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Florence and William K Mcgee JR

Houston, TX · EIN 76-0585804. Reported 113 grants totalling $6,279,000 to 54 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$25,000median grant
$6,279,000granted, 2021-2024
54organizations funded
70%of grantees funded again the next year
$39.9Massets, 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. Florence and William K Mcgee JR 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 $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $500,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$5,000 - $10,000
14 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
32 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
34 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
8 grants
$100,000 and Up
25 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Texas Children's HospitalHouston, TX$1,150,000442024
Hope and Healing Center & InstituteHouston, TX$495,000442024
Ronald Mcdonald HouseHouston, TX$442,000222023
Depelchin Children's CenterHouston, TX$400,000332023
Kids MealsHouston, TX$380,000432023
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN$300,000112024
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto CouncilHouston, TX$290,000442024
The Kinkaid SchoolHouston, TX$250,000112022
Memorial Hermann FoundationHouston, TX$220,000222024
Camp for All FoundationHouston, TX$200,000112023
Covenant HouseHouston, TX$175,000212021
Immunization PartnershipLeague City, TX$150,000542024
The RoseHouston, TX$115,000442024
Amazing PlaceHouston, TX$100,000112021
Annunciation Orthodox SchoolHouston, TX$100,000112024
CASA De EsperanzaHouston, TX$100,000442024
The Forge for Families IncHouston, TX$100,000112024
United Way of Greater HoustonHouston, TX$100,000222024
University of Houston SystemHouston, TX$100,000112024
Small Steps Nurturing CenterHouston, TX$95,000332024
Bo's PlaceHouston, TX$75,000332023
Houston Food BankHouston, TX$70,000332024
Covenant House TexasHouston, TX$55,000222024
RemindHouston, TX$52,000442024
Depelchin Childrens CenterHouston, TX$50,000112024
Good Reason HoustonHouston, TX$50,000222022
Menninger ClinicHouston, TX$50,000222023
Seminary of the SouthwestAustin, TX$50,000112022
St Johns SchoolHouston, TX$50,000112024
The Health MuseumHouston, TX$50,000442024
Houston Achievement PlaceHouston, TX$40,000442024
Medcenter FoundationHouston, TX$35,000222024
Uh Graduate College of Social WorkHouston, TX$35,000222023
W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial FoundationBellaire, TX$35,000222024
Baylor College of MedicineHouston, TX$25,000112021
Houston Community Health Ctrs IncHouston, TX$25,000112023
New Hope Housing IncHouston, TX$25,000112024
Sharpen RecoveryHouston, TX$25,000112024
Sharpn MinistriesHouston, TX$25,000112023
Texas Center for the MissingHouston, TX$25,000442024
BakerripleyHouston, TX$20,000112024
Child AdvocatesHouston, TX$20,000442024
Neuhaus Education CenterBellaire, TX$20,000222022
San Jose ClinicHouston, TX$20,000222024
Pro-Vision IncHouston, TX$15,000332024
Crime Stoppersof Houston IncHouston, TX$10,000112023
Houston Area Parkinson SocietyHouston, TX$10,000112024
Inst for Spirituality and HealthHouston, TX$10,000112024
Prison Entrepreneurs Hip ProgramHouston, TX$10,000112023
Today's Harbor for ChildrenLa Porte, TX$10,000112021
William Marsh Rice UniversityHouston, TX$10,000112023
American Heart AssociationHouston, TX$5,000112021
Clayton Dabney for Kids With CancerHouston, TX$5,000112022
Discover Fitness FoundationHouston, TX$5,000112024

28 of 54 (52%) 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 70%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 63 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
11 grants
Education
10 grants
Health Care
9 grants
Religion
7 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
6 grants
Youth Development
6 grants
Crime & Legal
5 grants
Mental Health
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202125$1,394,000$25,000
202225$1,650,000$25,000
202330$1,600,000$25,000
202433$1,635,000$25,000

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. 95% 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.

Texas
$6.0M
Tennessee
$300K

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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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  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.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Florence and William K Mcgee JR'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: 931 Old Lake Road, Houston, TX, 77057. 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 76-0585804 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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