About Kle Foundation
The KLE Foundation concentrates its giving on K–12 school choice and charter network growth—primarily in Texas—while also making significant investments in reproductive rights and clinical reproductive health providers. Grants are generally large and targeted to a small set of repeat grantees, with several multi‑hundred‑thousand to multi‑million dollar gifts to charter operators and national policy/health organizations. The foundation appears to favor organizations that scale alternative school models and advocate for or deliver reproductive health services.
Focus Areas
Charter school networks and operator expansion in Texas (e.g., BASIS Texas, KIPP Texas, Harmony Public Schools)Education innovation and turnaround organizations supporting new or alternative school models (e.g., Transcend, Compass Rose Education)Reproductive rights litigation and national policy advocacy (e.g., Center for Reproductive Rights)Clinical reproductive health service providers and access (e.g., Carafem / FemHealth USA)Capacity/general support and donor-advised/pass-through funding (large Fidelity Charitable gift suggests use of DAFs)
Who They Fund
unspecified (no target population stated)
About Kle Foundation
The Kle Foundation’s recent giving is defined by large, repeated support for Texas charter-school operators and education reform groups, alongside a parallel line of funding for reproductive rights and reproductive health access. In the education portfolio, the foundation has backed networks and school operators with multi-hundred-thousand-dollar general support grants, including Kipp Texas Inc, Basis Texas Charter Schools Inc, Compass Rose Education Inc, and Harmony Public Schools. It also funds organizations working on school design and expansion, such as Transcend Inc, which appears multiple times across recent years. On the reproductive-health side, the foundation has made sizable general support grants to the Center for Reproductive Rights and to Femhealth USA Inc Dba Carafem. The pattern points to a funder that uses flexible, largely unrestricted grants to support organizations that can scale alternative school models or defend and expand reproductive health services. Recent recipients also include Austin-based and other Texas groups working on charter education, computer science pathways, and school choice initiatives.
What Kle Foundation Funds
A major theme in The Kle Foundation’s recent grantmaking is charter-school network growth in Texas. It gave $875,000 to Basis Texas Charter Schools Inc for general support and $800,000 to Kipp Texas Inc for the same purpose in 2024, followed by another $800,000 to Kipp Texas Inc in 2025. The foundation also supported Compass Rose Education Inc with $770,900 in 2024 and $839,980 in 2025, again as general support. Another cause area is education innovation: Transcend Inc received $743,500 in 2025, $427,700 in 2024, and $180,100 in 2023. The foundation also backed computer science and pathway-building work through a $72,500 grant to Youth Code Jam San Antonio in 2023.
How Kle Foundation Gives
The Kle Foundation’s recent awards are relatively large: the typical grant is $72,500 at the 25th percentile, $145,500 at the median, and $500,000 at the 75th percentile. The grants list shows repeat support to the same organizations across multiple years, including Kipp Texas Inc, Basis Texas Charter Schools Inc, Compass Rose Education Inc, Transcend Inc, and the Center for Reproductive Rights. That suggests an ongoing relationship model rather than one-off awards. The foundation is classified as a regular funder, and the recent grants are overwhelmingly general support, indicating flexible operating funding rather than project-only awards.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$5.8M
Total Assets
$24.6M
Total Revenue
$4.8M
Total Expenses
$6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $73K and $500K, with a median of $146K.
25th Percentile
$73K
Median
$146K
75th Percentile
$500K
Geographic Reach
Regional5 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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