· Private foundation
McCrea 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k19 grants · $75k
- $10k–50k14 grants · $210k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TROUT UNLIMITED | $55,000 |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $35,000 |
| CRISTO REY JESUIT COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL OF HOUSTON | $25,000 |
| BOCA GRAND HEALTHCLINIC FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| BO'S PLACE | $15,000 |
| HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS | $15,000 |
| WESTMINSTER SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| AVONDALE HOUSE | $15,000 |
| MOUNTAIN HUMANE | $10,000 |
| ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC | $10,000 |
| TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $10,000 |
| BOCA GRANDE ART CENTER | $10,000 |
| PROCTOR ACADEMY | $10,000 |
| FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER | $10,000 |
| BARRIER ISLAND PARKS SOCIETY INC | $10,000 |
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 (FY19–25, $114k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 61% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
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 +27% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.
47 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HSHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS5× · 2019–2025 · $428k · revenue +45%
- TUTROUT UNLIMITED INC3× · 2023–2025 · $131k · revenue +75%
- TCTexas Children's Hospital7× · 2019–2025 · $115k · revenue +71%
Funded once
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INCone grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%- APAMAZING PLACEone grant, 2023 · $20k
- TBTEXAS BIOMEDICAL FORUMgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +30%
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.
The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…
Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.
The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…
Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.
The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.
To advance the conservation of birds and their habitats in the Greater Houston Gulf Coast region by acquiring and maintaining critical habitat as bird sanctuaries, providing education programs and nature experiences, and advocating policy…
The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)
Hillwood estate, museum & garden's (hillwood) mission is to share the renowned art collections, exceptional gardens and related public and educational programs with a wide and diverse audience. since its opening, hillwood has served…
To integrate art into the lives of people, fostering imagination, stimulating thought, and creating personally rewarding experiences.
Mission: Connect communities with animals, inspiring action to save wildlife. Vision: Be a leader in the global movement to save wildlife. (Continued on Schedule O) Houston Zoo, Inc. (HZI) strives to be a zoo that practices exemplary…
The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.
To inspire a better and more beautiful world by sharing edward bok's legacy.
How this is measured
81 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 81 of the 113 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 HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds TROUT UNLIMITED INC ↗
- Who funds Texas Children's Hospital ↗
- Who funds ST LUKE'S WOOD RIVER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PROCTOR ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INC ↗
- Who funds Bo's Place ↗
- Who funds RX ART INC ↗
- Who funds Avondale House Inc ↗
- Who funds TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY DBA MOUNTAIN HUMANE ↗
- Who funds BARRIER ISLAND PARKS SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES ↗
- Who funds BOCA GRANDE ART CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Teton County Search & Rescue Foundation ↗
- Who funds Awaken INC ↗
- Who funds Dixon Gallery and Gardens ↗
- Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC ↗
- Who funds GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GASPARILLA ISL CONSER & IMPROVE ASSN ↗
- Who funds HIGHER GROUND USA INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds UKANDU ↗
- Who funds EBINGER SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TEXAS BIOMEDICAL FORUM ↗
- Who funds MCNAY ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF WESTMINSTER SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds JOHANN FUST LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SUNCOAST HUMANE SOCIETYINC ↗
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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · The William Stamps Farish Fund · Strake Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Joanne E Masin Foundation · McDowell Foundation · Vick Foundation Inc · Linda & Barry Allen Foundation · Charitable Foundation Frost F0359600
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization McCrea Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McCrea Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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