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Capricorn Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$567kEnvironment$115kReligion$80kAnimals$75kCivil Rights$75kHealth$65kInternational$61kFood & Nutrition$50k
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,263
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNICEF$1,263
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 72% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ANNISQUAM ASSOCIATION LEGACY FUND: $50k → 10%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $25k → 16%MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ART: $10k → 11%CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: $20k → 17%GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%HERMANN PARK CONSERVANCY: $30k → 16%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION: $20k → 9%ANNISQUAM ASSOCIATION: $50k → 10%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $25k → 16%CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: $20k → 17%GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%HERMANN PARK CONSERVANCY: $20k → 16%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION: $20k → 9%ANNISQUAM VILLAGE CHURCH: $20k → 10%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $10k → 16%CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: $20k → 17%GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%EMERY WEINER SCHOOL - NEWMAN SYNAGOGUE: $20k → 16%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION: $15k → 9%ANNISQUAM VILLAGE CHURCH: $20k → 10%CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: $10k → 17%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $125k → 16%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%CAPE ANN MUSEUM: $10k → 10%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $50k → 16%CAPE ANN MUSEUM: $10k → 10%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $46k → 16%CAPE ANN MUSEUM: $10k → 10%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $10k → 16%ANNISQUAM VILLAGE CHURCH: $10k → 10%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS - GLASSELL SCHOOL: $10k → 16%ANNISQUAM VILLAGE CHURCH: $10k → 10%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS - GLASSELL SCHOOL: $8k → 16%CAPE ANN MUSEUM: $10k → 10%ROCKPORT MUSIC: $20k → 10%MENIL COLLECTION: $30k → 16%MENIL COLLECTION: $30k → 16%MENIL COLLECTION: $27k → 16%MENIL COLLECTION: $20k → 16%MENIL COLLECTION: $10k → 16%HOUSTON FOOD BANK: $20k → 16%HOUSTON FOOD BANK: $20k → 16%HOUSTON FOOD BANK: $10k → 16%HOUSTON AREA PARKINSON SOCIETY: $10k → 16%PLANNED PARENTHOOD GULF COAST: $20k → 16%HOUSTON AREA PARKINSON SOCIETY: $10k → 16%PLANNED PARENTHOOD GULF COAST: $10k → 16%PLANNED PARENTHOOD GULF COAST: $10k → 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.
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$929k · 15 repeat orgs$159k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
6

Total granted

$929k
$158k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+112%

Still filing today

80%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureAnimalsHealthEnvironmentCivil RightsInternationalOther
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

  • INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $75k · revenue +57%
  • THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $75k · revenue +53%
  • PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $60k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • AA
    ANNISQUAM ASSOCIATION LEGACY FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • AA
    ANNISQUAM ASSOCIATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +216% · 43% of their budget
  • ROCKPORT MUSIC INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +112%
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
Houston Museum of Natural Science

The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…

Arts & Culture
2
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
3
The Houston Audubon Society

To advance the conservation of birds and their habitats in the Greater Houston Gulf Coast region by acquiring and maintaining critical habitat as bird sanctuaries, providing education programs and nature experiences, and advocating policy…

Environment
4
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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5
John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science

The Health Museum is an innovative science center that provides an interactive and entertaining experience for all ages, promotes understanding and appreciation of the human body, mind, and spirit, and inspires a lifelong commitment to…

Arts & Culture
6
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
7
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…

Arts & Culture
8
Houston Zoo Inc

Mission: Connect communities with animals, inspiring action to save wildlife. Vision: Be a leader in the global movement to save wildlife. (Continued on Schedule O) Houston Zoo, Inc. (HZI) strives to be a zoo that practices exemplary…

Animals
9
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

CAMH presents extraordinary and thought-provoking arts programming and exhibitions.

Arts & Culture
10
Houston Local Information Initiative Inc

The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.

Arts & Culture
11
Natural History Institute

Natural History Institute is organized to provide leadership and resources for a revitalized practice of natural history that integrates art, science, and humanities to promote the health and well-being of humans and the rest of the…

Arts & Culture
12
Glasstire

Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts; the most unlike its peers is Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation. 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

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 22 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
13/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $240,448 · OtherMUSEUM OF FINE ARTSTHIRD ANNISQUAM PARISH IN GLOUCESTER: $60,000 · OtherTHIRD ANNISQUAM PARISH IN GLOUCESTERANNISQUAM ASSOCIATION LEGACY FUND: $50,000 · OtherANNISQUAM ASSOCIATION LEGACY FUNDThe Houston Food Bank: $50,000 · OtherThe Houston Food BankHouston Area Parkinson Society: $25,000 · OtherEMERY WEINER SCHOOL - NEWMAN SYNAGOGUE: $20,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS - GLASSELL SCHOOL: $18,000 · Other+2 more: $17,560 · OtherMenil Foundation Inc: $120,770 · Arts & CultureMenil Foundation IncANNISQUAM ASSOCIATION INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureANNISQUAM ASSOCIATION INCCAPE ANN MUSEUM INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureCAPE ANN MUSEUM INCROCKPORT MUSIC INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureROCKPORT MUSIC INCMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $10,000 · Arts & CultureGalveston Bay Foundation Inc: $55,000 · EnvironmentGalveston …Hermann Park Conservancy: $50,000 · EnvironmentHermann Pa…PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $60,000 · HealthPARTNERS I…Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc: $40,000 · HealthPlanned Pa…INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · AnimalsTexas Conservation Alliance: $10,000 · AnimalsTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $75,000 · Civil RightsUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,263 · International
Other$481,008Arts & Culture$240,770Environment$105,000Health$100,000Animals$85,000Civil Rights$75,000International$1,263

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 budgetMenil Foundation Inc: $120,770 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGalveston Bay Foundation Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetANNISQUAM ASSOCIATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCAPE ANN MUSEUM INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHouston Area Parkinson Society: $25,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetROCKPORT MUSIC INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Conservation Alliance: $10,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetINPRINT INC: $9,560 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,263 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.

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…Boston Foundation IncNational Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX14.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Capricorn Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Capricorn Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Cape Ann Museum Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Rockport Music Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Capricorn Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Capricorn Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 22 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home