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The Ott Family Foundation Fka as Ott Charitable Foundation

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.

$46k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2025
12
Organizations funded FY2024
42%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$7,500
Organizations funded a year
6 to 19
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$677k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 42% of the organizations The Ott Family Foundation Fka as Ott Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationArts & CultureEnvironmentPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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
FY2025still arriving14$46k43%
FY202412$56k42%
FY20236$55k0%
FY20226$40k0%
FY202111$49k36%
FY202010$45k40%
FY201914$53k43%
FY201819$48k68%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$166kHealth$79kEducation$58kEnvironment$57kYouth Development$28kReligion$23kPhilanthropy$10kCommunity Improvement$7kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston$149,86090%
Trees For Houston$31,32060%
Ehlers-Danlos Society$21,00030%
Heartgift Foundation$17,50020%
Texas Heart Institute$16,50050%
St Lukes United Methodist Church$16,0006n/a
The Kinkaid School Inc$16,00030%
Men of Distinction of Greater Houston$14,55016%
River Oaks Garden Club$13,02050%
Houston Botanic Garden$11,38540%
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All grantees of The Ott Family Foundation Fka as Ott Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston$149,86090%
Trees For Houston$31,32060%
Ehlers-Danlos Society$21,00030%
Heartgift Foundation$17,50020%
Texas Heart Institute$16,50050%
St Lukes United Methodist Church$16,0006n/a
The Kinkaid School Inc$16,00030%
Men of Distinction of Greater Houston$14,55016%
River Oaks Garden Club$13,02050%
Houston Botanic Garden$11,38540%
Ex-Students' Association of Ut$11,00020%
Workshop Houston$9,50031%
Glenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation Foundation$6,00020%
Buffalo Bayou Partnership Inc$5,50030%
Young Life$5,00010%
Kids' Meals Inc$4,00020%
Episcopal High School$4,0003n/a
Communities in Schools of Houston Inc$4,00030%
Annunciation Orthodox School$3,0003n/a
Glenwood Cemetery Inc$2,0001n/a
Story Church$2,0001n/a
Goodwill Industries of Houston$1,50020%
Houston Golf Association Youth Program Inc dba First Tee of Greater Houston$1,00010%
South Texas Charity Weekend Inc$1,00010%
The Salvation Army$1,0001n/a
Bo's Place$1,00010%
Kelsey Research Foundation$1,00010%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
The Houston Food Bank$1,00010%
William Marsh Rice University$1,00010%
Scenic Texas$1,00010%
Texas Appleseed$1,00010%
Houston Hospice$80010%
Forum of Civics Foundation$50011%
Houston Tridelta Philanthropies Inc$50010%
Hermann Park Conservancy$41510%
Aspen Hope Center$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($63k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ott Family Foundation Fka as Ott Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Museum of Fine Arts Houston: $149,860 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTrees For Houston: $31,320 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetEhlers-Danlos Society: $21,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHeartgift Foundation: $17,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTexas Heart Institute: $16,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kinkaid School Inc: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMen of Distinction of Greater Houston: $14,550 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetRiver Oaks Garden Club: $13,020 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHouston Botanic Garden: $11,385 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetEx-Students' Association of Ut: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorkshop Houston: $9,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetGlenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBuffalo Bayou Partnership Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Life: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKids' Meals Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Houston Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Houston: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Golf Association Youth Program Inc dba First Tee of Greater Houston: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouth Texas Charity Weekend Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBo's Place: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKelsey Research Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetScenic Texas: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Appleseed: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Hospice: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetForum of Civics Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHouston Tridelta Philanthropies Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy: $415 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAspen Hope Center: $200 over 1y, 0.0% 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 30.

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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.

Greater Houston Community FoundationTX35.9× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · William S & Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Brazelton Family Foundation · LykesKnapp Family Fund · Alvin & Lucy Owsley Foundation · J Squared Family Foundation · Hobby Family Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · John P McGovern Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund

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 Ott Family Foundation Fka as Ott Charitable Foundation

How much does The Ott Family Foundation Fka as Ott Charitable Foundation give?
The Ott Family Foundation Fka as Ott Charitable Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $46,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Ott Family Foundation Fka as Ott Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (38%), Health (18%), Education (13%).
Who are The Ott Family Foundation Fka as Ott Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Museum of Fine Arts Houston ($150k), Trees For Houston ($31k), Ehlers-Danlos Society ($21k).
Does The Ott Family Foundation Fka as Ott Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Ott Family Foundation Fka as Ott Charitable Foundation 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 Ott Family Foundation Fka as Ott Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, The Brown Foundation Inc, William S & Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation.
Where is The Ott Family Foundation Fka as Ott Charitable Foundation based?
The Ott Family Foundation Fka as Ott Charitable Foundation 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 54 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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