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The Snapdragon Book Foundation

Katy, TX · EIN 26-3698978. Reported 46 grants totalling $220,746 to 46 recipients across tax years 2024-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$3,994median grant
$220,746granted, 2024-2025
46recipients, as named on its returns
0%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,447,953assets, 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. The Snapdragon Book 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.

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 $3,994. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,300 and $6,537; the smallest was $400 and the largest $10,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
3 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
23 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
14 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
6 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
Academia Antonia Alonso CharterNewark, DE$10,000112025
Altoona SchoolAltoona, FL$10,000112025
Dale Junior High SchoolAnaheim, CA$10,000112025
Elkhorn City ElementaryElkhorn City, KY$10,000112024
Harrison Elementary Promise AcademyLexington, KY$10,000112025
Millington Primary SchoolMillington, TN$10,000112024
Durant Road Elementary SchoolRaleigh, NC$9,891112024
Whispering Pines Education CenterMiramar, FL$9,500112024
Joe Harrison Carter ElementaryTompkinsville, KY$8,000112025
Lower Lee ElementaryMayesville, SC$6,920112025
Owen Middle SchoolSwannanoa, NC$6,844112025
North Hartsville Elementary SchoolHartsville, SC$6,537112025
Talcott Elementary SchoolTalcott, WV$6,525112024
Delta ElementaryBay Minette, AL$6,500112025
Woodland JR SR High SchoolBaileyville, ME$6,100112025
Holmes ElementaryMesa, AZ$5,000112025
Mt Vernon Enola School DistrictMt Vernon, AR$5,000112025
Pave Academy Charter SchoolBrooklyn, NY$5,000112024
PathwaysAustin, TX$5,000112025
South Davie Middle SchoolMocksville, NC$5,000112024
Brendel ElementaryGrand Blanc, MI$4,800112024
Rock Island AcademyRock Island, IL$4,262112024
Amelia Earhart ElementaryProvo, UT$4,000112024
Uniontown Elementary SchoolUniontown, KY$3,988112024
Washington Elementary SchoolRichmond, CA$3,765112024
Harbor Creek School DistrictErie, PA$3,600112025
Memphis Grizzlies Prep Charter SchoolMemphis, TN$3,600112024
South MesaPueblo, CO$3,600112024
Union East ElementaryCheektowaga, NY$3,391112024
Empire Elementary Carson City School DistrictCarson City, NV$3,147112024
El Dorado High SchoolPlacerville, CA$3,000112025
North Fork High SchoolHotchkiss, CO$3,000112025
North ShelbyShelbyville, MO$2,680112024
Sweet Water High SchoolSweet Water, AL$2,655112025
Chiloquin Elementary SchoolChiloquin, OR$2,300112025
Kendrick Middle SchoolJonesboro, GA$2,300112024
Pittsfield Public SchoolsPittsfield, MA$2,208112025
Emerald AcademyKnoxville, TN$2,100112025
East Columbus Magnet AcademyColumbus, GA$2,000112025
Sunnybrae Elementary SchoolSan Mateo, CA$2,000112025
Quincy Elementary SchoolZeeland, MI$1,575112024
Chesapeake Center for Student SuccessChesapeake, VA$1,500112025
Center Mcmechen Elementary SchoolMcmechen, WV$1,324112025
Oakland Middle SchoolColumbia, MO$960112024
Magic City Acceptance Academy Charter SchoolBirmingham, AL$774112024
Crockett AcademySan Antonio, TX$400112024

0 of 46 (0%) received money in more than one year over the 2 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 0%, across 1 year-to-year transition. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

Plus 49 grants to individuals totalling $285,696 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 5 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.

Education
4 grants
Mental Health
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202422$99,158$3,876
202524$121,588$5,000

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

14% of its giving went to organizations in Kentucky. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Kentucky
$32K
North Carolina
$22K
Florida
$20K
California
$19K
Tennessee
$16K
South Carolina
$13K
Delaware
$10K
Alabama
$10K

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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 Fund3 shared recipientsShare Our Strength2 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust2 shared recipientsIola Foundation2 shared recipients50CAN Inc2 shared recipientsFor Inspiration and Recognition of2 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,994. 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 Kentucky.
  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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from The Snapdragon Book Foundation'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: 10223 Camden Garden Ln, Katy, TX, 77494. 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 26-3698978 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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