Texas · Private foundation
The Metcalf 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.
- $33k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,955
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $584k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Metcalf Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $33k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $33k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $34k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $33k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $31k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $31k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $31k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $32k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Knights School | $71,049 | 9 | 0% |
| My Possibilities | $69,955 | 7 | 0% |
| Child Advocates Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Timothy Academy | $18,839 | 3 | n/a |
| Prince of Peace Christian School | $18,213 | 7 | 0% |
| St Lukes United Methodist Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Buckner International | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Timothy Christian Academy | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Forerunner Mentoring | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas A&M Foundation | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Knights School | $71,049 | 9 | 0% |
| My Possibilities | $69,955 | 7 | 0% |
| Child Advocates Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Timothy Academy | $18,839 | 3 | n/a |
| Prince of Peace Christian School | $18,213 | 7 | 0% |
| St Lukes United Methodist Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Buckner International | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Timothy Christian Academy | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Forerunner Mentoring | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas A&M Foundation | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Loving All Peoples Fka Vickery Meadow Ministry | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Strake Jesuit Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Strake Jesuit College Prep | $2,107 | 1 | n/a |
| Lupus Foundation of America Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Thomas Episcopal School | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Paws With A Cause | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chance for Hope Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($41k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Metcalf Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Metcalf Foundation
- How much does The Metcalf Foundation give?
- The Metcalf Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $32,955 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Metcalf Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (49%), Employment (24%), Crime & Legal (10%).
- Who are The Metcalf Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Covenant Knights School ($71k), My Possibilities ($70k), Child Advocates Inc ($30k).
- Does The Metcalf Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Metcalf 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 Metcalf Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Texas Instruments Foundation.
- Where is The Metcalf Foundation based?
- The Metcalf Foundation is based in TX.
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