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The Cullen Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Cullen Family Charitable 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.

$44k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$308kHealth$132kPhilanthropy$66kReligion$50kYouth Development$30kArts & Culture$20kEnvironment$7kRecreation & Sports$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$67k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Furman University$10,000
March of Dimes$10,000
March of Dimes$5,500
Texas Performing Arts$5,000
Tarrytown United Methodist Church$5,000
Ascension Seton Foundation$2,500
Friends of the Governor's Mansion$2,000
Interfaith Action of Central Tx$1,250
Westlake High School$500
United Way of Greater Austin$500
Lukemia Lymphoma Society$500
Big Medium$500
Movember Foundation$250
Salvation Army$250
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 (FY19–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Tatum's Love Foundation: $1k → 6%Hospice Austin: $100 → 10%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

MN
MI
NY
CA
VA
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$515k · 19 repeat orgs$54k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
27

Total granted

$515k
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+30%

Still filing today

53%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • FU
    FURMAN UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $79k · revenue +26%
  • CO
    Champions Off the Field
    3× · 2019–2022 · $30k · revenue +357%
  • AT
    AUSTIN THEATRE ALLIANCE
    3× · 2020–2022 · $6k · revenue +235%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Texas at Austin
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
  • TH
    THE HEALDSBURG SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +42%
  • RM
    Ronald McDonald House Charities Ctr
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
2
Uatx

Uatx is a nonprofit dedicated to building a liberal arts university committed to freedom of inquiry, freedom of conscience, and civil discourse. to maintain these principles, the university will be fiercely independent financially,…

Education
3
Forty First Foundation

The forty first foundation supports and advances the university of texas at austin in its pursuit of excellence. we work closely with the office of the president to identify, fund, and implement strategic initiatives that enhance the…

Education
4
Glasstire

Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.

Arts & Culture
5
Austin Area Foundation

Support nonprofit organizations by managing & distributing charitable gifts

Philanthropy
6
Austin Public Library Friends Foundation

Support and strengthen austin public libraries

Education
7
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
8
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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9
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
10
Texas Medical Association

The texas medical association (tma), the nation's largest and one of the oldest state medical societies, represents over 59,000 physicians and medical students dedicated to enhancing the health of all texans. in collaboration with 110…

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11
Greater Austin Christian Foundation

Mobilizing resources by inspiring biblical generosity in the greater austin, texas area.

Religion
12
Texas Alliance for Patient Access

Preserve access to quality healthcare for all texans

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Antonio Area Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Movember Foundation. 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

27 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. 27 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/27
Grantees still filing
16/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $151,523 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (AISD): $55,448 · OtherAUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (AISD)Tarrytown United Methodist Church: $47,820 · OtherTarrytown United Methodist ChurchDell Children's Medical Center Fd: $30,250 · OtherDell Children's Medical Center Fd+29 more: $61,482 · Other+29 moreFURMAN UNIVERSITY: $78,677 · EducationFURMAN UNIVERSITYBEYOND BATTEN DISEASE FOUNDATION: $26,000 · EducationBEYOND BATTEN DISEAS…THE HEALDSBURG SCHOOL: $5,000 · Education+3 more: $3,897 · EducationSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropySAN ANTONIO…AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyAUSTIN COMM…+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyMARCH OF DIMES INC: $61,960 · HealthMARCH OF DI…+3 more: $1,200 · HealthChampions Off the Field: $29,500 · Youth DevelopmentAUSTIN THEATRE ALLIANCE: $6,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION: $4,000 · Arts & CultureBIG MEDIUM: $500 · Arts & CultureCreative Action: $375 · Arts & CulturePease Park Conservancy: $5,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$346,523Education$113,574Philanthropy$65,500Health$63,160Youth Development$29,500Arts & Culture$10,875Recreation & Sports$5,500

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 budgetFURMAN UNIVERSITY: $78,677 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $61,960 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChampions Off the Field: $29,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBEYOND BATTEN DISEASE FOUNDATION: $26,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN THEATRE ALLIANCE: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPease Park Conservancy: $5,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HEALDSBURG SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASCENSION SETON FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $1,032 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEEP AUSTIN BEAUTIFUL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTATUM'S LOVE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetBookSpring: $797 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY FOR GREATER AUSTIN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG MEDIUM: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS ACADEMY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTGIFT FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCreative Action: $375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCURE DUCHENNE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE AUSTIN: $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.

  • Who funds FURMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Champions Off the Field ↗
  • Who funds BEYOND BATTEN DISEASE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN THEATRE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Pease Park Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds THE HEALDSBURG SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds ASCENSION SETON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
  • Who funds KEEP AUSTIN BEAUTIFUL INC ↗
  • Who funds TATUM'S LOVE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BookSpring ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY FOR GREATER AUSTIN ↗
  • Who funds BIG MEDIUM ↗

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.

Austin Community Foun…The Webber Family Fou…The Applied Materials…The Moody FoundationBetter Business BureauBuena Vista FoundationNelson Puett Foundati…Alice Kleberg Reynold…The Powell FoundationSt David's FoundationGreater Houston Commu…Raymond James Charita…
Austin Community Foundation IncTX32.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · The Webber Family Foundation · The Applied Materials Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Better Business Bureau · Buena Vista Foundation · Nelson Puett Foundation · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800 · The Powell Foundation · St David's Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment 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 Cullen Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cullen Family Charitable 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.

    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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