Does The William a and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation Attn Kay Parker 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 William a and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation Attn Kay Parker?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ralph H and Ruth J McCullough Foundation, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation.

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The William a and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation Attn Kay Parker

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.

$823k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 41
Grants FY2025: 36
Organizations funded FY2024: 14%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $20,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $70,000
Organizations funded a year: 36 to 43; FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 4
Total assets, FY2025: $15M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 14% of the organizations The William a and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation Attn Kay Parker 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; $75k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationArts & CultureHealthAnimalsYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	34	$823k	15%
FY2024	36	$795k	14%
FY2023	43	$892k	21%
FY2022	38	$739k	32%
FY2021	39	$713k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$1.4MEducation$1.3MArts & Culture$590kReligion$220kRecreation & Sports$175kHuman Services$75kEnvironment$45kCrime & Legal$45kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Baylor University	$230,000	5	0%
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc	$175,000	5	0%
Texas Heart Institute	$170,000	5	0%
University of St Thomas	$165,000	5	0%
Phi Delta Theta Foundation	$157,500	5	1%
St Thomas High School	$115,145	5	n/a
The Council on Recovery	$110,000	5	0%
Houston Maritime Museum	$95,000	4	7%
Alley Theatre	$85,000	4	0%
The Methodist Hospital Foundation	$75,000	5	0%

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All grantees of The William a and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation Attn Kay Parker by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Baylor University	$230,000	5	0%
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc	$175,000	5	0%
Texas Heart Institute	$170,000	5	0%
University of St Thomas	$165,000	5	0%
Phi Delta Theta Foundation	$157,500	5	1%
St Thomas High School	$115,145	5	n/a
The Council on Recovery	$110,000	5	0%
Houston Maritime Museum	$95,000	4	7%
Alley Theatre	$85,000	4	0%
The Methodist Hospital Foundation	$75,000	5	0%
Pathways for Little Feet	$65,000	5	2%
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston	$60,000	4	n/a
Retina Research Foundation	$60,000	5	1%
Student Mobilization Inc	$55,000	3	n/a
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston	$55,000	4	0%
John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science	$50,000	2	1%
The Blue Bird Circle	$50,000	5	1%
Strake Jesuit College Prep	$46,000	2	n/a
Bayou Land Conservancy	$45,000	3	4%
Glenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation Foundation	$40,000	4	1%
Houston Jazz Orchestra	$35,000	5	n/a
Docfest Inc	$35,000	5	27%
Nerys Promise	$35,000	4	5%
Texas Children's Hospital	$25,000	1	0%
Ft Bend County Child Advocates Inc	$25,000	1	n/a
Joy Development School	$25,000	2	0%
Seeds of Hope Inc	$25,000	1	6%
Lafayette College	$25,000	1	0%
Rescued Pets Movement Inc	$25,000	2	0%
Magnificat Houses Inc	$20,000	2	0%
Bach Society Houston	$20,000	3	2%
Freestone County Historical and Museum Association Inc	$15,000	1	7%
Family Promise of Greater New Braunfels	$15,000	5	1%
Houston's Amazing Place Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Southern Oaks Volunteer Fire Department	$10,000	1	7%
Christ Church Cathedral	$10,000	1	n/a
Young Life	$10,000	2	0%
Emancipet Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Round Top Library Association Inc	$7,500	4	1%
Alberto Esco Foundation Inc	$5,000	1	46%
Muy Grande Ministries	$5,000	1	2%
Kappa Kappa Gamma Charitable Foundation of Houston	$5,000	1	4%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.

The William a and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation Attn Kay Parker supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 35.

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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.

The Ralph H and Ruth J McCullough FoundationTX51.6× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About The William a and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation Attn Kay Parker

How much does The William a and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation Attn Kay Parker give?: The William a and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation Attn Kay Parker reported 41 grants totaling $822,985 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 43 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does The William a and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation Attn Kay Parker fund?: By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (35%), Education (32%), Arts & Culture (15%).
Who are The William a and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation Attn Kay Parker's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Baylor University ($230k), Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc ($175k), Texas Heart Institute ($170k).
Does The William a and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation Attn Kay Parker fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The William a and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation Attn Kay Parker 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 William a and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation Attn Kay Parker?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ralph H and Ruth J McCullough Foundation, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation.
Where is The William a and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation Attn Kay Parker based?: The William a and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation Attn Kay Parker is based in TX.