Texas · Private foundation
Luchsinger 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.
- $60k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Luchsinger Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 | $60k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $72k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $73k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $365k | 55% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $81k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $77k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $56k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Houston Food Bank | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wake Forest University | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bear Be a Resource for Cps Kids | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Samaritan Foundation of Texas Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Brookwood Community Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Hospice | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindred Spirits Animal Sanctuary | $10,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Maria Droste Services of Colorado Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Houston Food Bank | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wake Forest University | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bear Be a Resource for Cps Kids | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Samaritan Foundation of Texas Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Brookwood Community Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Hospice | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindred Spirits Animal Sanctuary | $10,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Maria Droste Services of Colorado Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Bridge House | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Bridge House Corporation | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| West Point Presbyterian Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Houston Museum of Natural Science | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Child Advocates Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Love Beyond Walls Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wings Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($541k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Luchsinger Family 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.
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How this is measured
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About Luchsinger Family Foundation
- How much does Luchsinger Family Foundation give?
- Luchsinger Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $60,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Luchsinger Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (49%), Education (19%), Food & Nutrition (8%).
- Who are Luchsinger Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: The Houston Food Bank ($60k), Wake Forest University ($50k), Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc ($20k).
- Does Luchsinger Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Luchsinger 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 Luchsinger Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Luchsinger Family Foundation based?
- Luchsinger Family Foundation is based in TX.
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