Texas · Private foundation
Ruth and Paul Connor Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $330k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 15
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.3M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations Ruth and Paul Connor Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 14 | $330k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $330k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $330k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $330k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $330k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $330k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Center at St Davids Episcopal Church | $493,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Side by Side Kids Inc | $310,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Helping Hand Home for Children Inc | $290,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Redeem International | $190,000 | 5 | 8% |
| Casa Esperanza Inc | $135,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Settlement Club | $115,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Vincare Services of Austin Foundation | $75,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Wonders & Worries Inc | $75,000 | 6 | 1% |
| International Justice Mission | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Essilor Vision Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Center at St Davids Episcopal Church | $493,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Side by Side Kids Inc | $310,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Helping Hand Home for Children Inc | $290,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Redeem International | $190,000 | 5 | 8% |
| Casa Esperanza Inc | $135,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Settlement Club | $115,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Vincare Services of Austin Foundation | $75,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Wonders & Worries Inc | $75,000 | 6 | 1% |
| International Justice Mission | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Essilor Vision Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Triple 1 Blessings | $30,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Young Life | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Family Eldercare Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Laity Renewal Foundation | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Allies Against Slavery | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Abolition International Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Austin Bridge Builders Alliance | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($75k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ruth and Paul Connor 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: Austin Community Foundation Inc · St David's Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Donald D Hammill Foundation · A Glimmer of Hope Foundation Austin · Shield-Ayres Foundation · Topfer Family Foundation · United Way Worldwide · United Way for Greater Austin · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
About Ruth and Paul Connor Foundation
- How much does Ruth and Paul Connor Foundation give?
- Ruth and Paul Connor Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $330,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 15 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Ruth and Paul Connor Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (43%), Religion (27%), International (14%).
- Who are Ruth and Paul Connor Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Trinity Center at St Davids Episcopal Church ($493k), Side by Side Kids Inc ($310k), Helping Hand Home for Children Inc ($290k).
- Does Ruth and Paul Connor Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ruth and Paul Connor Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ruth and Paul Connor Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Austin Community Foundation Inc, St David's Foundation, The Moody Foundation.
- Where is Ruth and Paul Connor Foundation based?
- Ruth and Paul Connor Foundation is based in TX.
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