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Simon & Louise Henderson Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$947k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
74
Grants FY2024
76
Organizations funded FY2023
5%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
66 to 76
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$11M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 5% of the organizations Simon & Louise Henderson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationHealthHousing & ShelterEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving74$947k5%
FY202376$969k5%
FY202274$894k36%
FY202174$876k12%
FY202066$780k5%
FY201972$799k15%
FY201870$870k21%
FY201771$717kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.3MHealth$1.3MHuman Services$1.2MArts & Culture$605kReligion$325kCrime & Legal$316kYouth Development$231kRecreation & Sports$210kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
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CA
NE
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
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TX
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 62 grantees
All grantees of Simon & Louise Henderson Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Museum of East Texas$336,200814%
Hospice in the Pines Inc$301,00081%
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children$237,50080%
Buckner Children & Family Services Inc$210,00080%
Angelina Alliance for Children Inc$170,00087%
The Joseph House Inc$163,00084%
Burke Center$145,00080%
Womens Shelter of East Texas Inc$120,00081%
Planned Parenthood$120,000315%
Highland Park Isd Education Foundation$110,00060%
Lufkin Neighborhood Strong$110,00069%
The Family Place$102,00080%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$90,00080%
St Cyprians Episcopal School$85,00041%
Dallas Children's Advocacy Center$78,00080%
Humane Society of Angelina County Texas$75,00084%
Pi Beta Phi Foundation$60,00030%
Down Home Ranch Inc$58,00080%
The Mosaic Center Inc$50,20084%
Texas Forestry Museum$50,00084%
Angelina Arts Alliance Inc$45,00052%
Rise School of Dallas$45,0003n/a
Texas Forestry Association Inc$40,00041%
Lufkin Creative Inc$40,000219%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$37,50080%
Angelina Community Theatre$35,0007n/a
Love Inc of Lufkin$34,00084%
Texas Game Warden Assoc$34,00079%
Angelina College Foundation$32,50046%
Wounded Warriors$30,0003n/a
New Friends New Life$30,00031%
Meals on Wheels$30,00038%
Moffett Volunteer Fire Department Inc$30,0008n/a
Christian Information & Service Center$30,00032%
Operation Smile Inc$24,50070%
Angelina County Chamber of Commerce$22,50031%
Alcohol & Drug Abuse Council Deep East Texas$21,00050%
Child Protective Services Community Partners Inc$21,00050%
Book Buddies of East Texas Inc$20,0005n/a
The Longleaf Alliance Inc$20,00040%
Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc$20,00030%
Seasons of Hope Center$19,50044%
Fuller Springs Volunteer Fire Department$16,00036%
Angelina Beautifulclean$16,00085%
Pat Tillman Foundation$15,00020%
East Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope$15,00032%
Hudson Class of 2031$12,5001n/a
Lisd Education Foundation Inc$11,497314%
Austin Youth & Community Farm Inc Dba Urban Roots$10,50030%
To Be Like Me$10,00011%
JDS CENTER OF HOPE Inc$10,00041%
Room to Read$7,50030%
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas$7,00030%
Stick Horses and Capes Inc$6,50031%
East Texas Paws Inc$5,00022%
Anti-Defamation League$5,00010%
First Christian Church$4,0002n/a
Hudson Volunteer Fire Department$2,60021%
House of Compassion$2,500114%
Texas Eating Disorders Association$1,00010%
Angelina County Fair Foundation$1,00010%
New Mexico Boys and Girls Ranches Inc$2001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 82 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Simon & Louise Henderson Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMuseum of East Texas: $336,200 over 8y, 14% of budgetHospice in the Pines Inc: $301,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetTexas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children: $237,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBuckner Children & Family Services Inc: $210,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAngelina Alliance for Children Inc: $170,000 over 8y, 7.2% of budgetThe Joseph House Inc: $163,000 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetBurke Center: $145,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWomens Shelter of East Texas Inc: $120,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetPlanned Parenthood: $120,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetHighland Park Isd Education Foundation: $110,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetLufkin Neighborhood Strong: $110,000 over 6y, 8.5% of budgetThe Family Place: $102,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $90,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSt Cyprians Episcopal School: $85,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetDallas Children's Advocacy Center: $78,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of Angelina County Texas: $75,000 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetPi Beta Phi Foundation: $60,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetDown Home Ranch Inc: $58,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe Mosaic Center Inc: $50,200 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetTexas Forestry Museum: $50,000 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetAngelina Arts Alliance Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetTexas Forestry Association Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetLufkin Creative Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $37,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLove Inc of Lufkin: $34,000 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetTexas Game Warden Assoc: $34,000 over 7y, 8.8% of budgetAngelina College Foundation: $32,500 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetNew Friends New Life: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMeals on Wheels: $30,000 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetChristian Information & Service Center: $30,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $24,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAngelina County Chamber of Commerce: $22,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetAlcohol & Drug Abuse Council Deep East Texas: $21,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChild Protective Services Community Partners Inc: $21,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Longleaf Alliance Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWounded Warriors Family Support Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSeasons of Hope Center: $19,500 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetFuller Springs Volunteer Fire Department: $16,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetAngelina Beautifulclean: $16,000 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetPat Tillman Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEast Texas Cancer Alliance of Hope: $15,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetLisd Education Foundation Inc: $11,497 over 3y, 14% of budgetAustin Youth & Community Farm Inc Dba Urban Roots: $10,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTo Be Like Me: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetJDS CENTER OF HOPE Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetRoom to Read: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetParks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStick Horses and Capes Inc: $6,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 54.

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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.

Tll Temple FoundationTX36.5× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tll Temple Foundation · Ernest L Kurth Jr Charitable Foundation · The Pineywoods Foundation · The Bettye & Murphy George Foundation · Brookshire Brothers Charitable Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Hunter Family Charitable Foundation · Angelina Benefit Rodeo Foundation of the Lufkin Host Lions Club · I D & Marguerite Fairchild Foundation · Mary K and Clifford Grum Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc

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.

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About Simon & Louise Henderson Foundation

How much does Simon & Louise Henderson Foundation give?
Simon & Louise Henderson Foundation reported 74 grants totaling $947,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 66 and 76 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Simon & Louise Henderson Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (20%), Health (20%), Human Services (17%).
Who are Simon & Louise Henderson Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Museum of East Texas ($336k), Hospice in the Pines Inc ($301k), Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children ($238k).
Does Simon & Louise Henderson Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Simon & Louise Henderson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Simon & Louise Henderson Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tll Temple Foundation, Ernest L Kurth Jr Charitable Foundation, The Pineywoods Foundation.
Where is Simon & Louise Henderson Foundation based?
Simon & Louise Henderson Foundation is based in TX.

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 144 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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