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The Koz 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.

$894k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
42
Grants FY2024
21
Organizations funded FY2023
95%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$75,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 21
FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$14M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 95% of the organizations The Koz Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving38$839k66%
FY202321$577k95%
FY20222$15kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$450kHealth$346kEducation$185kYouth Development$157kHuman Services$148kEnvironment$55kRecreation & Sports$50kEmployment$50kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dallas Black Dance Theatre Inc$120,00021%
The Nasher Sculpture Center$75,00010%
Big Thought$60,00020%
North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc$60,00010%
Dallas Childrens Theater Inc$50,00021%
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas$50,00020%
Southwestern Medical Foundation$50,00010%
Communities in Schools of the Dallas Regioninc$50,00020%
Grant Halliburton Foundation Inc$50,00013%
The Trust for Public Land$50,00010%
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All grantees of The Koz Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dallas Black Dance Theatre Inc$120,00021%
The Nasher Sculpture Center$75,00010%
Big Thought$60,00020%
North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc$60,00010%
Dallas Childrens Theater Inc$50,00021%
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas$50,00020%
Southwestern Medical Foundation$50,00010%
Communities in Schools of the Dallas Regioninc$50,00020%
Grant Halliburton Foundation Inc$50,00013%
The Trust for Public Land$50,00010%
Community Does It$50,00026%
Friends of the Katy Trail Inc$50,00021%
Children's Medical Center Foundation$50,00010%
Hugs Cafe Inc$50,00011%
Dallas Museum of Art$50,00020%
Youth 180 Inc$50,00021%
OutLoud Dallas$42,17515%
Dallas Theater Center$30,00010%
On Eagles Wings Inc Aka Woven Health Clinic$25,00012%
North Dallas Shared Ministries Inc$25,00010%
Jewish Family Service of Dallas Inc Dba Jewish Family Service$25,00010%
Poetic$25,00012%
Dallas Symphony Association$25,00010%
Momentous Institute$25,00010%
Junior Players Guild$20,00012%
Dallas Hope Charities$20,00013%
Kidlinks$15,00012%
Rainbow Days Inc$15,00011%
Resource Center of Dallas Inc$15,00010%
Heart House$15,00012%
St Rita Catholic School$15,0002n/a
St Mark's School of Texas$15,00020%
Hockaday School$10,00010%
Forest Forward$10,00010%
Teco Theatrical Productions Inc$10,00011%
St Philips School and Community Center$10,00010%
Dallas Street Choir$5,00017%
St Rita Catholic Parish$5,0001n/a
The ArtFullness Project DBA The Art Room$4,00015%
Transition Resource Action Center$2,50010%
Cannenta Foundation Inc$5001n/a
Second Thought Theatre$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($106k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDallas Black Dance Theatre Inc: $120,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetThe Nasher Sculpture Center: $75,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBig Thought: $60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNorth Texas Public Broadcasting Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDallas Childrens Theater Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGirl Scouts of Northeast Texas: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSouthwestern Medical Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunities in Schools of the Dallas Regioninc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGrant Halliburton Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Does It: $50,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetFriends of the Katy Trail Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetChildren's Medical Center Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHugs Cafe Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDallas Museum of Art: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYouth 180 Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetOutLoud Dallas: $42,175 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetDallas Theater Center: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOn Eagles Wings Inc Aka Woven Health Clinic: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetNorth Dallas Shared Ministries Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJewish Family Service of Dallas Inc Dba Jewish Family Service: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPoetic: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetDallas Symphony Association: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMomentous Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJunior Players Guild: $20,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetDallas Hope Charities: $20,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetKidlinks: $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetRainbow Days Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetResource Center of Dallas Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHeart House: $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSt Mark's School of Texas: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHockaday School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetForest Forward: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTeco Theatrical Productions Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSt Philips School and Community Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDallas Street Choir: $5,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetThe ArtFullness Project DBA The Art Room: $4,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetTransition Resource Action Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSecond Thought Theatre: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 39.

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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.

Communities Foundatio…Texas Instruments Fou…The Dallas FoundationThe Addy FoundationUnited Way of Metropo…The Eugene McDermott …Hillcrest FoundationTexas Women's Foundat…The Moody FoundationFichtenbaum Charitabl…Hoblitzelle FoundationW P & Bulah Luse Foun…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX44.1× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · The Addy Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · The Eugene McDermott Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust · Hoblitzelle Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation

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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How do I get to The Koz Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Koz Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Koz Foundation

How much does The Koz Foundation give?
The Koz Foundation reported 42 grants totaling $894,321 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 21 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does The Koz Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Health (23%), Education (12%).
Who are The Koz Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Dallas Black Dance Theatre Inc ($120k), The Nasher Sculpture Center ($75k), Big Thought ($60k).
Does The Koz Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 95% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Koz 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 Koz 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 Koz Foundation based?
The Koz 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 50 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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