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Hine 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.

$365k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$368kPublic Benefit$337kRecreation & Sports$170kPhilanthropy$150kHealth$119kReligion$43kFood & Nutrition$33kInternational$31kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $250k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TEXAS HILL COUNTRY$100,000
EARN-A-BIKE$100,000
TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION$50,000
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION$25,000
ST PHILIP'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL$25,000
OPTIONS FOR LIFE$20,000
THE GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER$10,000
TANDEM TRIKES 4 MS$5,000
MERCURY ONE$5,000
BLUEBONNET HOME SCHOLARS COLLABORATIVE$5,000
CORPUS CHRISTI POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE$5,000
MISION DE CANDELILLA$5,000
ONESTAR FOUNDATION REBUILD TEXAS FUND$5,000
HONOR VETERANS NOW DBA MEALS FOR VETS$5,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 47% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $90k → 7%BLUEBONNET HOME SCHOLARS COLLABORATIVE: $5k → 8%HONOR VETERANS NOW DBA MEALS FOR VETS: $5k → 10%TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $175k → 10%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TEXAS HILL COUNTRY: $100k → 13%MERCURY ONE: $8k → 14%EARN-A-BIKE: $100k → 16%CORPUS CHRISTI POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE: $5k → 17%ST PHILIP'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $28k → 25%THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL: $15k → 12%HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $5k → 14%UNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE & BUNCOMBE COUNTY: $50k → 12%THE GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER: $10k → 15%HEART OF GOD INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES: $5k → 13%JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $68k → 7%OPTIONS FOR LIFE: $20k → 10%MISION DE CANDELILLA: $5k → 10%TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $50k → 10%MERCURY ONE: $5k → 14%EARN-A-BIKE: $50k → 16%SALVATION ARMY OF CORPUS CHRISTI: $5k → 17%ST PHILIP'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $25k → 25%THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%THE GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER: $10k → 15%HEART OF GOD INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES: $5k → 13%JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $50k → 7%OPTIONS FOR LIFE: $20k → 10%HILL COUNTRY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $5k → 10%TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%ST PHILIP'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $10k → 25%THE GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER: $5k → 15%HEART OF GOD INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES: $5k → 13%JOHN PAUL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $10k → 7%OPTIONS FOR LIFE: $10k → 10%HONOR VETERANS NOW: $5k → 10%TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%CHRISTUS SANTA ROSA HOSPITAL: $5k → 16%ST PHILIPS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $5k → 25%JOHN PAUL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $10k → 7%OPTIONS FOR LIFE: $5k → 10%MISION DE CANDELILLA: $5k → 10%TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%JOHN PAUL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $10k → 7%TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $7k → 10%JOHN PAUL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $10k → 7%EARN-A-BIKE: $7k → 16%FRIENDS OF CHRISTUS SANTA ROSA FOUNDATION: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
OH
CO
VA
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 15 repeat orgs$228k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
10

Total granted

$1.0M
$103k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+23%

Still filing today

67%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Public BenefitEducationHealthReligionHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TP
    TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION
    8× · 2018–2025 · $287k · revenue +110%
  • EA
    Earn A Bike Org
    4× · 2021–2025 · $160k · revenue +13% · 67% of their budget
  • CP
    Crisis Pregnancy Center of New Braunfels
    7× · 2019–2025 · $68k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue +163%
  • EA
    EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +23%
  • FO
    Friends of Santa Rosa Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +6%
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
Uatx

Uatx is a nonprofit dedicated to building a liberal arts university committed to freedom of inquiry, freedom of conscience, and civil discourse. to maintain these principles, the university will be fiercely independent financially,…

Education
2
University of St Thomas

We are the University of St. Thomas, the Catholic University in the heart of Houston. We are committed to the Catholic intellectual tradition and the dialogue between faith and reason. By pursuing excellence in teaching, scholarship and…

Education
3
East Texas Baptist University

East texas baptist university (etbu) was founded in 1912 as a fully accredited institution of higher education. affiliated with the baptist general convention of texas, etbu educates students by integrating biblical faith and learning to…

Education
4
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
5
Austin Trinity School

Trinity episcopal school (trinity) is a not-for-profit independent school whose mission is to provide an enriched academic curriculum in a christian environment. trinity is not affiliated with or sponsored by any parish. we will nurture…

Education
6
Howard Payne University

Howard payne university is a christ-centered academic community dedicated to excellence by developing and equipping the whole person for intellectual inquiry, personal and professional integrity, and service to god and humanity.

Education
7
Hardin-Simmons University

The mission of hardin-simmons university is to be a community dedicated to providing excellence in education enlightened by christian faith and values.

Education
8
Houston Christian University

The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."

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9
Texas Christian University

Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…

Education
10
In Christ Alone El Paso Christian School

With the bible as our foundation, and Classical Christian Education as our model, El Paso Christian School seeks to prepare students in wisdom, virtue, and service to glofify God.

Education
11
San Antonio Christian School

Partner with families to provide students a christ-centered education while fostering a life of faith and service. the school desires to associate with like-minded teachers, administrators, staff, parents, and students to communicate the…

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12
Baylor University

The mission of baylor university is to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and christian commitment within a caring community.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Mision De Candelilla. 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

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 32 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
12/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $208,000 · OtherST JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TEXAS HILL COUNTRY: $100,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TEXAS HILL COUNTRYST PHILIPS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $80,900 · OtherST PHILIPS EPISCOPAL SCHOOLCrisis Pregnancy Center of New Braunfels: $68,400 · OtherCrisis Pregnancy Center of New BraunfelsJOHN PAUL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $40,000 · OtherJOHN PAUL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $30,000 · OtherTHE GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER: $28,400 · Other+11 more: $57,400 · Other+11 moreTEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $286,500 · Public BenefitTEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATIONTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATIONHONOR VETERANS NOW: $28,000 · Public BenefitHONOR VETERANS NOWEarn A Bike Org: $160,400 · Recreation & SportsEarn A Bike Or…UNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyEMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY INC: $15,000 · EducationEACH ONE TEACH ONE INC: $14,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $5,000 · EducationBLUEBONNET HOME SCHOLARS COLLABORATIVE: $5,000 · EducationHEART OF GOD INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 · ReligionMision De Candelilla: $10,000 · ReligionFriends of Santa Rosa Foundation: $10,000 · HealthCreate Healthy Management: $6,000 · HealthSOUTH TEXAS LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $5,000 · Health
Other$613,100Public Benefit$364,500Recreation & Sports$160,400Philanthropy$50,000Education$39,000Religion$25,000Health$21,000

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 budgetTEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $286,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetEarn A Bike Org: $160,400 over 4y, 67% of budgetCrisis Pregnancy Center of New Braunfels: $68,400 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHONOR VETERANS NOW: $28,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetHEART OF GOD INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetEMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercury One Inc: $14,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEACH ONE TEACH ONE INC: $14,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetFriends of Santa Rosa Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMision De Candelilla: $10,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCreate Healthy Management: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH TEXAS LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNo One Left Behind: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUEBONNET HOME SCHOLARS COLLABORATIVE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCORPUS CHRISTI POLICE ATHELTIC LEAG: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNew Berlin Volunteer Fire Depa: $1,500 over 1y, 1.2% 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.

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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

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How do I get to Hine Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Hine Family 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 32 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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