Texas · Private foundation
Ledbetter 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.
- $83k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 71% of the organizations Ledbetter Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k 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 | $83k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $99k | 71% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $401k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $365k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $571k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $413k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $208k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $771k | 54% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Global Orphan Project Inc | $500,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children | $355,654 | 4 | 0% |
| The Gladney Center for Adoption | $306,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Upbring | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ranger Airfield Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Central Caribbean Marine Institute Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Patient Access Network Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Health Resources | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Health Resources Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ledbetter Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Ledbetter Family Foundation
- How much does Ledbetter Family Foundation give?
- Ledbetter Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $83,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ledbetter Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (26%), Health (23%), Human Services (15%).
- Who are Ledbetter Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Global Orphan Project Inc ($500k), Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children ($356k), The Gladney Center for Adoption ($306k).
- Does Ledbetter Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ledbetter 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 Ledbetter Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, Network for Good.
- Where is Ledbetter Family Foundation based?
- Ledbetter Family Foundation is based in TX.
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