Funding search · EIN 752567397 · Fort Worth, TX
Carl E Kessler Family Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 220
- grants reported
- $1.6M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $2,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Charity Navigator4 grants · $823,150
- Communities in Schools Dallas Region3 grants · $75,000
- Military Museum of Fort Worth4 grants · $60,000
- Salvation Army4 grants · $48,511
- Careity Foundation4 grants · $40,000
- North Texas Giving1 grant · $22,360
- Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Services1 grant · $20,000
- Community Renewal International1 grant · $20,000
- Deki2 grants · $20,000
- Trinity Habitat for Humanity2 grants · $18,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 220 grants.
- $346,000
Charity Navigator · Glen Rock, NJ · 2025
Human Service
- $275,000
Charity Navigator · Glen Rock, NJ · 2023
Human Service
- $201,150
Charity Navigator · Glen Rock, NJ · 2024
Human Service
- $45,000
Communities in Schools Dallas Region · Dallas, TX · 2024
Education
- $25,000
Communities in Schools Dallas Region · Dallas, TX · 2025
Education
- $22,500
Salvation Army · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
Human Service
- $22,360
North Texas Giving · Dallas, TX · 2025
Human Services
- $20,000
Community Renewal International · Shreveport, LA · 2022
Human service.
- $20,000
Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Services · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Human Service
- $20,000
Military Museum of Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Veteran Support
- $16,011
Salvation Army · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Human Service
- $15,000
Military Museum of Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
Veteran Support
- $15,000
Military Museum of Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Veteran Support
- $10,000
Careity Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
Human Service
- $10,000
Deki · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
Education
- $10,000
Trinity Habitat for Humanity · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
Affordable homeownership
- $10,000
Careity Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Human Service
- $10,000
Careity Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Human Service
- $10,000
Military Museum of Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Veteran Support
- $10,000
Careity Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Human Service.
- $10,000
Deki · Murphy, TX · 2022
Human service.
- $10,000
Mineral Wells Senior Center · Mineral Wells, TX · 2022
Human welfare
- $10,000
Salvation Army Mabee Center · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Human service
- $8,000
Trinity Habitat for Humanity · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Human welfare
- $7,500
Mineral Wells Senior Center · Mineral Wells, TX · 2023
Human Welfare
- $7,500
Globalgiving · Washington, DC · 2022
Education.
- $7,500
Heart To Heart International · Olathe, KS · 2022
Human service
- $5,000
Going Home - Rescue Transport · Richardson, TX · 2024
Human Service
- $5,000
Communities in Schools Dallas Region · Dallas, TX · 2023
Education
- $5,000
Going Home - Rescue Transport · Richardson, TX · 2023
Animal Welfare
- $5,000
Hope Domestic Violence · Mineral Wells, TX · 2023
Human Service
- $5,000
Salvation Army · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Human Service
- $5,000
The Net · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Human Services
- $5,000
Voices Project USA · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Human Rights
- $5,000
All Hands and Hearts · Mattapoisett, MA · 2022
Human service
- $5,000
Bridge2rwanda · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Education
- $5,000
Center for Disaster Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2022
Human welfare
- $5,000
Crisis Aid International · St Louis, MO · 2022
Child welfare.
- $5,000
Direct Relief International · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Human service.
- $5,000
Haitian Health Foundation · Norwish, CT · 2022
Human Service.
- $5,000
Hope Domestic Violence · Mineral Wells, TX · 2022
Human service.
- $5,000
International Relief Teams · San Diego, CA · 2022
Human service.
- $5,000
Map International · Brunswick, GA · 2022
Human welfare
- $5,000
Mineral Wells Scholarship Fund · Mineral Wells, TX · 2022
Education
- $5,000
Palo Pinto Humane Society · Mineral Wells, TX · 2022
Animal welfare.
- $5,000
Rainforest Trust · Warrenton, VA · 2022
Conservation.
- $5,000
Refugees International · Washington, DC · 2022
Human welfare.
- $5,000
Salvation Army · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Human service
- $5,000
Salvation Army Women'S Auxillery · Granbury, TX · 2022
Human service
- $4,500
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Human welfare
- $4,000
Stand Up To Cancer · Los Angelas, CA · 2024
Human Service
- $4,000
Meds and Food for Kids · St Louis, MO · 2022
Human Service
- $4,000
North Texas Food Bank · Dallas, TX · 2022
Human service
- $4,000
Operation Second Chance · Germantown, MD · 2022
Human service
- $4,000
Water Mission · North Charleston, NC · 2022
Human Service
- $3,500
Join · Portland, OR · 2022
Human welfare
- $3,500
Mend · Pacoima, CA · 2022
Human welfare.
- $3,500
Tarrant Area Food Bank · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Human service
- $3,500
Vitamin Angels · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Child Welfare
- $3,500
Water for South Sudan · Rochester, NY · 2022
Human service
- $3,000
Lena Pope Home · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Child welfare
- $3,000
Missoula Food Bank · Missoula, MT · 2022
Human service
- $3,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Animal welfare
- $2,750
Wings of Hope · Chesterfield, MO · 2025
Human Services
- $2,500
American Red Cross · Fort Worth, TX · 2025
Human Service
- $2,500
Halo Foundation · Willow Park, TX · 2025
Wounded warriors support
- $2,500
Stand Up To Cancer · Los Angelas, CA · 2025
Human Service
- $2,500
Task Force Antal · New York, NY · 2025
Veterans Support
- $2,500
Friends of Mineral Wells Dog Park · Mineral Wells, TX · 2024
Animal Welfare
- $2,500
Grace House Pregnancy Center · Mineral Wells, TX · 2024
Human Service
- $2,500
Noon Lion'S Club · Conroe, TX · 2024
Social Services
- $2,500
American Refugee Committee International · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Human Service
- $2,500
Best Foot Forward Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
Human Service.
- $2,500
Chef'S To End Hunger · Santa Fe Springs, CA · 2022
Human welfare
- $2,500
Classroom Central · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Education.
- $2,500
Clean Ocean Action · Long Branch, NJ · 2022
Animal welfare
- $2,500
Communities in Schools Greater Tarrant C · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Education
- $2,500
Dare To Care Food Bank · Louisville, KY · 2022
Human Service
- $2,500
Design That Matters · Redmond, WA · 2022
Human service
- $2,500
Divine Water · City, TX · 2022
Human service
- $2,500
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Human service.
- $2,500
Dwell With Dignity · Dallas, TX · 2022
Human service.
- $2,500
Earth Share Texas · Austin, TX · 2022
Conservation.
- $2,500
Echo · North Fort Myers, FL · 2022
Human service.
- $2,500
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2022
Education
- $2,500
Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
Human Service
- $2,500
Foster Care To Success · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Human service
- $2,500
Free the Kids · Akron, OH · 2022
Human service
- $2,500
Homes for Our Troops · Taunton, MA · 2022
Veteran welfare.
- $2,500
Hope for Haiti · Naples, FL · 2022
Human service.
- $2,500
Hope for Haiti'S Children · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Child education
- $2,500
Meals On Wheels Inc of Tarrant County · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Human Service
- $2,500
Meals On Wheels Pp · Mineral Wells, TX · 2022
Human service
- $2,500
Medical Benevolence Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Human service
- $2,500
Mercury One · Irving, TX · 2022
Education
- $2,500
Native American Advancement F · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Education.
- $2,500
Native Americans in Philanthropy · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Human Welfare
- $2,500
One Simple Wish · Trenton, NJ · 2022
Education.
- $2,500
Orphan Grain Train · Norfolk, NE · 2022
Child Education
- $2,500
Overture Outreach International · High Point, NC · 2022
Human welfare
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