· Private foundation
The Vick Family Foundation Inc
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.
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.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SPCA OF TEXAS-DALLAS | $1,930 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $1,045 |
| SMAA Relief Fund - Central TX Flood | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 34% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC5× · 2017–2021 · $8k · revenue +98%- EPEL PASO EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC2× · 2017–2018 · $4k · revenue +124%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION2× · 2018–2019 · $4k · revenue +36%
Funded once
- UAUT Austin Rec Sportsone grant, 2018 · $20k
- UOUniversity of Texasone grant, 2017 · $20k
- SESt Edwards Universityone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -3%
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.
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…
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,…
Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.
Editorial projects in education, inc. (epe) was established to raise the level of awareness and understanding among professionals and the public of important issues in american education through a variety of targeted products and media.…
The texas medical association (tma), the nation's largest and one of the oldest state medical societies, represents over 59,000 physicians and medical students dedicated to enhancing the health of all texans. in collaboration with 110…
To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education, and research.
University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…
The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…
American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…
See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…
Uatx is a nonprofit dedicated to building a liberal arts university committed to freedom of inquiry, freedom of conscience, and civil discourse. to maintain these principles, the university will be fiercely independent financially,…
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 34 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.
- Who funds KIDS WHO CARE INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds St Edwards University ↗
- Who funds BIG THOUGHT ↗
- Who funds EL PASO EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SPCA of Texas ↗
- Who funds EAST TEXAS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Vick Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Vick Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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