Texas · Private foundation
William Gano Houstoun Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $51k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,505
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $208k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations William Gano Houstoun Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $51k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $50k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $47k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $41k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $40k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $40k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $32k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Youth & Community Farm Inc Dba Urban Roots | $44,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Cure Duchenne | $30,771 | 3 | 0% |
| Camp For All Foundation | $25,000 | 8 | 0% |
| San Juan Diego Catholic High School | $24,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Candlelight Ranch Foundation | $22,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research Inc | $15,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for Child Protection | $14,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Kids' Meals Inc | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Red Arena Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Long Game Youth Foundation of Central Texas | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Youth & Community Farm Inc Dba Urban Roots | $44,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Cure Duchenne | $30,771 | 3 | 0% |
| Camp For All Foundation | $25,000 | 8 | 0% |
| San Juan Diego Catholic High School | $24,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Candlelight Ranch Foundation | $22,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research Inc | $15,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for Child Protection | $14,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Kids' Meals Inc | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Red Arena Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Long Game Youth Foundation of Central Texas | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| YES Prep Public Schools Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Child Care Resource Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reading Partners | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Defense Fund | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Lower East Side Girls Club of New York Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($102k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William Gano Houstoun 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: Austin Community Foundation Inc · United Way Worldwide · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About William Gano Houstoun Foundation
- How much does William Gano Houstoun Foundation give?
- William Gano Houstoun Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $51,005 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does William Gano Houstoun Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (18%), Human Services (17%), Health (17%).
- Who are William Gano Houstoun Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Austin Youth & Community Farm Inc Dba Urban Roots ($44k), Cure Duchenne ($31k), Camp For All Foundation ($25k).
- Does William Gano Houstoun Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William Gano Houstoun 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 William Gano Houstoun Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Austin Community Foundation Inc, United Way Worldwide, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is William Gano Houstoun Foundation based?
- William Gano Houstoun Foundation is based in TX.
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