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Greentree Fund

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.

$587k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
39
Grants FY2025
41
Organizations funded FY2024
34%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$166,900
Organizations funded a year
26 to 41
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$5.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 34% of the organizations Greentree Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $215k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving38$587k26%
FY202441$512k34%
FY202339$370k49%
FY202232$373k53%
FY202126$247kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.1MReligion$289kHealth$275kEducation$233kEnvironment$44kHuman Services$39kSocial Science$35kInternational$21kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
PA
CO
NE
MD
KS
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Asia Society Texas Center$324,14452%
St Martins Episcopal Church$288,1043n/a
The Orange Show Foundation$206,00023%
Menil Foundation Inc$165,53630%
Children's Museum Inc$160,85050%
Texas Children's Hospital$150,00020%
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston$60,00031%
St Stephens Episcopal School$57,5002n/a
William Marsh Rice University$50,00030%
Houston Botanic Garden$41,00050%
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All grantees of Greentree Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Asia Society Texas Center$324,14452%
St Martins Episcopal Church$288,1043n/a
The Orange Show Foundation$206,00023%
Menil Foundation Inc$165,53630%
Children's Museum Inc$160,85050%
Texas Children's Hospital$150,00020%
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston$60,00031%
St Stephens Episcopal School$57,5002n/a
William Marsh Rice University$50,00030%
Houston Botanic Garden$41,00050%
Glenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation Foundation$35,00032%
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston$34,30050%
Inprint Inc$23,00031%
Mercy Ships International$20,50020%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$20,00020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$20,00030%
Houston Symphony Society$20,00030%
Helping Hand Home for Children Inc$12,79310%
Joy Development School$10,00010%
Hope Clinic Inc$10,0001n/a
Covenant House$10,00040%
Houston Hospice$10,00020%
Houston Grand Opera Association Inc$10,00020%
Houston Museum of Natural Science$9,00040%
Waterloo Greenway Conservancy$8,8331n/a
TIRR Foundation$6,50050%
Pathways for Little Feet$6,40020%
The Junior League of Houston Inc$6,00040%
Camp For All Foundation$6,00030%
The Colorado College$5,00010%
The Houston Food Bank$5,00010%
Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc$5,0001n/a
Planned Parenthood$5,0001n/a
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft$4,10040%
Covenant House Texas$4,00010%
Buffalo Bayou Partnership Inc$3,50020%
Nora's Gift Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Breakthrough Houston$3,00010%
Remind$3,00020%
Legacy Community Health Services Inc$2,50020%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$2,50010%
The Methodist Hospital Foundation$2,50010%
Houston Arts Alliance$2,50020%
The Brookwood Community Inc$2,00010%
Garden Club of Houston$2,00020%
Hope and Healing Center & Institute$1,50020%
Cal Farley's Boys Ranch$1,25040%
Pratham USA$1,00010%
Hermann Park Conservancy$1,00010%
Brightfocus Foundation$1,00010%
India House Inc$1,00010%
American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter$1,00010%
Saint Marys School$1,00010%
Baylor College of Medicine$1,00010%
Friends of Mhmra of Harris County$1,0001n/a
The W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation$1,00010%
Musiqa$1,00010%
Special Olympics of Texas Inc$50010%
American Rose Society$25010%
International Rescue Committee INC$10010%
Feeding America$10010%
Wrightsville Beach Volunteer Firefighters' Assn$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($239k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Greentree Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAsia Society Texas Center: $324,144 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetThe Orange Show Foundation: $206,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetMenil Foundation Inc: $165,536 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Museum Inc: $160,850 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetContemporary Arts Museum Houston: $60,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Botanic Garden: $41,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGlenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation Foundation: $35,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetThe Museum of Fine Arts Houston: $34,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInprint Inc: $23,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMercy Ships International: $20,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Symphony Society: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHelping Hand Home for Children Inc: $12,793 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJoy Development School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCovenant House: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Hospice: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Grand Opera Association Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Museum of Natural Science: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTIRR Foundation: $6,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPathways for Little Feet: $6,400 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Junior League of Houston Inc: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCamp For All Foundation: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Colorado College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Center for Contemporary Craft: $4,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCovenant House Texas: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBuffalo Bayou Partnership Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNora's Gift Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBreakthrough Houston: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRemind: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLegacy Community Health Services Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Methodist Hospital Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Arts Alliance: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGarden Club of Houston: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHope and Healing Center & Institute: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCal Farley's Boys Ranch: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPratham USA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrightfocus Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndia House Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSaint Marys School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 55.

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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 Community FoundationTX44.4× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Houston Endowment Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · The Powell Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Marek Family Foundation · J Squared Family Foundation · The Susan Vaughan Foundation Inc · Hobby Family 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.

Compare Greentree Fund with peer funders

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How do I get to Greentree Fund?

Find your warmest path to Greentree Fund 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.

About Greentree Fund

How much does Greentree Fund give?
Greentree Fund reported 39 grants totaling $586,783 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 41 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Greentree Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (52%), Religion (14%), Health (13%).
Who are Greentree Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Asia Society Texas Center ($324k), St Martins Episcopal Church ($288k), The Orange Show Foundation ($206k).
Does Greentree Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Greentree Fund 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 Greentree Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, The Brown Foundation Inc, Houston Endowment Inc.
Where is Greentree Fund based?
Greentree Fund is based in TX.

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 87 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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