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The Bookout Family 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.

$866k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
16
Grants FY2024
13
Organizations funded FY2023
31%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
13 to 23
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$9.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 31% of the organizations The Bookout Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementHealthEnvironmentOther
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 arriving15$866k27%
FY202313$524k31%
FY202213$730k15%
FY202117$920k47%
FY202023$1.1M52%
FY201920$1.1Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$1.8MPhilanthropy$1.2MRecreation & Sports$983kHuman Services$965kArts & Culture$833kEducation$276kReligion$178kEnvironment$96kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
OH
PA
UT
CO
VA
DC
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 37 grantees
All grantees of The Bookout Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Methodist Hospital Foundation$1,441,73860%
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston$756,32660%
Texas Children's Hospital$344,33450%
The Kinkaid School Inc$205,00020%
The Church of St John the Divine$150,0003n/a
Houston Botanic Garden$95,00051%
Glenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation Foundation$50,00041%
The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Inc$25,29260%
Small Steps Nurturing Center$18,00030%
The George Washington University$15,00010%
Queen Sofia Spanish Institute Inc$7,50011%
Asia Society Texas Center$7,00020%
Childrens Bereavement Center of South Texas$6,00010%
Blair House Foundation$5,00010%
Memorial Park Conservancy Inc$5,00010%
River Oaks Foundation$5,00011%
The Brookwood Community Inc$5,00010%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$4,70040%
Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation$4,61310%
Stages$4,00020%
New York School of Interior Design$3,50010%
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society$2,50010%
Houston Symphony Society$2,50010%
Harris County Hospital District Foundation$2,00010%
Houston Museum of Natural Science$2,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$1,00010%
March of Dimes Inc$1,00010%
The Center for Pursuit$1,00010%
Christian Community Service Center Inc$1,00010%
Houston Tennis Association Inc$1,00010%
Houston Hospice$1,00010%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Alley Theatre$1,00010%
Bayou Bend Gardens Endowment$50010%
High Line Canal Conservancy$50010%
The Junior League of Houston Inc$43040%
The Houston Food Bank$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bookout Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Methodist Hospital Foundation: $1,441,738 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetThe Museum of Fine Arts Houston: $756,326 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $344,334 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kinkaid School Inc: $205,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHouston Botanic Garden: $95,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGlenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation Foundation: $50,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetThe Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Inc: $25,292 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSmall Steps Nurturing Center: $18,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe George Washington University: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQueen Sofia Spanish Institute Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAsia Society Texas Center: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildrens Bereavement Center of South Texas: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlair House Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMemorial Park Conservancy Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRiver Oaks Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $4,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $4,613 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStages: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew York School of Interior Design: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pennsylvania Horticultural Society: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Symphony Society: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHarris County Hospital District Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Museum of Natural Science: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Pursuit: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Community Service Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Tennis Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Hospice: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArthritis Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlley Theatre: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBayou Bend Gardens Endowment: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHigh Line Canal Conservancy: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Junior League of Houston Inc: $430 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 36.

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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.

The Brown Foundation IncTX25.9× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Brown Foundation Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Alkek and Williams Foundation · Strake Foundation · Alvin & Lucy Owsley Foundation · The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation · Hobby Family Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Sarofim 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.

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Find your warmest path to The Bookout 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.

About The Bookout Family Foundation

How much does The Bookout Family Foundation give?
The Bookout Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $866,067 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 23 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does The Bookout Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (28%), Philanthropy (18%), Recreation & Sports (15%).
Who are The Bookout Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: The Methodist Hospital Foundation ($1.4M), The Museum of Fine Arts Houston ($756k), Texas Children's Hospital ($344k).
Does The Bookout Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Bookout Family 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 The Bookout Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Brown Foundation Inc, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Vivian L Smith Foundation.
Where is The Bookout Family Foundation based?
The Bookout Family 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 52 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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