Texas · Private foundation
James and Molly Crownover Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $374k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 65%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $97,101
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 65% of the organizations James and Molly Crownover Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $371k | 39% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $429k | 65% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $275k | 58% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $336k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $250k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $333k | 94% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $196k | 88% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Grand Opera Association Inc | $868,942 | 6 | 1% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $386,051 | 6 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater Houston | $190,189 | 5 | 0% |
| The United Way Inc | $49,963 | 2 | 1% |
| Eternal Gandhi Museum Houston | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Queen Sofia Spanish Institute Inc | $14,948 | 1 | 1% |
| Houston Local Information Initiative Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Methodist Hospital Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Museum of Fine Arts Houston | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 39 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($477k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James and Molly Crownover Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · The Brown Foundation Inc · MD Anderson Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Methodist Hospital · Mechia Foundation · The Powell Foundation · Kinder Foundation · Hobby Family Foundation · Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Foundation · The Zions Bancorporation Foundation
How this is measured
Compare James and Molly Crownover Foundation with peer funders
About James and Molly Crownover Foundation
- How much does James and Molly Crownover Foundation give?
- James and Molly Crownover Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $374,447 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does James and Molly Crownover Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (46%), Education (23%), Philanthropy (11%).
- Who are James and Molly Crownover Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Houston Grand Opera Association Inc ($869k), William Marsh Rice University ($386k), United Way of Greater Houston ($190k).
- Does James and Molly Crownover Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 65% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James and Molly Crownover 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 James and Molly Crownover Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Houston Endowment Inc, The Brown Foundation Inc.
- Where is James and Molly Crownover Foundation based?
- James and Molly Crownover Foundation is based in TX.
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