· Private foundation
The Kahn Education 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k24 grants · $88k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $65k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WOMEN'S CONGRESSIONAL POLICY INSTIT | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| TULANE UNIVERSITY | $20,000 |
| NOTRE DAME SCHOOL | $8,000 |
| HOPE COTTAGE INC | $7,500 |
| FRONTIERS OF FLIGHT MUSEUM | $7,000 |
| KERA | $6,000 |
| FIRST 3 YEARS | $5,000 |
| THE STEWPOT | $5,000 |
| C5 YOUTH FOUNDATION OF TEXAS | $5,000 |
| ENVISION DALLAS | $4,000 |
| LITERACY ACHIEVES | $4,000 |
| OAK HILL ACADEMY | $3,000 |
| COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS | $3,000 |
| YOUTH BELIEVING IN CHANGE | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $78k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
48 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TATHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND9× · 2017–2025 · $113k · revenue +72%
- NTNORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC9× · 2017–2025 · $32k · revenue +249%
- HCHOPE COTTAGE INC6× · 2020–2025 · $32k · revenue +34%
Funded once
- TRTRINITY RIVER MISSION INCone grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -100%
- ACAMERICAN CANCER CATTLE BARON'Sone grant, 2019 · $5k
- ELESSILOR LUXOTTICA FOUNDATIONone grant, 2024 · $5k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The mission of Dallas Services is to enable individuals with disabilities and other special needs to achieve their potential by fostering community inclusiveness and independence.
Dallas Christian is a college preparatory school committed to Biblical values where students are prepared for Christ-centered lives of purpose, service and leadership.
The Dallas Innovation Alliance (DIA) is a 501(c)(3) public-private consortium of public, private, civic and academia to support smart city initiatives in Dallas. Our definition of a Smart City is one at the intersection of community, data…
To improve the Dallas public education system by raising and deploying capital to institutions in the most disadvantaged areas of the city.
To teach our students to be life-long learners, who will actively participate in their own learning, remain engaged in the educational process and show mastery of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills.
To inspire and change lives through musical excellence.
The Cambridge School of Dallas was formed in 2001 and is a college preparatory, non-denominational christian school established for the purpose of providing academic excellence in a christ-centered environment.
Dallas academy restores the promise of full academic enrichment to students with learning differences. our staff establishes a meaningful connection with each student to overcome barriers to success. dallas academy offers a structured…
To provide individualized services that positively impact the lives of 0-3 year old children with developmental disabilities/delays and their families.
Downtown Dallas, Inc. (DDI), is the champion of a clean and safe Downtown and of the economic development and vibrancy of this community of diverse, unique neighborhoods. DDI: Mobilizes and amplifies the services of public agencies.…
Dallas Center for Photography's mission is to serve as a focal point for creators and appreciators of all forms of photography through education, mentorship, exhibitions, and community outreach.
Downtown Dallas, Inc. Foundation is the charitable arm of Downtown Dallas, Inc. whose purpose is to help make the area in and around Downtown Dallas a more vibrant and livable place for both daytime and permanent residents by promoting the…
How this is measured
34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 63 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Women's Congressional Policy Institute ↗
- Who funds THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND ↗
- Who funds FIRST3YEARS ↗
- Who funds NORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE COTTAGE INC ↗
- Who funds FRONTIERS OF FLIGHT MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds WILKINSON CENTER ↗
- Who funds C5 Youth Foundation of Texas Inc ↗
- Who funds MI ESCUELITA PRESCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS CHARITIES ↗
- Who funds DALLAS AFTERSCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ESSILOR VISION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COMMIT2DALLAS ↗
- Who funds YOUTH BELIEVING IN CHANGE INC ↗
- Who funds PARKLAND FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BIG THOUGHT ↗
- Who funds Army Scholarship Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY INC ↗
- Who funds VOGEL ALCOVE ↗
- Who funds LUMIN EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds FINE ARTS CHAMBER PLAYERS ↗
- Who funds BEHIND EVERY DOOR MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds METROCREST SERVICES ↗
- Who funds METTA INC ↗
- Who funds DALLAS CHAMBER SYMPHONY ↗
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 · The Dallas Foundation · The Perot Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · The Rees-Jones Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · Jl Williams Foundation Inc · Capital for Kids
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Kahn Education Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kahn Education Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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