↗
  • Who funds WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC ↗
  • Who funds WATERORG ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL INDIGENOUS WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COMFORT CREW FOR MILITARY KIDS ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION HOMEFRONT INC ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL INC US ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE GIVING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN DISASTER RELIEF NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds EMANCIPET INC ↗
  • Who funds NETWORK FOR GOOD ↗
  • Who funds JACOBS HEART CHILDRENS CANCER SUPPORT SERVICES ↗

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.

Austin Community Foun…Shell USA Company Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…Verizon FoundationNetwork for GoodMorgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…
Austin Community Foundation IncTX23× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Kolbe Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kolbe Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Warrior Canine Connection Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 46 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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