Texas · Private foundation
The Kodosky 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.
- $306k
- Granted FY2023
- 20
- Grants FY2023
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
95% of The Kodosky Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Austin Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 12 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Kodosky Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 13 organizations, $306k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $90,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations The Kodosky Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 20 | $306k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $240k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $273k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $230k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $213k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $213k | 5% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $240k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $425,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Austin Lyric Opera | $343,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Conspirare Inc | $123,200 | 8 | 1% |
| Austin Classical Guitar Society | $121,200 | 8 | 1% |
| Ballet Austin Incorporated | $121,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Austin Chamber Music Center | $120,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Armstrong Community Music School | $64,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Capitol Broadcasting Association Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Girlstart | $32,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Texas Freedom Network Education Fund | $27,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $425,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Austin Lyric Opera | $343,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Conspirare Inc | $123,200 | 8 | 1% |
| Austin Classical Guitar Society | $121,200 | 8 | 1% |
| Ballet Austin Incorporated | $121,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Austin Chamber Music Center | $120,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Armstrong Community Music School | $64,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Capitol Broadcasting Association Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Girlstart | $32,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Texas Freedom Network Education Fund | $27,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Classical Guitar Alive | $18,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Texas Museum of Science & Technology | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Austin Community College Foundation | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Center for Inquiry Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lafollia Austin Baroque | $8,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Chorus Austin | $8,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Zachary Scott Theatre Center | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| James Dick Foundation for the Performing Arts | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| KIPP Texas Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($450k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kodosky Foundation supplied at peak.
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: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Better Business Bureau · Eva & Marvin Womack Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc · Shield-Ayres Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Dianne Smith Goggan Foundation · Michael and Alice Kuhn Foundation · Still Water Foundation · Rea Charitable Trust
How this is measured
About The Kodosky Foundation
- How much does The Kodosky Foundation give?
- The Kodosky Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $305,600 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Kodosky Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (68%), Arts & Culture (20%), Education (11%).
- Who are The Kodosky Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ($425k), Austin Lyric Opera ($343k), Conspirare Inc ($123k).
- Does The Kodosky Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kodosky 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 Kodosky Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Austin Community Foundation Inc, Better Business Bureau, Eva & Marvin Womack Foundation.
- Where is The Kodosky Foundation based?
- The Kodosky Foundation is based in TX.
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