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Arnold & Irene Kocurek Fdn 1986 Tr

Pennington, NJ · EIN 74-6345100. Reported 185 grants totalling $899,500 to 53 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$899,500granted, 2021-2025
53recipients, as named on its returns
91%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,494,462assets, 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. Arnold & Irene Kocurek Fdn 1986 Tr 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $20,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
81 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
78 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
26 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Wildlife Rescue and RehabilitationKendalia, TX$71,300552025
Mrdc Unicorn Centers IncSan Antonio, TX$57,000442024
San Antonio Food BankSan Antonio, TX$43,300552025
Children's HospitalSan Antonio, TX$41,000442024
BoysvilleConverse, TX$39,000552025
Second Chance FarmGransbury, TX$38,000552025
Austin Pets AliveAustin, TX$32,000442025
San Antonio Pets Alive IncSan Antonio, TX$30,550552025
Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchHalletsville, TX$30,300552025
Mission Road MinistriesSan Antonio, TX$22,300552025
Living Love Rescue ShelterMarble Falls, TX$22,250552025
ScholarshotDallas, TX$22,000552025
Winston SchoolSan Antonio, TX$21,000442024
Klrn Alamo Public Telecommuncations CounSan Antonio, TX$20,000442024
Friench Simpson Memorial LibraryHallettsville, TX$18,300552025
St Vincent De PaulCobleskill, NY$18,300552025
Brighton CenterSan Antonio, TX$17,300552025
Sisters of Divine ProvidenceSan Antonio, TX$17,300552025
St Peter - St Joseph Children's HomeSan Antonio, TX$17,300552025
Helping Hand CrisisSpicewood, TX$17,250442024
Hallettsville Isd - LibraryHallettsville, TX$17,000442024
Hope Rescue CenterHearne, TX$17,000442024
Ronald Mcdonald HouseHouston, TX$17,000442024
The Salvation ArmyAlexandria, VA$17,000442024
American Red CrossWashington, DC$16,500442024
Animal Defense LeagueSan Antonio, TX$16,500442024
Meals on Wheels San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$16,000442024
SamministriesSan Antonio, TX$16,000442024
Mico Volunteer Fire DeptMico, TX$15,250332024
St Louis Catholic ChurchCastroville, TX$14,300552025
Humane Society of San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$14,000332023
Archdiocese of San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$11,300332025
The Volunteer Services CouncilSan Antonio, TX$11,000442024
Allied Womens Center of San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$10,500442024
St Louis Catholic SchoolCastroville, TX$10,300442025
Ezell Isd LibraryHallettsville, TX$10,000442024
Seton HomeSan Antonio, TX$10,000442024
Little Flower Catholic SchoolSan Antonio, TX$8,300552025
Sacred Heart Catholic SchoolHalletsville, TX$7,000332023
Archdiocese of San AntionioSan Antionio, TX$6,000222024
Heart of Texas Lab RescueAustin, TX$5,000112025
Helping Hand Crisis MinistrySpicewood, TX$5,000112025
Mico Volunteer Fire DepartmentMico, TX$5,000112025
Red Letter Rescue & RehabSchertz, TX$5,000112025
Ronald Mcdonald House of Greater HoustonHouston, TX$5,000112025
The Safe AllianceAustin, TX$5,000112021
St Francis ChapelMico, TX$3,000332023
St Jude Children's HospitalMemphis, TN$3,000112021
Animal Defense League of San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$1,600112025
Children's Hospital of San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$1,300112025
Ezzell Isd LibraryHallettsville, TX$1,300112025
San Antonio Humane SocietySan Antonio, TX$1,300112025
Winston School San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$1,300112025

41 of 53 (77%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 91%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

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 activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 67 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Animal Welfare
33 grants
Education
10 grants
Human Services
10 grants
Health Care
6 grants
Religion
5 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202142$272,000$5,000
202240$240,000$5,000
202339$230,000$5,000
202435$82,500$2,000
202529$75,000$1,300

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

94% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Texas
$845K
New York
$18K
Virginia
$17K
District of Columbia
$16K
Tennessee
$3K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund23 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc20 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc19 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust13 shared recipientsSan Antonio Area Foundation12 shared recipientsThe Blackbaud Giving Fund12 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  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 Arnold & Irene Kocurek Fdn 1986 Tr's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1532, Pennington, NJ, 08534. 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 74-6345100 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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