Texas · Private foundation
Mentz Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $38k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,600
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $95k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Mentz Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 4 | $37k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $30k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $28k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $34k | 63% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $9k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kinkaid School Inc | $40,583 | 4 | 0% |
| The Arts of Healing Foundation | $30,651 | 4 | 11% |
| Pro-Vision Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| A Shelter for Cancer Families | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Garden Club of Houston | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Museum of Fine Arts Houston | $3,750 | 1 | 0% |
| St Martins Episcopal Church | $2,600 | 2 | n/a |
| The Fay School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Image Reborn Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kinkaid School Inc | $40,583 | 4 | 0% |
| The Arts of Healing Foundation | $30,651 | 4 | 11% |
| Pro-Vision Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| A Shelter for Cancer Families | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Garden Club of Houston | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Museum of Fine Arts Houston | $3,750 | 1 | 0% |
| St Martins Episcopal Church | $2,600 | 2 | n/a |
| The Fay School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Image Reborn Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($17k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mentz Foundation Inc 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 · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Mentz Foundation Inc
- How much does Mentz Foundation Inc give?
- Mentz Foundation Inc reported 5 grants totaling $38,100 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Mentz Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (32%), Health (30%), Youth Development (18%).
- Who are Mentz Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Kinkaid School Inc ($41k), The Arts of Healing Foundation ($31k), Pro-Vision Inc ($25k).
- Does Mentz Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mentz Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mentz Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Mentz Foundation Inc based?
- Mentz Foundation Inc is based in TX.
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