Texas · Private foundation
The Kle 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.
- $5.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $839,980
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 12
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $25M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 58% of the organizations The Kle Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M 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 | 17 | $5.8M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $3.9M | 58% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $1.5M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $782k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $2.0M | 25% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $2.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basis Texas Charter Schools Inc | $1,710,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Compass Rose Education Inc | $1,610,880 | 2 | 2% |
| IDEA Public Schools | $1,608,373 | 2 | 0% |
| KIPP Texas Inc | $1,600,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | $1,500,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Transcend Inc | $1,351,300 | 3 | 2% |
| The University of Texas Foundation Inc | $1,331,687 | 4 | 2% |
| Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Austin Achieve Public Schools Inc | $701,806 | 3 | 2% |
| Nyos Charter School Inc | $694,050 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($750k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Kle Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 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: The Webber Family Foundation · Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Texas Charter Schools Association · Gates Foundation · George W Brackenridge Foundation · The Ewing Halsell Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · The Powell Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Austin Community Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Kle Foundation
- How much does The Kle Foundation give?
- The Kle Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $5,814,616 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 12 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Kle Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (78%), Civil Rights (9%), Philanthropy (9%).
- Who are The Kle Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Basis Texas Charter Schools Inc ($1.7M), Compass Rose Education Inc ($1.6M), IDEA Public Schools ($1.6M).
- Does The Kle Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kle 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 Kle Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Webber Family Foundation, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund.
- Where is The Kle Foundation based?
- The Kle Foundation is based in TX.
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