Texas · Private foundation
Betty Jane Seydler 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.
- $602k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $382,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations Betty Jane Seydler Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 22 | $602k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $480k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $430k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $200k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $72k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $56k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $49k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $19k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Community Service Center Inc | $228,000 | 8 | 2% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $61,000 | 9 | 0% |
| St Lukes United Methodist Church | $53,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Houston Public Media Foundation | $48,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Christian Broadcasting Network Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kids' Meals Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Brookwood Community Inc | $30,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Camp Allen Camp & Conference Center | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| River Oaks Chamber Orchestra | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Houston Zoo Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Community Service Center Inc | $228,000 | 8 | 2% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $61,000 | 9 | 0% |
| St Lukes United Methodist Church | $53,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Houston Public Media Foundation | $48,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Christian Broadcasting Network Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kids' Meals Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Brookwood Community Inc | $30,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Camp Allen Camp & Conference Center | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| River Oaks Chamber Orchestra | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Houston Zoo Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Star of Hope Mission | $27,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Onechild Global | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Harleys Dream | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Patrons for Bellaire Parks | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Methodist Hospital Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Evelyn's Park Conservancy | $3,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Betty Jane Seydler 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.
Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Betty Jane Seydler Foundation
- How much does Betty Jane Seydler Foundation give?
- Betty Jane Seydler Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $602,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Betty Jane Seydler Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (39%), Religion (15%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Betty Jane Seydler Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Christian Community Service Center Inc ($228k), The Houston Food Bank ($61k), St Lukes United Methodist Church ($53k).
- Does Betty Jane Seydler Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Betty Jane Seydler 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 Betty Jane Seydler Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shell USA Company Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Betty Jane Seydler Foundation based?
- Betty Jane Seydler Foundation is based in TX.
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