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The Medallion Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
96
Grants FY2024
89
Organizations funded FY2023
35%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$902,639
Organizations funded a year
48 to 89
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$149M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 35% of the organizations The Medallion Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $427k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving94$3.8M27%
FY202389$3.8M35%
FY202272$3.5M28%
FY202164$1.9M28%
FY202068$1.5M53%
FY201948$926k60%
FY201755$1.3Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$5.6MHealth$2.8MPhilanthropy$2.5MYouth Development$1.4MHuman Services$1.4MEducation$840kHousing & Shelter$827kRecreation & Sports$516kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
NV
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
TN
DC
AL
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
SpringSpirit Inc$1,001,00059%
Vita Living Inc$545,00062%
Baylor College of Medicine$283,93340%
Summerhouse Houston$255,00046%
Camp For All Foundation$246,90051%
Texas Christian University$200,00020%
San Jose Clinic$145,5005n/a
Casa de Esperanza$127,7057n/a
Kids' Meals Inc$120,00030%
Search Homeless Services$105,0005n/a
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All grantees of The Medallion Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
SpringSpirit Inc$1,001,00059%
Vita Living Inc$545,00062%
Baylor College of Medicine$283,93340%
Summerhouse Houston$255,00046%
Camp For All Foundation$246,90051%
Texas Christian University$200,00020%
San Jose Clinic$145,5005n/a
Casa de Esperanza$127,7057n/a
Kids' Meals Inc$120,00030%
Search Homeless Services$105,0005n/a
Star of Hope Mission$105,00050%
The Periwinkle Foundation$89,50071%
A Shelter for Cancer Families$89,000316%
Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc$85,00021%
Houston Hospice$80,00070%
St Dominic Village$77,50060%
Have Shears Will Travel$72,500510%
Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston$65,00050%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston - Houston$60,40950%
The Center for Hearing and Speech$60,00060%
Texas Education Works$60,00011%
Avda$57,50060%
Memorial Villages Police Foundation$57,285117%
Northwest Assistance Ministries$55,50050%
The Blue Bird Circle$55,00061%
Reynolds Hockey Academy$55,000214%
Covenant House Texas$55,00030%
The Women's Home$55,00030%
Boys and Girls Harbor Inc$50,17511%
Memorial Hermann Foundation$50,00010%
Sharpen Recovery$50,00013%
Lighthouse For The Blind Of Houston Inc$50,00010%
Harmony House Inc$50,00011%
American Cancer Society Inc$50,00010%
Dan's House of Hope Inc$50,00057%
Big Love Cancer Care Services$50,00014%
Entryway$45,00031%
The Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocesan Council of Austin$45,00030%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$45,00050%
Christian Community Service Center Inc$44,50060%
Hope Cancer Retreat$41,000316%
Memorial Assistance Ministries$40,00040%
American Diabetes Association$40,00040%
Fort Bend Family Promise$40,00033%
Houston Area Parkinson Society$40,00021%
Lone Star Flight Museum$40,00021%
The Houston Food Bank$40,00020%
Miracle Flights$35,00070%
El Centro de Corazon$35,00040%
The Beacon of Downtown Houston$35,00050%
Attack Poverty$35,00041%
Wellsprings Village Inc$35,00032%
Hope Rising dba Hope Rising Ministries$35,00022%
Halo House Foundation$35,00031%
Theatre Under the Stars Inc$32,91220%
Mission of Yahweh Inc$32,51830%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$30,00020%
Undies for Everyone$30,00051%
Best Friends Animal Society$30,00020%
Career & Recovery Resources Inc$30,00020%
Magnificat Houses Inc$30,00030%
The Rose$30,00050%
My Connect Community$25,00011%
Humble Area Assistance Ministries Inc$25,00010%
Family Promise of Lake Houston$25,00022%
Therapy Pet Pals of Texas$25,00057%
Childrens Transplant Initiative$22,50032%
Ptsd Foundation of America$21,00010%
Life House$20,000148%
The Sunshine Kids Foundation$20,00020%
Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston$20,00010%
Ser-Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast Inc$20,00010%
Small Steps Nurturing Center$20,00020%
The Westview School Inc$20,00020%
Fort Bend Children's Discovery Center LLC$20,00031%
Child Advocates Inc$20,00010%
Girlstart$17,50040%
Lone Star Community Health Center$16,25010%
Victory for Veterans Inc$15,000116%
Jasper County Committee on Aging Inc$15,00014%
Houston Recovery Center Lgc$15,0001n/a
The W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation$15,00010%
Target Hunger Inc$15,00010%
Health Care for the Homeless Inc$15,00010%
The Mens Center Incorporated$15,00021%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$15,00010%
Spring Branch-Memorial Sports Assoc$15,00011%
Heart Gallery of Alabama Inc$11,25011%
The Will Erwin Headache Research Foundation$10,00012%
Hope and Healing Center & Institute$10,00010%
The Sanctuary Foster Care Services$10,00010%
Houston Community Health Centers Inc$10,00010%
Mental Health America of Greater Houston Inc$10,00010%
Mercy Medical Angels$10,00010%
American Heart Association Inc$10,00010%
Trinity Lutheran Church$10,0001n/a
Houston Museum of Natural Science$10,00010%
Noahs House$10,00011%
The Council on Recovery$10,00010%
Mission Squash of Houston$10,00012%
Wesley Community Center Inc of Houston Texas$10,00010%
Katy Cares Inc$10,00015%
Raiseup Families$10,00011%
The Summerhouse$10,0001n/a
His Fathers Heart Ministries$10,0001n/a
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc$10,00010%
Nora's Gift Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Pathways Youth and Family Services Inc$10,00010%
Center for the Missing$10,00022%
Mission Centers of Houston$10,00011%
Heroes for Children$10,00021%
Fellowship of Catholic University Students$10,0005n/a
Parks Youth Ranch Inc$10,00011%
Hope Impacts$10,00024%
Bridges to Life$7,50020%
Cypress Community Assistance Ministries$7,35011%
Bridgeyear$5,00010%
Clayton Dabney for Kids With Cancer$5,00010%
CASA Child Advocates of Montgomery County Inc$5,00010%
Fostering Family$5,00011%
Open Door Mission$5,00010%
Friends for Life$5,00010%
Dance Houston$5,00012%
Young Audiences Inc of Houston$5,0001n/a
Houston Grand Opera Association Inc$4,48510%
Down Syndrome Association of South Texas$3,00010%
Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation$2,50010%
Houston Junior Aeros Hockey Association$2,50010%
The Focus Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$1,50010%
Houston Christian Broadcasters Inc$1,00020%
Presbyterian School$1,00010%
Joe Joe Bear Foundation$1,00012%
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc$81820%
Houston Christian High School$8002n/a
Arthritis Foundation Inc$20010%
Physicians Committee for Responsible Med$12510%
North Shore Animal League America Inc$10310%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 76 recipients with no EIN on record ($10M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Medallion Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 128 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSpringSpirit Inc: $1,001,000 over 5y, 8.7% of budgetVita Living Inc: $545,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $283,933 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSummerhouse Houston: $255,000 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetCamp For All Foundation: $246,900 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTexas Christian University: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKids' Meals Inc: $120,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetStar of Hope Mission: $105,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Periwinkle Foundation: $89,500 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetA Shelter for Cancer Families: $89,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc: $85,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHouston Hospice: $80,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSt Dominic Village: $77,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHave Shears Will Travel: $72,500 over 5y, 10% of budgetInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston: $65,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston - Houston: $60,409 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Hearing and Speech: $60,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTexas Education Works: $60,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAvda: $57,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMemorial Villages Police Foundation: $57,285 over 1y, 17% of budgetNorthwest Assistance Ministries: $55,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Blue Bird Circle: $55,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetReynolds Hockey Academy: $55,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetCovenant House Texas: $55,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Women's Home: $55,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBoys and Girls Harbor Inc: $50,175 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMemorial Hermann Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSharpen Recovery: $50,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetLighthouse For The Blind Of Houston Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHarmony House Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDan's House of Hope Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetBig Love Cancer Care Services: $50,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetEntryway: $45,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetThe Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocesan Council of Austin: $45,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Community Service Center Inc: $44,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHope Cancer Retreat: $41,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetMemorial Assistance Ministries: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFort Bend Family Promise: $40,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetHouston Area Parkinson Society: $40,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetLone Star Flight Museum: $40,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMiracle Flights: $35,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetEl Centro de Corazon: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Beacon of Downtown Houston: $35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAttack Poverty: $35,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 128.

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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.

Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable FoundationTX94.4× affinity46 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Strake Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · The Brown Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · MD Anderson Foundation · Marek Family Foundation · United Way of Greater Houston · Hildebrand Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Medallion Foundation Inc

How much does The Medallion Foundation Inc give?
The Medallion Foundation Inc reported 96 grants totaling $3,799,924 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 48 and 89 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Medallion Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (33%), Health (17%), Philanthropy (15%).
Who are The Medallion Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: SpringSpirit Inc ($1.0M), Vita Living Inc ($545k), Baylor College of Medicine ($284k).
Does The Medallion Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Medallion Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Medallion Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation, Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company, Strake Foundation.
Where is The Medallion Foundation Inc based?
The Medallion Foundation Inc is based in TX.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 214 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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