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Harry G Austin & Pauline M Austin 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.

$63k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
32
Grants FY2025
44
Organizations funded FY2024
23%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$12,000
Organizations funded a year
31 to 44
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$541k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Harry G Austin & Pauline M Austin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsInternationalArts & CultureHousing & ShelterEducationOther
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 arriving32$63k13%
FY202444$99k23%
FY202340$90k18%
FY202236$71k8%
FY202141$69k24%
FY202040$81k23%
FY201931$59k26%
FY201831$45k35%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$141kArts & Culture$136kEducation$130kHealth$82kEnvironment$42kInternational$17kReligion$14kFood & Nutrition$13kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Houston Zoo Inc$97,90080%
Lantern Theater Company$22,70090%
Vassar College$22,30060%
Breakthrough T1d$18,00060%
Denver Art Museum$14,00090%
Shakespeare Play on Santa Cruz Shakespeare$13,50040%
Conservation International Foundation$13,50090%
Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church$12,5007n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$11,25060%
Abernethy PTA$10,45041%
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All grantees of Harry G Austin & Pauline M Austin Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Houston Zoo Inc$97,90080%
Lantern Theater Company$22,70090%
Vassar College$22,30060%
Breakthrough T1d$18,00060%
Denver Art Museum$14,00090%
Shakespeare Play on Santa Cruz Shakespeare$13,50040%
Conservation International Foundation$13,50090%
Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church$12,5007n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$11,25060%
Abernethy PTA$10,45041%
Hunger Free Colorado$9,50090%
Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc$9,00080%
Earth Island Institute Inc$8,40090%
Play on Shakespeare$8,20020%
High Line Canal Conservancy$8,00030%
Working Against Violence Inc$7,40090%
University of Colorado Hospital Foundation$7,1008n/a
Children's Diabetes Foundation$6,70040%
Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust$6,50060%
Reid Park Zoological Society$6,00020%
Denver Children's Home$6,00060%
Craig Hospital$6,00060%
Morrissey-Compton Educational Center$5,90030%
The Raymond M Alf Museum of Paleontology$5,86020%
Humane Society of the Black Hills$5,70080%
Denver Police Foundation$5,50090%
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation$5,2501n/a
Memorial Hermann Health System$4,40020%
Pear$4,15050%
Joshua Inc$3,50030%
Holland & Hart Foundation$3,50073%
United States Association for UNHCR$3,50030%
Lumpy Lizard Reptile Poultry and Exotics Rescue$3,00025%
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc$2,85060%
Grand Lake Yacht Club Sailing Foundation$2,75022%
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc$2,00020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,00030%
Stanley British Primary School$2,00020%
Black Hills Center for Equality Inc$2,0001n/a
Publicolor Inc$1,00010%
Rose Haven Cic$1,00020%
Operation Smile Inc$1,00010%
Bryn Mawr College$90020%
Central City Concern$50010%
Lines for Life$50010%
Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc$50010%
The Menninger Clinic$5001n/a
Colorado Children's Campaign$50010%
Meals on Wheels$5001n/a
Angel Charity for Children Inc$35010%
One Tail at a Time - Pdx$30010%
Mary Institute and St Louis Country Day School$26510%
Learning Ally Inc$25010%
Humane Society of Southern Arizona$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($217k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Harry G Austin & Pauline M Austin Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHouston Zoo Inc: $97,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLantern Theater Company: $22,700 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetVassar College: $22,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $18,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDenver Art Museum: $14,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetShakespeare Play on Santa Cruz Shakespeare: $13,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetConservation International Foundation: $13,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $11,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAbernethy PTA: $10,450 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetHunger Free Colorado: $9,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetRocky Mountain Public Media Inc: $9,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $8,400 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPlay on Shakespeare: $8,200 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHigh Line Canal Conservancy: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWorking Against Violence Inc: $7,400 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Diabetes Foundation: $6,700 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetColorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetReid Park Zoological Society: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDenver Children's Home: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCraig Hospital: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMorrissey-Compton Educational Center: $5,900 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Raymond M Alf Museum of Paleontology: $5,860 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHumane Society of the Black Hills: $5,700 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDenver Police Foundation: $5,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetMemorial Hermann Health System: $4,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPear: $4,150 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJoshua Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHolland & Hart Foundation: $3,500 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLumpy Lizard Reptile Poultry and Exotics Rescue: $3,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetDenver Botanic Gardens Inc: $2,850 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGrand Lake Yacht Club Sailing Foundation: $2,750 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetPublic Broadcasting of Colorado Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStanley British Primary School: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPublicolor Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRose Haven Cic: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBryn Mawr College: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCentral City Concern: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLines for Life: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDiabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Children's Campaign: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAngel Charity for Children Inc: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOne Tail at a Time - Pdx: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMary Institute and St Louis Country Day School: $265 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLearning Ally Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Southern Arizona: $25 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 48.

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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.

The Denver FoundationCO22.5× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · The Janus Henderson Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Assurant Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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.

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How do I get to Harry G Austin & Pauline M Austin Foundation?

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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 Harry G Austin & Pauline M Austin Foundation

How much does Harry G Austin & Pauline M Austin Foundation give?
Harry G Austin & Pauline M Austin Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $63,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 44 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Harry G Austin & Pauline M Austin Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (23%), Arts & Culture (22%), Education (21%).
Who are Harry G Austin & Pauline M Austin Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Houston Zoo Inc ($98k), Lantern Theater Company ($23k), Vassar College ($22k).
Does Harry G Austin & Pauline M Austin Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Harry G Austin & Pauline M Austin 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 Harry G Austin & Pauline M Austin Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Denver Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation, The Anschutz Foundation.
Where is Harry G Austin & Pauline M Austin Foundation based?
Harry G Austin & Pauline M Austin Foundation is based in CO.

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 93 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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