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American Marketing Association Houston Chapter at a glance

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American Marketing Association Houston Chapter

To be the marketing connection.

$15k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$15kHuman Services$12kYouth Development$9kFood & Nutrition$9kHealth$8kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kAnimals$3kHousing & Shelter$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $6,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $15,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $9,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$6,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$362k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KIDS' MEALS INC$6,000
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 (FY18–25, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%GODS GARAGE: $2k → 9%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $105 → 16%ARMS WIDE OPEN ADOPTION: $4k → 16%SUMMERHOUSE HOUSTON: $3k → 16%SUMMERHOUSE HOUSTON: $3k → 16%PRECINCT2GETHER: $1k → 16%KIDS' MEALS INC: $6k → 16%KIDS MEALS INC: $3k → 16%BRIDGEYEAR: $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.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$30k · 4 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +471% since the first grant, against +45% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
14

Total granted

$30k
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+471%
+45%

Still filing today

100%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’22’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’22’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationEnvironmentInternationalPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • UO
    University of Houston College of Business
    3× · 2019–2021 · $10k · revenue +87%
  • KM
    KIDS' MEALS INC
    2× · 2018–2025 · $9k · revenue +471%
  • SH
    SUMMERHOUSE HOUSTON
    3× · 2019–2021 · $6k · revenue ×23

Funded once

  • EM
    EIGHT MILLION STORIES INC
    one grant, 2022 · $6k · revenue -13%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • SF
    SPAULDING FOR CHILDRENgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue +56%
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
Breakthrough Houston

The mission of Breakthrough Houston (BTH) is to work with highly motivated students to achieve post-secondary success and empower aspiring leaders to become the next generation of educational advocates.

Education
2
Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc

Seeking to put God's love into action, Houston Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to provide a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Housing & Shelter
3
Brazos Employment Enterprises Dba the Bee Community

To provide community, life-long learning, and meaningful work for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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4
Raise Texas

RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…

Human Services
5
Houston Revision

Houston revision works to transform the lives of at risk youth by connecting them to positive adult role models, building a new community around strong, affirming peer groups, and preparing the youth for promising futures through education…

Crime & Legal
6
Houston Local Information Initiative Inc

The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.

Arts & Culture
7
South Central Houston Action Council Inc

The organization provides medical services in the form of primary and preventive care to underserved and underinsured residents of harris county.

—
8
The Women's Resource of Greater Houston

See Schedule OThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston helps women and girls make choices toward becoming independent, productive, and financially stable. We fulfill our mission by recruiting volunteer instructors to deliver our programs in…

Philanthropy
9
Fostering Family

Fostering family dba the riverside project is a 501(c)(3) public charity that on behalf of houston's children and their families, brings together organizations and passionate people working as one to help families heal and children thrive.

Community Improvement
10
Made Houston

MADE Houston was formed to create a school community focused on nurturing and developing the unique academic and social needs of students with learning differences and to successfully transition students into mainstream schools.

Education
11
West Street Recovery

West Street Recovery's mission is to connect communities to the resources they need to rebuild after climate disasters such as Hurricane Harvey and build resilient, secure, and stronger communities.

Public Safety & Disaster
12
Texprotects-the Texas Association for the Protection of Children

TexProtects advances public policy and local implementation to strenghten families to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is PRECINCT2GETHER Inc; the most unlike its peers is Gods Garage Inc. 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

21 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.

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

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
16/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KIDS' MEALS INC: $8,500 · Human ServicesKIDS' MEALS INCSUMMERHOUSE HOUSTON: $5,810 · Human ServicesSUMMERHOUSE HOUSTONSPAULDING FOR CHILDREN: $3,750 · Human ServicesSPAULDING FOR CHILDRENBRIDGEYEAR: $2,500 · Human ServicesBRIDGEYEARGods Garage Inc: $2,400 · Human ServicesGods Garage IncPRECINCT2GETHER INC: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $105 · Human ServicesUniversity of Houston College of Business: $10,000 · EducationUniversity of Ho…Christ Clinic: $5,600 · HealthChrist ClinicAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $2,500 · HealthAUTISM SPEAKS…EIGHT MILLION STORIES INC: $5,500 · Youth DevelopmentEIGHT MIL…Individual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant reci…Rebuilding Together Houston: $2,500 · OtherRebuilding Together H…BAYOU LAND CONSERVANCY: $2,000 · OtherBAYOU LAND CONSERVANC…Freedom Church Alliance: $2,000 · OtherFreedom Church Allian…Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas Inc: $1,340 · OtherJunior Achievement of…K9S4COPS INC: $3,500 · Public Safety & DisasterCOCKER SPANIEL RESCUE OF EAST TEXAS: $3,000 · Animals
Human Services$24,065Education$10,000Health$8,100Youth Development$5,500Other$12,840Public Safety & Disaster$3,500Animals$3,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Houston College of Business: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC: $8,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUMMERHOUSE HOUSTON: $5,810 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetChrist Clinic: $5,600 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEIGHT MILLION STORIES INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSPAULDING FOR CHILDREN: $3,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetK9S4COPS INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBRIDGEYEAR: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRebuilding Together Houston: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGods Garage Inc: $2,400 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBAYOU LAND CONSERVANCY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFreedom Church Alliance: $2,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of Southeast Texas Inc: $1,340 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $105 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.

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…The Brown Foundation …Albert & Ethel Herzst…Baxter Trust Co Priva…Houston Endowment IncThe Blackbaud Giving …Texas Capital Foundat…The Methodist HospitalThe Powell FoundationCenterpoint Energy Fo…Natl Christian Charit…
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX23.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · Houston Endowment Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Texas Capital Foundation · The Methodist Hospital · The Powell Foundation · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

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 American Marketing Association Houston Chapter funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Marketing Association Houston Chapter. 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 18 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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