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Van Wie Family 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.

$99k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
24
Grants FY2024
21
Organizations funded FY2023
29%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$4,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
10 to 21
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$1.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Van Wie Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationFood & NutritionHuman ServicesOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving23$95k22%
FY202321$101k29%
FY202210$56k40%
FY202113$66k31%
FY202017$60k41%
FY201918$60k33%
FY201820$37k45%
FY201715$43kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$122kFood & Nutrition$89kInternational$78kYouth Development$62kRecreation & Sports$44kScience & Tech$35kHuman Services$15kHealth$13kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
IL
NY
OH
PA
RI
CO
MO
VA
MD
AR
TN
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Houston Food Bank$42,00050%
Martha's Table Inc$35,00060%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$30,50040%
Camp Ozark Foundation Inc$30,00061%
Faith in Practice$24,50060%
Amistad Mission Inc$16,50031%
Mexico Medical Missions$12,50070%
Evangelical Alliance Mission$10,0002n/a
Young America's Foundation$10,00010%
Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church$9,0002n/a
Show all 40 grantees
All grantees of Van Wie Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Houston Food Bank$42,00050%
Martha's Table Inc$35,00060%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$30,50040%
Camp Ozark Foundation Inc$30,00061%
Faith in Practice$24,50060%
Amistad Mission Inc$16,50031%
Mexico Medical Missions$12,50070%
Evangelical Alliance Mission$10,0002n/a
Young America's Foundation$10,00010%
Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church$9,0002n/a
Initiative to Educate Afghan Women$9,00034%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$8,00020%
Push the Rock$7,00020%
Sire Inc$6,90030%
Houston Symphony Society$6,50040%
Jerusalem Peacebuilders Inc$6,50040%
Commission to Every Nation$6,50030%
Spring Branch-Memorial Sports Assoc$6,10030%
Hermann Park Conservancy$6,00040%
Cornell University$5,00020%
American Geosciences Institute$5,00010%
Jills House Inc$4,0002n/a
Bo's Place$4,00020%
Open Door Mission$3,50010%
Nueva Vida Inc$3,00030%
Holy Spirit Episcopal Church$3,0001n/a
The Arbor School$3,00010%
Kids' Meals Inc$2,50010%
Turn It Gold$2,50011%
Search Ministries Inc$2,5002n/a
McLean Bible Church$2,5001n/a
St John's School$2,00020%
Learning With Meaning Inc$2,00010%
Trees For Houston$2,00010%
Helping a HeroOrg$2,00010%
The House DC$2,00010%
Foster the Family$2,00010%
Houston Zoo Inc$1,00010%
The Osteosarcoma Institute$1,00010%
Shelter House Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($179k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Van Wie Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $42,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMartha's Table Inc: $35,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $30,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Ozark Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetFaith in Practice: $24,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmistad Mission Inc: $16,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMexico Medical Missions: $12,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInitiative to Educate Afghan Women: $9,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetCapital Area Food Bank Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPush the Rock: $7,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSire Inc: $6,900 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHouston Symphony Society: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJerusalem Peacebuilders Inc: $6,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCommission to Every Nation: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSpring Branch-Memorial Sports Assoc: $6,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Geosciences Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBo's Place: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOpen Door Mission: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNueva Vida Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Arbor School: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKids' Meals Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTurn It Gold: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSt John's School: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLearning With Meaning Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTrees For Houston: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHelping a HeroOrg: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe House DC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFoster the Family: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Zoo Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Osteosarcoma Institute: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetShelter House Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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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 34.

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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.

Greater Houston Community FoundationTX23.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Strake Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · United Way of the National Capital Area · American Endowment Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Texas Instruments Foundation

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 Van Wie Family Foundation

How much does Van Wie Family Foundation give?
Van Wie Family Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $98,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Van Wie Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (23%), Food & Nutrition (17%), International (15%).
Who are Van Wie Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Houston Food Bank ($42k), Martha's Table Inc ($35k), Fellowship of Christian Athletes ($31k).
Does Van Wie Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Van Wie Family 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 Van Wie Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, Strake Foundation.
Where is Van Wie Family Foundation based?
Van Wie Family Foundation is based in TX.

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 57 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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