The Kathryn O'connor Foundation
Victoria, TX · EIN 74-6039415. Reported 180 grants totalling $2,821,038 to 55 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. The Kathryn O'connor Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $146,676. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Dennis Church | Tivoli, TX | $377,338 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mid-Coast Family Services | Victoria, TX | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Golden Crescent CASA Inc | Victoria, TX | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Christ's Kitchen | Victoria, TX | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Food Bank of the Golden Crescent | Victoria, TX | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Refugio County Elderly Services | Refugio, TX | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels South Texas - Victoria Senior Citizens Center Inc | Victoria, TX | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Victoria Christian Assistance Ministry | Victoria, TX | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Victoria Inc | Victoria, TX | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Action Committee of Victoria Texas | Victoria, TX | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Refugio County | Refugio, TX | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Victoria Senior Citizens Center Inc | Victoria, TX | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Presidio La Bahia Foundation | Goliad, TX | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Victoria Independent School District | Victoria, TX | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Goliad County Senior Citizens Inc | Goliad, TX | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Affectionate Arms | Victoria, TX | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Perpetual Help Home Inc | Victoria, TX | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gulf Bend Mental Health Mental Retardation Center | Victoria, TX | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Victoria Preservation Inc | Victoria, TX | $57,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foster Parents of Victoria Inc | Victoria, TX | $54,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Refugio County Memorial Hospital District | Refugio, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| YMCA of the Golden Crescent Inc | Victoria, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Donum Dei Dba the Riding Therapy Center of Victoria | Nursery, TX | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Joseph High School | Victoria, TX | $33,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Promise Pointe Inc | Victoria, TX | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nazareth Academy | Victoria, TX | $31,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Our Lady of Guadalupe Church | Tivoli, TX | $31,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Our Lady of Victory School | Victoria, TX | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Vine School | Victoria, TX | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trinity Episcopal School | Victoria, TX | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Billy T Cattan Recovery Outreach Inc | Victoria, TX | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| County of Goliad | Goliad, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dorothy H O'connor Pet Adoption Center | Victoria, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dorothy O'connor Pet Adoption Center | Victoria, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Special Olympics Texas Inc | Corpus Christi, TX | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Quail Creek Volunteer Fire Department | Victoria, TX | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Raisin Volunteer Fire Department | Victoria, TX | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Refugio Volunteer Fire Department | Refugio, TX | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tivoli Volunteer Fire Department County of Refugio | Refugio, TX | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Our Lady of Refuge Church | Refugio, TX | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| County of Goliad - Goliad County Library | Goliad, TX | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Children's Discovery Museum Inc | Victoria, TX | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of Goliad Volunteer Fire Department | Goliad, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Crossroads Business Education Connection | Victoria, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Encounter Community Outreach Inc Dba Victory Christian Life Center | Victoria, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Golden Crescent Habitat for Humanity | Victoria, TX | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Goliad County Outreach Food Pantry | Goliad, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hope of South Texas Inc | Victoria, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Refugio County Library | Refugio, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Victory Christian Life Center | Victoria, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City of Goliad - Goliad Volunteer Fire Department | Goliad, TX | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Joy Ministries Outreach Inc | Refugio, TX | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Life at Its Best Foundation Inc Dba House of Palms | Victoria, TX | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pappy's Animal Rescue | Refugio, TX | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Therese Catholic Church | Woodsboro, TX | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
52 of 55 (95%) 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 93%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
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.
- Victoria Christian Assistance Ministry
SUPPORT FOR THEIR FOOD PANTRY AND UTILITIES ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Victoria Preservation Inc
SUPPORT TO PROTECT THE HISTORIC 1940 VICTORIA COUNTY JAIL FROM DEMOLITION - Community Action Committee of Victoria Texas
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT TO ADDRESS VICTORIA'S HOMELESS BY ENSURING HOUSING STABILITY FOR THOSE IN NEED - Boys & Girls Club of Refugio County
SUPPORT FOR TRIPLE PLAY PROGRAM - Boys & Girls Club of Victoria Inc
ENHANCEMENT OF YOUTH PROGRAM SERVICES - Victoria Independent School District
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FOR KIDZ CONNECTION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 69 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46 | $677,780 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 48 | $693,607 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 43 | $627,176 | $8,000 |
| 2024 | 43 | $822,475 | $10,000 |
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
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
- 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.
- 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 The Kathryn O'connor Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: P O Box 400, Victoria, TX, 77902. 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.
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