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Sk Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$750k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
3
Grants FY2025
3
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$250,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 69
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$4.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Sk Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
ReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving3$750k0%
FY20243$300k0%
FY20233$300k100%
FY202267$337k1%
FY202167$293k1%
FY202069$293kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$621kReligion$221kEducation$143kEnvironment$82kAnimals$78kYouth Development$55kArts & Culture$54kHuman Services$38kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
WI
NY
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
VA
AZ
DC
OK
LA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Lukes United Methodist Church$55,0003n/a
Camp For All Foundation$40,00030%
Marilyn Hickey Ministries$30,0003n/a
McQueeney Volunteer Fire Department$24,50034%
The Houston Food Bank$18,00030%
Southwestern University$15,00030%
Star of Hope Mission$15,00030%
Goodwill Industries of Houston$15,00030%
International Crane Foundation Inc$15,00030%
Christian Community Service Center Inc$15,00030%
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All grantees of Sk Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Lukes United Methodist Church$55,0003n/a
Camp For All Foundation$40,00030%
Marilyn Hickey Ministries$30,0003n/a
McQueeney Volunteer Fire Department$24,50034%
The Houston Food Bank$18,00030%
Southwestern University$15,00030%
Star of Hope Mission$15,00030%
Goodwill Industries of Houston$15,00030%
International Crane Foundation Inc$15,00030%
Christian Community Service Center Inc$15,00030%
Houston Public Media Foundation$15,00030%
Land Trust Alliance Inc$15,00030%
Free Enterprise Institute$15,00032%
University of San Diego$15,00030%
Texas Christian University$15,00030%
The Periwinkle Foundation$9,00030%
Bo's Place$9,00030%
Episcopal High School$9,0003n/a
Eagle Mountain International Church Inc$9,0003n/a
The Brookwood Community Inc$9,00030%
Chinquapin Preparatory School$9,00030%
The Center for Hearing and Speech$9,00030%
Yellowstone Academy Inc Dba Yellowstone Schools$9,00030%
Galveston Bay Foundation Inc$9,00030%
Saving Moses$8,00030%
Houston Wilderness Inc$7,50030%
Coastal Prairie Conservancy$7,50030%
Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$7,50030%
Bat Conservation International$7,50030%
Nehemiah Center Inc$7,50030%
The Kinkaid School Inc$6,00030%
Conservation History Association of Tx$6,00038%
Clarice Fluitt Ministries Inc$6,00021%
Lamar High School Alumni Associatio$6,00032%
Guthrie Educational Foundation Inc$5,00016%
Hill Country Land Trust Inc$3,00030%
Hawkwatch International Inc$3,00030%
Urban Harvest Inc$3,00030%
Art League of Houston$3,00030%
Texas Land Trust Council$3,00030%
Lake McQueeney Ski Bees Inc$1,50032%
Joyce Meyer Ministries Inc$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sk Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCamp For All Foundation: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMcQueeney Volunteer Fire Department: $24,500 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouthwestern University: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStar of Hope Mission: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Houston: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Crane Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Community Service Center Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Public Media Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLand Trust Alliance Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFree Enterprise Institute: $15,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetUniversity of San Diego: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Christian University: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Periwinkle Foundation: $9,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBo's Place: $9,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChinquapin Preparatory School: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center for Hearing and Speech: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYellowstone Academy Inc Dba Yellowstone Schools: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGalveston Bay Foundation Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSaving Moses: $8,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHouston Wilderness Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCoastal Prairie Conservancy: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBat Conservation International: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNehemiah Center Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Kinkaid School Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetConservation History Association of Tx: $6,000 over 3y, 8.0% of budgetClarice Fluitt Ministries Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetLamar High School Alumni Associatio: $6,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetGuthrie Educational Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetHill Country Land Trust Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHawkwatch International Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUrban Harvest Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetArt League of Houston: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Land Trust Council: $3,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLake McQueeney Ski Bees Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 2.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.

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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.

Greater Houston Community FoundationTX23.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · John P McGovern Foundation · Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation · The Powell Foundation · Strake Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · The Elkins Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Knobloch Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Sk Foundation

How much does Sk Foundation give?
Sk Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $750,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 69 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Sk Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (41%), Religion (14%), Education (9%).
Who are Sk Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: St Lukes United Methodist Church ($55k), Camp For All Foundation ($40k), Marilyn Hickey Ministries ($30k).
Does Sk Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sk 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 Sk Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, The Brown Foundation Inc, Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation.
Where is Sk Foundation based?
Sk Foundation is based in TX.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 75 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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