New York · Private foundation
The Houser Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 31
- FY2017 to FY2023
- Total assets, FY2024
- $27M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Houser Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $490k 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 | 15 | $1.7M | 27% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $1.3M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $1.3M | 85% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $538k | 55% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $1.0M | 32% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $963k | 74% |
| FY2017 | 21 | $852k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Herald Association Inc | $1,149,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Rainforest Alliance Inc | $321,940 | 3 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences | $126,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rainforest Action Network | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Packer Collegiate Institute | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Friends of Christ Church Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Herald Association Inc | $1,149,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Rainforest Alliance Inc | $321,940 | 3 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences | $126,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rainforest Action Network | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Packer Collegiate Institute | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Friends of Christ Church Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| A Better Way Brooklyn Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 85% |
| Peconic Land Trust Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Environmental Advocates Ny Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Ann's Warehouse Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Green-Wood Historic Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Joyful Heart Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Radical Living Inc | $9,000 | 3 | n/a |
| N1 Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fdny Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Citymeals-On-Wheels | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 61 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Houser Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Houser Foundation Inc
- How much does The Houser Foundation Inc give?
- The Houser Foundation Inc reported 15 itemized grants totaling $1,703,347, out of $1,883,347 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Houser Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (21%), Environment (14%), Housing & Shelter (9%).
- Who are The Houser Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Christian Herald Association Inc ($1.1M), Rainforest Alliance Inc ($322k), Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation ($200k).
- Does The Houser Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Houser Foundation Inc 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 Houser Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Houser Foundation Inc based?
- The Houser Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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