Texas · Private foundation
Robin and Lou Carter Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $25k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2026
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $12,460
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $12,460
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $491k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 50% of the organizations Robin and Lou Carter Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 2 | $25k | 50% |
| FY2025 | 2 | $22k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $22k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $21k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $17k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $18k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $22k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $20k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communities in Schools of Greater Wichita Falls Area | $21,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Rise School of Corpus Christi | $20,700 | 3 | 2% |
| Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services | $12,460 | 1 | n/a |
| American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hammons Education Leadership Dba Help | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Agape Ranch | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($141k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Robin and Lou Carter Family Foundation
- How much does Robin and Lou Carter Family Foundation give?
- Robin and Lou Carter Family Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $24,920 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Robin and Lou Carter Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (32%), Employment (31%), Community Improvement (18%).
- Who are Robin and Lou Carter Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Communities in Schools of Greater Wichita Falls Area ($21k), Rise School of Corpus Christi ($21k), Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services ($12k).
- Does Robin and Lou Carter Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robin and Lou Carter 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 Robin and Lou Carter Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Robin and Lou Carter Family Foundation based?
- Robin and Lou Carter Family Foundation is based in TX.
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