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The Vaughn Foundation CO Huntington National Bank

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.

$488k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
57
Grants FY2025
61
Organizations funded FY2024
13%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$35,000
Organizations funded a year
44 to 61
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$6.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The Vaughn Foundation CO Huntington National Bank funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k 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
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationCrime & LegalPhilanthropyOther
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 arriving57$488k7%
FY202461$448k13%
FY202357$405k14%
FY202259$391k36%
FY202153$393k40%
FY202047$400k19%
FY201946$380k20%
FY201844$380k30%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$1.2MHealth$663kEducation$433kHuman Services$415kReligion$246kFood & Nutrition$157kRecreation & Sports$97kCrime & Legal$96kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
NJ
KY
VA
TN
NC
AL
TX

Top grantees

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

Show all 84 grantees
All grantees of The Vaughn Foundation CO Huntington National Bank by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston$129,00040%
Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc$105,00090%
Texas Children's Hospital$100,00090%
The Houston Food Bank$91,50080%
Houston Ballet Foundation$90,00050%
The Orange Show Foundation$88,00081%
Houston Grand Opera Association Inc$85,00050%
Houston Symphony Society$85,00060%
Christian Community Service Center Inc$80,00090%
Houston International Dance Coalition$80,00057%
Music in Context$75,000512%
Child Advocates Inc$70,00090%
Menil Foundation Inc$60,00030%
Performing Arts Houston$60,00050%
Alley Theatre$55,00060%
Episcopal High School$45,0004n/a
St Luke's United Methodist Church$45,0005n/a
Yellowstone Academy Inc Dba Yellowstone Schools$45,00090%
Nora's Gift Foundation Inc$45,00040%
The Forge for Families$42,50051%
Houston Parks Board$42,00080%
Bo's Place$41,00080%
Meals on Wheels Ministry Inc$40,50070%
Chamber Music Houston Inc$40,00035%
The Center for Hearing and Speech$38,00080%
Chinquapin Preparatory School$35,00050%
Shepherds Watch Foundation$32,50038%
The Foundation for Hope Village$32,50070%
Covenant House Texas$32,50050%
Prison Entrepreneurship Program Inc$30,00040%
Main Street Theater Houston$30,00041%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$30,00030%
Spectrum Fusion$30,00038%
Special Olympics of Texas Inc$30,00080%
Spaulding for Children$30,00040%
The Furniture Bank$27,50060%
Stages$25,00040%
Target Hunger Inc$25,00040%
Sire Inc$25,00050%
Mercy Gate Ministries$22,50031%
Galveston Bay Foundation Inc$22,50040%
Glenwood Cemetery Inc$22,00050%
Trees For Houston$20,00060%
Cho-Yeh Camp and Conference Center Inc$20,00040%
The Brookwood Community Inc$20,00030%
Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$17,50050%
Patriot Paws Service Dogs$17,50050%
Sky High for Kids Inc$15,00030%
Beyond Batten Disease Foundation$15,00030%
Gods Garage Inc$15,00051%
The Broach Foundation For Brain Cancer Research$15,00022%
HeartStone Pictures$15,000310%
Children's Assessment Center Foundation$14,50040%
Casa de Esperanza de Los Ninos Inc$12,50030%
Wolly Kitten Club$12,50045%
Alliance for Children Everywhere$12,50030%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,00020%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc$10,00020%
The Country Playhouse$10,00011%
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc$10,00020%
Communities in Schools of Houston Inc$10,00020%
Joy Development School$7,00020%
Hospice Austin$5,00010%
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc$5,00010%
St Martins Episcopal Church$5,0001n/a
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$5,00010%
The Trail Conservancy$5,0001n/a
United Against Human Trafficking$5,00010%
Beautiful Minds Enterprises$5,0001n/a
Friends of the Colorado River Foundation$5,00011%
Hrs True Hope Inc$5,00011%
The Junior League of Houston Inc$5,00010%
National Center for Police Defense Inc$4,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$4,00010%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$2,50010%
St Pius X High School$2,5001n/a
Foundation for Teen Health$2,50011%
Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation$2,50010%
Prevent Blindness Texas$2,50010%
Remind$2,50010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$2,50010%
The Periwinkle Foundation$2,50010%
The Beacon of Downtown Houston$1,00010%
Christ Church Cathedral$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Vaughn Foundation CO Huntington National Bank supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Museum of Fine Arts Houston: $129,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc: $105,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $100,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $91,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Ballet Foundation: $90,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Orange Show Foundation: $88,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetHouston Grand Opera Association Inc: $85,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Symphony Society: $85,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Community Service Center Inc: $80,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetHouston International Dance Coalition: $80,000 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetMusic in Context: $75,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetChild Advocates Inc: $70,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetMenil Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPerforming Arts Houston: $60,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAlley Theatre: $55,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetYellowstone Academy Inc Dba Yellowstone Schools: $45,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNora's Gift Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Forge for Families: $42,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetHouston Parks Board: $42,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBo's Place: $41,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetMeals on Wheels Ministry Inc: $40,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetChamber Music Houston Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetThe Center for Hearing and Speech: $38,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetChinquapin Preparatory School: $35,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetShepherds Watch Foundation: $32,500 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetThe Foundation for Hope Village: $32,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCovenant House Texas: $32,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPrison Entrepreneurship Program Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMain Street Theater Houston: $30,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSpectrum Fusion: $30,000 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetSpecial Olympics of Texas Inc: $30,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSpaulding for Children: $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Furniture Bank: $27,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetStages: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTarget Hunger Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSire Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMercy Gate Ministries: $22,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetGalveston Bay Foundation Inc: $22,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGlenwood Cemetery Inc: $22,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTrees For Houston: $20,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCho-Yeh Camp and Conference Center Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPatriot Paws Service Dogs: $17,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSky High for Kids Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBeyond Batten Disease Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGods Garage Inc: $15,000 over 5y, 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 77.

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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 FoundationTX51.9× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Strake Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · Sterling-Turner Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund · The Powell Foundation · The Junior League of Houston Inc

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 Vaughn Foundation CO Huntington National Bank

How much does The Vaughn Foundation CO Huntington National Bank give?
The Vaughn Foundation CO Huntington National Bank reported 57 grants totaling $488,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 44 and 61 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Vaughn Foundation CO Huntington National Bank fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (33%), Health (18%), Education (12%).
Who are The Vaughn Foundation CO Huntington National Bank's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Museum of Fine Arts Houston ($129k), Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc ($105k), Texas Children's Hospital ($100k).
Does The Vaughn Foundation CO Huntington National Bank fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Vaughn Foundation CO Huntington National Bank 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 Vaughn Foundation CO Huntington National Bank?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Strake Foundation, The Brown Foundation Inc.
Where is The Vaughn Foundation CO Huntington National Bank based?
The Vaughn Foundation CO Huntington National Bank 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 134 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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