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Alternative House Inc at a glance

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Alternative House Inc

The making of grants, contributions, or other forms of financial assistance to organizations which are themselves exempt from income tax under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

$162k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Animals$69kEducation$62kHuman Services$57kFood & Nutrition$40kArts & Culture$20kCrime & Legal$15kCivil Rights$15kHealth$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $110k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$259k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
El Pasoans Fighting Hunger$20,000
Project Regeneracion$10,000
New Mexico Library Foundation$10,000
Centro San Vicente$10,000
Second Chance Wildlife Rescue$10,000
El Paso Bridges Academy$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
El Paso Museum of History Foundation$10,000
Cat Rescue Corp$10,000
Books are Gems$10,000
Hunt County Kids Inc$7,500
Rio Grande Trails and Tales$7,000
Animal Rescue League of El Paso$5,400
Borderland Arts Foundation$5,000
The Frontera Land Alliance$5,000
02The need
03

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 (FY24–24, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%Hunt County Kids Inc: $8k → 13%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.

32%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$107k · 5 repeat orgs$229k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
18

Total granted

$107k
$112k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+7%

Still filing today

80%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $117k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesCivil RightsHealthEducationFood & NutritionOther
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

  • EP
    EL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGER
    2× · 2023–2024 · $40k · revenue +7%
  • EP
    EL PASO BRIDGES ACADEMY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $25k · revenue 0%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2023–2024 · $22k

Funded once

  • LC
    LULAC CO Queta Fierro
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • AL
    ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF EL PASO
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +23%
  • MH
    MALAYAKA HOUSE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -70%
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
El Paso Center for Children Inc

El paso center for children, inc's purpose is to provide homes for dependent and neglected children and an array of support services for emotionally disturbed children, adolescents, and their families. the organization operates entirely in…

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2
Justice for Our Neighbors El Paso

Jfon el paso is a faith-based ministry providing affordable, high-quality immigration legal services and advocating for immigrants rights in west texas and southern new mexico

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3
El Pueblo

El Pueblo will provide a full range of legal services and other support services to low-income immigrants seeking family reunification, citizenship, and protection from persecution and violence.

Human Services
4
El Paso Human Services Inc

El paso human services, inc. (ephsi), a private non-profit multi-purpose organization, has been providing social services in el paso county since 1984. ephsi has extensive experience in developing, implementing and executing federal, state…

Human Services
5
Child Crisis Center of El Paso Inc

The mission of the Child Crisis Center is to protect children, newborn through fifteen years of age, from abuse/neglect by providing temporary short-term emergency shelter and family support services.

Human Services
6
Casa of El Paso Inc

Train and support volunteers from the community to advocate for abused and neglected children who need representation in the family court system, striving to provide them a safe and permanent home.

Crime & Legal
7
Paso Del Norte Center of Hope

The paso del norte center of hope exists to protect victims of human trafficking and modern-day slavery and to lead anti-trafficking efforts within the region through outreach, education, and person-centered services. the center works with…

Human Services
8
El Paso Matters Inc

Engage in the highest quality independent production, publication and or distribution of orginial news and or news-based materials of community value to far west texas, southern new mexico and northern chihuahua, mexico.

Public Benefit
9
Kelly Center for Hunger Relief

The organization's mission is to help el pasoans in need address hunger and food insecurity.

Food & Nutrition
10
Casa of Pueblo Inc

Casa of pueblos mission is to advocate for abused and neglected children by providing a voice in the courts and in the community through trained volunteers.

Crime & Legal
11
Advocacy Center for the Children of El Paso

The mission of the advocacy center for the children of el paso is to advocate for child victims of abuse and neglect in the el paso area by providing education and a collaborative, comprehensive and efficient intervention process to seek…

Crime & Legal
12
El Paso County Historical Society

The purpose of the society shall be to study in all its aspects the history of the city and county of el paso, and of the surrounding territory; to conduct and foster research in the history of the area; to acquire and preserve documents,…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is El Paso Bridges Academy; the most unlike its peers is Rio Grande Trails and Tales. 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

26 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. 26 of the 39 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
12/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EL PASO BRIDGES ACADEMY: $25,000 · OtherEL PASO BRIDGES ACADEMYIndividual grant recipient: $21,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLULAC CO Queta Fierro: $15,000 · OtherLULAC CO Queta FierroLAS AMERICAS IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY CENTER: $10,000 · OtherLAS AMERICAS IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY CENTERUTEP Law School Preparation Institute: $10,000 · OtherUTEP Law School Preparation InstitutePROJECT REGENERACION: $10,000 · OtherPROJECT REGENERACIONNEW MEXICO LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherNEW MEXICO LIBRARY FOUNDATION INCIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientEl Paso Museum of History Foundation: $10,000 · OtherEl Paso Museum of History FoundationMCCALL NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $9,500 · Other+13 more: $49,500 · Other+13 moreEL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGER: $40,000 · Food & NutritionEL PASOANS FI…ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF EL PASO: $10,000 · Human ServicesASSISTANCE L…MALAYAKA HOUSE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesMALAYAKA HOU…Teambrownsville Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesTeambrownsvi…HUNT COUNTY KIDS INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesHUNT COUNTY …ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF EL PASO INC: $10,400 · AnimalsANIMAL RESC…CAT RESCUE CORP: $10,000 · AnimalsCAT RESCUE …SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE RESCUE: $10,000 · AnimalsSECOND CHAN…HUMANE SOCIETY OF EL PASO INC: $5,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCI…CENTRO SAN VICENTE: $10,000 · HealthPASO DEL NORTE CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $5,000 · HealthPaso del Norte Community Foundation: $5,000 · HealthBooks Are Gems: $10,000 · EducationRIO GRANDE TRAILS AND TALES: $7,000 · EducationDISABILITY RIGHTS TEXAS: $5,000 · Civil RightsBORDERLAND RAINBOW CENTER: $5,000 · Civil Rights
Other$180,500Food & Nutrition$40,000Human Services$37,500Animals$35,400Health$20,000Education$17,000Civil Rights$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGER: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEL PASO BRIDGES ACADEMY: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF EL PASO INC: $10,400 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCAT RESCUE CORP: $10,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF EL PASO: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE RESCUE: $10,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetMALAYAKA HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetLAS AMERICAS IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCENTRO SAN VICENTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTeambrownsville Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBooks Are Gems: $10,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetEl Paso Museum of History Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetHUNT COUNTY KIDS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 11% of budgetRIO GRANDE TRAILS AND TALES: $7,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetTOM LEA INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Frontera Land Alliance: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetDISABILITY RIGHTS TEXAS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBorder Network for Human Rights: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF EL PASO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPASO DEL NORTE CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LINKS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPaso del Norte Community Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBORDERLAND RAINBOW CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCENTER AGAINST SEXUAL AND FAMILY VIOLENCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF EL PASO INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEL PASO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

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.

El Paso Community Fou…Paso del Norte Commun…The Hunt Family Found…Robert E & Evelyn McK…Michael M Peacock Fou…Wilma Donohue Moleen …The Shiloff Family Fo…United Way of El Paso…The Electric Company …Feinberg FoundationThe Lanward FoundationHervey Foundation
El Paso Community FoundationTX36.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: El Paso Community Foundation · Paso del Norte Community Foundation · The Hunt Family Foundation · Robert E & Evelyn McKee Foundation · Michael M Peacock Foundation · Wilma Donohue Moleen Foundation Xxxxx7003 · The Shiloff Family Foundation · United Way of El Paso County · The Electric Company Charitable Foundation · Feinberg Foundation · The Lanward Foundation · Hervey 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 Alternative House Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alternative House Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 39 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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