Texas · Private foundation
The John 6 Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $540k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $115,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations The John 6 Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 85% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 25 | $540k | 80% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $88k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $57k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $125k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $270k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Trinity Seminary | $250,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Catholic Pro-Life Community Inc | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Samaritan Inn Inc | $58,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rockhurst High School | $32,319 | 2 | n/a |
| John Paul II High School | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Halo Initiative for Catholic Education Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Joseph's Helpers of Dallas Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Prince of Peace Catholic School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Echo Community | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Trinity Seminary | $250,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Catholic Pro-Life Community Inc | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Samaritan Inn Inc | $58,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rockhurst High School | $32,319 | 2 | n/a |
| John Paul II High School | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Halo Initiative for Catholic Education Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Joseph's Helpers of Dallas Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Prince of Peace Catholic School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Echo Community | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Compass | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sophia Institute | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Relief Services | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Culture Project International | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Redline Baseball Club | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Anne Episcopal Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Housing Forward | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mater Filius of Dallas Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 2% |
| United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Thomas the Apostle Church | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fighting Homelessness | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($508k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The John 6 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 · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
About The John 6 Foundation
- How much does The John 6 Foundation give?
- The John 6 Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $540,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The John 6 Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (49%), Human Services (15%), Education (13%).
- Who are The John 6 Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Holy Trinity Seminary ($250k), The Catholic Pro-Life Community Inc ($60k), Samaritan Inn Inc ($58k).
- Does The John 6 Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The John 6 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 John 6 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Texas Instruments Foundation, The Dallas Foundation.
- Where is The John 6 Foundation based?
- The John 6 Foundation is based in TX.
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