Texas · Private foundation
The Carlson 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.
- $907k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations The Carlson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 19 | $907k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $998k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $1.3M | 5% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $2.4M | 6% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $2.7M | 12% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $2.7M | 20% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $2.4M | 3% |
| FY2017 | 32 | $2.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Marsh Rice University | $5,845,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Colorado College | $1,075,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Crystal Charity Ball | $1,000,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Taca Inc | $840,000 | 5 | 14% |
| Service of Hope Entities Inc | $787,000 | 8 | 9% |
| St Mark's School of Texas | $700,000 | 8 | 0% |
| North Texas Food Bank | $700,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Dallas Museum of Art | $600,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Dallas Childrens Theater Inc | $470,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Dallas Theater Center | $360,000 | 7 | 1% |
Show all 34 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Carlson 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: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · The Perot Foundation · The Eugene McDermott Foundation · The Addy Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Chi Omega Education and Charity Fund of Dallas · Capital for Kids · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust
How this is measured
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About The Carlson Foundation
- How much does The Carlson Foundation give?
- The Carlson Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $907,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Carlson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (62%), Arts & Culture (20%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are The Carlson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: William Marsh Rice University ($5.8M), The Colorado College ($1.1M), The Crystal Charity Ball ($1.0M).
- Does The Carlson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Carlson 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 Carlson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, The Dallas Foundation, The Perot Foundation.
- Where is The Carlson Foundation based?
- The Carlson Foundation is based in TX.
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