Texas · Private foundation
Warren Skaaren Charitable Trust
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.
- $154k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Warren Skaaren Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k 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 | 12 | $154k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $106k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $89k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $103k | 62% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $125k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester Community and Technical Colleg | $65,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The Chinati Foundation | $47,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Film Society of Austin Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Austin Pets Alive Inc | $35,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Wonders & Worries Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dell Children's Foundation | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Austin Classical Guitar Society | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Foundation at Shield Ranch | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| E4 Youth Incorporated | $20,000 | 1 | 6% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester Community and Technical Colleg | $65,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The Chinati Foundation | $47,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Film Society of Austin Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Austin Pets Alive Inc | $35,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Wonders & Worries Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dell Children's Foundation | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Austin Classical Guitar Society | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Foundation at Shield Ranch | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| E4 Youth Incorporated | $20,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Rise Child Development Center Inc | $18,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Texas Tribune Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Our Children's Trust | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Central Texas Food Bank Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Conservation Lands Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Owl Research Institute Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Farmshare Austin | $8,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Texas 4000 for Cancer | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Housing Opportunities for Musicians and Entertainers | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Just Community Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation Communities Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lone Star Circle of Care | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Austin Speech Labs Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pease Park Conservancy | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($125k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Warren Skaaren Charitable Trust 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 · St David's Foundation · Better Business Bureau · United Way for Greater Austin · Shield-Ayres Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Webber Family Foundation · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800 · Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc · The Applied Materials Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation
How this is measured
About Warren Skaaren Charitable Trust
- How much does Warren Skaaren Charitable Trust give?
- Warren Skaaren Charitable Trust reported 13 grants totaling $154,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Warren Skaaren Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (33%), Arts & Culture (19%), Youth Development (8%).
- Who are Warren Skaaren Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Rochester Community and Technical Colleg ($65k), The Chinati Foundation ($48k), Film Society of Austin Inc ($40k).
- Does Warren Skaaren Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Warren Skaaren Charitable Trust 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 Warren Skaaren Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Austin Community Foundation Inc, St David's Foundation, Better Business Bureau.
- Where is Warren Skaaren Charitable Trust based?
- Warren Skaaren Charitable Trust is based in TX.
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