Winn Family Foundation

• The foundation organises its giving around STEM education, environmental protection in Texas and across the U.S., and women's empowerment and equal opportunity, so a small charity should approach it only if its work clearly sits in one of these areas.
• Other published sources say it does not accept unsolicited requests and gives by invitation only, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered and an existing relationship is the realistic route in.
• Its typical grants fall between $4,550 and $450,000 for about 8 in 10 grants, with a median of $75,000, so a modest request in that band is sensible, though that band is not a ceiling because its largest grant was about $610,000.
• Repeat funding is strong, with 54% of its grant dollars to organisations going to groups it had already funded in earlier filings, so a newcomer should expect to compete with established grantees.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• The Univerisity Of Texas At Austin · Research grants and wildflower center.
  $525,9882024 tax year
• Nest · Artisan accelerator program.
  $311,1872024 tax year
• Arizona Science Center · Transforming planetarium education.
  $250,0002024 tax year
• Fort Worth Museum of Science and History · Educational programming.
  $250,0002024 tax year
• Child Poverty Action Lab · Opportunity 2040 maternal health.
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Commit2Dallas · Opportunity 2040 early childhood and math.
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Austin Youth and Community Farm (Urban Roots) · Heart, hub, and home campaign.
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · Science philanthropy alliance membership.
  $75,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.