Texas · Private foundation
The Fant Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $102k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $37,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations The Fant Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k 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 | 8 | $102k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $442k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $1.5M | 72% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $951k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $655k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston's Charity for Children Inc | $926,000 | 4 | 9% |
| United Way of Greater Houston | $912,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Other Ones Foundation | $325,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Upbring | $237,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Star of Hope Mission | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Petset | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chileno Bay Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Black Tie Dinner Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ksb Hospital Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston's Charity for Children Inc | $926,000 | 4 | 9% |
| United Way of Greater Houston | $912,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Other Ones Foundation | $325,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Upbring | $237,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Star of Hope Mission | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Petset | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chileno Bay Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Black Tie Dinner Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ksb Hospital Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Teen & Family Services | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Memorial Hermann Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Justice Defenders (Usa) Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Open Door Mission | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children At Risk | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Inspired Hope Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jc7 Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Brighter Bites Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mothers of Held Angels | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($893k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Fant Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Fant Foundation
- How much does The Fant Foundation give?
- The Fant Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $102,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Fant Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (27%), Community Improvement (26%), Human Services (18%).
- Who are The Fant Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Houston's Charity for Children Inc ($926k), United Way of Greater Houston ($912k), The Other Ones Foundation ($325k).
- Does The Fant Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Fant Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Fant Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Fant Foundation based?
- The Fant Foundation is based in TX.
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