Texas · Private foundation
The Awe and Wonder 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.
- $125k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $403k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations The Awe and Wonder Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k 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 | 2 | $125k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $952k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $903k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $1.3M | 71% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $591k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $536k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $656k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $1.3M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor Christian Academy | $500,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Saint Constantine School | $197,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Agape Development Ministries | $150,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Int'L Orthodox Christian Charities Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Focus North America | $150,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Preemptive Love Coalition | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Amazima Ministries International Education and Empowerment for East | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Fellowship for Performing Arts Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mission Centers of Houston | $100,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Faith Memorial Baptist Church | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor Christian Academy | $500,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Saint Constantine School | $197,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Agape Development Ministries | $150,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Int'L Orthodox Christian Charities Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Focus North America | $150,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Preemptive Love Coalition | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Amazima Ministries International Education and Empowerment for East | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Fellowship for Performing Arts Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mission Centers of Houston | $100,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Faith Memorial Baptist Church | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mercury Chamber Orchestra Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Star of Hope Mission | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Youth-Reach Houston Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Cocama Project | $25,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Yellowstone Academy Inc Dba Yellowstone Schools | $16,235 | 1 | 0% |
| Parker School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Pauls Episcopal Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St James Episcopal Church | $1,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Recipe for Success Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Awe and Wonder 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: Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Oldham Little Church Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
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About The Awe and Wonder Foundation
- How much does The Awe and Wonder Foundation give?
- The Awe and Wonder Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $125,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Awe and Wonder Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (47%), International (34%), Religion (5%).
- Who are The Awe and Wonder Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Harbor Christian Academy ($500k), The Saint Constantine School ($197k), Agape Development Ministries ($150k).
- Does The Awe and Wonder Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Awe and Wonder 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 The Awe and Wonder Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shell USA Company Foundation, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Oldham Little Church Foundation.
- Where is The Awe and Wonder Foundation based?
- The Awe and Wonder Foundation is based in TX.
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