· Private foundation
The Crain Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k94 grants · $257k
- $10k–50k37 grants · $627k
- $50k–250k13 grants · $1.0M
- $250k+1 grant · $760k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL | $760,000 |
| LONGVIEW MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS | $195,000 |
| TRINITY SCHOOL OF TEXAS THE | $101,600 |
| ST LUKES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $100,000 |
| ST JOHN'S SCHOOL | $86,000 |
| LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL THE | $78,000 |
| AUSTIN TRINITY SCHOOL | $75,000 |
| HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATI | $70,000 |
| WASHINGTON LEE UNIVERSITY | $60,000 |
| FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $55,000 |
| CAMP FOR ALL FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER | $50,000 |
| MARTIN HOUSE CAC THE | $50,000 |
| RHODES COLLEGE | $50,000 |
| NEUHAUS EDUCATION CENTER | $40,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $803k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% 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.
211 repeat relationships: 136 still active in FY2024, 75 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RCRhodes College8× · 2017–2024 · $935k · revenue +13%
- LMLONGVIEW MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS7× · 2017–2024 · $888k · revenue +159% · 29% of their budget
Camp For All Foundation8× · 2017–2024 · $575k · revenue +327%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $110k
- RMRONALD MCDONALD HOUSEone grant, 2017 · $25k
- KHKILGORE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION FOUone grant, 2017 · $20k
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.
Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.
The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.
The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.
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…
Lone Star Flight Museum (LSFM) celebrates flight and achievements in Texas aviation, engages youth through STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), and believes aviation inspires achievement and endless possibilities.
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.
Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…
Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.
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…
The mission of hardin-simmons university is to be a community dedicated to providing excellence in education enlightened by christian faith and values.
See Schedule OThe purpose of Awty International School (Awty) is to create an environment where students experience excellence every day to make their mark on the world alongside their community, in a spirit of curiosity, courage and…
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…
How this is measured
146 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. 146 of the 282 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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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 TRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Rhodes College ↗
- Who funds LONGVIEW MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ↗
- Who funds Camp For All Foundation ↗
- Who funds Washington and Lee University ↗
- Who funds BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds St John's School ↗
- Who funds Christian Community Service Center Inc ↗
- Who funds The W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation ↗
- Who funds LONGVIEW WORLD OF WONDERS INC ↗
- Who funds REMIND ↗
- Who funds Southern Methodist University ↗
- Who funds NORTHEAST TEXAS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
- Who funds PANOLA COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PRESBYTERIAN CAMPS AT GILMONT INC ↗
- Who funds COLGATE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds LONGVIEW SYMPHONY LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds TIRR Foundation ↗
- Who funds AUSTIN TRINITY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Texas Children's Hospital ↗
- Who funds GOOD SHEPHERD FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds KENYON COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE KILGORE COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Houston Food Bank ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Rosa May Griffin Foundation · East Texas Communities Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Strake Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · Wece B and Martha a Johnson Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Crain Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Crain Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Preeclampsia Foundation Inc: 9% of income from government
- K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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