Texas · Private foundation
The Cavnar 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.
- $15k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $212k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Cavnar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 6 | $15k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $7k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $13k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $14k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $14k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manned Space Flight Education Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Houston Zoo Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Asia Society Texas Center | $7,750 | 2 | 0% |
| The Museum of Fine Arts Houston | $6,980 | 2 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hermann Park Conservancy | $1,760 | 1 | 0% |
| Wilson Historical Society | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($4k), not named here.
About The Cavnar Foundation
- How much does The Cavnar Foundation give?
- The Cavnar Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $15,460 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Cavnar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (40%), Arts & Culture (24%), Animals (16%).
- Who are The Cavnar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Manned Space Flight Education Foundation Inc ($25k), Houston Zoo Inc ($10k), Asia Society Texas Center ($8k).
- Does The Cavnar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cavnar 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.
- Where is The Cavnar Foundation based?
- The Cavnar Foundation is based in TX.
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