Texas · Private foundation
S4 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.
- $240k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
63% of S4 Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations S4 Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% 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 | 9 | $90k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $138k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $176k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $950 | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pratham USA | $8,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lake Park Parent Teacher Organization Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Wonders & Worries Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Book Festival | $650 | 1 | 0% |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | $604 | 2 | 0% |
| Chinmaya Mission Austin | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Nari Satya Foundation | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $103 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($372k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget S4 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: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About S4 Foundation
- How much does S4 Foundation give?
- S4 Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $240,054 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does S4 Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (55%), Religion (42%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are S4 Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Cradles to Crayons Inc ($16k), Pratham USA ($9k), Lake Park Parent Teacher Organization Inc ($5k).
- Does S4 Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does S4 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 S4 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is S4 Foundation based?
- S4 Foundation is based in TX.
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