· Private foundation
The Joyce Nies and Peter Witt Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k16 grants · $57k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $126k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BCS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $40,000 |
| TAMU - ART FUND | $25,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| METHODIST RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES FO | $18,050 |
| BRAZOS VALLEY FOOD BANK | $13,000 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $10,000 |
| TINY HOPE VILLAGE | $9,500 |
| BRAZOS INTERFAITH IMMIGRATION NETWO | $9,000 |
| VOICES FOR CHILDREN | $5,025 |
| UNLIMITED POTENTIAL OF BV | $5,008 |
| SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER | $5,000 |
| OXFAM AMERICA | $5,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA | $5,000 |
| UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF BV | $4,950 |
| NATURE CONSERVANCY | $3,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $39k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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 +39% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- VFVoices for Children Inc6× · 2017–2024 · $32k · revenue +77%
- BVBRAZOS VALLEY FOOD BANK INC7× · 2017–2024 · $27k · revenue +39%
- THTINY HOPE VILLAGE4× · 2019–2024 · $19k · revenue +134%
Funded once
- RREACHone grant, 2020 · $3k
- RAROGUE ACTION CENTERone grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -16%
- CICANE ISLAND KATY INCone grant, 2023 · $1k
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.
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.
Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.
The ACLU Foundation of Texas is the unyielding guardian and promoter of freedom, justice, equality and dignity of all people, particularly for those who are still fighting to secure the full exercise of their civil rights and liberties.…
As a national leader in environmental health research and advocacy, toxic- free future uses the power of science, education, and activism, to drive strong laws and corporate responsibility that protect the health of all people and the…
Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.
To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.
Nature and culture international conserves biologically diverse landscapes in latin america, in concert with local cultures, for the well-being of the planet.
How this is measured
30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 72 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 Voices for Children Inc ↗
- Who funds BRAZOS VALLEY FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
- Who funds TINY HOPE VILLAGE ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Brazos Valley Troupe ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds Unlimited Potential Inc ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE BRAZOS VALLEY ↗
- Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds TIDELINES INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds ROGUE ACTION CENTER ↗
- Who funds Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History ↗
- Who funds THE THEATRE COMPANY OF BCS ↗
- Who funds THE ACADEMY OF LEISURE SCIENCES ↗
- Who funds MARCH FOR LIFE ACTION ↗
- Who funds ABRAHAM LINCOLN BRIGADE ARCHIVES INC ↗
- Who funds HARRIETT BUHAI CENTER FOR FAMILY LAW ↗
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: B Don & Becky Russell Charitable Foundat · Winkler Nina Astin Trust · Edge Eugene III Charitable Trust · Nina Heard Astin Charitable Trust · Mervin and Annete Peters Family Foundation · M Bookman Peters Charitable Foundation · Gilbert & Thyra Plass Charitable Trust · Orr Waldon H and Adele Charitable Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Joyce Nies and Peter Witt Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Joyce Nies and Peter Witt Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Rogue Action Center: 29% of income from government
- Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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