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Klinck Foundation

Preselected recipients only McAllen, Texas · EIN 742445901

Klinck Foundation is a private foundation in McAllen, Texas. In tax year 2025 it gave $85,000 in 64 grants; the typical grant was $1,235 and the largest $4,800. It only gives to organizations it selects itself and does not accept unsolicited applications.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $78,500 the year before.

17% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$75,96958$1.6 million
2024$78,50059$1.9 million
2025$85,00064$2.2 million

How to apply

Klinck Foundation says in its IRS filing that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations, so unsolicited applications are unlikely to be considered. Organizations it funds are usually invited.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Klinck Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 16 states, the most to Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas30$60,630
District of Columbia10$8,766
Michigan1$3,300
Maryland3$2,750
Virginia6$2,015
Arizona1$1,800
Tennessee1$1,700
Ohio1$1,400
Colorado1$600
Indiana1$500

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 64 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Food Bank of RGV
McALLEN, TX
General fund$4,800
Good Samaritan Community Services
Rio Grande, TX
Active$4,000
Habitat for Humanity
McAllen, TX
General fund$4,000
Salvaation Army
McAllen, TX
General fund$4,000
Univ of Texas Longhorn Foundation
Austin, TX
General fund$4,000
Buckner Foundation
Dallas, TX
General fund$3,700
Boy & Girls Club of McAllen
McAllen, TX
General fund$3,500
Ut RGV Kenneth Burford Enodwed Sholarship Ut Pan American
Edinburg, TX
General fund$3,400
Hillsdale College Charter School
Hillsdale, MI
General fund$3,300
American Red Cross
Corpus Christi, TX
General fund$2,960
M D Anderson
Houston, TX
General fund$2,400
Alzheimer Association-South Texas
Washington, DC
General fund$2,200
ASPCA
Washington, DC
General fund$2,000
Confort House
McAllen, TX
General fund$2,000
For Love of Children
Washington, DC
General fund$2,000
American Diabetes Association
Merrifield, VA
General fund$1,800
Austin Free-Net
Austin, TX
General fund$1,800
American Heart Association
Phoenix, AZ
General fund$1,800
StJude Children's
Memphis, TN
General fund$1,700
UT College of natural science
Austin, TX
General fund$1,700
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
General fund$1,700
Health Alliance for Austin Musicans
Austin, TX
General fund$1,600
MUJERES uNIDAS
McALLEN, TX
General fund$1,600
Hospice Austin
Austin, TX
General fund$1,500
Vannie E Cook Jr Children's Cancer Clinck
McAllen, TX
General fund$1,500
Doctors Without Borders
Hagerstown, MD
Genral fund$1,500
Disabled American Veterans
Cincinnati, OH
General fund$1,400
Internation Museum of Art & Sciences
McAllen, TX
General fund$1,400
Planned Parenthood Fed of Am
Washington, DC
General fund$1,350
Sims Foundation
Austin, TX
General fund$1,300
Baylor Scott & White Central Texas Found
Temple, TX
General fund$1,300
Moonlight Fund
Bandera T, TX
General fund$1,270
Aopa Foundation
Frederick, MD
General fund$1,200
Texas Burn Survivor Society
San Antonio, TX
General fund$1,000
Valley Symphony Orcestra
McAllen, TX
General fund$1,000
Special Olympics
Austin, TX
General fund$800
So TX South Texas Lighthouse for the Blind
Corpus Christi, TX
General fund$600
Pvas Laurie P Andrews Center
Edinburg, TX
General fund$600
Punk Rock Saves Lives
Denver, CO
General fund$600
Diocese of West Texas
San Antonio, TX
General fund$600

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Klinck Foundation accept grant applications?

No. Its IRS filing says it only makes contributions to preselected organizations.

How much does Klinck Foundation give?

$85,000 in tax year 2025, across 64 grants, with a typical grant of $1,235.

Who runs Klinck Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Jan M Klinck (Manager).

What does Klinck Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health, youth programs and education.

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