Texas · Private foundation
The Fentress Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $226k
- Granted FY2021
- 16
- Grants FY2021
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
99% of The Fentress Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Waco Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year The Fentress Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $226k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $5,400
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 44% of the organizations The Fentress Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 16 | $226k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $590k | 12% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $507k | 46% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $176k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waco Creative Art Center | $260,000 | 2 | 31% |
| Talitha Koum Institute | $215,000 | 4 | 16% |
| The Cove - Heart of Texas Inc | $166,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Columbus Avenue Baptist Church | $140,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Waco Habitat for Humanity | $100,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Casa of McLennan County | $53,500 | 2 | 7% |
| Fuzzy Friends Rescue | $30,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Community Cancer Association | $30,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Waco Civic Theatre | $30,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Hospice of Wichita Falls Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 32 grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($330k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Fentress Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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: Waco Foundation · Cooper Foundation · Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc · Baylor University · United Way of Waco-McLennan County · Bernard & Audre Rapoport Foundation · Clifton Foundation · The McClane Brown Family Foundation · Bowen Family Foundation · Ascension Providence · Hobbs Foundation · Magnolia Foundation
How this is measured
About The Fentress Foundation
- How much does The Fentress Foundation give?
- The Fentress Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $226,400 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2021.
- What does The Fentress Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (69%), Education (8%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are The Fentress Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2022: Waco Creative Art Center ($260k), Talitha Koum Institute ($215k), The Cove - Heart of Texas Inc ($166k).
- Does The Fentress Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Fentress Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Fentress Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Waco Foundation, Cooper Foundation, Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Fentress Foundation based?
- The Fentress Foundation is based in TX.
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