Texas · Private foundation
Pierce Runnells 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.
- $260k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Pierce Runnells Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $260k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $240k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $235k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $435k | 53% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $210k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $120k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $36k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horselink | $160,000 | 8 | 25% |
| Pease Park Conservancy | $115,000 | 8 | 2% |
| PX Project Inc | $90,000 | 4 | 15% |
| TreeFolks Inc | $85,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Depelchin Children's Center | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Houston Symphony Society | $65,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Texas | $65,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hope House Inc | $61,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Project Transitions Inc | $52,500 | 5 | 1% |
| The Great Springs Project Inc (Audit) | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horselink | $160,000 | 8 | 25% |
| Pease Park Conservancy | $115,000 | 8 | 2% |
| PX Project Inc | $90,000 | 4 | 15% |
| TreeFolks Inc | $85,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Depelchin Children's Center | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Houston Symphony Society | $65,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Texas | $65,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hope House Inc | $61,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Project Transitions Inc | $52,500 | 5 | 1% |
| The Great Springs Project Inc (Audit) | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Brookwood Community Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Houston Audubon Society | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hawley Cemetery Association | $30,000 | 6 | 9% |
| Memorial Park Conservancy Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Houston Arboretum & Nature Center | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Wildlife Center of Texas Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Houston Wilderness Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Texas Book Festival | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Texas Agricultural Land Trust | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Menil Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Helping Hand Home for Children Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Zachary Scott Theatre Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Paul's School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($465k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Pierce Runnells Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation · Austin Community Foundation Inc · Shield-Ayres Foundation · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800 · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Nancy and Clive Runnells Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Elizabeth Crook & Marc Lewis Foundation · The Bill M and Cecile Autrey Ham Charitable Foundation · The Knobloch Family Foundation · Still Water Foundation
How this is measured
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About Pierce Runnells Foundation
- How much does Pierce Runnells Foundation give?
- Pierce Runnells Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $260,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Pierce Runnells Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (30%), Environment (21%), Animals (14%).
- Who are Pierce Runnells Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Horselink ($160k), Pease Park Conservancy ($115k), PX Project Inc ($90k).
- Does Pierce Runnells Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pierce Runnells 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 Pierce Runnells Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation, Austin Community Foundation Inc, Shield-Ayres Foundation.
- Where is Pierce Runnells Foundation based?
- Pierce Runnells Foundation is based in TX.
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