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Wayne Duddlesten 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.

$7.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
35
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$4.1M
Largest
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Education$20MPublic Benefit$13MHuman Services$2.0MHealth$1.6MEmployment$865kReligion$830kHousing & Shelter$735kArts & Culture$579kOther$0
02FY2024 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $275k
  • $50k–250k20 grants · $1.9M
  • $250k+4 grants · $5.2M
$75,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TURNING POINT USA$4,098,000
PRAGERU$500,000
CHINQUAPIN PREPARATORY SCHOOL$300,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS HOUSTON$300,000
CONSTITUTING AMERICA INC$200,000
FOUNDATION FOR LIBERTY & GREATNESS$200,000
THE HONOR FOUNDATION$150,000
SPRING SPIRIT$105,000
DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER$100,000
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL$100,000
BLINN COLLEGE FOUNDATION$100,000
NATIONAL SANTA GERTRUDIS YOUTH FOUNDATION$100,000
ANNUNCIATION ORTHODOX SCHOOL$100,000
US NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION$100,000
COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS$100,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NEHEMIAH CENTER INC: $40k → 16%CAMP ARANZAZU: $60k → 17%MOMS FOR AMERICA: $10k → 14%CAMP ARANZAZU: $30k → 17%NEHEMIAH CENTER INC: $20k → 16%CAMP ARANZAZU: $30k → 17%NEHEMIAH CENTER INC: $20k → 16%CAMP ARANZAZU: $20k → 17%CAMP ARANZAZU: $15k → 17%NEHEMIAH CENTER INC: $20k → 16%NEHEMIAH CENTER INC: $10k → 16%THE WOMEN'S HOME: $75k → 16%THE WOMEN'S HOME: $50k → 16%HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER: $150k → 16%HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER: $100k → 16%THE WOMEN'S HOME: $25k → 16%HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER: $100k → 16%HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER: $100k → 16%HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER: $75k → 16%THE WOMEN'S HOME: $25k → 16%HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER: $50k → 16%HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER: $75k → 16%PROJECT JOY & HOPE OF TEXAS: $5k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $150k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $100k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $100k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $100k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $100k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $75k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $50k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $50k → 16%DRESS FOR SUCCESS HOUSTON: $45k → 16%DRESS FOR SUCCESS HOUSTON: $40k → 16%BRIDGEYEAR: $25k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$41M · 62 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

62 repeat relationships — 32 still active in FY2024, 30 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

62
24

Total granted

$41M
$830k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+37%

Still filing today

71%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $275k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsReligionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TP
    TURNING POINT USA INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $13M · revenue +304%
  • PU
    PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +17%
  • COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF HOUSTON INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • AI
    ACAM INC
    one grant, 2017 · $130k
  • NS
    NATIONAL SANTA GERTRUDIS YOUTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • VU
    VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +19%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
St John's School

See Schedule OSt. John's School is an independent, co-educational day school presenting a 13-year sequence of college preparatory training. A non-profit institution, it was founded in 1946 to provide the community with a school of exacting…

2
The Fay School

See Schedule O. The Fay School ("the School") is a nonsectarian, not-for-profit, co-educational school in which children of diverse talents and backgrounds with strong academic abilities are offered a high-quality education in a secure,…

3
The Awty International School

See Schedule OThe purpose of Awty International School (Awty) is to create an environment where students experience excellence every day to make their mark on the world alongside their community, in a spirit of curiosity, courage and…

4
Presbyterian School

Family, School, and Church united in the education and support of each child - this is the founding premise upon which Presbyterian School nurtures and challenges its students. The school provides an educational program of the highest…

Education
5
St Peter Catholic

St. Peter Catholic High School empowers students to be models of faith through Catholic spiritual formation, while providing a creative and comprehensive education in career and technical pathways.

Education
6
The Woodlands Christian Academy

TWCA is an independent, Christ-centered college preparatory school that integrates learning with biblical faith and challenges our students to reach their highest potential - intellectually, creatively, physically, and socially - for the…

7
Veritas Christian Acadamy of Houston

Veritas is an independent Christian school in the classical tradition that prepares students for lives of service and learning through academic excellence character development biblical literacy and intentional engagement opportunities.

Education
8
Made Houston

MADE Houston was formed to create a school community focused on nurturing and developing the unique academic and social needs of students with learning differences and to successfully transition students into mainstream schools.

Education
9
Great Hearts America-Texas

The primary goal of Great Hearts America-Texas is to graduate thoughtful leaders of character who will contribute to a more philosophical, humane, and just society.

Environment
10
American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter

American Leadership Forum (ALF) brings together, in classes, leaders with diverse perspectives so they can build relationships, learn to dialogue and respectfully differ, and work together for the good of our community.

11
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

12
Houston Botanic Garden

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

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Yellowstone Academy Inc Dba Yellowstone Schools and the most unlike its peers is Second Servings of Houston. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyMilitary Veterans SupportCommunity College Foundatio…Senior Support ServicesFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Policy Research and AdvocacyPregnancy Support ServicesCommunity FoundationsElementary Literacy TutoringIndependent K-12 SchoolsLocal History MuseumsFood Banks and PantriesChristian Youth CampsAddiction Recovery Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%0%<5yr16%5%5–10yr20%23%10–20yr16%26%20–35yr10%22%35–55yr13%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr20%65%10–20yr16%6%20–35yr10%14%35–55yr13%15%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 3% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%2/71
the rest of the field
15%
20,231/136,733

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

64 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 64 of the 89 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/64
Grantees still filing
46/64
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

TURNING POINT USA INC — $13,094,000 · OtherTURNING POINT USA INCUNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON — $10,520,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF HOUSTONCHINQUAPIN PREPARATORY SCHOOL — $1,150,000 · Other+45 more — $6,007,000 · Other+45 morePRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $2,500,000 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY …COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF HOUSTON INC — $1,280,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCH…CONSTITUTING AMERICA INC — $610,000 · EducationCONSTITUTING AMERI…COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS — $450,000 · EducationCOLLEGE OF THE OZA…EMERGE Fellowship — $410,000 · EducationEMERGE Fellowship+15 more — $1,455,000 · Education+15 moreDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER — $725,000 · Human ServicesHouston Area Women's Center — $650,000 · Human ServicesTHE WOMEN'S HOME — $175,000 · Human ServicesCamp Aranzazu Inc — $155,000 · Human ServicesNehemiah Center Inc — $110,000 · Human ServicesDRESS FOR SUCCESS HOUSTON — $85,000 · Human Services+3 more — $70,000 · Human ServicesThe Council on Recovery — $775,000 · HealthTHE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON — $495,000 · Health+1 more — $25,000 · HealthTHE HONOR FOUNDATION INC — $450,000 · EmploymentLone Star Flight Museum — $150,000 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $100,000 · Arts & CultureGLENWOOD CEMETERY HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION — $60,000 · Arts & CultureItalian Cultural & Community Center of Houston — $52,000 · Arts & CultureHope Stone Inc — $20,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more — $20,000 · Arts & CultureFOUNDATION FOR LIBERTY AND AMERICAN GREATNESS — $400,000 · Civil Rights
Other$30,771,000Education$6,705,000Human Services$1,970,000Health$1,295,000Employment$450,000Arts & Culture$402,000Civil Rights$400,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTURNING POINT USA INC — $13,094,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $2,500,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF HOUSTON INC — $1,280,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetCHINQUAPIN PREPARATORY SCHOOL — $1,150,000 over 8y, 8.6% of budgetThe Council on Recovery — $775,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER — $725,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetHouston Area Women's Center — $650,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetCONSTITUTING AMERICA INC — $610,000 over 7y, 14% of budgetTHE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON — $495,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston — $475,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTHE HONOR FOUNDATION INC — $450,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetCOLLEGE OF THE OZARKS — $450,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEMERGE Fellowship — $410,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetBLINN COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $400,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR LIBERTY AND AMERICAN GREATNESS — $400,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetThe W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation — $345,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetSECOND SERVINGS OF HOUSTON — $325,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetSpringSpirit Inc — $315,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetSTONEY CREEK FOUNDATION — $240,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetREMIND — $205,000 over 7y, 5.2% of budgetNatl Santa Gertrudis Youth Foundation — $200,000 over 2y, 40% of budgetHope and Healing Center & Institute — $195,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetARCHWAY ACADEMY — $180,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S HOME — $175,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetCARRY THE LOAD — $160,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetCamp Aranzazu Inc — $155,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc — $150,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLone Star Flight Museum — $150,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH — $150,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetROUND TOP LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC — $145,000 over 3y, 30% of budgetGROVE CITY COLLEGE — $125,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNehemiah Center Inc — $110,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetNextOp Inc — $110,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmall Steps Nurturing Center — $95,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS HOUSTON — $85,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCrime Stoppers of Houston Inc — $85,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetLITERACY ADVANCE OF HOUSTON INC — $80,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetGLENWOOD CEMETERY HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCrossroads School Inc — $55,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetYELLOWSTONE ACADEMY INC DBA YELLOWSTONE SCHOOLS — $55,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetItalian Cultural & Community Center of Houston — $52,000 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPITALITY APARTMENTS — $50,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetLibertas Network — $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYES Prep Public Schools Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC
  • Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF HOUSTON INC
  • Who funds CHINQUAPIN PREPARATORY SCHOOL
  • Who funds The Council on Recovery
  • Who funds DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER
  • Who funds Houston Area Women's Center
  • Who funds CONSTITUTING AMERICA INC
  • Who funds THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON
  • Who funds Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston
  • Who funds THE HONOR FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS
  • Who funds EMERGE Fellowship
  • Who funds BLINN COLLEGE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR LIBERTY AND AMERICAN GREATNESS
  • Who funds The W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation
  • Who funds SECOND SERVINGS OF HOUSTON
  • Who funds SpringSpirit Inc
  • Who funds STONEY CREEK FOUNDATION
  • Who funds REMIND
  • Who funds Natl Santa Gertrudis Youth Foundation
  • Who funds Hope and Healing Center & Institute
  • Who funds ARCHWAY ACADEMY
  • Who funds THE WOMEN'S HOME
  • Who funds CARRY THE LOAD
  • Who funds Camp Aranzazu Inc
  • Who funds The Brookwood Community Inc
  • Who funds Lone Star Flight Museum
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH
  • Who funds ROUND TOP LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Greater Houston Community FoundationTX62.4× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Strake Foundation · The John M O'Quinn Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · The Powell Foundation · The Tapeats Fund · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · MD Anderson Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Wayne Duddlesten Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 20%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Wayne Duddlesten Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Wayne Duddlesten Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 89 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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