Texas · Private foundation
Briar Hollow 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.
- $126k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $41,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 31
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations Briar Hollow Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 | 25 | $126k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 31 | $99k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $102k | 48% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $99k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $76k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $60k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $38k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Martins Episcopal Church | $81,100 | 5 | n/a |
| Friends of Pumpkin Park | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Episcopal High School | $44,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $36,250 | 5 | 0% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $25,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Methodist Hospital Foundation | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| River Oaks Foundation | $15,750 | 3 | 2% |
| St Michaels Episcopal Church | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Remind | $14,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Silver Creek Heritage Society | $12,200 | 3 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Martins Episcopal Church | $81,100 | 5 | n/a |
| Friends of Pumpkin Park | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Episcopal High School | $44,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $36,250 | 5 | 0% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $25,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Methodist Hospital Foundation | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| River Oaks Foundation | $15,750 | 3 | 2% |
| St Michaels Episcopal Church | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Remind | $14,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Silver Creek Heritage Society | $12,200 | 3 | n/a |
| The Menninger Clinic | $11,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Depelchin Children's Center | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Martins Episcopal Preschool | $7,500 | 4 | n/a |
| The 100 Club Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Francis Episcopal School | $6,500 | 3 | n/a |
| River Oaks Garden Club | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Randolph College Inc | $5,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Waldemar Legacy Fund | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hunt Preservation Society Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 61% |
| Pathways for Little Feet | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Porches for Progress | $4,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Mental Health America of Greater Houston Inc | $3,211 | 3 | 0% |
| The Junior League of Houston Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor University | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Memorial Lutheran Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Theta Charity Events Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 6% |
| Grace Episcopal School | $2,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Lone Star Legal Aid | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Children's Fund Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Legacy Community Health Services Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ex-Students' Association of Ut | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Park Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Hospice | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Forum of Civics Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Outreach Center of West Houston Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($226k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Briar Hollow Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The Crain Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Judith and Henry Sauer Charitable Foundation · Greentree Fund · Brazelton Family Foundation · The John M O'Quinn Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Daniel P & Annette B Gordon Foundati
How this is measured
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About Briar Hollow Foundation
- How much does Briar Hollow Foundation give?
- Briar Hollow Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $126,411 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Briar Hollow Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (34%), Religion (28%), Education (16%).
- Who are Briar Hollow Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: St Martins Episcopal Church ($81k), Friends of Pumpkin Park ($50k), Episcopal High School ($45k).
- Does Briar Hollow Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Briar Hollow 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 Briar Hollow Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, The Brown Foundation Inc, Vivian L Smith Foundation.
- Where is Briar Hollow Foundation based?
- Briar Hollow Foundation is based in TX.
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