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The Klesse 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.

$8.4M
Granted FY2022
68
Itemized grants FY2022
47
Organizations funded FY2022
26%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Itemized, FY2022
$7.1M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2022
$7,500
Largest grant, FY2022
$4,000,000
Organizations funded a year
47 to 70
FY2018 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022
5
Total assets, FY2022
$4.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 26% of the organizations The Klesse Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $151k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’22
Human ServicesHealthEducationRecreation & SportsSocial ScienceArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202247$7.1M26%
FY202054$6.1M28%
FY201870$4.5Mn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$5.8MHealth$5.6MEducation$1.8MReligion$1.7MEnvironment$852kHuman Services$733kYouth Development$579kPhilanthropy$406kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Christus Children's Foundation$2,526,500320%
University of Dayton$1,125,00010%
Archdiocese of San Antonio$1,000,0001n/a
Phil Hardberger Park Conservancy$805,000213%
Texas Biomedical Research Institute$575,00021%
Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas Inc$448,41335%
Catholic Charities Inc$436,13335%
United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County$375,00030%
Central Catholic High School$250,0001n/a
Childsafe$125,00012%
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All grantees of The Klesse Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Christus Children's Foundation$2,526,500320%
University of Dayton$1,125,00010%
Archdiocese of San Antonio$1,000,0001n/a
Phil Hardberger Park Conservancy$805,000213%
Texas Biomedical Research Institute$575,00021%
Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas Inc$448,41335%
Catholic Charities Inc$436,13335%
United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County$375,00030%
Central Catholic High School$250,0001n/a
Childsafe$125,00012%
San Antonio Food Bank$60,00030%
Parish Episcopal School$60,00030%
Friends of Santa Rosa Foundation$54,57631%
Old Spanish Missions Inc$50,00012%
Manhattan University$50,00010%
Dallas Children's Advocacy Center$34,20020%
Webb School of Knoxville$28,00030%
Respite Care of San Antonio Inc$25,00030%
Guadalupe Community Center$25,00016%
Humane Society of San Antonio (Audit)$25,00010%
Witte Museum$24,59630%
Young-Williams Animal Center of East Ten$23,00030%
Knoxville Museum of Art$21,40030%
Achievers Center for Education$20,00022%
Texas Diaper Bank$20,00030%
Roy Maas' Youth Alternatives Inc$20,00020%
Mission Road Ministries$18,50031%
Sumner Teen Center Inc$15,000112%
Brighton Center$12,50010%
Texas Conservation Alliance$10,50022%
Austin Street Center$10,00010%
We Defy$10,00014%
San Antonio Sports Foundation$10,00010%
Ascension DePaul Services$8,00010%
Seton Home Inc$7,5002n/a
Elizabeth Toon Charities$6,50022%
Boysville Inc$5,00020%
Triple H Equitherapy Center$5,00011%
Friends of Hospice San Antonio Inc$5,00013%
The Huckleberry Foundation$5,00014%
Americans for Prosperity Foundation$5,00010%
Sa Cancer Council$4,75211%
Cato Institute$3,50020%
McNay Art Museum$2,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 53 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Klesse Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChristus Children's Foundation: $2,526,500 over 3y, 20% of budgetUniversity of Dayton: $1,125,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPhil Hardberger Park Conservancy: $805,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetTexas Biomedical Research Institute: $575,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetGirl Scouts of Southwest Texas Inc: $448,413 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetCatholic Charities Inc: $436,133 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetUnited Way of San Antonio and Bexar County: $375,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetChildsafe: $125,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSan Antonio Food Bank: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetParish Episcopal School: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Santa Rosa Foundation: $54,576 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetOld Spanish Missions Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetManhattan University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Children's Advocacy Center: $34,200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWebb School of Knoxville: $28,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRespite Care of San Antonio Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGuadalupe Community Center: $25,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetHumane Society of San Antonio (Audit): $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWitte Museum: $24,596 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetYoung-Williams Animal Center of East Ten: $23,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKnoxville Museum of Art: $21,400 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAchievers Center for Education: $20,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetTexas Diaper Bank: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRoy Maas' Youth Alternatives Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMission Road Ministries: $18,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSumner Teen Center Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetBrighton Center: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Conservation Alliance: $10,500 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetAustin Street Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWe Defy: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetSan Antonio Sports Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAscension DePaul Services: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetElizabeth Toon Charities: $6,500 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetBoysville Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTriple H Equitherapy Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFriends of Hospice San Antonio Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetThe Huckleberry Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetAmericans for Prosperity Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSa Cancer Council: $4,752 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCato Institute: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMcNay Art Museum: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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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.

San Antonio Area Foun…Harvey E Najim Charit…Nancy Smith Hurd Foun…Faye L & William L Co…Marcia & Otto Koehler…Pryor Myra Stafford C…United Way of San Ant…Betty Stieren Kelso F…Elizabeth Huth Coates…John R & Greli N Less…Amy Shelton McNutt Ch…St Luke's Lutheran He…
San Antonio Area FoundationTX40.9× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: San Antonio Area Foundation · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County · Betty Stieren Kelso Foundation · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · John R & Greli N Less Charitable Trust #FE324 · Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust · St Luke's Lutheran Health Ministries Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Klesse Foundation

How much does The Klesse Foundation give?
The Klesse Foundation reported 68 itemized grants totaling $7,123,591, out of $8,420,793 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 47 and 70 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2022.
What does The Klesse Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2022, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (11%), Health (11%), Education (4%).
Who are The Klesse Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2022: Christus Children's Foundation ($2.5M), University of Dayton ($1.1M), Archdiocese of San Antonio ($1.0M).
Does The Klesse Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Klesse 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 Klesse Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include San Antonio Area Foundation, Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation, Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation.
Where is The Klesse Foundation based?
The Klesse Foundation is based in TX.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 99 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $1.7M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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