· Private foundation
Joan and Keys Curry Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- $10k–50k8 grants · $286k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $574k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PHI BETA KAPPA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF GREATER HOUSTON | $127,500 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN COCKRELL SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING | $123,250 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON | $119,000 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN | $119,000 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS | $85,000 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN | $42,500 |
| THE DELTA GAMMA FOUNDATION | $42,500 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN | $42,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $42,500 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM | $42,500 |
| M D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER | $42,500 |
| HOUSTON JUNIOR WOMANS CLUB | $21,250 |
| RICE UNIVERSITY ANNUAL FUND | $10,220 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 25% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
3 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. 3 of the 11 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Joan and Keys Curry Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joan and Keys Curry Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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