Posoli Family Foundation
Bellaire, TX · EIN 45-6211344. Reported 218 grants totalling $1,412,480 to 119 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. Posoli Family Foundation 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,250 and $5,000; the smallest was $200 and the largest $103,800. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career Spring | Bellaire, TX | $203,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit | Houston, TX | $137,984 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Small Steps Nurturing Center | Houston, TX | $78,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Agnes Academy | Houston, TX | $63,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Child Advocates Inc | Houston, TX | $58,665 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Search Homeless Services | Houston, TX | $48,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Strake Jesuit College Preparatory | Houston, TX | $42,375 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Paradisus Dei | Houston, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of St Thomas | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation | Short Hills, NJ | $24,860 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Periwinkle Foundation | Houston, TX | $24,100 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| His Grace Foundation | Tomball, TX | $24,007 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Christian Community Service Center | Houston, TX | $24,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alzheimers Association | Chicago, IL | $22,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Focus | Golden, CO | $21,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Student Mobilization | Conway, AR | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jesuit High | Carmichael, CA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Nativity | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CASA El Buen Samaritano | Houston, TX | $19,109 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family Legacy Missions | Irving, TX | $17,608 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Legionaries of Christ - Regnum Christi | Houston, TX | $17,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St John Paul II Foundation | Houston, TX | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston | Houston, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Holocaust Museum Houston | Houston, TX | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kellog School of Management | Evanston, IL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hope Stone Inc | Houston, TX | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jdrf | New York, NY | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cardinal's Circle | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| George School | Newtown, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gratia Plena | Stafford, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| His Father's Heart Strings | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jesuits Central and Southern Province | St Louis, MO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rice University | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Serenity Retreat | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Springspirit Baseball | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Summer House | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Landing | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Work Texas | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rc Activities Inc | Spring, TX | $9,800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Houston | Houston, TX | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Houston Food Bank | Houston, TX | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Linda Creed Breast Cancer | Philadelphia, PA | $6,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Austin, TX | $5,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Seton Education | Houston, TX | $5,192 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Be An Angel Fund Inc | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fresh Arts | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Here I Am Orphan | Brenham, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Houston Classical Charter School | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Impact Club | Evanston, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jesuit High School | Carmichael, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jesuits Central and Southern Providence | St Louis, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kids Meals | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School | Methuen, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One Cause | Indianapolis, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Refuge for Dmst - Austin | Austin, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Vincent De Paul | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Community Artists' Collective | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Miami Business School | Coral Gables, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Miami Hyperion Council Fund | Coral Gables, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Discoveru | Houston, TX | $4,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Womens Institute | Houston, TX | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Woods Project | Houston, TX | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The YMCA | Houston, TX | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Association of Medical Assistants | Chigao, IL | $3,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Ms Society | Waltham, MA | $3,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Aha Movement | Houston, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Isabel Mak | Na, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tejano Center | Houston, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Charity Water | Hagerstown, MD | $2,850 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities | Houston, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Days for Girls | Mount Vernon, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Philadelphia Youth Basketball | Philadelphia, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Serjobs | Houston, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young Catholic Professionals | Dallas, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unbound | Kansas City, KS | $2,028 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Let Girls Read Run Grow | New York, NY | $2,023 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| A Little Hope | Armonk, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Capuchin Franciascans | Denver, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hpc | Houston, TX | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Southwest Football League of Texas - Youth American Football Organization | Houston, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sustainable Food Center | Austin, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cancer Care Inc | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Paypal Giving Fund | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Becon | Houston, TX | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Crohns Foundation | Houston, TX | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mercy Ships | Garden Valley, TX | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Covenant House | Houston, TX | $1,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society | Atlanta, GA | $1,075 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unicef | Adabraka, Accra | $1,046 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Some | Wahsington, DC | $1,033 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cancer Society | Kennesaw, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| La Grange Public Library | La Grange, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pink Bows Foundation | Killeen, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seattle Children's Hospital | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sundance | Park City, UT | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Birthday Joy Program | League City, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Caring Place | Miami, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University Catholic Center | Austin, TX | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Bowery Mission | New York, NY | $925 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chris King Foundation | Bellaire, TX | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Folds of Honor | Owasso, OK | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | Nashville, TN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Houston Hospice | Houston, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Revive Texas | Marbel Falls, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Southern University | Houston, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tgbtg Sports | Houston, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Holy Ghost Chruch | Houston, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chevron Houston Marathon | Houston, TX | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jubilee | Houston, TX | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Mexio & St Innocent Orphanage | Chula Vista, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Star of Hope Mission | Houston, TX | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
60 of 119 (50%) 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 54%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation
TO FUND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 112 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | $346,091 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 66 | $339,764 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 48 | $346,945 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 56 | $379,680 | $5,000 |
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. 78% 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 $5,000. 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 Posoli Family Foundation'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: 5311 Valerie Street, Bellaire, TX, 77401. 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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