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Russell and Diana Hawkins Family Foundation at a glance

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Russell and Diana Hawkins Family Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$590k
Granted FY2020
8
Grants FY2020
2
States reached
$525k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Health$1.1MArts & Culture$360kEducation$83kRecreation & Sports$70kPhilanthropy$57kInternational$35kReligion$34kHuman Services$32kOther$0
02FY2020 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k3 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $58k
  • $250k+1 grant · $525k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UTHEALTH$524,500
THE MENIL COLLECTION$26,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE$12,000
HOUSTON METHODIST FOUNDATION$10,000
SALVATION ARMY$10,000
HOUSTON BALLET$5,000
UT FOUNDATION$2,500
THE 100 CLUB SURVIVORS FUND$200
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–19, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $10k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $10k → 16%LIFE HOUSTON: $5k → 16%HOLLY HALL: $1k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 16 repeat orgs$176k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +75% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2020, 12 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
25

Total granted

$1.6M
$158k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+75%
+33%

Still filing today

63%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
EnvironmentArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • HP
    Houston Parks Board
    3× · 2017–2019 · $57k · revenue +69%
  • ME
    MIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $35k · revenue +75%
  • TM
    THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2020 · $20k · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • SJ
    St John's Schoolgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +130%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $33k
  • MP
    Memorial Park Conservancy Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $11k · revenue +138%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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2
Houston Museum of Natural Science

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…

Arts & Culture
3
The Houston Audubon Society

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…

Environment
4
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center

The mission of the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center is to provide education about the natural environment to people of all ages and to protect and enhance the Arboretum as a haven and sanctuary for native plants and animals.

Environment
5
Memorial Hermann Medical Group

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,…

Health
6
The Houston Parks Board Foundation

The Houston Parks Board Foundation provides the Houston Parks Board with financial assistance to support operations and park projects.

Environment
7
Garden Club of Houston

The Club's mission is to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening and to protect the quality of the environment through programs and action in the fields of education, conservation, and civic improvement.

Environment
8
Houston Local Information Initiative Inc

The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.

Arts & Culture
9
The Heritage Society

The Heritage Society (THS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1954 whose mission is to tell the stories of the diverse history of Houston and Texas through collections, exhibits, the arts, educational programs, film, video, and other…

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10
John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science

The Health Museum is an innovative science center that provides an interactive and entertaining experience for all ages, promotes understanding and appreciation of the human body, mind, and spirit, and inspires a lifelong commitment to…

Arts & Culture
11
Houston Zoo Inc

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…

Animals
12
Central Houston Civic Improvement Inc

Central houston civic improvement lnc.'s mission is to ensure the continued vitality and to support development of downtown and the central city that is critical to the continued health and growth of houston.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Memorial Hermann Foundation; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 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. 27 of the 45 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
23/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UTHEALTH: $1,055,500 · OtherUTHEALTHSt John's School: $50,000 · Other+23 more: $197,733 · Other+23 moreMenil Foundation Inc: $317,000 · Arts & CultureMenil Foundation In…+2 more: $10,600 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $57,000 · PhilanthropyHouston Parks Board: $56,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $250 · PhilanthropyHermann Park Conservancy: $13,500 · EnvironmentMemorial Park Conservancy Inc: $11,000 · EnvironmentRiver Oaks Garden Club: $6,500 · EnvironmentSCENIC HOUSTON INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentPeckerwood Gardens Conservation Foundation Inc: $2,000 · Environment+2 more: $1,500 · EnvironmentMIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: $35,000 · InternationalTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 · HealthMemorial Hermann Foundation: $3,500 · HealthDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $20,000 · Human ServicesLOCAL INFANT FORMULA FOR EMERGENCIES: $5,000 · Human ServicesHolly Hall: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$1,303,233Arts & Culture$327,600Philanthropy$113,750Environment$39,500International$35,000Health$28,500Human Services$26,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMenil Foundation Inc: $317,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $57,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Parks Board: $56,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSt John's School: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc: $16,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy: $13,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMemorial Park Conservancy Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $9,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRiver Oaks Garden Club: $6,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLOCAL INFANT FORMULA FOR EMERGENCIES: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMemorial Hermann Foundation: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeckerwood Gardens Conservation Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE TVRC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Houston's Future Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHolly Hall: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAYOU PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHouston Botanic Garden: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROSE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR THE MISSING: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

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.

Greater Houston Commu…The Brown Foundation …Hobby Family Foundati…The Zions Bancorporat…Alvin & Lucy Owsley F…Harry S & Isabel C Ca…Strake FoundationShell USA Company Fou…Garden Club of HoustonThe Jbd FoundationThe Susan Vaughan Fou…Willard And Ruth John…
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX21.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Hobby Family Foundation · The Zions Bancorporation Foundation · Alvin & Lucy Owsley Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Strake Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Garden Club of Houston · The Jbd Foundation · The Susan Vaughan Foundation Inc · Willard And Ruth Johnson Charitable Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Russell and Diana Hawkins Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Russell and Diana Hawkins Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Russell and Diana Hawkins Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Russell and Diana Hawkins Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 45 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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