Texas · Private foundation
Tellepsen 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.
- $15k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $339k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Tellepsen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 | 13 | $15k | 62% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $25k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $56k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $30k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $28k | 39% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $133k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Martins Episcopal Church | $92,250 | 4 | n/a |
| Houston International Seafarers Center | $14,415 | 5 | 0% |
| Camp Allen Camp & Conference Center | $14,050 | 5 | 0% |
| Sheriffs Association of Texas | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Christian Community Service Center Inc | $3,705 | 5 | 0% |
| Have Shears Will Travel | $3,350 | 4 | 1% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Victory Houston Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Davids Episcopal Church | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Marks Episcopal Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Martins Episcopal Church | $92,250 | 4 | n/a |
| Houston International Seafarers Center | $14,415 | 5 | 0% |
| Camp Allen Camp & Conference Center | $14,050 | 5 | 0% |
| Sheriffs Association of Texas | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Christian Community Service Center Inc | $3,705 | 5 | 0% |
| Have Shears Will Travel | $3,350 | 4 | 1% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Victory Houston Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Davids Episcopal Church | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Marks Episcopal Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Francis Episcopal School | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Morning Star Ministry | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Hope Center Inc | $750 | 3 | n/a |
| Kappa Kappa Gamma Charitable Foundation of Houston | $750 | 1 | 1% |
| Raiseup Families | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bo's Place | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lake Vermilion Cultural Center | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mockingbird Ministries Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Protestant Episcopal Church Diocese of Texas | $104 | 1 | n/a |
| Houston Maritime Museum | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($132k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Tellepsen 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.
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How this is measured
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About Tellepsen Foundation
- How much does Tellepsen Foundation give?
- Tellepsen Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $14,971 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Tellepsen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (45%), Education (33%), Recreation & Sports (5%).
- Who are Tellepsen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: St Martins Episcopal Church ($92k), Houston International Seafarers Center ($14k), Camp Allen Camp & Conference Center ($14k).
- Does Tellepsen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tellepsen 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 Tellepsen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, The Trier Family Foundation.
- Where is Tellepsen Foundation based?
- Tellepsen Foundation is based in TX.
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