· Private foundation
Rita and Richard C Ashley 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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $197k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| University of Texas at Austin | $100,000 |
| Smithsonian Institution | $97,000 |
| Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh Fd | $20,000 |
| St Joseph's Church | $20,000 |
| Ronald McDonald House | $10,000 |
| Shriners Hospital for Children | $10,000 |
| Monsignor Kelly Catholic High Schoo | $6,700 |
| Healthnetwork Foundation | $5,000 |
| Holy Family Parish | $3,000 |
| Exotic Wildlife Association | $1,500 |
| Holy Family Catholic School | $1,000 |
| Pregnancy Help Center Galveston | $1,000 |
| Friends of Our Lady Queen of Africa | $1,000 |
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 (FY23–25, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% 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.
12 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 4 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, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION6× · 2017–2025 · $252k · revenue +31%- TSTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN3× · 2023–2025 · $21k · revenue +26%
HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC2× · 2024–2025 · $15k · revenue +30%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $110k
- DSDominican Sisters Mary Immaculate Pone grant, 2024 · $3k
- LULamar University Foundation Incone grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue -50%
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 museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…
To improve the care and well being of our community, nationally and internationally, through innovative clinically relevant research that is consistent with the mission, vision and values of Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH).
To deliver the highest value patient experience through quality, safety, accessibility, and cost-effectiveness, enhanced by medical education and research in collaboration with Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH).
Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.
To continuously improve the health and well-being of the people we serve.
Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.
Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…
Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.
To foster and support the activities and purposes of Baylor Scott & White Health, to encourage broad-based public support of the health care system and its affiliated institutions, and to advance the medical objectives, including…
Natural womanhood's mission is to empower free, confident, and connected women who embrace their fertility as beatiful, powerful, and healthy. natural womanhood is the online magazine of fertility awareness and women's health, reaching…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 23 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 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BEAUMONT INC ↗
- Who funds Lamar University Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds PREGNANCY HELP CENTER OF GALVESTON INC ↗
- Who funds Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas ↗
- Who funds EXOTIC WILDLIFE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds The Art Studio Inc ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Rita and Richard C Ashley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rita and Richard C Ashley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
How this is measured
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