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M R and Evelyn Hudson 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.

$4.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
83
Grants FY2024
89
Organizations funded FY2023
26%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$40,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$275,000
Organizations funded a year
59 to 89
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$77M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 26% of the organizations M R and Evelyn Hudson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $882k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHuman ServicesScience & TechOther
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
FY2024still arriving75$4.3M16%
FY202389$4.9M26%
FY202271$4.3M31%
FY202159$3.5M36%
FY202072$3.6Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$6.6MArts & Culture$3.6MYouth Development$3.0MCommunity Improvement$1.5MReligion$1.3MHousing & Shelter$1.0MHealth$795kHuman Services$750kOther$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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Rabbit Hole Kc$1,150,000326%
House of Shine Inc$992,071548%
Keller Independent School District$800,0003n/a
The Homeless Alliance Inc$725,00053%
Young Life$705,00020%
Uplift Education$675,00050%
Chance to Soar$625,000386%
Sustained Leaders$550,000330%
Lumin Education$425,00052%
Dallas SPARK$425,000438%
Show all 98 grantees
All grantees of M R and Evelyn Hudson Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Rabbit Hole Kc$1,150,000326%
House of Shine Inc$992,071548%
Keller Independent School District$800,0003n/a
The Homeless Alliance Inc$725,00053%
Young Life$705,00020%
Uplift Education$675,00050%
Chance to Soar$625,000386%
Sustained Leaders$550,000330%
Lumin Education$425,00052%
Dallas SPARK$425,000438%
North Texas Performing Arts$325,00052%
Gateway Church$325,0004n/a
29 Pieces$300,000549%
Big Thought$300,00041%
Perot Museum of Nature & Science$275,00011%
OutLoud Dallas$270,000333%
The Concilio$240,00052%
Downtown Dallas Parks Conservancy$232,50042%
Westlake Academy Foundation$225,00037%
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente$225,0001n/a
Education Opens Doors Inc$220,00043%
North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc$215,00050%
Milestone Church$200,0003n/a
Friends of the Keller Library$195,000490%
Momentous Institute$195,00051%
CCC Leadershhip Program Inc$189,129380%
Texas Ballet Theater Inc$185,00041%
Teach for America Inc$175,00050%
The Actors Conservatory Theatre$162,399511%
Oklahoma Hall of Fame$150,00024%
Christ's Haven for Children Inc$145,00051%
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas$135,00040%
City Year Inc$135,00040%
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation$135,000511%
Dallas Childrens Theater Inc$125,00031%
Leadership Women Inc$125,00037%
Pastors 411 Foundation$120,000526%
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc$120,00050%
Rensselaerville Institute$120,00034%
The GEMS Camp$120,000415%
Taca Inc$115,00052%
Bachman Lake Together$100,000415%
Artisan Productions$100,00035%
Learning Center of North Texas Inc$100,00026%
Destined for Victory Ministries Bay Area Inc$95,00052%
Botanical Research Institute of Texas Inc$95,00020%
Bible Study Fellowship$90,00030%
What if We Could$85,39916%
Plaza Academy$85,00023%
National Institute for Workers Rights$85,000415%
Dallas Symphony Association$85,00020%
Vickery Meadow Youth Development Foundation$85,00015%
University of North Texas Foundation Inc$85,00020%
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center Inc$80,00020%
Museum of the Bible$75,00010%
Shawnee Mission Education Foundation$75,00027%
First3years$70,00032%
Stepping Stones Foundation$60,00038%
Philanthropy Southwest$56,07031%
Dallas Black Dance Theatre Inc$50,00011%
The Doug Miller and Don Sanders Scholarship Fund$50,000336%
Johnson County Community College Foundation$50,00011%
Dallas Theater Center$50,00020%
Readers 2 Leaders$50,00021%
Tarrant Area Food Bank$50,00010%
North Texas Food Bank$50,00010%
Awl Foundation$50,000416%
Institute for Creation Research$50,00020%
Media Projects Inc$45,00029%
The Parenting Center$40,00021%
Bishop Dunne Catholic School Inc$40,0002n/a
Encore Park Dallas$40,00021%
Kansas City Museum Foundation Inc$35,00021%
United Inner City Services Inc$35,00011%
Housing Forward$30,00010%
Hosanna House Inc$30,00011%
The Philanthropy Roundtable$25,12850%
Arts & Recreation Foundation of Overland$25,00011%
Southern Gateway Public Green Foundation$25,00010%
Cafe Momentum$25,00011%
Christian Community Storehouse Inc$25,00011%
Wonderscope Inc$25,00011%
Heartland Center for Jobs and Freedom Inc$20,00011%
Association of Missouri Mediators Inc$20,0003n/a
St Mark's School of Texas$20,00030%
June Shelton School and Evaluation Center$20,00020%
The Cumberland Rest Inc$20,00010%
Green Works In Kansas City$20,00018%
Trinity Valley School$20,00010%
Dallas Zoological Society$15,00010%
Cry Havoc Theater Company$15,00017%
Candid$10,80440%
Shared Housing Center Inc$10,00011%
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas$10,00010%
Diversemedicine Inc$10,000142%
Council on American Islamic Relations - Kansas Inc$10,0001n/a
The Planetary Society$10,00010%
The Nasher Sculpture Center$10,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 52 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

M R and Evelyn Hudson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 12 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 91 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Rabbit Hole Kc: $1,150,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetHouse of Shine Inc: $992,071 over 5y, 48% of budgetThe Homeless Alliance Inc: $725,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetYoung Life: $705,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUplift Education: $675,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChance to Soar: $625,000 over 3y, 86% of budgetSustained Leaders: $550,000 over 3y, 30% of budgetLumin Education: $425,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetDallas SPARK: $425,000 over 4y, 38% of budgetNorth Texas Performing Arts: $325,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budget29 Pieces: $300,000 over 5y, 49% of budgetBig Thought: $300,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetPerot Museum of Nature & Science: $275,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOutLoud Dallas: $270,000 over 3y, 33% of budgetThe Concilio: $240,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetDowntown Dallas Parks Conservancy: $232,500 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetWestlake Academy Foundation: $225,000 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetEducation Opens Doors Inc: $220,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetNorth Texas Public Broadcasting Inc: $215,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of the Keller Library: $195,000 over 4y, 90% of budgetMomentous Institute: $195,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCCC Leadershhip Program Inc: $189,129 over 3y, 80% of budgetTexas Ballet Theater Inc: $185,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $175,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Actors Conservatory Theatre: $162,399 over 5y, 11% of budgetOklahoma Hall of Fame: $150,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetChrist's Haven for Children Inc: $145,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetGirl Scouts of Northeast Texas: $135,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCity Year Inc: $135,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation: $135,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetDallas Childrens Theater Inc: $125,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetLeadership Women Inc: $125,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetPastors 411 Foundation: $120,000 over 5y, 26% of budgetUnited Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc: $120,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRensselaerville Institute: $120,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetThe GEMS Camp: $120,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetTaca Inc: $115,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetBachman Lake Together: $100,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetArtisan Productions: $100,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetLearning Center of North Texas Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetDestined for Victory Ministries Bay Area Inc: $95,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetBotanical Research Institute of Texas Inc: $95,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBible Study Fellowship: $90,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWhat if We Could: $85,399 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetPlaza Academy: $85,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetNational Institute for Workers Rights: $85,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetDallas Symphony Association: $85,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVickery Meadow Youth Development Foundation: $85,000 over 1y, 5.4% 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 91.

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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.

Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX54.6× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Meadows Foundation Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Eugene McDermott Foundation · The Moody Foundation · The Addy Foundation · Hoblitzelle Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc

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 M R and Evelyn Hudson Foundation

How much does M R and Evelyn Hudson Foundation give?
M R and Evelyn Hudson Foundation reported 83 grants totaling $4,300,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 59 and 89 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does M R and Evelyn Hudson Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (31%), Arts & Culture (17%), Youth Development (14%).
Who are M R and Evelyn Hudson Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Rabbit Hole Kc ($1.1M), House of Shine Inc ($992k), Keller Independent School District ($800k).
Does M R and Evelyn Hudson Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does M R and Evelyn Hudson 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 M R and Evelyn Hudson Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, The Dallas Foundation, Meadows Foundation Inc.
Where is M R and Evelyn Hudson Foundation based?
M R and Evelyn Hudson Foundation is based in TX.

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 152 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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