Texas · Private foundation
Mentormore 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.
- $113k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 40
- Grants FY2024
- 41
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 34%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,029
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 41
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 34% of the organizations Mentormore Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 38 | $100k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 41 | $110k | 34% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $75k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $92k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 38 | $81k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 37 | $99k | 41% |
| FY2017 | 30 | $46k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Urban Debate Alliance | $70,020 | 7 | 3% |
| Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity Inc | $56,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Ayn Rand Institute the Center for the Advancement of Objectivism | $40,299 | 4 | 0% |
| Dallas Museum of Art | $14,940 | 6 | 0% |
| Cato Institute | $13,150 | 7 | 0% |
| Friends of Northaven Trail Inc | $12,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Khan Academy Inc | $10,815 | 7 | 0% |
| Center for Independent Thought | $10,240 | 6 | 0% |
| Vail Mountain Rescue Group Inc | $7,638 | 6 | 1% |
| St Philip St Augustine Catholic Academy | $5,300 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($317k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mentormore 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: Texas Instruments Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Mentormore Foundation
- How much does Mentormore Foundation give?
- Mentormore Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $112,547 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 41 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Mentormore Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (24%), Philanthropy (17%), Housing & Shelter (10%).
- Who are Mentormore Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Dallas Urban Debate Alliance ($70k), Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity Inc ($56k), The Ayn Rand Institute the Center for the Advancement of Objectivism ($40k).
- Does Mentormore Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mentormore 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 Mentormore Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Texas Instruments Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, The Dallas Foundation.
- Where is Mentormore Foundation based?
- Mentormore Foundation is based in TX.
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