Texas · Private foundation
The Backcountry Charitable Trust
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.
- $666k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $646,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations The Backcountry Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k 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 | 4 | $666k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $335k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $669k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $486k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $721k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $895k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $947k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $545k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| USA Nordic Sport | $1,834,900 | 8 | 43% |
| The Axion Research Foundation Inc | $1,078,377 | 4 | 44% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $300,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pacific Institute of Medical Research | $100,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Ford K Sayre Memorial Ski Council Inc | $73,237 | 2 | 11% |
| Give to Research | $72,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Good Food Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Emory University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| USA Nordic Sport | $1,834,900 | 8 | 43% |
| The Axion Research Foundation Inc | $1,078,377 | 4 | 44% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $300,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pacific Institute of Medical Research | $100,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Ford K Sayre Memorial Ski Council Inc | $73,237 | 2 | 11% |
| Give to Research | $72,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Good Food Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Emory University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Natural Goodness Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 53% |
| St Stephens Episcopal School | $20,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Give to Give Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lebanon Outing Club Inc | $3,300 | 1 | 1% |
| Nansen Ski Club Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Backcountry Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Backcountry Charitable Trust
- How much does The Backcountry Charitable Trust give?
- The Backcountry Charitable Trust reported 4 grants totaling $666,300 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Backcountry Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (34%), Education (31%), Science & Tech (19%).
- Who are The Backcountry Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: USA Nordic Sport ($1.8M), The Axion Research Foundation Inc ($1.1M), The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research ($300k).
- Does The Backcountry Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Backcountry Charitable Trust 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 Backcountry Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is The Backcountry Charitable Trust based?
- The Backcountry Charitable Trust is based in TX.
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