Texas · Private foundation
The Parakaleo 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.
- $476k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 5
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Parakaleo Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $451k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $680k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $235k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endless River Ministries | $575,000 | 2 | 36% |
| Woodsedge Community Church | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arise Africa Inc | $114,834 | 3 | 3% |
| The Woodlands Christian Academy | $47,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Champion Project | $45,600 | 2 | 6% |
| Clothed by Faith Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Keyes Ingredients | $1,050 | 1 | 0% |
| The Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($308k), not named here.
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 · Shell USA Company Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Parakaleo Foundation
- How much does The Parakaleo Foundation give?
- The Parakaleo Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $475,698 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 5 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does The Parakaleo Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (59%), Education (26%), International (8%).
- Who are The Parakaleo Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Endless River Ministries ($575k), Woodsedge Community Church ($250k), Arise Africa Inc ($115k).
- Does The Parakaleo Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Parakaleo 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 Parakaleo Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The Parakaleo Foundation based?
- The Parakaleo Foundation is based in TX.
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