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Alice Taylor Gray Foundation Acct #G02992

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$20k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0165% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2020–2025.

Arts & Culture$95kAnimals$29kEducation$17kYouth Development$7kHuman Services$6kCommunity Improvement$5kFood & Nutrition$4kOther$85k
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION$3,000
CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$3,000
BACH SOCIETY AT CHRIST THE KING EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH$2,500
THE JAMES DICK FOUNDATION$2,500
BUGLE BOY FOUNDATION$2,500
MIDSHIPMANS FOUNDATION$2,500
GALVESTON ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY INC$2,000
TURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK$1,000
THE GRAND 1894 OPERA HOUSE$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY23–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE WOMEN'S HOME: $3k → 16%THE WOMEN'S HOME: $3k → 16%JUSTICE FORWARD: $500 → 16%JUSTICE FORWARD: $500 → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$205k · 26 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +30% since the first grant, against -5% for the ones you funded once.

26 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
18

Total granted

$205k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
-5%

Still filing today

81%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationAnimalsCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GALVESTON ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $15k · revenue +55%
  • JD
    James Dick Foundation for the Performing Arts
    4× · 2022–2025 · $15k · revenue +12%
  • JR
    JENNIS RESCUE RANCH
    4× · 2021–2024 · $14k · revenue +225%

Funded once

  • MS
    MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -5%
  • 4W
    4TH WALL THEATRE COMPANYgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +27%
  • TG
    TEXAS-LOUISIANA GULF COAST SYNOD OUTDOOR & RETREAT MINISTRIES INC
    one grant, 2021 · $4k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Harmonia Stellarum Houston

Harmonia Stellarum is an ensemble of professional vocalists and instrumentalists specialized in historically informed performance practice who seek to inspire, entertain, and enlighten audiences with meaningful, historically informed…

Arts & Culture
2
Texas Flying Legends Museum
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3
Kimbell Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
4
Houston Geological Society Foundation
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5
Center for 20TH Century Texas Studies
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6
Tx Performing Chinese Arts
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7
San Jacinto Museum and Battlefield Association

To collect and preserve significant historical materials that relate to the early history and culture of Texas and to promote the study of the history of Texas through exhibits, publications, and educational programs.

Arts & Culture
8
Greater Texas Foundation
Education
9
The Heritage Society

The Heritage Society (THS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1954 whose mission is to tell the stories of the diverse history of Houston and Texas through collections, exhibits, the arts, educational programs, film, video, and other…

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10
Houston Museum of Natural Science

The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…

Arts & Culture
11
Festival of Texas Fiddling

The Festival of Texas Fiddling is dedicated to the preservation, presentation, and performance, and education about of all styles of fiddling and fiddle-associated music played historically and currently in the State of Texas.

Arts & Culture
12
Jefferson Historical Society & Museum

Preserve history and heritage of jefferson texas and the operation of the jefferson museum

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Galveston Arts Center and the most unlike its peers is Bach Society Houston. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 38 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number29%3%<5yr17%13%5–10yr21%13%10–20yr17%16%20–35yr8%32%35–55yr9%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value29%1%<5yr17%6%5–10yr21%12%10–20yr17%10%20–35yr8%43%35–55yr9%29%55yr+

The field is 29% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 18% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/33
the rest of the field
18%
4,087/22,498

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 46 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
20/28
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

James Dick Foundation for the Performing Arts — $14,500 · Arts & CultureJames Dick Foundation for the Performing Ar…GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION — $14,000 · Arts & CultureGALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONMain Street Theater Houston — $11,500 · Arts & CultureMain Street Theater HoustonBach Society Houston — $10,000 · Arts & CultureBach Society HoustonGALVESTON ARTS CENTER — $10,000 · Arts & CultureGALVESTON ARTS CENTERBUGLE BOY FOUNDATION — $9,500 · Arts & CultureBUGLE BOY FOUNDATIONGerman-Texan Heritage Society — $9,000 · Arts & CultureGerman-Texan Heritage SocietyTHE SONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS — $5,500 · Arts & CultureTHE SONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS4TH WALL THEATRE COMPANY — $4,500 · Arts & CultureSANTA FE TEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — $4,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $2,000 · Arts & CultureJAMES DICK FDN FOR PERFORMING ARTS — $15,500 · OtherJAMES DICK FDN FOR PERFORMING ARTSMidshipmans Foundation — $11,000 · OtherMidshipmans FoundationBACH SOCIETY AT CHRIST THE KING EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH — $9,500 · OtherBACH SOCIETY AT CHRIST THE KING EVANGEL…1894 INC — $9,000 · Other1894 INCBOYS & GIRLS CLUB GREATER HOUSTON — $6,500 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB GREATER HOUSTONGISD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $5,000 · OtherGISD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONTEXAS-LOUISIANA GULF COAST SYNOD OUTDOOR & RETREAT MINISTRIES INC — $4,000 · OtherCENTRAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — $3,000 · OtherFAISON PRESERVATION SOCIETY — $3,000 · Other+13 more — $18,850 · Other+13 moreGALVESTON ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $14,500 · AnimalsGALVESTON ISL…JENNIS RESCUE RANCH — $14,000 · AnimalsJENNIS RESCUE…ROSENBERG LIBRARY ASSOCIATION — $6,500 · EducationMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY — $5,000 · EducationGalveston College Foundation — $3,500 · EducationGALVESTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 · EducationGirl Scouts of San Jacinto Council — $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc — $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE WOMEN'S HOME — $5,000 · Human ServicesJUSTICE FORWARD — $1,000 · Human ServicesFreewheels Houston — $3,000 · Community ImprovementBELLVILLE TURNVEREIN PAVILION RESTORATION PROJECT — $2,000 · Community ImprovementGALVESTON ISLAND MEALS ON WHEELS INC — $4,000 · Food & Nutrition
Arts & Culture$94,500Other$85,350Animals$28,500Education$17,000Youth Development$7,000Human Services$6,000Community Improvement$5,000Food & Nutrition$4,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetGALVESTON ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $14,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetJames Dick Foundation for the Performing Arts — $14,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJENNIS RESCUE RANCH — $14,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetGALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION — $14,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMain Street Theater Houston — $11,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMidshipmans Foundation — $11,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetBach Society Houston — $10,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetGALVESTON ARTS CENTER — $10,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBUGLE BOY FOUNDATION — $9,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetGerman-Texan Heritage Society — $9,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budget1894 INC — $9,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetROSENBERG LIBRARY ASSOCIATION — $6,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts of San Jacinto Council — $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS — $5,500 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S HOME — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget4TH WALL THEATRE COMPANY — $4,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSANTA FE TEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — $4,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetGALVESTON ISLAND MEALS ON WHEELS INC — $4,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGalveston College Foundation — $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFreewheels Houston — $3,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetFAYETTEVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER GROUP — $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBELLVILLE TURNVEREIN PAVILION RESTORATION PROJECT — $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHouston Early Music Inc — $2,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetGALVESTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF MONUMENT HILL & KREISCHE BREWERY STATE HISTORIC SITES — $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUSTICE FORWARD — $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Moody FoundationJohn and Allie Lea Or…Shell USA Company Fou…Harris & Eliza Kempne…Greater Houston Commu…Dr Leon Bromberg Char…Ippolito Charitable F…Albert & Ethel Herzst…Jf Seinsheimer Jr Cha…Permanent Endowment F…The Mary Moody Northe…John P McGovern Found…
The Moody FoundationTX27.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Moody Foundation · John and Allie Lea Orton Fdn · Shell USA Company Foundation · Harris & Eliza Kempner Fund Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Dr Leon Bromberg Charitable Trust · Ippolito Charitable Foundation of Galveston · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Jf Seinsheimer Jr Charitable Foundation · Permanent Endowment Fund of Moody Methodist Church · The Mary Moody Northen Endowment · John P McGovern Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Alice Taylor Gray Foundation Acct #G02992 funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Alice Taylor Gray Foundation Acct #G02992?

    Find your warmest path to Alice Taylor Gray Foundation Acct #G02992 through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 46 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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