· Private foundation
The Prioleau Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
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 $10k14 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $52k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY | $21,500 |
| GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL | $7,100 |
| PRO-VISION INC | $7,000 |
| FORUM OF CIVICS FOUNDATION | $2,850 |
| HOUSTON BARC FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY | $2,000 |
| THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON | $2,000 |
| MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF TEXAS | $1,500 |
| HOUSTON AREA PARKINSON SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| KIDS' MEALS INC | $515 |
| HOUSTON FOOD BANK | $500 |
| HOUSTON BOTANIC GARDEN | $500 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC | $300 |
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 (FY24–24, $515) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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 +64% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.
38 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down; 3 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, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Washington and Lee University8× · 2017–2024 · $94k · revenue +15%- GBGalveston Bay Foundation Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $75k · revenue +156%
- HAHouston Area Parkinson Society8× · 2017–2024 · $29k · revenue +83%
Funded once
- TSTHE SALVATION ARMY USAone grant, 2020 · $6k
- BBakerRipleygraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +89%
- GCGLENWOOD CEMETARY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $5k
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.
The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…
To advance the conservation of birds and their habitats in the Greater Houston Gulf Coast region by acquiring and maintaining critical habitat as bird sanctuaries, providing education programs and nature experiences, and advocating policy…
The Heritage Society (THS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1954 whose mission is to tell the stories of the diverse history of Houston and Texas through collections, exhibits, the arts, educational programs, film, video, and other…
The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.
Our mission is to be the leading advocate for our member physicians, their patients and our community, in promoting the highest standards of ethical medical practice, access to quality medical care, medical education, research, and…
The Houston Bar Foundation supports programs that help provide legal representation to the indigent, promote community understanding of our legal system, and foster the administration of justice.
The Houston Parks Board mission is to expand, improve, and protect parks and greenspace in the Houston region.
The mission of Breakthrough Houston (BTH) is to work with highly motivated students to achieve post-secondary success and empower aspiring leaders to become the next generation of educational advocates.
The Health Museum is an innovative science center that provides an interactive and entertaining experience for all ages, promotes understanding and appreciation of the human body, mind, and spirit, and inspires a lifelong commitment to…
The Houston Parks Board Foundation provides the Houston Parks Board with financial assistance to support operations and park projects.
To completely restore Houston Freedmen's Town as a heritage district that provides America with its only Freedmen's Town.
Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…
How this is measured
47 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 47 of the 81 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.
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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.
Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Strake Foundation · Alvin & Lucy Owsley Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · LykesKnapp Family Fund · The Elkins Foundation · Boyd and Evelyn Mullen Charitable Foundation · The Vaughn Foundation CO Huntington National Bank
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Prioleau Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Prioleau Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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