Finn Family Foundation Inc
New Waverly, TX · EIN 74-2290608. Reported 156 grants totalling $2,727,500 to 50 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Finn Family Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $12,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $35,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burke Center for Youth | Driftwood, TX | $155,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Helping Center of Marble Falls Area Inc | Marble Falls, TX | $130,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Phoenix Center | Marble Falls, TX | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Open Door Recovery House | Marble Falls, TX | $120,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Unity Church of Wimberley | Wimberley, TX | $120,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| His Joshua House | Kingsland, TX | $115,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Camp of the Hills | Marble Falls, TX | $105,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Highland Lakes Inc | Marble Falls, TX | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Base Camp Childrens Cancer Foundation | Winter Park, FL | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mission Mcneil | Lake Jackson, TX | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Highland Lakes Family Crisis Center | Marble Falls, TX | $80,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Honor Veterans Now | Fredricksburg, TX | $80,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy | Washington, DC | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| University Heights Baptist Church of Huntsville | Huntsville, TX | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| CASA for the Lake Highlands Area Inc | Kingsland, TX | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Society of St Vincent Depaul | Horseshoe Bay, TX | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Opportunities for Williamson & Burnet Counties | Georgetown, TX | $70,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Providence Place | San Antonio, TX | $70,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Family Gateway | Dallas, TX | $65,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Childhood Cancer Organization | Winter Park, FL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Wildwood Hills Ranch | St Charles, IA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Camp Agape | Marble Falls, TX | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Multicultural Refugee Coalition | Austin, TX | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Special Olympics of Texas | Austin, TX | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Katy Cares Inc | Katy, TX | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Seton Fund | Austin, TX | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Houston, TX | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Senior Center of Walker County | Huntsville, TX | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wildwood Hills Ranch of Iowa | St Charles, IA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Meals on Wheels Walker County | Huntsville, TX | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New Village Girls Academy | Los Angeles, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Childhood Cancer Organization | Beltsville, MD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saafe House | Huntsville, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Miracle Flights for Kids | Las Vegas, NV | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Caritas of Austin | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| CASA for the Highland Lakes Area Inc | Kingsland, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Meals on Wheels Central Texas | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy | Hackensack, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seton Homes | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Society of St Andrew | Big Island, VA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Joseph's Home for the Elderly | Totowa, NJ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Arc of San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Brookwood Community | Brookshire, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Central Texas Food Bank | Austin, TX | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wellsprin of Divine Love | Bee Cave, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ascention Seton Foundation | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Camp Agape Bereavement | Marble Falls, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wyatt's Clubhouse Marble Falls Inclusive Play Group | Marble Falls, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dripping Springs Educational Foundation | Dripping Springs, TX | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 180 Ranch Inc | Dilley, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
40 of 50 (80%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 82%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Burke Center for Youth
RESIDENTIALTREATMENT CENTERFOR BOYS - Meals on Wheels Walker County
CARING FOR SENIORS TOALLEVIATE HUNGER - American Childhood Cancer Organization
SUPPORT CHILDRENCANCER EDUCATIONFOR FAMILIES - The Helping Center of Marble Falls Area Inc
FOOD AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY - Open Door Recovery House
FAITH BASED DRUG AND ALCOHOLRECOVERY HOUSE - Phoenix Center
THERAPEUTICSERVICES FOR CHILDRENWITH MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 72 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 35 | $600,000 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 36 | $525,000 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 27 | $500,000 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 31 | $537,500 | $15,000 |
| 2025 | 27 | $565,000 | $20,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
82% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Finn Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 399, New Waverly, TX, 77358. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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