Texas · Private foundation
The Polasek Family Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $274k
- Granted FY2023
- 22
- Grants FY2023
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 22
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 64% of the organizations The Polasek Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 69% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $190k 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 | 22 | $274k | 64% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $46k | 85% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $36k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sisters of Maria Stella Matutina | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shepherd Them All Inc | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Holy Family School | $30,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Immaculate Heart Media Inc | $28,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $17,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Red-C Apostolate | $17,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocesan Council of Austin | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eternal Word Television Network Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| 40 Days for Life | $2,990 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($128k), 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Polasek Family Foundation
- How much does The Polasek Family Foundation give?
- The Polasek Family Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $274,043 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 22 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does The Polasek Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2023, its largest causes are Religion (55%), Education (19%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are The Polasek Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2023: Sisters of Maria Stella Matutina ($50k), Shepherd Them All Inc ($35k), Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc ($30k).
- Does The Polasek Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Polasek Family 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 Polasek Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Polasek Family Foundation based?
- The Polasek Family Foundation is based in TX.
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