Texas · Private foundation
Louis K Brandt Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $93k
- Granted FY2019
- 22
- Grants FY2019
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 59%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 59% of the organizations Louis K Brandt Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 78% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 22 | $93k | 59% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $16k | 63% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $22k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
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 FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Marsh Rice University | $10,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Star of Hope Mission | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Child Advocates Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kids' Meals Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Wilderness Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lone Star Flight Museum | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Prison Entrepreneurship Program Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Thacker Mountain | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Casa de Esperanza | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Marsh Rice University | $10,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Star of Hope Mission | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Child Advocates Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kids' Meals Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Wilderness Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lone Star Flight Museum | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Prison Entrepreneurship Program Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Thacker Mountain | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Casa de Esperanza | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Interfaith Compassion Ministry | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kelsey Research Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bridges to Life | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Rose | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| A D Players | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Coastal Prairie Conservancy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alpha Houston | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of River Oaks Park | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The 100 Club Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($75k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Louis K Brandt 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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Strake Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Louis K Brandt Foundation
- How much does Louis K Brandt Foundation give?
- Louis K Brandt Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $93,250 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Louis K Brandt Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Religion (39%), Education (20%), Health (7%).
- Who are Louis K Brandt Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: William Marsh Rice University ($10k), Star of Hope Mission ($5k), Child Advocates Inc ($5k).
- Does Louis K Brandt Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Louis K Brandt 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 Louis K Brandt Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, The Brown Foundation Inc, Strake Foundation.
- Where is Louis K Brandt Foundation based?
- Louis K Brandt Foundation is based in TX.
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