Texas · Private foundation
The Mary H Cain Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $3.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $850,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $87M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations The Mary H Cain Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $265k 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 | 20 | $3.5M | 15% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $1.4M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $1.4M | 24% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $1.0M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $1.0M | 14% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $1.0M | 8% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $945k | 15% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $870k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRR Foundation | $2,580,000 | 8 | 21% |
| St Martins Episcopal Church | $2,240,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Linville Foundation Inc | $900,000 | 6 | 40% |
| Memorial Park Conservancy Inc | $455,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Sheldon Independent School District | $413,000 | 8 | n/a |
| The Goodness Web Foundation | $203,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Amon Carter Museum of Western Art | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation | $190,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Piedmont Land Conservancy | $145,000 | 5 | 3% |
| The Institute for the Public Trust | $135,000 | 5 | 43% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRR Foundation | $2,580,000 | 8 | 21% |
| St Martins Episcopal Church | $2,240,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Linville Foundation Inc | $900,000 | 6 | 40% |
| Memorial Park Conservancy Inc | $455,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Sheldon Independent School District | $413,000 | 8 | n/a |
| The Goodness Web Foundation | $203,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Amon Carter Museum of Western Art | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation | $190,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Piedmont Land Conservancy | $145,000 | 5 | 3% |
| The Institute for the Public Trust | $135,000 | 5 | 43% |
| Surry Community College Foundation Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 5% |
| National Steeplechase Museum Inc | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Firefighters Helping Firefighters Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humble Isd Education Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Mary H Cain Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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 Mary H Cain Foundation
- How much does The Mary H Cain Foundation give?
- The Mary H Cain Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $3,500,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Mary H Cain Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (41%), Religion (20%), Education (19%).
- Who are The Mary H Cain Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: TIRR Foundation ($2.6M), St Martins Episcopal Church ($2.2M), Linville Foundation Inc ($900k).
- Does The Mary H Cain Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mary H Cain Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Mary H Cain Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, The Winston-Salem Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas.
- Where is The Mary H Cain Foundation based?
- The Mary H Cain Foundation is based in TX.
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