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The Betty Bentsen Winn Foundation at a glance

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The Betty Bentsen Winn 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.

$21k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$21k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$113kArts & Culture$33kEducation$9kRecreation & Sports$4kHuman Services$4kHealth$2kYouth Development$700Environment$300Other$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$21,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$420k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH$21,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $100) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%HOSPICE OF LUBBOCK: $100 → 17%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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$140k · 19 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
44

Total granted

$140k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+36%

Still filing today

32%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementAnimalsOther
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

  • SB
    SWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE
    5× · 2017–2024 · $5k · revenue +2%
  • FI
    FIRST IMPRESSIONS AND MORE INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $3k · revenue +14%
  • CA
    C A M P UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2018–2024 · $2k · revenue +129%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • SJ
    San Jacinto Museum and Battlefield Associationgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +36%
  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
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
Center for 20TH Century Texas Studies
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2
Kimbell Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
3
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

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,…

Arts & Culture
4
Heritage Museum of Montgomery County

The museum promotes the rich historical and cultural heritage of the community by collecting, preserving, and exhibiting articles of significance to the history of the county and performs numerous community events.

Arts & Culture
5
Scott & White Clinic

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
6
Texas Public Radio

The mission of Texas Public Radio is to engage, inspire and inform, bringing people together to better understand their community and world.

Arts & Culture
7
Texas Flying Legends Museum
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8
Planned Parenthood San Antonio

Provide family planning and reproductive healthcare services to both adults and teenagers, with particular emphasis on serving low-income and medically underserved populations.

Health
9
Baylor University Medical Center

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
10
Scott & White Memorial Hospital

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
11
Methodist Hospitals of Dallas

The primary mission or purpose of methodist health system is to serve people in defined service areas by meeting their health needs effectively and in a manner that reflects a "commitment to the christian concepts of life and learning" as…

Health
12
Genetic Resource Association of Texas
Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas; the most unlike its peers is The National Museum of Women in the Arts. 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

18 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. 18 of the 64 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $84,920 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCHTHE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: $31,600 · OtherTHE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTSST BARTHOLOMEWS CHURCH: $21,000 · OtherST BARTHOLOMEWS CHURCH+47 more: $22,975 · Other+47 moreSWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE: $5,000 · EducationC A M P UNIVERSITY: $1,500 · Education+3 more: $300 · EducationSan Jacinto Museum and Battlefield Association: $1,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF SOUTH TEXAS HISTORY: $200 · Arts & CultureWACO CREATIVE ART CENTER: $100 · Arts & CultureFESTIVAL ON THE BRAZOS: $100 · Arts & CultureGarden Club of Houston: $300 · EnvironmentPALM VALLEY ANIMAL SOCIETY FKA PALM VALLEY ANIMAL CENTER: $200 · AnimalsThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $100 · HealthHOSPICE OF LUBBOCK INC: $100 · Human ServicesThe Junior League of Houston Inc: $75 · Community Improvement
Other$160,495Education$6,800Arts & Culture$1,400Environment$300Animals$200Health$100Human Services$100Community Improvement$75

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: $31,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST IMPRESSIONS AND MORE INC: $2,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetC A M P UNIVERSITY: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetVANNIE E COOK JR CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSan Jacinto Museum and Battlefield Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGarden Club of Houston: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER SOUTH TEXAS: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF SOUTH TEXAS HISTORY: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPALM VALLEY ANIMAL SOCIETY FKA PALM VALLEY ANIMAL CENTER: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF LUBBOCK INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWACO CREATIVE ART CENTER: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTARS SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMCALLEN PREGNANCY CENTER: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSu Casa De Esperanza Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFESTIVAL ON THE BRAZOS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Junior League of Houston Inc: $75 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds SWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds FIRST IMPRESSIONS AND MORE INC ↗
  • Who funds C A M P UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds VANNIE E COOK JR CANCER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds San Jacinto Museum and Battlefield Association ↗
  • Who funds Garden Club of Houston ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER SOUTH TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF SOUTH TEXAS HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds PALM VALLEY ANIMAL SOCIETY FKA PALM VALLEY ANIMAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF LUBBOCK 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.

Greater Houston Commu…Looney-Montgomery Fou…The Brown Foundation …Seven Cities Foundati…Raul Tijerina Jr Foun…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX16.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Looney-Montgomery Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Seven Cities Foundation · Raul Tijerina Jr Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 The Betty Bentsen Winn Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Betty Bentsen Winn 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 The Betty Bentsen Winn Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Betty Bentsen Winn 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 64 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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