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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 FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% 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
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $42k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $542k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$9.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation$250,000
The Kinkaid School$200,000
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON$155,000
The Church of St John the Divine$100,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$86,816
MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION$21,917
Individual grant recipient$20,000
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens$5,000
Small Steps$5,000
Asia Society Texas Center$5,000
Houston Botanic Garden$5,000
Memorial Park Conservancy$5,000
Barbara Bush Foundation Of Family Literacy$3,334
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society$2,500
Arthritis Foundation$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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.

area typical 12%CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS: $6k → 16%CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
OH
PA
UT
CO
VA
DC
GA
TX
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.1M · 17 repeat orgs$172k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
29

Total granted

$5.1M
$143k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+9%

Still filing today

71%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TM
    THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +82%
  • TM
    THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON
    6× · 2019–2024 · $756k · revenue +33%
  • TC
    Texas Children's Hospital
    5× · 2019–2023 · $344k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • CU
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL & PUBLIC AFFAIRS
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • TG
    The George Washington University
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +22%
  • AG
    AFP GREATER HOUSTON CHAPTER
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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
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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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
Harris County Medical Society

Our mission is to be the leading advocate for our member physicians, their patients and our community, in promoting the highest standards of ethical medical practice, access to quality medical care, medical education, research, and…

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5
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
6
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
7
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
8
Witte Museum

The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.

Arts & Culture
9
Mhs Physicians of Texas

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
10
Houston Grand Opera Association Inc

The mission of HGO is to enrich our diverse community through the art of opera. We will do so by creating, curating, exploring, and producing outstanding experiences centered around the human voice.(Continued on Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
11
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
12
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Methodist Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United 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

38 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. 38 of the 52 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)
38/38
Grantees still filing
24/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION: $976,042 · OtherMOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATIONTHE SALVATION ARMY: $957,179 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYTHE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE: $150,000 · OtherTHE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE+15 more: $129,020 · Other+15 moreTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,441,738 · HealthTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATI…Texas Children's Hospital: $344,334 · HealthTexas Children's Hospital+5 more: $9,700 · HealthFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,154,542 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS…+2 more: $5,430 · Community ImprovementTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $756,326 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF F…GLENWOOD CEMETERY HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureGLENWOOD CEMETE…+8 more: $54,292 · Arts & Culture+8 moreThe Kinkaid School Inc: $205,000 · EducationSmall Steps Nurturing Center: $18,000 · EducationThe George Washington University: $15,000 · Education+3 more: $13,113 · EducationHouston Botanic Garden: $95,000 · EnvironmentMemorial Park Conservancy Inc: $5,000 · Environment+2 more: $3,000 · EnvironmentCHILDRENS BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS: $6,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR PURSUIT: $1,000 · Human ServicesChristian Community Service Center Inc: $1,000 · Human ServicesGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,100 · Philanthropy
Other$2,212,241Health$1,795,772Community Improvement$1,159,972Arts & Culture$860,618Education$251,113Environment$103,000Human Services$8,000Philanthropy$1,100

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 budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,441,738 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,154,542 over 1y, 0.0% 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 budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,100 over 2y, 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
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.

The Brown Foundation …Greater Houston Commu…Vivian L Smith Founda…Shell USA Company Fou…The Alkek and William…Strake FoundationAlvin & Lucy Owsley F…The Robert and Janice…Hobby Family Foundati…The William Stamps Fa…National Philanthropi…The Sarofim Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%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
    1get no government money at all
    12report 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 Bookout Family Foundation?

    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.

    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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