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Three G Foundation at a glance

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Three G 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.

$645k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$160k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$560kScience & Tech$400kHealth$345kEducation$275kPublic Benefit$205kRecreation & Sports$26kHuman Services$17k
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $207k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $430k
$25,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE$159,542
PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH INC$150,000
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$70,265
Individual grant recipient$50,000
GEORGIA OKEEFFE MUSEUM$25,000
AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE$25,000
HOUSTON CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY$25,000
MODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH$25,000
THE TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE$25,000
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON$25,000
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION$15,000
UNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION$12,000
GLENWOOD CEMETERY HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION$10,000
TURNING POINT USA NFP$10,000
PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$10,000
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 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TURNING POINT USA NFP: $25k → 11%PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%PROJECT VERITAS: $15k → 9%TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $50k → 10%MODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH: $25k → 11%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $25k → 16%GEORGIA OKEEFFE MUSEUM: $25k → 12%AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE: $50k → 14%PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH INC: $150k → 11%KAPPA DELTA: $50k → 17%UNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION: $12k → 5%INDEPENDENT WOMEN'S FORUM: $15k → 16%TURNING POINT USA NFP: $15k → 11%PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%MODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH: $25k → 11%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $25k → 16%GEORGIA OKEEFFE MUSEUM: $25k → 12%AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE: $25k → 14%PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH INC: $100k → 11%UNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION: $9k → 5%INDEPENDENT WOMEN'S FORUM: $15k → 16%TURNING POINT USA NFP: $10k → 11%PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $25k → 16%AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE: $25k → 14%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $25k → 16%THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE: $215k → 16%THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE: $160k → 16%THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $70k → 16%MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $67k → 16%MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $50k → 16%THE TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE: $50k → 16%THE TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE: $35k → 16%THE TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE: $25k → 16%HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE: $25k → 16%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON: $25k → 16%GLENWOOD CEMETERY HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%GLENWOOD CEMETERY HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%GLENWOOD CEMETERY HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%THE SALVATION ARMY OF HOUSTON: $9k → 16%THE SALVATION ARMY OF HOUSTON: $9k → 16%HOUSTON CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $25k → 16%HOUSTON CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $25k → 16%HOUSTON CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $25k → 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

NY
MA
NJ
CA
VA
AZ
NM
TN
DC
TX
FL
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 18 repeat orgs$170k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against -9% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
5

Total granted

$1.7M
$120k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
-9%

Still filing today

83%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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
Arts & CultureHealthEducationPublic BenefitCivil RightsRecreation & 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

  • Houston Museum of Natural Science
    3× · 2022–2024 · $400k · revenue +5%
  • TM
    THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON
    3× · 2022–2024 · $100k · revenue +65%
  • AF
    AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $100k · revenue +116%

Funded once

  • HH
    HISTORIC HOUSTON
    one grant, 2022 · $65k · revenue -33%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER HOUSTON
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • PV
    PROJECT VERITAS
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +158%
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
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
2
Houston Botanic Garden

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

Environment
3
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
4
Museum of American Finance

Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…

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5
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
6
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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7
The Heritage Society

The Heritage Society (THS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1954 whose mission is to tell the stories of the diverse history of Houston and Texas through collections, exhibits, the arts, educational programs, film, video, and other…

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8
Glasstire

Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.

Arts & Culture
9
President and Fellows of Harvard College

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

Education
10
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
11
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is United States Equestrian Team Foundation Inc. 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

18 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. 18 of the 24 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Houston Museum of Natural Science: $399,731 · Arts & CultureHouston Museum of Natural ScienceThe Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc: $250,000 · Arts & CultureThe Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach IncTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTONHISTORIC HOUSTON: $64,950 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC HOUSTONGEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM: $50,000 · Arts & CultureGEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUMGLENWOOD CEMETERY HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Arts & CultureMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $187,265 · OtherMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTERHOUSTON CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $75,000 · OtherHOUSTON CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITYTURNING POINT USA INC: $50,000 · OtherTURNING POINT USA INCIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH: $50,000 · OtherMODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WOR…UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER HOUSTON: $25,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $17,000 · Other+2 more: $22,500 · OtherAMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $100,000 · EducationAMERICA F…PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationPRAGER UN…Texas Heart Institute: $110,000 · HealthKEVIN BABINGTON FOUNDATION: $8,000 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $7,500 · HealthTEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Public BenefitIndependent Women's Forum: $30,000 · Civil RightsUNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION INC: $25,500 · Recreation & Sports
Arts & Culture$894,681Other$476,765Education$150,000Health$125,500Public Benefit$125,000Civil Rights$30,000Recreation & Sports$25,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHouston Museum of Natural Science: $399,731 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc: $250,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTexas Heart Institute: $110,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $100,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $100,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHOUSTON CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHISTORIC HOUSTON: $64,950 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetIndependent Women's Forum: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGLENWOOD CEMETERY HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION INC: $25,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $7,500 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.

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.

Greater Houston Commu…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX16.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Three G Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Three G Foundation. 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s 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 · 0–10%
    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 24 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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