Texas · Private foundation
The Tim and Karen Hixon 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.
- $474k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2024
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 34
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations The Tim and Karen Hixon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 32 | $459k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $503k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $520k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $436k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $404k | 7% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $382k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $353k | 12% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $309k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Peregrine Fund Inc | $316,621 | 8 | 1% |
| San Antonio Zoological Society | $295,431 | 8 | 0% |
| National Fish and Wildlife Foundation | $210,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Special Forces Charitable Trust | $167,809 | 7 | 1% |
| Bat Conservation International | $165,612 | 8 | 1% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $155,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $130,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc | $100,000 | 8 | 1% |
| The Everglades Foundation Inc | $95,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas | $92,376 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 36 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($835k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Tim and Karen Hixon 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: Hixon Family Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · John & Florence Newman Foundation · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · Shield-Ayres Foundation · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800 · San Antonio Area Foundation · Austin Community Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
Compare The Tim and Karen Hixon Foundation with peer funders
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About The Tim and Karen Hixon Foundation
- How much does The Tim and Karen Hixon Foundation give?
- The Tim and Karen Hixon Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $474,028 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 34 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Tim and Karen Hixon Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (44%), Environment (40%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are The Tim and Karen Hixon Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Peregrine Fund Inc ($317k), San Antonio Zoological Society ($295k), National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ($210k).
- Does The Tim and Karen Hixon Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Tim and Karen Hixon 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 Tim and Karen Hixon Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hixon Family Foundation, The Brown Foundation Inc, John & Florence Newman Foundation.
- Where is The Tim and Karen Hixon Foundation based?
- The Tim and Karen Hixon Foundation is based in TX.
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