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James and Molly Crownover Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$97k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.0MEducation$516kPhilanthropy$243kPublic Safety & Disaster$126kHealth$116kRecreation & Sports$64kReligion$37kSocial Science$28kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $108k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $221k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA$97,101
RICE UNIVERSITY$63,500
RICE UNIVERSITY$60,072
UNITED WAY OF HOUSTON$45,196
AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS$27,227
ASIA SOCIETY OF TEXAS$15,274
HOUSTON METHODIST SOCIETY (METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION)$10,000
HOUSTON BALLET$10,000
HOUSTON PARKS BOARD$5,000
THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER$5,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA$5,000
ST JOHN'S SCHOOL$5,000
WILLIAM A LAWSON INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND PROSPERITY$5,000
ST HELENA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$5,000
PHI BETA KAPPA HOUSTON TX ASSOCIATION$4,177
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER: $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.
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 17 repeat orgs$495k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
40

Total granted

$1.7M
$446k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+13%

Still filing today

65%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther
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

  • HG
    Houston Grand Opera Association Inc
    6× · 2019–2024 · $869k · revenue +48%
  • WM
    William Marsh Rice University
    6× · 2019–2024 · $386k · revenue +45%
  • United Way of Greater Houston
    5× · 2019–2024 · $190k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • H
    HGO
    one grant, 2018 · $126k
  • AS
    ASIA SOCIETY
    one grant, 2019 · $28k
  • M
    METHODIST
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
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
Houston Museum of Natural Science

The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…

Arts & Culture
2
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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3
Houston Academy of Medicine

The mission of the Houston Academy of Medicine is to support the community service, education, scientific, and charitable programs for physicians, their patients, and the community at large in Harris County.

Education
4
Memorial Hermann Health System

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
5
American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter

American Leadership Forum (ALF) brings together, in classes, leaders with diverse perspectives so they can build relationships, learn to dialogue and respectfully differ, and work together for the good of our community.

—
6
John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science

The Health Museum is an innovative science center that provides an interactive and entertaining experience for all ages, promotes understanding and appreciation of the human body, mind, and spirit, and inspires a lifelong commitment to…

Arts & Culture
7
Houston Independent School District Foundation

The HISD Foundation is dedicated to mobilizing the local community to support innovative priorities in HISD to improve outcomes for all students in the district. Our mission is to fund projects and programs of merit that fall outside of…

—
8
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
9
Harmonia Stellarum Houston

Harmonia Stellarum is an ensemble of professional vocalists and instrumentalists specialized in historically informed performance practice who seek to inspire, entertain, and enlighten audiences with meaningful, historically informed…

Arts & Culture
10
Houston Geological Society Foundation
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11
The Heritage Society

The Heritage Society (THS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1954 whose mission is to tell the stories of the diverse history of Houston and Texas through collections, exhibits, the arts, educational programs, film, video, and other…

—
12
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

CAMH presents extraordinary and thought-provoking arts programming and exhibitions.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Methodist Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is St Helena Hospital Foundation. 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

41 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. 41 of the 66 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/41
Grantees still filing
25/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Houston Grand Opera Association Inc: $868,942 · Arts & CultureHouston Grand Opera Association Inc+10 more: $83,409 · Arts & Culture+10 moreHGO: $125,545 · OtherHGOHOUSTON BALLET: $60,000 · OtherHOUSTON BALLETASIA SOCIETY OF TEXAS: $57,548 · OtherASIA SOCIETY OF TEXASTHE UNITED WAY INC: $49,963 · OtherTHE UNITED WAY INCASIA SOCIETY: $28,232 · OtherAMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS: $27,227 · OtherMETHODIST: $25,074 · OtherRICEBIPP: $23,824 · OtherHOUSTON METHODIST SOCIETY (METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION): $20,000 · Other+24 more: $151,047 · Other+24 moreWilliam Marsh Rice University: $386,051 · EducationWilliam Marsh Rice Univ…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $39,884 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES O…ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM HOUSTON: $25,000 · EducationETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM H…+2 more: $14,475 · EducationUnited Way of Greater Houston: $190,189 · PhilanthropyUnited Way…+4 more: $17,900 · Philanthropy+4 moreTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthMemorial Hermann Foundation: $10,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 · HealthSt Helena Hospital Foundation: $5,000 · HealthHOUSTON ACHIEVEMENT PLACE: $1,940 · Health+2 more: $2,000 · HealthWILLIAM A LAWSON INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND PROSPERITY: $5,000 · Community ImprovementTexas Business Hall of Fame Foundation: $3,000 · Community ImprovementCenter for Houston's Future Inc: $2,500 · Community ImprovementTHE AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · International
Arts & Culture$952,351Other$568,460Education$465,410Philanthropy$208,089Health$43,940Community Improvement$10,500International$10,000

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 budgetHouston Grand Opera Association Inc: $868,942 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $386,051 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $190,189 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY INC: $49,963 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $39,884 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM HOUSTON: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetQUEEN SOFIA SPANISH INSTITUTE INC: $14,948 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHouston Local Information Initiative Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMemorial Hermann Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt John's School: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLEY THEATRE: $9,899 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $9,743 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOUSTON CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT: $7,512 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $7,475 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGood Reason Houston Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy: $6,941 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Helena Hospital Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOLDSWORTH CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Hospice: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM A LAWSON INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND PROSPERITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Parks Board: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject GRAD Houston: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMen of Distinction of Greater Houston: $4,900 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTexas Business Hall of Fame Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Botanic Garden: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Houston's Future Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHouston Zoo Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNora's Gift Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $1,000 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.

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…Houston Endowment IncThe Brown Foundation …MD Anderson FoundationShell USA Company Fou…The Methodist HospitalMechia FoundationThe Powell FoundationKinder FoundationHobby Family Foundati…Ting Tsung & Wei Fong…The Zions Bancorporat…
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX35× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 James and Molly Crownover Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James and Molly Crownover Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 66 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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