Texas · Private foundation
The Wt & Louise J Moran 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.
- $3.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 43
- Grants FY2024
- 47
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 41 to 55
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $51M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations The Wt & Louise J Moran Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $225k 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 | 43 | $3.3M | 5% |
| FY2023 | 47 | $3.2M | 15% |
| FY2022 | 41 | $2.0M | 2% |
| FY2021 | 52 | $4.2M | 8% |
| FY2020 | 51 | $2.3M | 2% |
| FY2019 | 55 | $2.0M | 18% |
| FY2018 | 49 | $1.5M | 16% |
| FY2017 | 49 | $2.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Museum of Natural Science | $2,765,928 | 8 | 3% |
| Christian Community Service Center Inc | $1,402,500 | 7 | 6% |
| Camp For All Foundation | $1,310,000 | 8 | 3% |
| The Methodist Hospital Foundation | $1,200,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Houston Zoo Inc | $810,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area | $807,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Kids' Meals Inc | $760,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Children's Museum Inc | $710,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Alley Theatre | $625,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Houston Botanic Garden | $545,000 | 5 | 4% |
Show all 62 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Wt & Louise J Moran Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 54 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Wt & Louise J Moran Foundation
- How much does The Wt & Louise J Moran Foundation give?
- The Wt & Louise J Moran Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $3,320,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 55 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Wt & Louise J Moran Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (14%), Youth Development (13%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are The Wt & Louise J Moran Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Houston Museum of Natural Science ($2.8M), Christian Community Service Center Inc ($1.4M), Camp For All Foundation ($1.3M).
- Does The Wt & Louise J Moran Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wt & Louise J Moran 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 Wt & Louise J Moran Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Strake Foundation, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Wt & Louise J Moran Foundation based?
- The Wt & Louise J Moran Foundation is based in TX.
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