Texas · Private foundation
Earl W & Hazel C Pierson 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.
- $143k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Earl W & Hazel C Pierson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 14 | $143k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $138k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $129k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $105k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $92k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $53k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $52k | 43% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reach Unlimited Inc | $75,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Gracewood Inc | $60,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Hospice Brazos Valley Inc | $55,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Sire Inc | $45,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Grace Lake Ministries | $45,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Elizabeth Lutheran Church | $35,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc | $33,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Ronald McDonald House of Galveston | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Vita Living Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Eight Days of Hope Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reach Unlimited Inc | $75,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Gracewood Inc | $60,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Hospice Brazos Valley Inc | $55,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Sire Inc | $45,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Grace Lake Ministries | $45,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Elizabeth Lutheran Church | $35,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc | $33,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Ronald McDonald House of Galveston | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Vita Living Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Eight Days of Hope Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| First Baptist Church | $18,300 | 2 | n/a |
| United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation Inc | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Urban Outreach Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Special Olympics of Texas Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Hospice | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| House of Amos | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Parkinson's Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Parks Board | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($371k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Earl W & Hazel C Pierson 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 Earl W & Hazel C Pierson Foundation
- How much does Earl W & Hazel C Pierson Foundation give?
- Earl W & Hazel C Pierson Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $142,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Earl W & Hazel C Pierson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (49%), Human Services (25%), Religion (11%).
- Who are Earl W & Hazel C Pierson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Reach Unlimited Inc ($75k), Gracewood Inc ($60k), Hospice Brazos Valley Inc ($55k).
- Does Earl W & Hazel C Pierson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Earl W & Hazel C Pierson 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 Earl W & Hazel C Pierson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shell USA Company Foundation, Enterprise Holdings Foundation, Baker Hughes Foundation.
- Where is Earl W & Hazel C Pierson Foundation based?
- Earl W & Hazel C Pierson Foundation is based in TX.
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