Texas · Private foundation
The Rachael and Ben Vaughan Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $863k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2024
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 58
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.7M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations The Rachael and Ben Vaughan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $124k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 30 | $778k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $353k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $485k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $356k | 39% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $293k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 50 | $484k | 34% |
| FY2018 | 58 | $323k | 55% |
| FY2017 | 53 | $304k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation Communities Inc | $193,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Central Texas Food Bank Inc | $127,500 | 8 | 0% |
| KIPP Texas Inc | $120,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $112,415 | 3 | n/a |
| The Ann Richards School Foundation | $110,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Respite Care of San Antonio Inc | $90,950 | 8 | 1% |
| Emancipet Inc | $75,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Eanes Education Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 3% |
| International Media Project | $69,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Blue Lapis Light Inc | $63,000 | 8 | 2% |
Show all 116 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 52 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Rachael and Ben Vaughan 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: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Shield-Ayres Foundation · The Moody Foundation · St David's Foundation · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800 · James R Dougherty Jr Foundation Inc · United Way for Greater Austin · Donald D Hammill Foundation · The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · San Antonio Area Foundation · Topfer Family Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Rachael and Ben Vaughan Foundation with peer funders
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About The Rachael and Ben Vaughan Foundation
- How much does The Rachael and Ben Vaughan Foundation give?
- The Rachael and Ben Vaughan Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $862,790 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 58 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Rachael and Ben Vaughan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (37%), Arts & Culture (9%), Animals (8%).
- Who are The Rachael and Ben Vaughan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Foundation Communities Inc ($193k), Central Texas Food Bank Inc ($128k), KIPP Texas Inc ($120k).
- Does The Rachael and Ben Vaughan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Rachael and Ben Vaughan Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Rachael and Ben Vaughan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Austin Community Foundation Inc, Shield-Ayres Foundation, The Moody Foundation.
- Where is The Rachael and Ben Vaughan Foundation based?
- The Rachael and Ben Vaughan Foundation is based in TX.
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