Marvy Finger Family Foundation
Houston, TX · EIN 76-0625865. Reported 103 grants totalling $7,196,500 to 44 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. Marvy Finger 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 $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $500,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist Hospital | Houston, TX | $1,030,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greater Houston Community Fdtn | Houston, TX | $800,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Houston Zoo | Houston, TX | $540,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Aishel House | Houston, TX | $525,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Congregation Beth Israel | Houston, TX | $525,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hermann Park Conservancy | Houston, TX | $450,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Houston Community Foundation | Houston, TX | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Memorial Park Conservancy | Houston, TX | $360,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Galveston Bay Foundation | Houston, TX | $285,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, TX | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Arizona Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $155,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Briarwood School | Houston, TX | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Legacy Community Health | Houston, TX | $145,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Da Camera of Houston | Houston, TX | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Houston-Bauer College | Houston, TX | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Houston Symphony | Houston, TX | $113,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bridgeyear | Houston, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Houston Area Women's Center | Houston, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Houston Food Bank | Houston, TX | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Houston | Houston, TX | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Houston Parks Board | Houston, TX | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Montrose Center | Houston, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Menninger Clinic | Houston, TX | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Houston, TX | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | Houston, TX | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast | Houston, TX | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Adl Coalition for Mutual Respect | Beaumont, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Women's Resource | Houston, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bayou Preservation Association | Houston, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Houston Youth Symphony | Houston, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Connect Community | Houston, TX | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Fed of Greater Houston | Houston, TX | $33,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Houston | Houston, TX | $33,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Search Homeless Service | Houston, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Coalition for Homeless | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| South Texas College of Law | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Rothko Chapel | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Undies for Everyone | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shriners Hospital for Children | Houston, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridge Year | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Evelyn's Park Conservancy | Bellaire, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mission Success | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nick Finnegan Counseling Center | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hisd Foundation | Houston, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
27 of 44 (61%) 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 76%, 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.
- Methodist Hospital
Medical education, training and research at Methodist Hospital - Aishel House
Housing assistance for Texas Medical Center patients and their families - Congregation Beth Israel
Worship, programming and study to enrich ways in experiencing Jewish lives - Greater Houston Community Foundation
Houston community charitable initiatives - The Houston Zoo
Conservation educational programs in the Houston community - Galveston Bay Foundation
Conservation, restoration and education programs aimed at Galveston Bay
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 64 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 21 | $360,500 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 25 | $2,398,000 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 24 | $1,950,000 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 33 | $2,488,000 | $50,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Marvy Finger Family Foundation has 104 of them, worth $9,446,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Hermann Park Conservancy | Houston, TX | $1,000,000 |
| The Houston Zoo | Houston, TX | $1,000,000 |
| Galveston Bay Foundation | Houston, TX | $500,000 |
| Memorial Park Conservancy | Houston, TX | $500,000 |
| Da Camera of Houston | Houston, TX | $500,000 |
| Houston Symphony | Houston, TX | $500,000 |
| Methodist Hospital | Houston, TX | $500,000 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Fdn | Houston, TX | $500,000 |
| Greater Houston Community Foundation | Houston, TX | $400,000 |
| Greater Houston Community Fdtn | Houston, TX | $400,000 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, TX | $300,000 |
| Camp for All | Houston, TX | $200,000 |
| Bridgeyear | Houston, TX | $100,000 |
| Houston Area Women's Center | Houston, TX | $100,000 |
| Bridgeyear | Houston, TX | $100,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 98% 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 $25,000. 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 Marvy Finger 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: 99 Detering St 210, Houston, TX, 77007. 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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