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William Blair & Glen G Waltrip Family F

Houston, TX · EIN 31-1614316. Reported 35 grants totalling $237,991 to 27 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,151median grant
$237,991granted, 2021-2024
27recipients, as named on its returns
25%of grantees funded again the next year
$4,088,130assets, latest filing

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. William Blair & Glen G Waltrip Family F did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,151. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,200 and $10,000; the smallest was $65 and the largest $23,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
5 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
8 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
9 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
13 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Harley's AngelsHouston, TX$48,000332024
The Awty International SchoolHouston, TX$30,000222023
American Friends of VersaillesChicago, IL$23,000222024
Interfaith CarepartnersHouston, TX$20,020112022
Houston Methodist Hospital FoundationHouston, TX$20,000222024
American Family AssociationTupelo, MS$15,800332024
Great Oak School TomballTomball, TX$10,363112022
The Orange Show FoundationHouston, TX$10,350112022
Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of TexasFloresville, TX$10,000112021
Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, CA$6,500112024
The Accomplis Collective IncNew York, NY$5,250112022
Fiscal Sponsorship AlliesIndianapolis, IN$5,151112024
Community of ResourcesHouston, TX$5,150112023
Community of Resources HoustonHouston, TX$5,150112024
Berachah ChurchHouston, TX$5,000112022
Rb Thieme JR Bible MinistriesHouston, TX$5,000112022
Sbp USAHouston, TX$3,222112022
Project SouthAtlanta, GA$3,000112022
Voix NoireHouston, TX$1,200112021
West Street RecoveryHouston, TX$1,200112021
Black Giving FundHouston, TX$1,000112021
CandlelightersStafford, TX$1,000112022
Team Buddy BucketsNorman, OK$1,000112024
Houston Community Schools PartnershipHouston, TX$870222022
Louisiana Bucket BrigadeNew Orleans, LA$600112021
Equal Justice InitiativeMontgomery, AL$100112022
Khan AcademyMountain View, CA$65112021

6 of 27 (22%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 25%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

Plus 67 grants to individuals totalling $403,264 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 19 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.

Religion
4 grants
Arts & Culture
3 grants
Health Care
2 grants
Youth Development
2 grants
Education
2 grants
Recreation & Sports
1 grant
Community Improvement
1 grant
Civil Rights
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
20218$16,300$1,100
202215$100,740$5,250
20234$50,150$12,500
20248$70,801$7,000

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

75% 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.

Texas
$178K
Illinois
$23K
Mississippi
$16K
California
$7K
New York
$5K
Indiana
$5K
Georgia
$3K
Oklahoma
$1K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund15 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc12 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program10 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc9 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust9 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation7 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,151. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from William Blair & Glen G Waltrip Family F's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 63 Hilbury Drive, Houston, TX, 77024. 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.

EIN 31-1614316 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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