Texas · Private foundation
The Duncan Fund
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,719,565
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,719,565
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 18
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $17M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Duncan Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.6M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $1.7M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $2.6M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $2.8M | 29% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $1.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Museum of Fine Arts Houston | $3,000,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Methodist Hospital Foundation | $600,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Texas Agricultural Land Trust | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Game Fish Association Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Galveston Bay Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope and Healing Center & Institute | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| River Oaks Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Houston Botanic Garden | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Museum of Fine Arts Houston | $3,000,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Methodist Hospital Foundation | $600,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Texas Agricultural Land Trust | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Game Fish Association Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Galveston Bay Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope and Healing Center & Institute | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| River Oaks Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Houston Botanic Garden | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Houston Civic Improvement Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Western Landowners Alliance | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Astros Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Glenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Medical Bridges Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Duncan Fund supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Hobby Family Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Duncan Fund
- How much does The Duncan Fund give?
- The Duncan Fund reported 1 grants totaling $1,719,565 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 18 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Duncan Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (25%), Philanthropy (18%), Health (4%).
- Who are The Duncan Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: The Museum of Fine Arts Houston ($3.0M), The Methodist Hospital Foundation ($600k), Texas Agricultural Land Trust ($50k).
- Does The Duncan Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Duncan Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Duncan Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Hobby Family Foundation, Vivian L Smith Foundation.
- Where is The Duncan Fund based?
- The Duncan Fund is based in TX.
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