· Private foundation
The Herndon Family Foundation
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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k18 grants · $52k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST ANDREWS FUND | $25,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION | $10,000 |
| CAMP JOHN MARC | $10,000 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $5,000 |
| GEORGE W BUSH PRESIDENTIAL CENTER | $5,000 |
| SHELBURNE FARMS | $5,000 |
| SCOTTISH RITE FOR CHILDREN - DALLAS | $5,000 |
| CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
| ST JUDE'S CHILRDEN'S HOSPITAL | $5,000 |
| FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| STEPHEN SILLAR TUNNEL TO TOWERS FDN | $3,000 |
| AIR FORCE AID SOCIETY | $2,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS CENTRAL TEXAS | $2,000 |
| HEART GIFT FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
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 (FY17–22, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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 +47% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.
67 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 48 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, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FOFRIENDS OF THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION9× · 2017–2025 · $71k · revenue +156%
- TSTEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $43k · revenue +20%
Central Texas Food Bank Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $38k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- HBHARVEST BIBLE CHURCHone grant, 2017 · $5k
- SFSETON FUNDone grant, 2017 · $5k
- RCRED CROSS OF CENTRAL TEXASone grant, 2017 · $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.
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 witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.
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 texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.
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,…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
To strengthen the association of former students, promote the interests and welfare of texas a&m university, perpetuate ties of affection and esteem formed in university or college days, and serve the student body.
See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…
Mobilizing resources by inspiring biblical generosity in the greater austin, texas area.
We believe every texas student deserves the opportunity to earn a postsecondary credential or degree that helps them achieve the future they envision for themselves and their families. we invest in the programs, practices, and policies…
Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.
How this is measured
46 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. 46 of the 94 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 FRIENDS OF THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION ↗
- Who funds TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Central Texas Food Bank Inc ↗
- Who funds HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN DALLAS PARKS CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds REGENTS SCHOOL OF AUSTIN INC ↗
- Who funds PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HEARTGIFT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ↗
- Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds AUSTIN AREA SCHOOL FOR DYSLEXICS INC ↗
- Who funds MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
- Who funds MONTPELIER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SHELBURNE FARMS ↗
- Who funds AIR & SPACE FORCES AID SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS CHARITIES ↗
- Who funds THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF AUSTIN INC ↗
- Who funds St Edwards University ↗
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: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Harry E and Eda L Montandon Charitable Tr · Strake Foundation · Better Business Bureau · United Way Worldwide · Topfer Family Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · St David's Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Herndon Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Herndon Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Shelburne Farms: 3% of income from government
How this is measured
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