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The Vermillion Family Foundation In

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.

$38k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0168% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Religion$40kEducation$28kArts & Culture$16kInternational$10kYouth Development$8kHousing & Shelter$7kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kPhilanthropy$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k22 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$119k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Friends Seminary$10,000
Jermiah Program$5,000
Thomas Jefferson High School Alumni$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
Kinkaid$2,200
Individual grant recipient$1,200
Island Healthcare$1,000
Houston Museum of Natural Science$1,000
Syracuse University$1,000
Young Life$1,000
Salvation Army$1,000
Greater Houston Community Foundation$1,000
Save the Children$590
Vineyard Golf Foundation$500
Faith in Practice$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 81% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%North Water Street Corp: $3k → 8%Jermiah Program: $5k → 11%Syracuse University: $1k → 14%Friends Seminary: $10k → 17%Saint Ann's: $5k → 20%Candlelighters: $5k → 8%Young Life: $1k → 9%Sigma Phi Epsilon: $2k → 10%NTXJ Dallas Alumni: $1k → 14%Children's Museum of Houston: $5k → 16%General Board of Global Ministries: $3k → 13%Kappa Kappa Gamma: $3k → 15%Salvation Army World Service Office: $5k → 9%Island Healthcare: $1k → 8%St Anns School: $5k → 17%Sigma Phi Epsilon: $2k → 10%Communites Foundation of Texas: $1k → 14%National MS: $1k → 16%MV Boys and Girls Club: $1k → 8%Friends Seminary: $10k → 17%Sigma Phi Epsilon: $1k → 10%Thomas Jefferson High School Alumni: $5k → 14%MV Preservation: $1k → 8%Sigma Phi Epsilon: $1k → 10%St Anns School: $5k → 17%Sigma Phi Epsilon: $1k → 10%Red Cross: $5k → 16%Friends Seminary: $10k → 17%Greater Houston Community Foundation: $1k → 16%Power My Learning: $1k → 17%Salvation Army: $1k → 16%Friends Seminary: $10k → 17%Harmon Family Foundation: $1k → 16%Harmon Family Foundation: $1k → 16%Scenic Houston: $1k → 16%MV Museum: $1k → 8%Ladies Into Purchasing Stock: $5k → 16%Kinkaid: $10k → 16%Kinkaid: $3k → 16%Kinkaid: $2k → 16%Kinkaid: $2k → 16%Houston Animal Shetler: $1k → 16%St Martins: $5k → 16%St Martin's: $5k → 16%St Martin's: $5k → 16%Houston Golf Association: $1k → 16%Memorial Park Conservatory: $8k → 16%Memorial Park Conservatory: $1k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
OH
NJ
CT
VA
KS
DC
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$121k · 16 repeat orgs$71k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +1% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
27

Total granted

$121k
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
-5%

Still filing today

31%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalArts & CultureHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • HF
    HARMON FAMILY FOUNDATION (FKA THE CLAUDE HARMON FOUNDATION)
    3× · 2021–2024 · $3k · revenue +131%
  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $2k · revenue +1%
  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • The Trustees of Princeton University
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -34%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2023–2024 · $5k
  • LI
    LADIES INTO PURCHASING STOCK INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +22%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
2
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
3
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
4
Mhs Physicians of Texas

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,…

Health
5
Memorial Hermann Medical Group

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,…

Health
6
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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7
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
8
University of St Thomas

We are the University of St. Thomas, the Catholic University in the heart of Houston. We are committed to the Catholic intellectual tradition and the dialogue between faith and reason. By pursuing excellence in teaching, scholarship and…

Education
9
South Texas College of Law Houston Inc

South texas college of law houston provides a diverse body of students the opportunity to obtain an exceptional legal education, preparing graduates to serve their community and profession with distinction.

Education
10
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
11
Witte Museum

The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.

Arts & Culture
12
The Methodist Hospital Foundation

Mission: this organization is part of the methodist hospital, doing business as houston methodist hospital, whose mission is: to provide high quality, cost-effective health care that delivers the best value to the people we serve in a…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Houston Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Harmon Family Foundation (Fka the Claude Harmon Foundation). Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 60 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
11/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS SEMINARY: $40,000 · OtherFRIENDS SEMINARYKinkaid: $18,200 · OtherKinkaidIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSt Anns School: $10,000 · OtherSt Anns SchoolIndividual grant recipient: $8,510 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $7,002 · OtherThomas Jefferson High School Alumni: $5,500 · Other+39 more: $49,660 · Other+39 moreThe Trustees of Princeton University: $10,000 · EducationSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $300 · EducationTHE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE: $5,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $2,210 · InternationalFAITH IN PRACTICE: $500 · InternationalCHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $1,100 · Arts & CultureHouston Museum of Natural Science: $1,000 · Arts & CultureJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $1,804 · Housing & ShelterLADIES INTO PURCHASING STOCK INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentHouston Golf Association Inc: $2,010 · Recreation & Sports
Other$153,872Education$11,300International$7,710Arts & Culture$7,100Housing & Shelter$6,804Youth Development$6,000Recreation & Sports$2,010

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLADIES INTO PURCHASING STOCK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARMON FAMILY FOUNDATION (FKA THE CLAUDE HARMON FOUNDATION): $2,750 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $2,210 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Golf Association Inc: $2,010 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $1,804 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $1,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSCENIC HOUSTON INC: $1,010 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $1,005 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Museum of Natural Science: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPowerMyLearning Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAITH IN PRACTICE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOATHOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEDGARTOWN PATROLMEN'S ASSOCIATION I: $200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE EDGARTOWN FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATIONINC: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds LADIES INTO PURCHASING STOCK INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds JEREMIAH PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds THE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE ↗
  • Who funds HARMON FAMILY FOUNDATION (FKA THE CLAUDE HARMON FOUNDATION) ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Houston Golf Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds SCENIC HOUSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds Houston Museum of Natural Science ↗
  • Who funds PowerMyLearning Inc ↗

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.

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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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Vermillion Family Foundation In funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Vermillion Family Foundation In. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 60 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home