Texas · Private foundation
Ann Lents and J David Heaney Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $64k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $866k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Ann Lents and J David Heaney Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $61k | 19% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $52k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $45k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $34k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $50k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $57k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $100k | 82% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Star Flight Museum | $125,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $82,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Methodist Hospital Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Motorcycle Relief Project | $26,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Telluride Council for the Arts and Human Dba Telluride Arts | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The University of Texas Law School Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Houston Wilderness Inc | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| St John's School | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bayou Preservation Association Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Star Flight Museum | $125,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $82,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Methodist Hospital Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Motorcycle Relief Project | $26,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Telluride Council for the Arts and Human Dba Telluride Arts | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The University of Texas Law School Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Houston Wilderness Inc | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| St John's School | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bayou Preservation Association Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Memorial Park Conservancy Inc | $8,500 | 4 | 0% |
| New Hope Housing Inc | $8,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Trees For Houston | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Telluride Medical Center Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Kinkaid School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Parks Board | $3,505 | 2 | 0% |
| St John's Episcopal Church | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Scenic Houston Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hermann Park Conservancy | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Coastal Prairie Conservancy | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Public Media Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Telluride Volunteer Fire Department | $450 | 2 | 0% |
| Telluride Hospital District | $250 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($43k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ann Lents and J David Heaney Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Ann Lents and J David Heaney Foundation
- How much does Ann Lents and J David Heaney Foundation give?
- Ann Lents and J David Heaney Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $64,005 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ann Lents and J David Heaney Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (37%), Arts & Culture (34%), Education (10%).
- Who are Ann Lents and J David Heaney Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lone Star Flight Museum ($125k), Texas Children's Hospital ($82k), The Methodist Hospital Foundation ($30k).
- Does Ann Lents and J David Heaney Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ann Lents and J David Heaney Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ann Lents and J David Heaney Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Houston Endowment Inc, The Brown Foundation Inc.
- Where is Ann Lents and J David Heaney Foundation based?
- Ann Lents and J David Heaney Foundation is based in TX.
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