· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $21k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CURE DUCHENNE | $10,505 |
| PARENT PROJECT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY | $10,500 |
| CC4C | $5,000 |
| ARMS OF HOPE-MEDINA CHILDREN'S HOME | $5,000 |
| CAMP FOR ALL | $5,000 |
| RED ARENA | $5,000 |
| CANDLELIGHT RANCH | $4,000 |
| YOUNG MEN'S BUSINESS LEAGUE | $3,000 |
| URBAN ROOTS | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Camp For All Foundation8× · 2018–2025 · $25k · revenue +325%- CRCANDLELIGHT RANCH FOUNDATION8× · 2018–2025 · $22k · revenue +101%
- CFCENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION6× · 2018–2024 · $14k · revenue +23%
Funded once
- CCCHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER INCone grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +16%
CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUNDone grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +17%- TLTHE LOWER EAST SIDE GIRLS CLUB OF NEW YORK INCone grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +21%
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.
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.
Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…
Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.
The center for children & youth justice was founded in 2006 with one mission: reform the child welfare and juvenile justice systems to improve the lives of generations of children and youth in washington state. our focus is large-scale,…
To provide educational and therapeutic services, at a professional level, for infants, toddlers and preschool children up to 12 years and their families through supporting the family unit and working with each child to develop his or her…
We partner with families to help children with special health care needs live a great life.
Camp Fire Central Texas builds caring, confident youth and future leaders through hands-on science, outdoor experiences, and service to the community.
First3years nurtures early relational and mental health of infants and toddlers in texas. working in deep collaboration with caregivers, parents, and professionals statewide, we cultivate strong early childhood systems, educate our…
The organization empowers familities and improves children's lives through comprehensive early intervention services, education, and therapeutic services. the organization primarily offers services to children from birth to three years…
yes. every kid. is a leading advocacy team with a families-first approach to transform America's education policy landscape.
Provide mental health services to promote resiliency, wellness and positive developmental outcomes through prevention, treatment, education and family support for children under the age of 9 who have experienced abuse, neglect and other…
To help kids and families heal the emotional scars of childhood cancer and learn to thrive.
The mission of Collaborative for Children is to meaningfully improve the quality of early childhood education and care for Greater Houston's children through those most influential in their lives.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 22 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds AUSTIN YOUTH & COMMUNITY FARM INC DBA URBAN ROOTS ↗
- Who funds CURE DUCHENNE ↗
- Who funds Camp For All Foundation ↗
- Who funds CANDLELIGHT RANCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE PARENT PROJECT FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION ↗
- Who funds KIDS' MEALS INC ↗
- Who funds RED ARENA INC ↗
- Who funds LONG GAME YOUTH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL TEXAS ↗
- Who funds YES Prep Public Schools Inc ↗
- Who funds CHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds READING PARTNERS ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND ↗
- Who funds THE LOWER EAST SIDE GIRLS CLUB OF NEW YORK INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization William Gano Houstoun Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William Gano Houstoun Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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