Finn Family Foundation Inc
New Waverly, TX · EIN 74-2290608. Reported 129 grants totalling $2,162,500 to 48 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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 $10,000 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. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burke Center for Youth | Driftwood, TX | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Phoenix Center | Marble Falls, TX | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Helping Center of Marble Falls Area Inc | Marble Falls, TX | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Open Door Recovery House | Marble Falls, TX | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| His Joshua House | Kingsland, TX | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Unity Church of Wimberley | Wimberley, TX | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Highland Lakes Inc | Marble Falls, TX | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Camp of the Hills | Marble Falls, TX | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mission Mcneil | Lake Jackson, TX | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Base Camp Childrens Cancer Foundation | Winter Park, FL | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Highland Lakes Family Crisis Center | Marble Falls, TX | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy | Washington, DC | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Society of St Vincent Depaul | Horseshoe Bay, TX | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wildwood Hills Ranch | St Charles, IA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| CASA for the Lake Highlands Area Inc | Kingsland, TX | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Family Gateway | Dallas, TX | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Honor Veterans Now | Fredricksburg, TX | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Opportunities for Williamson & Burnet Counties | Georgetown, TX | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Providence Place | San Antonio, TX | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University Heights Baptist Church of Huntsville | Huntsville, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Katy Cares Inc | Katy, TX | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Seton Fund | Austin, TX | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Childhood Cancer Organization | Winter Park, FL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Houston, TX | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Camp Agape | Marble Falls, TX | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Multicultural Refugee Coalition | Austin, TX | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Senior Center of Walker County | Huntsville, TX | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics of Texas | Austin, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Village Girls Academy | Los Angeles, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Childhood Cancer Organization | Beltsville, MD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Wildwood Hills Ranch of Iowa | St Charles, IA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Central Texas Food Bank | Austin, TX | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Saafe House | Huntsville, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wellsprin of Divine Love | Bee Cave, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
38 of 48 (79%) 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 86%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
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 - American Childhood Cancer Organization
SUPPORT CHILDRENCANCER EDUCATIONFOR FAMILIES - Open Door Recovery House
FAITH BASED DRUG AND ALCOHOLRECOVERY HOUSE - Phoenix Center
THERAPEUTICSERVICES FOR CHILDRENWITH MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS - The Helping Center of Marble Falls Area Inc
FOOD AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY - American Red Cross
DISASTERRELIEF IN CENTRAL TEXAS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 61 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
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 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 82% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- 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 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
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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