Texas · Private foundation
The John and Bonnie Strauss 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.
- $886k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 53
- Grants FY2024
- 44
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 38 to 60
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations The John and Bonnie Strauss Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k 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 | 52 | $885k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 44 | $881k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 50 | $790k | 24% |
| FY2021 | 60 | $913k | 65% |
| FY2020 | 38 | $734k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of North Texas Foundation Inc | $235,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocesan Council of Austin | $175,000 | 5 | 1% |
| PSC PATRIOTS dba PATRIOT SPORTING CHALLENGE | $156,000 | 4 | 35% |
| Dallas Leadership Foundation | $150,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Canisius University | $150,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Texas Public Policy Foundation | $137,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Inc | $136,550 | 5 | 4% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $128,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Prager University Foundation | $125,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Catholic Foundation | $125,000 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 63 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The John and Bonnie Strauss Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 55 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Hoblitzelle Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · The Addy Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Jm Haggar Jr Family Foundation · Taca Inc · The Aileen and Jack Pratt Foundation · Theodore and Beulah Beasley Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare The John and Bonnie Strauss Foundation with peer funders
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About The John and Bonnie Strauss Foundation
- How much does The John and Bonnie Strauss Foundation give?
- The John and Bonnie Strauss Foundation reported 53 grants totaling $886,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 60 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The John and Bonnie Strauss Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (28%), Arts & Culture (11%), Religion (10%).
- Who are The John and Bonnie Strauss Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: University of North Texas Foundation Inc ($235k), The Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocesan Council of Austin ($175k), PSC PATRIOTS dba PATRIOT SPORTING CHALLENGE ($156k).
- Does The John and Bonnie Strauss Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The John and Bonnie Strauss 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 and Bonnie Strauss 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 and Bonnie Strauss Foundation based?
- The John and Bonnie Strauss Foundation is based in TX.
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