Texas · Private foundation
Melcher Charitable Trust
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.
- $51k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 53% of the organizations Melcher Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 | 12 | $51k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $48k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $70k | 64% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $98k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $70k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $62k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $70k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $67k | 38% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Zoo Inc | $62,016 | 9 | 0% |
| Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc | $49,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $32,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Unforgettables Foundation | $27,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Houston Museum of Natural Science | $23,850 | 6 | 0% |
| Havencon | $23,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Steppenwolf Theatre Company | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for Child Protection | $17,050 | 4 | 0% |
| The Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc | $15,717 | 4 | 0% |
| Houston Humane Society | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 42 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($189k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Melcher Charitable Trust 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 · Shell USA Company Foundation · Baker Hughes Foundation · Astros Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Mechia Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Network for Good · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
About Melcher Charitable Trust
- How much does Melcher Charitable Trust give?
- Melcher Charitable Trust reported 15 grants totaling $51,212 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Melcher Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (28%), Education (16%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are Melcher Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Houston Zoo Inc ($62k), Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc ($49k), Folds of Honor Foundation ($33k).
- Does Melcher Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Melcher Charitable Trust 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 Melcher Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, Baker Hughes Foundation.
- Where is Melcher Charitable Trust based?
- Melcher Charitable Trust is based in TX.
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