Texas · Private foundation
Starfish Private Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $4k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,090
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $340k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Starfish Private Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $4k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $17k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $11k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $13k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $15k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $16k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $11k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $21k | 57% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Andrew Catholic Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Casa of Tarrant County Inc | $3,090 | 3 | 0% |
| 4 Paws Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Businesses United in Investing Lending & Development | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| UnBound North Texas | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| K-Life Ministries | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| March of Dimes Inc | $1,100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Welman Project | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwestern Adventist University | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Andrew Catholic Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Casa of Tarrant County Inc | $3,090 | 3 | 0% |
| 4 Paws Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Businesses United in Investing Lending & Development | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| UnBound North Texas | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| K-Life Ministries | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| March of Dimes Inc | $1,100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Welman Project | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwestern Adventist University | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospice of Southern Illinois Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Antioch Ministries International | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($85k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Starfish Private Foundation supplied at peak.
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: Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Starfish Private Foundation
- How much does Starfish Private Foundation give?
- Starfish Private Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $4,090 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Starfish Private Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (43%), Health (31%), Food & Nutrition (7%).
- Who are Starfish Private Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Duke University ($25k), St Andrew Catholic Church ($5k), Casa of Tarrant County Inc ($3k).
- Does Starfish Private Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Starfish Private Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Starfish Private Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax, American Endowment Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Starfish Private Foundation based?
- Starfish Private Foundation is based in TX.
Play a game based on Starfish Private’s filings →