Texas · Private foundation
The Edward and Helen Oppenheimer 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.
- $317k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2024
- 57
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 49%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $47,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 39 to 78
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 49% of the organizations The Edward and Helen Oppenheimer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $69k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 37 | $317k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 57 | $286k | 49% |
| FY2022 | 67 | $288k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 78 | $310k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 39 | $235k | 46% |
| FY2019 | 53 | $280k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 46 | $244k | 48% |
| FY2017 | 58 | $252k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc | $317,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Artist Boat Inc | $137,500 | 7 | 1% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $74,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Vermont College of Fine Arts Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Inprint Inc | $60,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $43,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Theatre Under the Stars Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Memorial Hermann Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Donorschooseorg | $28,804 | 4 | 0% |
| The Beth Yeshurun Day School | $27,200 | 2 | n/a |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 87 recipients with no EIN on record ($799k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Edward and Helen Oppenheimer Foundation 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: Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Powell Foundation · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Houston Endowment Inc · United Way of Greater Houston · Strake Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · The Methodist Hospital · Marek Family Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Edward and Helen Oppenheimer Foundation with peer funders
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About The Edward and Helen Oppenheimer Foundation
- How much does The Edward and Helen Oppenheimer Foundation give?
- The Edward and Helen Oppenheimer Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $316,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 78 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Edward and Helen Oppenheimer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (17%), Education (17%), Housing & Shelter (16%).
- Who are The Edward and Helen Oppenheimer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc ($318k), The Artist Boat Inc ($138k), The Houston Food Bank ($74k).
- Does The Edward and Helen Oppenheimer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 49% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Edward and Helen Oppenheimer Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Edward and Helen Oppenheimer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation, Greater Houston Community Foundation, The Brown Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Edward and Helen Oppenheimer Foundation based?
- The Edward and Helen Oppenheimer Foundation is based in TX.
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