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Louis J & Millie Matcek Kocurek Charitable

Dallas, TX · EIN 74-6306747. Reported 189 grants totalling $251,350 to 87 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$251,350granted, 2020-2023
87organizations funded
67%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,175,395assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Louis J & Millie Matcek Kocurek Charitable did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $600 and $1,500; the smallest was $250 and the largest $11,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
62 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
123 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
3 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Settlement Home for ChildrenAustin, TX$21,250442023
Symphony Society of San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$11,500112020
Our Lady of the Lake UniversitySan Antonio, TX$7,350442023
Congregation of Divine Providence IncSan Antonio, TX$7,150442023
Summer Dreams IncHunt, TX$7,000442023
St Pius X Catholic ChurchSan Antonio, TX$6,750442023
Alamo Heights School FoundationSan Antonio, TX$6,500442023
CASA of Travis CountyAustin, TX$6,500442023
University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$6,400442023
Dell Children's Medical Center Central TexasAustin, TX$6,000332022
Saving a Hero's PlaceCastroville, TX$6,000222021
Alamo Heights Presbyterian ChurchSan Antonio, TX$5,800442023
Shootin for Scholarships IncSan Antonio, TX$5,400222023
Alpha Home IncSan Antonio, TX$5,000442023
Haven for Hope of Bexar CountySan Antonio, TX$5,000442023
San Antonio PhilharmonicSan Antonio, TX$5,000332023
Helping Hand Home for ChildrenAustin, TX$4,750332023
San Antonio Area FoundationSan Antonio, TX$4,750222022
Padua Place - Missionary Servants of Saint AnthonySan Antonio, TX$4,500332022
Youth Orchestra of San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$4,400442023
Children's Medical CenterAustin, TX$4,100112020
Hill Country Pregnancy Care CenterBoerne, TX$4,000442023
Oblate School of TheologySan Antonio, TX$4,000222023
St David's Episcopal ChurchSan Antonio, TX$4,000442023
Institute for JusticeArlington, VA$3,900332023
Keystone SchoolSan Antonio, TX$3,500332022
Violas Huge Heart FdnSan Antonio, TX$3,500222021
Center Point Volunteer Fire Dept IncCenter Point, TX$3,400332023
St Peter's Prince of the Apostles Catholic ChurchSan Antonio, TX$3,300332022
Ag Youth of TexasSan Antonio, TX$3,200332023
Bandera County Junior Livestock Show AssociationBandera, TX$3,000112020
Children's Hospital of San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$3,000222022
Davids Legacy FoundationSan Antonio, TX$3,000222021
University of the Incarnate WordSan Antonio, TX$3,000222021
Children's Chorus of San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$2,900442023
Boys & Girls Clubs of Bandera CountyBandera, TX$2,500442023
Hyde Park Baptist SchoolAustin, TX$2,500332023
San Antonio OperaSan Antonio, TX$2,500442023
Allied Womens Center of San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$2,400332022
Que for the BlueSan Antonio, TX$2,300222022
St Pius X Catholic SchoolSan Antonio, TX$2,250222023
Assumption SeminarySan Antonio, TX$2,000112022
Citizens Assisting CitizensYellville, AR$2,000112020
Community Foundation of the Texas Hill CountryKerville, TX$2,000222021
John Paul II Nursing HomeKenedy, TX$2,000442023
Wackem & StackemSan Antonio, TX$2,000222023
Tchcc Tx Czech Heritage CenterLa Grange, TX$1,950332023
Oblate Madonna Residence Retirement Home for PriestsSan Antonio, TX$1,800222022
Que for the Blue (QUE4BLUE)San Antonio, TX$1,800112023
Texas Round Up Animal Alliance IncCenter Point, TX$1,600222023
Be Kind San Antonio IncSan Antonio, TX$1,500222021
Dell Children's Medical CenterAustin, TX$1,500112023
Low Vision Resource CenterSan Antonio, TX$1,500222021
Wreaths Across AmericaColumbia Falls, ME$1,500222021
Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center IncLa Grange, TX$1,400112020
Veterans Reforged IncSan Antonio, TX$1,300112020
Polish Heritage CenterSan Antonio, TX$1,200222021
Cactus Pear Music FestivalSan Antonio, TX$1,150332023
Society of St Vincent De Paul C/O St Pius X Catholic ChurchSan Antonio, TX$1,100222021
10TH Life Surgical CenterStoneham, MA$1,000112023
Center Point Area Historic Preservation AssociationCenter Point, TX$1,000112021
Christus Children's HospitalSan Antonio, TX$1,000112023
First Chance FoundationBulverde, TX$1,000112020
Immaculate Conception Daycare CenterSan Antonio, TX$1,000222023
Morgan's WonderlandSan Antonio, TX$1,000112023
Oakridge Disciple HouseFlorence, TX$1,000212023
Tenth Life Surgical CenterSaint Louis, MO$1,000112022
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers FdnFort Worth, TX$1,000112020
Immaculate Conception Kindergarten & NurserySan Antonio, TX$900112020
Child Advocates San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$700112020
Chamber Choir of San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$600112020
Guadalupe Home - Annuciation Home IncSan Antonio, TX$600222021
Allied Women's Center of San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$500112023
Animal Defense LeagueSan Antonio, TX$500112020
Basicilica of the National BellWashington, DC$500112023
Oak Ridge Disciple HouseFlorence, TX$500112022
Oblate Madonna Residence-San Antonio FdnSan Antonio, TX$500112023
Opera Guild of San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$500112023
Padua Place Retirement HomeSan Antonio, TX$500112023
San Antonio Humane SocietySan Antonio, TX$500112020
San Antonio Pets AliveSan Antonio, TX$500112020
St Peter's Prince of the Apostles ChurSan Antonio, TX$500112023
Texas Czech Genealogical SocietyAustin, TN$500112023
ChildsafeSan Antonio, TX$400112020
Manhattanville CollegePurchase, NY$400112020
St Anthony of Padua ChurchSan Antonio, TX$400112020
Project Rachel C/O Catholic CharitiesSan Antonio, TX$300112021

52 of 87 (60%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 67%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

Plus 2 grants to individuals totalling $600 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 89 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
20 grants
Education
20 grants
Arts & Culture
10 grants
Recreation & Sports
9 grants
Animal Welfare
7 grants
Housing & Shelter
4 grants
Civil Rights
4 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202054$95,800$1,050
202149$58,200$1,000
202240$46,750$1,000
202346$50,600$1,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 96% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Texas
$241K
Virginia
$4K
Arkansas
$2K
Maine
$2K
Massachusetts
$1K
Missouri
$1K
District of Columbia
$500
Tennessee
$500

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Louis J & Millie Matcek Kocurek Charitable's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 653067, Dallas, TX, 75265. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 74-6306747 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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