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Hussey 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.

$329k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$272k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$1.0MEducation$89kReligion$81kHealth$55kArts & Culture$46kHuman Services$33kRecreation & Sports$27kCommunity Improvement$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $39k
  • $250k+1 grant · $272k
$2,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Handler Family Charitable Fund$272,052
Handler Family Charitable Fund$38,752
Handler Family Charitable Fund$4,365
Strings Music Festival$2,500
Shriners Children's Northern Califo$2,000
Feeding the Foothills$2,000
Misericordia$2,000
Stand Up Placer$2,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities$2,000
Church of the Holy Comforter$1,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Shelter Box: $2k → 14%American Red Cross: $2k → 14%Honor Flight Chicago: $1k → 14%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

IL
IN
CA
CO
NE
AZ
NM
KS
TN
DC
TX
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.

26%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$373k · 35 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 29 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
24

Total granted

$373k
$728k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+16%

Still filing today

63%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $317k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • BF
    BRIGHT FUTURES FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $46k · revenue +126%
  • SM
    STRINGS MUSIC FESTIVAL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $45k · revenue +169%
  • HP
    Houston Parks Board
    6× · 2017–2023 · $17k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • WL
    William L Hussey Donor Advised Fund
    one grant, 2024 · $243k
  • FL
    Frank L Hussey III Donor Advised Fu
    one grant, 2024 · $237k
  • MR
    Michael R Hussey Donor Advised Fund
    one grant, 2024 · $220k
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
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
2
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
3
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
4
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
5
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
6
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
7
Memorial Hermann Medical Group

Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…

Health
8
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
9
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
10
Unmc Physicians

Our mission is to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for all individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research and extraordinary patient care.

Health
11
Saratoga Care Inc

To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.

Health
12
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Jewish Health. 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

38 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. 38 of the 63 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
29/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Handler Family Charitable Fund: $315,169 · OtherHandler Family Charitable FundWilliam L Hussey Donor Advised Fund: $243,492 · OtherWilliam L Hussey Donor Advised FundFrank L Hussey III Donor Advised Fu: $237,493 · OtherFrank L Hussey III Donor Advised FuMichael R Hussey Donor Advised Fund: $219,965 · OtherMichael R Hussey Donor Advised Fund+37 more: $216,140 · Other+37 moreBRIGHT FUTURES FOUNDATION: $46,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 · EducationThe Kinkaid School Inc: $6,000 · EducationDePauw University: $4,500 · EducationBosque School: $3,000 · EducationSTRINGS MUSIC FESTIVAL: $44,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureHELP MITO KIDS INC: $9,000 · HealthLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $9,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $8,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $6,000 · HealthQUALITY LIVING INC: $3,750 · Health+4 more: $3,750 · HealthHouston Parks Board: $16,500 · PhilanthropyPlacer Community Foundation: $6,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC: $8,500 · EnvironmentHouston Arboretum & Nature Center: $1,500 · EnvironmentGalveston Bay Foundation Inc: $1,000 · EnvironmentHouston Golf Association Inc: $10,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,232,259Education$66,000Arts & Culture$45,500Health$39,500Philanthropy$22,500Environment$11,000Recreation & Sports$10,500

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 budgetBRIGHT FUTURES FOUNDATION: $46,000 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetSTRINGS MUSIC FESTIVAL: $44,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetHouston Parks Board: $16,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR VIOLENCE-FREE RELATIONSHIPS: $12,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetHouston Golf Association Inc: $10,500 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetHELP MITO KIDS INC: $9,000 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $9,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING THE FOOTHILLS: $8,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC: $8,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kinkaid School Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPlacer Community Foundation: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHOPEWORKS: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSt John's School: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDePauw University: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTAND UP PLACER INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetQUALITY LIVING INC: $3,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBosque School: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTERBOX USA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Arboretum & Nature Center: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA SAFE HAVEN FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGalveston Bay Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Council on Recovery: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT A HERO INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSARANAM LLC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWEAVE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedical Bridges Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds BRIGHT FUTURES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STRINGS MUSIC FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds Houston Parks Board ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR VIOLENCE-FREE RELATIONSHIPS ↗
  • Who funds Houston Golf Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds HELP MITO KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING THE FOOTHILLS ↗
  • Who funds THE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Kinkaid School Inc ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds Placer Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPEWORKS ↗
  • Who funds St John's School ↗
  • Who funds DePauw University ↗
  • Who funds STAND UP PLACER INC ↗
  • Who funds QUALITY LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds Bosque School ↗

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 Commu…Union Pacific Foundat…The Brown Foundation …Shell USA Company Fou…Lee and Carol Tager F…The Tapeats FundMarek Family Foundati…Strake FoundationHouston Endowment IncWashington Federal Fo…California Foundation…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX18.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Lee and Carol Tager Family Foundation · The Tapeats Fund · Marek Family Foundation · Strake Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · Washington Federal Foundation · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · Jpmorgan Chase 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Hussey Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hussey Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Hussey Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Hussey 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 63 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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