· Private foundation
The Catherine Terrell McCartney Foundation C/O Catherine McCartney Mill
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NICK FINNEGAN COUNSELING CENTER | $5,000 |
| TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL | $4,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $2,000 |
| LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LAMPASSAS | $2,000 |
| NAT'L SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA | $1,000 |
| HISTORIC FORT WORTH INC | $1,000 |
| NEIL-COCHRAN HOUSE MUSEUM | $1,000 |
| SECOND CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST | $1,000 |
| CHIMNEY ROCK FIRE DEPARTMENT | $1,000 |
| RUTHERFORD COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS | $500 |
| CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against -21% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TBTexas Book Festival5× · 2020–2025 · $15k · revenue +80%
- RCRUTHERFORD COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC2× · 2024–2025 · $2k · revenue +239%
- MOMEALS ON WHEELS2× · 2022–2025 · $2k · revenue +13%
Funded once
- CFCENTER FOR NEW AMERICAN MEDIA INCone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -30%
- CAChristian Aid Ministriesone grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue -16%
- SOSTAR OF HOPE MISSIONone grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue -58%
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.
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.
The mission of Texas Public Radio is to engage, inspire and inform, bringing people together to better understand their community and world.
The state fair of texas celebrates all things texan by promoting agriculture, education, and community involvement through quality entertainment in a family-friendly environment. the state fair of texas is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit…
The San Antonio Museum of Art brings people together with art by collecting, preserving, and presenting significant works of art representing a broad range of history and cultures, advancing human connection and understanding, and…
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,…
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,…
Harmonia Stellarum is an ensemble of professional vocalists and instrumentalists specialized in historically informed performance practice who seek to inspire, entertain, and enlighten audiences with meaningful, historically informed…
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…
The Hospice at the Texas Medical Center holds a freestanding 37 bed inpatient facility in the Texas Medical Center that is operated and managed by Houston Hospice.
A nonpartisan nonprofit organization which gathers and preserves the history and work of the Texas Supreme Court and the states appellate courts. Through research and scholarship the Society educates the public about the judicial branch…
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 28 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Texas Book Festival ↗
- Who funds LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LAMPASAS TEXAS ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR NEW AMERICAN MEDIA INC ↗
- Who funds Historic Fort Worth Inc ↗
- Who funds RUTHERFORD COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Christian Aid Ministries ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
- Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
- Who funds HICKORY NUT GORGE OUTREACH INC ↗
- Who funds Houston Symphony Society ↗
- Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds THE SUPREME COURT HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds The Texas State Historical Association ↗
- Who funds Central Texas Food Bank 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Catherine Terrell McCartney Foundation C/O Catherine McCartney Mill funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Catherine Terrell McCartney Foundation C/O Catherine McCartney Mill. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
How this is measured
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