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John and Amy Aubrey Foundation at a glance

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John and Amy Aubrey 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.

$49k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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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 2025.

Philanthropy$197kRecreation & Sports$88kHealth$52kCommunity Improvement$31kHuman Services$20kYouth Development$14kArts & Culture$13kCrime & Legal$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $32k
$5,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$778k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DEACONS OF DEADWOOD$16,515
Billy Brown Charitable Foundation$15,000
Green Beret Foundation$5,500
Children at Risk$5,000
Prison Entrepreneurship Program$5,000
ST JOHNS HEALTH FOUNDATION$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 29% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOSPICE OF THE EAST BAY: $500 → 9%MONTGOMERY COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES INC: $1k → 9%GREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $6k → 9%Green Beret Foundation: $6k → 9%Prison Entrepreneurship Program: $5k → 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
NY
WY
NJ
CA
MD
AZ
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$277k · 11 repeat orgs$104k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
30

Total granted

$277k
$79k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+20%

Still filing today

73%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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

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HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyEmploymentOther
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

  • DO
    DEACONS OF DEADWOOD
    8× · 2017–2025 · $127k · revenue +64%
  • WO
    WORLD OILMAN'S TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    7× · 2017–2024 · $75k · revenue +38%
  • Camp For All Foundation
    2× · 2020–2023 · $9k · revenue +547%

Funded once

  • RO
    RIVER OAKS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $26k · revenue +33%
  • SG
    SUSAN G KOMEN FOR THE CURE
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
  • SJ
    ST JOHN'S WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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 Botanic Garden

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

Environment
2
Trees for Houston

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

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3
Witte Museum

The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.

Arts & Culture
4
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
5
The Methodist Hospital Foundation

Mission: this organization is part of the methodist hospital, doing business as houston methodist hospital, whose mission is: to provide high quality, cost-effective health care that delivers the best value to the people we serve in a…

Health
6
Mhs Physicians of Texas

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
7
Central Houston Inc

See schedule ocentral houston champions a thriving downtown by connecting influential leaders through initiatives that advance the future of business and community for all.

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8
Harris County Medical Society

Our mission is to be the leading advocate for our member physicians, their patients and our community, in promoting the highest standards of ethical medical practice, access to quality medical care, medical education, research, and…

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9
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
10
Glasstire

Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.

Arts & Culture
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…

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12
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Houston Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Billy Brown Charitable 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

30 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. 30 of the 46 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
22/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DEACONS OF DEADWOOD: $126,746 · PhilanthropyDEACONS OF DEADWOODCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $53,800 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLEBILLY BROWN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyBILLY BROWN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyWORLD OILMAN'S TENNIS TOURNAMENT: $75,373 · OtherWORLD OILMAN'S TENNIS TOURNAMENTSUSAN G KOMEN FOR THE CURE: $7,766 · OtherSUSAN G KOMEN FOR THE CUREST JOHN'S WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE FUND: $5,134 · OtherCHAMPIONS GOLF CLUB: $5,000 · OtherChildren At Risk: $5,000 · Other+22 more: $30,803 · Other+22 moreSTRIPPING FOR A CURE: $32,800 · HealthSTRIPPING F…St John's Health Foundation: $5,900 · HealthSt John's H…BEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthBEAUMONT HE…+2 more: $706 · HealthRIVER OAKS FOUNDATION: $26,000 · Community ImprovementGREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $11,000 · Human ServicesPRISON ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesMONTGOMERY COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES: $2,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesNATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $3,013 · Arts & CultureHouston Museum of Natural Science: $2,500 · Arts & CultureHouston Grand Opera Association Inc: $1,400 · Arts & CultureCamp For All Foundation: $8,750 · Youth Development
Philanthropy$196,046Other$129,076Health$44,406Community Improvement$26,000Human Services$18,500Arts & Culture$11,913Youth Development$8,750

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDEACONS OF DEADWOOD: $126,746 over 8y, 15% of budgetWORLD OILMAN'S TENNIS TOURNAMENT: $75,373 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $53,800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSTRIPPING FOR A CURE: $32,800 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetRIVER OAKS FOUNDATION: $26,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetGREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCamp For All Foundation: $8,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSt John's Health Foundation: $5,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPRISON ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT YESINC: $3,100 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $3,013 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Museum of Natural Science: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Grand Opera Association Inc: $1,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ENTRY SERVICES INC: $1,375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACKSON HOLE SKI & SNOWBOARD CLUB: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Zoo Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHome for the Aged of Little Sisters of the Poor: $1,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Liver Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST BAY INTEGRATED CARE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA MARIA HOSTEL INC: $206 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $50 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.

Community Foundation …Shell USA Company Fou…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Jackson HoleWY13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · Shell USA Company Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 John and Amy Aubrey Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John and Amy Aubrey Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 John and Amy Aubrey Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to John and Amy Aubrey 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 46 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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