· Private foundation
Main Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $129k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $392k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PEAK PROUD | $170,000 |
| SPECIAL PALS | $81,978 |
| CITIZENS FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION | $77,000 |
| LAUREL HOUSE | $62,820 |
| ROTARY CLUB OF SEALY | $24,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| CAFB | $20,000 |
| KATY RESPONDS | $20,000 |
| GRACE FELLOWSHIP | $20,000 |
| SAUVER DES CHIEN RESCUE | $15,000 |
| MAKE A WISH | $10,000 |
| UPBRING | $7,455 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,600 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| FRIENDS FOR LIFE | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $160k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 53% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $239k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CFCitizens For Animal Protection Inc4× · 2021–2024 · $391k · revenue +8%
- SPSpecial Pals Inc4× · 2021–2024 · $371k · revenue +105%
- KRKaty Responds3× · 2022–2024 · $85k · revenue +41%
Funded once
- FBFORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER INC SOS/SHELTER-OUTREACH-SOLUTIONSone grant, 2023 · $75k · revenue -2%
- GFGRACE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH CORPone grant, 2021 · $70k
- FBFt Bend County Child Advocates Incone grant, 2021 · $69k · revenue -100%
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.
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.
To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.
The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…
Houston Pets Alive!s (HPA!) mission is to save the lives of at-risk companion cats and dogs and find them loving homes.
PAWS' purpose is to provide refuge to stray and unwanted animals. PAWS' mission is to prevent cruelty to all animals by promoting humane standards through education and example, to provide care and shelter for homeless animals, aid in the…
Pippys Pals Rescue is dedicated to saving the lives of dogs facing euthanasia in Houston. Our mission is to provide a second chance to these beloved companions by rescuing them from shelters, providing them with necessary medical care, and…
At humane society silicon valley, our mission is to save lives, keep families together, and create a better future for pets and their people.(see schedule o for continuation)
The austin humane society (ahs) offers comprehensive, humane, life-saving animal services, transforming the lives of animals and those who love them. because we believe homeless animals deserve a chance to thrive in a loving environment,…
Spca tampa bay is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates pinellas county's only nonprofit for-all animal shelter assisting all animals in need, regardless of species or circumstance, at its 10-acre campus in largo. (continued on…
Houston Cares Rescue is a volunteer organization rescuing animals from the streets, and occasionally from shelters, in Houston, TX, and caring for them primarily with foster families until a loving home can be found. We operate a…
Rescue companion animals from the la paz area of the baja peninsula; rehabilitate them; and find loving, permanent homes for them in mexico, the us, and canada. provide education to the public concerning the proper care of companion…
The Humane Society of Tampa Bay is dedicated to ending animal homelessness and providing care and comfort for companion animals in need. Our vision is "Leading the way because every life counts". In 2025, we saved 10,631 animals.
How this is measured
23 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. 23 of the 54 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.
- Who funds Citizens For Animal Protection Inc ↗
- Who funds Special Pals Inc ↗
- Who funds Katy Responds ↗
- Who funds FORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER INC SOS/SHELTER-OUTREACH-SOLUTIONS ↗
- Who funds Ft Bend County Child Advocates Inc ↗
- Who funds HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds Texas Children's Hospital ↗
- Who funds PTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds DIZZY DOG ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds FREEDOM STREET RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds The Houston Food Bank ↗
- Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
- Who funds SAVE Rescue Coalition ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · Baker Hughes Foundation · The Henderson-Wessendorff Foundation · Houston Petset · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Petco Love · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Main Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Main Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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