Texas · Private foundation
The Howell Fund
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.
- $79k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $363k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Howell Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 6 | $79k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $79k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $30k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $38k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $30k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $57k | 11% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $77k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Episcopal High School | $175,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Haiti Education Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 3% |
| TIRR Foundation | $24,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Global Lyme Alliance Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Star of Hope Mission | $18,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Local Infant Formula for Emergencies | $17,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Menninger Clinic | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trinity Anglican Seminary | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Episcopal High School | $175,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Haiti Education Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 3% |
| TIRR Foundation | $24,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Global Lyme Alliance Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Star of Hope Mission | $18,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Local Infant Formula for Emergencies | $17,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Menninger Clinic | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trinity Anglican Seminary | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Admiral Nimitz Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Special Reach Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Media Research Center | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| A D Players | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Brighton Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Undies for Everyone | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kids' Meals Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Howell 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 · The Elkins Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Howell Fund
- How much does The Howell Fund give?
- The Howell Fund reported 6 grants totaling $79,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Howell Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (46%), Health (19%), International (10%).
- Who are The Howell Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Episcopal High School ($175k), Haiti Education Foundation Inc ($40k), TIRR Foundation ($24k).
- Does The Howell Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Howell Fund 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 Howell Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, The Elkins Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is The Howell Fund based?
- The Howell Fund is based in TX.
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