Maryland · Private foundation
Sheldon and Audrey Katz 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.
- $915k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations Sheldon and Audrey Katz Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $472k 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 | 17 | $915k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $1.5M | 6% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $720k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $775k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $620k | 12% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $580k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $550k | 22% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $441k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $440,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Green Forests Work Inc | $437,050 | 7 | 5% |
| Frankfurt Zoological Society - US Inc | $420,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Population Action International | $365,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $360,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Potomac Conservancy Inc | $345,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Nature Forward | $340,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Population Connection | $310,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Homeless Prenatal Program Inc | $292,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Amazon Conservation Association | $280,000 | 6 | 2% |
Show all 24 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Sheldon and Audrey Katz Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Washington Community Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Sheldon and Audrey Katz Foundation with peer funders
About Sheldon and Audrey Katz Foundation
- How much does Sheldon and Audrey Katz Foundation give?
- Sheldon and Audrey Katz Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $915,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sheldon and Audrey Katz Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (32%), Health (10%), Animals (9%).
- Who are Sheldon and Audrey Katz Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc ($440k), Green Forests Work Inc ($437k), Frankfurt Zoological Society - US Inc ($420k).
- Does Sheldon and Audrey Katz Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sheldon and Audrey Katz 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 Sheldon and Audrey Katz Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Clark-Winchcole Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Sheldon and Audrey Katz Foundation based?
- Sheldon and Audrey Katz Foundation is based in MD.
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