Texas · Private foundation
The Winston Charitable 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.
- $268k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $23,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Winston Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $245k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $242k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $235k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $177k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $150k | 71% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $115k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Museum of Fine Arts Houston | $153,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Discovery Green Conservancy | $120,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc | $110,500 | 5 | 1% |
| The Brookwood Community Inc | $93,000 | 4 | 0% |
| San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts | $85,500 | 4 | 3% |
| New Village Charter School Inc | $73,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Hunt Volunteer Fire Department | $67,500 | 4 | 16% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kimble Rural Fire Department | $45,000 | 2 | 22% |
| St Andrews Presbyterian Church | $26,944 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Museum of Fine Arts Houston | $153,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Discovery Green Conservancy | $120,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc | $110,500 | 5 | 1% |
| The Brookwood Community Inc | $93,000 | 4 | 0% |
| San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts | $85,500 | 4 | 3% |
| New Village Charter School Inc | $73,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Hunt Volunteer Fire Department | $67,500 | 4 | 16% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kimble Rural Fire Department | $45,000 | 2 | 22% |
| St Andrews Presbyterian Church | $26,944 | 2 | n/a |
| Covenant House Texas | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mission of Yahweh Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Sunshine Kids Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| James Phillips Williams Mem Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Catholic Outreach Services of San Angelo | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Custom Coastal Outreach Inc | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($264k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Winston Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Sterling-Turner Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Winston Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Winston Charitable Foundation give?
- The Winston Charitable Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $268,069 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Winston Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (25%), Arts & Culture (23%), Public Safety & Disaster (10%).
- Who are The Winston Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: The Museum of Fine Arts Houston ($153k), Discovery Green Conservancy ($120k), Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc ($111k).
- Does The Winston Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Winston Charitable Foundation 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 Winston Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sterling-Turner Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Winston Charitable Foundation based?
- The Winston Charitable Foundation is based in TX.
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