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John and Robyn Horn Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.5M
Granted FY2023
27
Grants FY2023
25
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
12 to 42
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
8
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations John and Robyn Horn Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202325$1.4M20%
FY202242$2.0M55%
FY202130$1.8M47%
FY202013$275k46%
FY201914$325k43%
FY201817$399k100%
FY201712$288kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$4.5MEnvironment$1.1MEducation$671kYouth Development$325kHuman Services$225kCommunity Improvement$200kHousing & Shelter$155kFood & Nutrition$85kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 62 grantees
All grantees of John and Robyn Horn Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Penland School Of Craft$580,00054%
The Center for Craft Creativity & Design Inc$389,96856%
Arkansas Educational Telecommunications Network Foundation$250,00033%
Pocosin Arts Inc$225,000510%
New York Theatre Workshop Inc$200,00042%
Starworks$200,00034%
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts$175,00022%
Women & Children First the Center Against Family Violence$150,00025%
Access Group Inc$125,00040%
Steam Exchange Community Arts Center Inc$125,000231%
Goggle Works$124,30041%
Baltimore Jewelry Center$119,00048%
Center for Metal Arts Inc$115,000411%
Our House Inc$105,00041%
Friends of the Museum of Printing Inc$100,000133%
Argenta Community Theatre$100,00024%
International Printing Museum Foundation$100,000114%
Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum Inc$100,000122%
Conserving Carolina$100,00011%
Opera in the Rock Inc$100,000346%
Arthur Morgan School Inc$100,00028%
Young Aspirations Young Artists Inc$75,000110%
Appalachian State University Foundation Inc$75,00020%
Mint Museum of Art Inc$75,00020%
Arkansas Repertory Theatre$75,00023%
Museum of Craft and Design$75,00031%
Playwrights Horizons Inc$65,00030%
Henderson State University Foundation$62,50031%
The Saluda Pop-Up Pantry$60,000224%
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc$50,00020%
The Furniture Society$50,000215%
Immerse Arkansas$50,00011%
Habitat for Humanity of Central Arkansas Inc$50,00012%
Crafting the Future$50,00019%
North Bennet Street School$50,00020%
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft$40,00022%
The Clay Studio$40,00020%
Maine College of Art and Design$25,02310%
Trustees of Eliot School$25,00011%
Rogers Little Theater$25,00017%
Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund$25,00012%
Southwest School of Art$25,00010%
Calico Rock Community Foundation Inc$25,00017%
The Center for Art in Wood Inc$25,00012%
Thea Foundation$25,0001n/a
Ballet Arkansas Inc$25,00012%
Archie Bray Foundation$25,00011%
Millsaps College$25,00010%
Theatre Squared Inc$25,00010%
Spruce Pine Montessori School Inc$25,00014%
Society of North American Goldsmiths$25,00013%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Pilchuck Glass School$25,00011%
Manhattan Class Company Inc$25,00010%
The Rehearsal Club$25,000116%
Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc$25,00010%
Wofford College$21,45010%
Arkansas State University$20,0001n/a
The Museum of Power and Industry$20,0001n/a
Brady Craft Inc$15,07014%
GreenWood$14,000214%
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts$5,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

John and Robyn Horn Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 59 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPenland School Of Craft: $580,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetThe Center for Craft Creativity & Design Inc: $389,968 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetArkansas Educational Telecommunications Network Foundation: $250,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetPocosin Arts Inc: $225,000 over 5y, 10.0% of budgetNew York Theatre Workshop Inc: $200,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetStarworks: $200,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetArrowmont School of Arts & Crafts: $175,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetWomen & Children First the Center Against Family Violence: $150,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetAccess Group Inc: $125,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSteam Exchange Community Arts Center Inc: $125,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetGoggle Works: $124,300 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetBaltimore Jewelry Center: $119,000 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetCenter for Metal Arts Inc: $115,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetOur House Inc: $105,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFriends of the Museum of Printing Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetArgenta Community Theatre: $100,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetInternational Printing Museum Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetHamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetConserving Carolina: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOpera in the Rock Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 46% of budgetArthur Morgan School Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetYoung Aspirations Young Artists Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetAppalachian State University Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMint Museum of Art Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetArkansas Repertory Theatre: $75,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetMuseum of Craft and Design: $75,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetPlaywrights Horizons Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHenderson State University Foundation: $62,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetThe Saluda Pop-Up Pantry: $60,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetManhattan Theatre Club Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Furniture Society: $50,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetImmerse Arkansas: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Central Arkansas Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCrafting the Future: $50,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetNorth Bennet Street School: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHouston Center for Contemporary Craft: $40,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetThe Clay Studio: $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMaine College of Art and Design: $25,023 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Eliot School: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetRogers Little Theater: $25,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetArkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSouthwest School of Art: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCalico Rock Community Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetThe Center for Art in Wood Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBallet Arkansas Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetArchie Bray Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMillsaps College: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTheatre Squared Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 59.

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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.

Windgate Charitable Foundation IncAR73.5× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc · Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable And · Arvest Foundation · The Maxwellhanrahan Foundation · John R & Judy W Fletcher Family Foundation · Lpr Foundation · Heart of Arkansas United Way · The Brown Foundation Inc · Trinity Foundation · Stella Smith Charitable Trust · Marlin Miller Jr Family 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.

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About John and Robyn Horn Foundation Inc

How much does John and Robyn Horn Foundation Inc give?
John and Robyn Horn Foundation Inc reported 27 grants totaling $1,539,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does John and Robyn Horn Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (60%), Environment (15%), Education (9%).
Who are John and Robyn Horn Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Penland School Of Craft ($580k), The Center for Craft Creativity & Design Inc ($390k), Arkansas Educational Telecommunications Network Foundation ($250k).
Does John and Robyn Horn Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John and Robyn Horn Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as John and Robyn Horn Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc, Arkansas Community Foundation Inc, Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable And.
Where is John and Robyn Horn Foundation Inc based?
John and Robyn Horn Foundation Inc is based in AR.

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 85 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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