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Allison & Jack Jensen Family Foundation at a glance

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Allison & Jack Jensen Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$38kReligion$29kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kRecreation & Sports$2kEducation$2kPhilanthropy$500Public Benefit$100Animals$10Other$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$15k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST FRANCIS EPISCOPAL CHURCH$1,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%HOUSTON PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $3k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

37%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$29k · 5 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
23

Total granted

$29k
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+77%

Still filing today

40%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentAnimalsReligionRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • CF
    CENTER FOR CREATIVE RESOURCES INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $8k · revenue -19%
  • HA
    Hope and Healing Center & Institute
    2× · 2019–2021 · $8k · revenue +22%
  • JC
    JUNG CENTER HOUSTON
    3× · 2019–2021 · $6k

Funded once

  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - VICTORY
    one grant, 2020 · $14k
  • CU
    CHAPELWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • CU
    CHAPLEWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Harris County Medical Society

Our mission is to be the leading advocate for our member physicians, their patients and our community, in promoting the highest standards of ethical medical practice, access to quality medical care, medical education, research, and…

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2
Houston Christian Foundation dba National Christian Foundation Houston

As the Houston affiliate of the National Christian Foundation (NCF), our mission is to serve and encourage givers to grow as faithful stewards who give wisely to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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3
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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4
Houston Volunteer Fire Department

The houston volunteer fire department provides fire protection and emergency services for the community.

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5
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.

Public Benefit
6
Houston Christian University

The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."

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7
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
8
Memorial Hermann Medical Group

Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…

Health
9
Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston

Non-profit corporation providing healthcare to the homeless.

Human Services
10
Health Care Without Harm

The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…

Environment
11
Central Houston Inc

See schedule ocentral houston champions a thriving downtown by connecting influential leaders through initiatives that advance the future of business and community for all.

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12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Houston Safari Club Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Bernardo Volunteer Fire Department. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - VICTORY: $13,900 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - VICTORYCHAPELWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherCHAPELWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCHJUNG CENTER HOUSTON: $6,000 · OtherJUNG CENTER HOUSTONCHAPLEWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherCHAPLEWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCHST FRANCIS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $4,500 · OtherST FRANCIS EPISCOPAL CHURCHVICTORY CHRISTIAN CENTER INC: $3,167 · OtherVICTORY CHRISTIAN CENTER INCST MICHAEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,757 · OtherASPEN COMMUNITY CHURCH: $2,000 · Other+11 more: $6,325 · Other+11 moreCENTER FOR CREATIVE RESOURCES INC: $8,050 · HealthCENTER FOR CR…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,200 · HealthAMERICAN CANC…Hope and Healing Center & Institute: $7,500 · ReligionHope and H…HOUSTON PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $3,086 · Human ServicesHOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsDec My Room Inc: $500 · Youth DevelopmentWASHBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $500 · EducationHOUSTON SAFARI CLUB FOUNDATION: $10 · Animals
Other$56,649Health$9,250Religion$7,500Human Services$3,086Recreation & Sports$2,000Youth Development$500Education$500Animals$10

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCENTER FOR CREATIVE RESOURCES INC: $8,050 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetHope and Healing Center & Institute: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOUSTON PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $3,086 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDec My Room Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWASHBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERNARDO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSTON SAFARI CLUB FOUNDATION: $10 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

  • Who funds CENTER FOR CREATIVE RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds Hope and Healing Center & Institute ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Dec My Room Inc ↗
  • Who funds WASHBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BERNARDO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON SAFARI CLUB FOUNDATION ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Greater Houston Commu…Shell USA Company Fou…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Raymond James Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX14.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Allison & Jack Jensen Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Allison & Jack Jensen Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 28 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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