Tennessee · Private foundation
Hawkins Family 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.
- $744k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Hawkins Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k 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 | 10 | $709k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $874k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $602k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $2.5M | 43% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $1.1M | 44% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $737k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $516k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $436k | 20% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Paul's United Methodist Foundation of Houston | $1,801,550 | 2 | 31% |
| Vanderbilt University | $1,100,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Summit Charter School | $600,000 | 3 | 6% |
| The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc | $180,000 | 5 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater Houston | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jpmorgan Chase Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vision Cashiers Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Houston's Amazing Place Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Methodist Hospital Foundation | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Middle Tennessee State University Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Paul's United Methodist Foundation of Houston | $1,801,550 | 2 | 31% |
| Vanderbilt University | $1,100,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Summit Charter School | $600,000 | 3 | 6% |
| The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc | $180,000 | 5 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater Houston | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jpmorgan Chase Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vision Cashiers Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Houston's Amazing Place Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Methodist Hospital Foundation | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Middle Tennessee State University Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Project One Day | $25,000 | 1 | 6% |
| St Agnes Academy Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Presbyterian School | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| West End Methodist Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blue Ridge School Education Foundation Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Golf Club of Tennessee Scholarship Fund | $5,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Tourette Syndrome Association Inc | $4,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Knowledge Arts Foundation (Teach) | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $2,638 | 1 | 0% |
| Andys Challenge | $2,500 | 1 | 8% |
| Friends of West University Parks Fund | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Making It Better dba Literacy Now | $900 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Hawkins Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 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: Shell USA Company Foundation · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Hawkins Family Foundation
- How much does Hawkins Family Foundation give?
- Hawkins Family Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $743,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Hawkins Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (51%), Education (31%), Philanthropy (8%).
- Who are Hawkins Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Paul's United Methodist Foundation of Houston ($1.8M), Vanderbilt University ($1.1M), Summit Charter School ($600k).
- Does Hawkins Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hawkins Family 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 Hawkins Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shell USA Company Foundation, Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services, Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Hawkins Family Foundation based?
- Hawkins Family Foundation is based in TN.
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