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Beirne Foundation at a glance

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Beirne Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$45k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$99kEducation$45kArts & Culture$41kPhilanthropy$23kInternational$7kReligion$5kCommunity Improvement$5kCivil Rights$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$115k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEMORIAL HERMANN FOUNDATION$25,000
MEMORIAL HERMANN FOUNDATION$10,000
THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF HOUSTON INC$5,000
THE ROSE FOUNDATION$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%OPUS BONO SACERDOTII: $500 → 10%AVDA: $500 → 16%MEALS ON WHEELS: $500 → 16%MEALS ON WHEELS: $250 → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
CA
DC
LA
AL
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$207k · 10 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
20

Total granted

$207k
$28k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+55%

Still filing today

30%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesInternationalHealthArts & CultureEducationCivil RightsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MH
    Memorial Hermann Foundation
    8× · 2017–2024 · $99k · revenue +158%
  • HG
    Houston Grand Opera Association Inc
    5× · 2018–2022 · $40k · revenue -4%
  • TR
    THE ROSE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $23k

Funded once

  • SD
    SOUTHERN DOMINICAN PROVINCE
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $4k
  • SH
    SPRING HILL COLLEGE
    one grant, 2018 · $4k · revenue +8%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
2
Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Mitchell hamline school of law is an independent law school that advances its mission through a combination of legal education, public service, and community engagement. it is dedicated to preparing students to practice law, while also…

Education
3
The Methodist Hospital

To provide high quality, cost-effective health care that delivers the best value to the people we serve in a spiritual environment of caring in association with internationally recognized teaching and research.

Health
4
Saint John's University

To foster the vitality of community through learning and the pursuit of wisdom.

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5
Memorial Hermann Medical Group

Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…

Health
6
The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame

The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)

Education
7
Aquinas College

Education

Education
8
South Texas College of Law Houston Inc

South texas college of law houston provides a diverse body of students the opportunity to obtain an exceptional legal education, preparing graduates to serve their community and profession with distinction.

Education
9
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
10
University of Dayton

The university of dayton is a top-tier independent, catholic research educational institution founded in 1850. the primary exempt purpose is providing post secondary education through undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and continuing…

Education
11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
American Academy of Physician Associates Inc

To ensure the professional growth, personal excellence, and recognition of physician associates, and to support efforts to enable them to improve the quality, accessibility, and cost-effectiveness of patient-centered health care.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Memorial Hermann Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Meals On Wheels. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Memorial Hermann Foundation: $98,700 · HealthMemorial Hermann FoundationTHE ROSE FOUNDATION: $22,500 · OtherTHE ROSE FOUNDATIONST AGNES ACADEMY: $15,000 · OtherST AGNES ACADEMYST THOMAS HIGH SCHOOL: $13,500 · OtherST THOMAS HIGH SCHOOLST ANNE SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $10,500 · OtherST ANNE SCHOOL FOUNDATIONSOUTHERN DOMINICAN PROVINCE: $5,660 · OtherSOUTHERN DOMINICAN PROVINCEIndividual grant recipient: $3,500 · OtherTEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $3,500 · OtherHOLY ROSARY PARISH: $3,000 · Other+13 more: $10,790 · Other+13 moreHouston Grand Opera Association Inc: $40,450 · Arts & CultureHouston Grand Opera…The Junior League of Houston Inc: $5,000 · Community ImprovementSPRING HILL COLLEGE: $3,500 · EducationMEALS ON WHEELS: $750 · Human ServicesAVDA: $500 · Human ServicesOPUS BONO SACERDOTII: $500 · Human ServicesJAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF HOUSTON: $1,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100 · InternationalANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $500 · Civil Rights
Health$98,700Other$87,950Arts & Culture$40,450Community Improvement$5,000Education$3,500Human Services$1,750International$1,600Civil Rights$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMemorial Hermann Foundation: $98,700 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Grand Opera Association Inc: $40,450 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Junior League of Houston Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPRING HILL COLLEGE: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF HOUSTON: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSt Mary's University: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAVDA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPUS BONO SACERDOTII: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Memorial Hermann Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Houston Grand Opera Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Junior League of Houston Inc ↗
  • Who funds SPRING HILL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds St Mary's University ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds AVDA ↗
  • Who funds OPUS BONO SACERDOTII ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗

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.

Greater Houston Commu…Strake FoundationShell USA Company Fou…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX16.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Strake Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Beirne Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Beirne Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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