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The Powell Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$20M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
271
Grants FY2025
214
Organizations funded FY2024
22%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,500,000
Organizations funded a year
107 to 225
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
22
Total assets, FY2025
$492M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 22% of the organizations The Powell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.9M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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 arriving207$20M32%
FY2024214$18M22%
FY2023209$18M27%
FY2022225$19M34%
FY2021201$15M50%
FY2019139$8.7M43%
FY2017107$4.6Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$41MArts & Culture$14MYouth Development$8.1MRecreation & Sports$6.7MEnvironment$6.4MHealth$5.1MHuman Services$4.8MPhilanthropy$3.7MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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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
Mindpop$2,048,032660%
The Bridgespan Group Inc$1,948,53321%
Boys & Girls Club of Walker County Texas Inc$1,677,29578%
Good Reason Houston Inc$1,550,00033%
Bridgeyear$1,529,815619%
Precinct4forward$1,510,000115%
Kaboom Inc$1,495,25615%
The Holdsworth Center$1,481,16432%
Spark$1,461,814518%
Hermann Park Conservancy$1,298,89037%
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All grantees of The Powell Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mindpop$2,048,032660%
The Bridgespan Group Inc$1,948,53321%
Boys & Girls Club of Walker County Texas Inc$1,677,29578%
Good Reason Houston Inc$1,550,00033%
Bridgeyear$1,529,815619%
Precinct4forward$1,510,000115%
Kaboom Inc$1,495,25615%
The Holdsworth Center$1,481,16432%
Spark$1,461,814518%
Hermann Park Conservancy$1,298,89037%
United Way for Greater Austin$1,255,72943%
Collaborative for Children$1,216,91637%
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas$1,199,94742%
United Way of Greater Houston$1,100,00050%
Breakthrough$1,098,38467%
Communities in Schools of Houston Inc$1,069,80061%
HAY Center Foundation$1,000,000264%
Houston Arts Alliance$993,40514%
Collegespring Inc$972,115329%
Breakthrough Houston$964,151453%
YES Prep Public Schools Inc$950,00060%
Houston Zoo Inc$872,00071%
Equal Opportunity Schools$866,57017%
Memorial Park Conservancy Inc$861,00056%
Children's Museum Inc$854,60563%
The W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation$786,50063%
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center$785,000515%
Texas Children's Hospital$755,00050%
E3 Alliance$750,000510%
Buffalo Bayou Partnership Inc$733,73035%
Arts Connect Houston$675,000426%
Discoveru$645,000513%
New Hope Housing Inc$625,00024%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$612,00060%
Search Homeless Services$602,5007n/a
Creative Action$597,70048%
Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy$592,960232%
Young Audiences Inc of Houston$590,000612%
Kids' Meals Inc$575,00062%
Camp Allen Camp & Conference Center$572,50071%
First3years$555,000616%
Improving Education Inc$551,000314%
Texans Care For Children Inc$550,000311%
The Woods Project$543,500624%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc$530,00061%
The Center for Hearing and Speech$528,00013%
FuelEd Schools Inc$525,000518%
Mental Health America of Greater Houston Inc$520,000512%
Waterloo Greenway Conservancy$512,21852%
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston$509,00070%
Trees For Houston$502,50044%
Communities in Schools of Central Texas$500,00061%
Hill Country Conservancy$491,52712%
Onegoal$480,00060%
Making It Better dba Literacy Now$450,000319%
Texas 2036$450,00032%
National Association For Family Child Care$450,00023%
EMERGE Fellowship$450,00036%
National Wildlife Federation$430,00040%
Prounitas Inc$425,00053%
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc$416,11671%
Texas Association for the Education of Young Children$415,00018%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Austin and Travis County Inc$415,00062%
Writers in the Schools$415,00068%
Teach Plus Inc$411,50061%
Houston Ballet Foundation$409,00070%
Summer House Institute$400,000333%
University of Houston Foundation$399,00012%
Houston Grand Opera Association Inc$390,10070%
KIPP Texas Inc$380,00040%
The Beacon of Downtown Houston$379,50054%
American Festival for the Arts$375,000620%
Target Hunger Inc$372,50052%
Education First$372,3131n/a
4point0 Schools$370,000139%
Houston Symphony Society$365,82070%
Austin Children's Museum$360,00043%
Austin Theatre Alliance$346,96861%
Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc$335,00050%
Sam Houston State University$334,1772n/a
The Trail Conservancy$330,0001n/a
Houston Botanic Garden$325,00051%
Houston Museum of Natural Science$325,00070%
Teach for America Inc$325,00040%
Alley Theatre$325,00070%
Menil Foundation Inc$322,90550%
Fotofest Inc$315,00077%
Houston Area Women's Center$312,00070%
Depelchin Children's Center$305,00050%
Urban Harvest Inc$300,00064%
Children At Risk$300,00024%
iEDUCATE$300,000318%
Main Street Theater Houston$295,00063%
Remind$291,10048%
The Houston Audubon Society$285,66872%
Travis Audubon Society Inc$285,000614%
The Contemporary Austin Museum Inc$285,00051%
Coastal Prairie Conservancy$285,00042%
Texas Partnership for Out of School Time$275,000530%
Family Service Center of Houston and Harris County$275,00042%
Ballet Austin Incorporated$272,50051%
BookSpring$260,00066%
Complete College America Inc$250,00022%
Austin Partners in Education$245,00053%
Chinese Community Center Inc$245,00061%
Shoal Creek Conservancy$240,000510%
Hype Freedom School Inc$240,000317%
Childbuilders$237,500712%
Partnership For The Advancement And Immersion Of Refugees$235,000420%
Brighter Bites Inc$235,00021%
Relay Graduate School of Education$235,00030%
Ser-Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast Inc$234,25045%
Memorial Assistance Ministries$232,00062%
Knowledge Arts Foundation (Teach)$231,00043%
Friends of the Children - Austin$230,00043%
Miller Theatre Advisory Board Inc$225,00032%
Foundation Communities Inc$225,00030%
Bayou Land Conservancy$225,000410%
Barton Springs Conservancy$215,000338%
Families Empowered$215,00057%
Austin Youth & Community Farm Inc Dba Urban Roots$215,000310%
The Safe Alliance$215,00050%
Genaustin$210,00045%
Art League of Houston$205,00063%
Leading Educators Inc$200,00012%
TEACHorg Inc$200,00014%
Houston Youth Symphony$200,00068%
Project Row Houses$200,00024%
Teach Inc$200,00011%
Emancipation Park Conservancy$200,00046%
Houston Public Library Foundation$200,00045%
Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County$200,00040%
BakerRipley$200,00030%
Boy Scouts of America 571 Circle Ten Council$188,47060%
Central Texas Food Bank Inc$175,00020%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star$175,00050%
Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston$175,00030%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas Inc$165,00053%
Center for Women and Their Work Inc$162,250312%
School Year Abroad Inc$161,00060%
Prelude Music Foundation$160,000326%
Seedling Foundation$160,00054%
The Urban Enrichment Institute$160,000412%
Performing Arts Houston$160,00041%
The Anderson Center for the Arts$160,00035%
Open Dance Project Inc$160,00036%
Connective$150,0001n/a
Children's Assessment Center Foundation$150,00021%
Bayou City Waterkeeper Inc$150,00037%
Social Motion Inc$150,000110%
Easter Seals of Greater Houston Inc$150,00020%
New Teacher Center$150,00011%
Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center$150,00057%
Houston Metropolitan Dance Center Inc$135,000410%
College Forward$131,50041%
St John's School$131,50070%
Bridges to Life$130,00043%
Wesley Community Center Inc of Houston Texas$125,00031%
Mainspring Schools Inc$125,0001n/a
The Education Trust Inc$125,00030%
University of Arizona Foundation$121,00060%
Local Infant Formula for Emergencies$120,00035%
Families in Nature$120,000138%
William Marsh Rice University$118,25030%
Eight Million Stories Inc$100,00025%
Rooted School Foundation$100,0001n/a
Youth Justice Alliance$100,000221%
Austin Public Library Friends Foundation$100,00045%
Texas Cultural Trust Council$100,00023%
Vincare Services of Austin Foundation$100,0001n/a
The Ensemble Theatre$100,00022%
Houston Independent School District Foundation$100,00024%
Casa Mateo$100,00015%
Latinos for Education Inc$100,00031%
Withmerci Foundation$95,000167%
Austin Public Education Foundation$93,00022%
Episcopal High School$91,5434n/a
Da Camera Society of Texas$90,00031%
Manor Isd Education Foundation$90,0001n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas Inc$90,00050%
Con Mi MADRE$90,00033%
The Howard University$90,00040%
Texas State University Development Foundation$88,00051%
The Houston Food Bank$86,50060%
Project GRAD Houston$85,00034%
One Simple Wish Inc$85,00041%
ACLU Foundation of Texas Inc$85,00061%
Zilker 351$80,0001n/a
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America$78,000410%
A Time 2 Read Inc$75,000325%
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra$68,85033%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$62,50040%
Austin Explore Inc$60,00022%
Holocaust Museum Houston$60,00020%
Wayside Schools$55,00020%
Randolph College Inc$52,50040%
IDEA Public Schools$52,50010%
Texas Tribune Inc$52,48240%
Transmit Receive Labs Inc$50,50050%
Any Baby Can of Austin Inc$50,00010%
Texas Health and Environment Alliance Inc$50,000111%
Asia Society Texas Center$50,00010%
Reve Preparatory Inc$50,00021%
The Beta Foundation$50,00020%
Texas Tech Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Fun4seniors$50,0001n/a
Harris County Hospital District Foundation$50,00010%
Youth and Family Alliance$50,00010%
East End Improvement Corporation$50,000130%
The Austin Symphony Orchestra Society Inc$50,00011%
The Foundation at Shield Ranch$50,00013%
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston$50,0001n/a
TreeFolks Inc$50,00012%
Lakeshore Park Conservancy$47,50040%
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society$45,00060%
Interfaith Health Center$45,00030%
National Network of Abortion Funds Lilith Fund$44,00031%
Boys and Girls Country of Houston Inc$40,00040%
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc$38,90040%
Parish Episcopal School$37,50030%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc$36,22520%
Texas Land Conservancy$35,50031%
Ursuline Academy of Dallas Foundation Inc$35,0004n/a
St Lukes United Methodist Church$30,5002n/a
Empower Schools Inc$30,00011%
Harmony House Inc$30,00030%
St Marks Episcopal School$30,0002n/a
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$29,90060%
Manned Space Flight Education Foundation Inc$29,70070%
National Women's Law Center$29,50040%
Transgender Law Center$29,00050%
Philanthropy Southwest$28,65050%
The Christian Relief Fund$28,00010%
Friends of Red Clay State Historic Area$25,0001n/a
Musiqa$25,0001n/a
University of Houston$25,0001n/a
The Trust for Public Land$25,00010%
Jeremiah Program$25,00010%
Literacy Advance of Houston Inc$25,00012%
Sam Houston University Foundation$25,00011%
The Ann Richards School Foundation$25,00021%
Friends of the Children$25,00010%
Houston Area Parkinson Society$23,95050%
Asheville School Inc$22,50030%
Keep Knoxville Beautiful Inc$22,50028%
Christ Church Cathedral$21,5003n/a
Deafblind Community of Texas$20,00028%
Lamar High School Alumni Associatio$20,00027%
Houston Golf Association Inc$20,000233%
Common Cause Education Fund$20,00020%
The Highland Project Inc$20,00020%
Knoxville Symphony Society Incorporated$20,00020%
The Lamplighter School$19,00010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$18,95330%
Helen Keller Services$18,00020%
United States Foundation for the Commemoration of World Wars$17,77550%
Theatre Under the Stars Inc$17,50020%
Centre College$16,90960%
Baylor University$16,50030%
Smithsonian Institution$15,85130%
Austin Disaster Relief Network$15,00010%
Escape Family Resource Center of the Exchange Clubs of Houston$15,0001n/a
Dallas 24 Hour Club Inc$15,00030%
Touch Base Center for the Deafblind$15,00023%
Careerspring Foundation$15,00021%
Texas Lyceum Association Inc Dba the Texas Lyceum$15,00031%
Northwest Assistance Ministries$15,00020%
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Inc$15,00030%
Houston Compass Inc$15,0001n/a
The Blue Bird Circle$14,75040%
Camp For All Foundation$14,50020%
Houston Achievement Place$14,00010%
Tallowood Baptist Church$13,5003n/a
Washington and Lee University$12,50030%
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$12,00020%
Northwestern University$12,00050%
350org$12,00030%
Chattanooga Area Food Bank Inc$10,00010%
Friends of the Brentwood Library$10,00018%
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School of Houston Inc$10,0001n/a
Space Workforce Incubator for Texas$10,0001n/a
Southern Methodist University$10,00020%
Houston Public Media Foundation$10,0001n/a
Texas Forestry Association Educational Fund Inc$10,00013%
Nashville Food Project Inc$10,00010%
Peace Thru Culture Inc$10,00024%
Foothills Land Conservancy$10,00011%
University of North Carolina at Chapel H Arts & Sciences Foundation$10,00010%
Growing Communities Inc$10,00011%
Rollins College$10,00010%
Wubu Foundation for Deaf Children Development International Inc$10,0002n/a
Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area$9,50010%
The University of Puget Sound$9,00040%
Save The Children Federation Inc$9,00020%
Pen American Center Inc$8,02520%
Oceana Inc$8,00010%
University of Texas$7,5002n/a
Star of Hope Mission$7,50020%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$7,00020%
The Rosedale Foundation Inc$7,0001n/a
Sierra Club Foundation$6,97930%
The Awty International School$6,96040%
Easter Seals - Central Texas Inc$6,00010%
The National World War II Museum Inc$5,79210%
Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$5,60020%
Houston Golf Association Youth Program Inc dba First Tee of Greater Houston$5,50030%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Rutherford B H Yates Museum Inc$5,00011%
North American Association for Environmental Educa$5,00010%
Crime Stoppers of Houston Inc$5,00010%
Phi Beta Kappa Alumni of Greater Houston$5,00011%
Support Organization for Trisomy 1813 - Soft Inc$5,00014%
Houston's Amazing Place Inc$5,00010%
HSPVA Friends$5,00011%
Waterfront Botanical Gardens Inc$5,00030%
Friends of Big Bend National Park$5,00010%
Emergency Aid Coalition$5,00011%
National Fallen Firefighters Foundation$5,0001n/a
Enjoyable Pain of Growth Academy$5,0001n/a
Equal Justice Initiative$5,00010%
Citizens Environmental Coalition Educational Fund$5,00013%
Avondale House Inc$4,96010%
Environment America Research and Policy Center Inc$4,50010%
My Connect Community$4,00010%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$3,97910%
Midtown Assistance Center Inc$3,75010%
St Marks Episcopal Church$3,7501n/a
Meals on Wheels Atlanta Inc$3,75010%
Twelve Days of Christmas Inc$3,50020%
Lsu Foundation$3,27420%
Bo's Place$3,26540%
American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter$3,00010%
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation$3,0001n/a
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$3,0001n/a
Inprint Inc$3,00010%
Cpl Chad Eric Oligschlaeger$3,00018%
Samaritan's Purse$2,5001n/a
Camfed USA Foundation$2,50010%
Simple Interactions Inc$2,500183%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$2,50010%
C-Stem Teacher and Student Support Services$2,50011%
Helping Hand Home for Children Inc$2,50010%
Hope and Healing Center & Institute$2,50010%
Neighborhood Schools Inc$2,50011%
Friends of the Earth$2,50010%
The Philanthropy Workshop Inc Dba Forward Global$2,5001n/a
The Orange Show Foundation$2,5001n/a
Fuse Box Austin$2,35010%
Spaulding for Children$2,35010%
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation$2,00020%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$1,50010%
Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church$1,5002n/a
Nehemiah Center Inc$1,50010%
Humane World for Animals Inc$1,04620%
Knoxville Museum of Art$1,00020%
Ex-Students' Association of Ut$1,00010%
Community Catalyst Inc$1,00010%
Laity Renewal Foundation$1,00010%
Native American Rights Fund Inc$1,00010%
The Junior League of Houston Inc$1,00010%
Team Rubicon Inc$1,00010%
The Nasher Sculpture Center$1,00010%
Wildlife Conservation Society$1,00010%
Street Hope Tn$1,00010%
Knoxville Jewish Alliance Inc$75010%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$51310%
Sight-Hearing Encouragement Program$5001n/a
Knoxville Leadership Foundation Inc$50010%
Jeris House Inc$50010%
Houston Aphasia Recovery Center$50010%
Camp Nakanawa$5001n/a
The Brookwood Community Inc$50010%
Cambridge in America$50010%
Dogwood Arts Inc$50010%
Oak Ridge Community Art Center$50010%
Stages$50010%
Society of the Sacred Heart United States Canada Province Inc$5001n/a
Lensic Performing Arts Center$2041n/a
Houston Petset$1001n/a
Congregation Shma Koleinu$501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 133 recipients with no EIN on record ($21M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Powell Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 16 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMindpop: $2,048,032 over 6y, 60% of budgetThe Bridgespan Group Inc: $1,948,533 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Walker County Texas Inc: $1,677,295 over 7y, 8.4% of budgetGood Reason Houston Inc: $1,550,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetBridgeyear: $1,529,815 over 6y, 19% of budgetPrecinct4forward: $1,510,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetKaboom Inc: $1,495,256 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetThe Holdsworth Center: $1,481,164 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetSpark: $1,461,814 over 5y, 18% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy: $1,298,890 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetUnited Way for Greater Austin: $1,255,729 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetCollaborative for Children: $1,216,916 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetMeadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas: $1,199,947 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $1,100,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetBreakthrough: $1,098,384 over 6y, 7.3% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Houston Inc: $1,069,800 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetHAY Center Foundation: $1,000,000 over 2y, 64% of budgetHouston Arts Alliance: $993,405 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetCollegespring Inc: $972,115 over 3y, 29% of budgetBreakthrough Houston: $964,151 over 4y, 53% of budgetYES Prep Public Schools Inc: $950,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHouston Zoo Inc: $872,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetEqual Opportunity Schools: $866,570 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetMemorial Park Conservancy Inc: $861,000 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetChildren's Museum Inc: $854,605 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetThe W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation: $786,500 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetHouston Arboretum & Nature Center: $785,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $755,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetE3 Alliance: $750,000 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetBuffalo Bayou Partnership Inc: $733,730 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetArts Connect Houston: $675,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetDiscoveru: $645,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetNew Hope Housing Inc: $625,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $612,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCreative Action: $597,700 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetWillow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy: $592,960 over 2y, 32% of budgetYoung Audiences Inc of Houston: $590,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetKids' Meals Inc: $575,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetCamp Allen Camp & Conference Center: $572,500 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetFirst3years: $555,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetImproving Education Inc: $551,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetTexans Care For Children Inc: $550,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetThe Woods Project: $543,500 over 6y, 24% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc: $530,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetThe Center for Hearing and Speech: $528,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetFuelEd Schools Inc: $525,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetMental Health America of Greater Houston Inc: $520,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetWaterloo Greenway Conservancy: $512,218 over 5y, 1.8% 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 200.

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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.

Houston Endowment IncTX153.8× affinity90 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Houston Endowment Inc · The Brown Foundation Inc · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Strake Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · United Way of Greater Houston · The William Stamps Farish Fund · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · The Methodist Hospital

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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How do I get to The Powell Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Powell Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Powell Foundation

How much does The Powell Foundation give?
The Powell Foundation reported 271 grants totaling $20,425,720 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 107 and 225 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does The Powell Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (32%), Arts & Culture (11%), Youth Development (6%).
Who are The Powell Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mindpop ($2.0M), The Bridgespan Group Inc ($1.9M), Boys & Girls Club of Walker County Texas Inc ($1.7M).
Does The Powell Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Powell Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Powell Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Houston Endowment Inc, The Brown Foundation Inc, Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation.
Where is The Powell Foundation based?
The Powell 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 524 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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