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Anchorage Foundation of Texas

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.

$690k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$340k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Education$1.4MArts & Culture$1.1MHealth$255kEnvironment$35kHuman Services$29kSocial Science$23kFood & Nutrition$22kYouth Development$21kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $145k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $190k
  • $250k+1 grant · $340k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$6.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JOHN'S SCHOOL$340,000
HEART OF AMERICA PATRIOT FOUNDATION$190,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON$20,000
HISPANIC HEALTH COALITION$20,000
THE ORANGE SHOW FOUNDATION$20,000
THE COUNCIL ON RECOVERY$15,000
FAMILY TO FAMILY NETWORK$10,000
HOUSTON MUSEUM AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE$10,000
HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION$10,000
RICE UNIVERSITY - JAMES A BAKER III INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY$10,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES RGV$10,000
KINDER INSTITUTE$10,000
THE GLASSELL SCHOOL OF ART$10,000
EMANCIPATION PARK CONSERVANCY$5,000
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$5,000
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, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HISPANIC HEALTH COALITION: $20k → 16%Hispanic Health Coalition: $5k → 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.

Which US states your grants reach

VT
MA
PA
CA
CO
AZ
KS
NC
DC
TX
FL

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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.6M · 27 repeat orgs$214k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +58% since the first grant, against +47% for the ones you funded once.

27 repeat relationships — 11 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
27

Total granted

$2.6M
$164k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+47%

Still filing today

78%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther

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

  • SJ
    St John's School
    7× · 2017–2024 · $729k · revenue +130%
  • VP
    VALOR PARTNERS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $315k · revenue +89%
  • MF
    Menil Foundation Inc
    2× · 2019–2022 · $160k · revenue +0%

Funded once

  • CG
    CULTUREWORKS GREATER PHILADELPHIAgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +89%
  • HC
    HOUSTON CHILDREN'S CHORUS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +45%
  • PR
    Project Row Houses
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -36%

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
Houston Botanic Garden

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

Environment
2
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
3
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

CAMH presents extraordinary and thought-provoking arts programming and exhibitions.

Arts & Culture
4
Wonderworks

Wonderworks educates students to become better-qualified college applicants and better equipped to succeed in undergraduate studies by exploring challenging subject matter and techniques in a college setting.

Education
5
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
6
Kimbell Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
7
The Awty International School

See Schedule OThe purpose of Awty International School (Awty) is to create an environment where students experience excellence every day to make their mark on the world alongside their community, in a spirit of curiosity, courage and…

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8
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
9
Glasstire

Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.

Arts & Culture
10
Hermann Park Conservancy

Hermann Park Conservancy is a citizens organization dedicated to the stewardship and improvement of Hermann Park - today and for generations to come.

Environment
11
Houston Symphony Society

The mission of the Houston Symphony is to inspire and engage a large and diverse audience in Greater Houston and beyond through exceptional orchestral performances, educational programs and community activities.

Arts & Culture
12
Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation

To recognize the accomplishments and contributions of our outstanding Texas business leaders and to perpetuate and inspire the values of entrepreneurial spirit, personal integrity, and community leadership in all generations of Texans.

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cultureworks Greater Philadelphia and the most unlike its peers is Houston Artists Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyMilitary Veterans SupportPolicy Research and AdvocacyEnvironmental Conservation …Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Jewish Community Organizati…Community Arts CentersCommunity FoundationsLocal History MuseumsLocal Food System Organizat…Addiction Recovery Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 44 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%0%<5yr16%2%5–10yr20%12%10–20yr17%21%20–35yr11%30%35–55yr11%35%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%1%5–10yr20%15%10–20yr17%9%20–35yr11%9%35–55yr11%65%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/49
the rest of the field
16%
5,823/36,638

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

48 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. 48 of the 59 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/48
Grantees still filing
37/48
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Houston Grand Opera Association Inc — $285,000 · Arts & CultureHouston Grand Opera Association IncMenil Foundation Inc — $160,000 · Arts & CultureMenil Foundation IncThe Orange Show Foundation — $138,143 · Arts & CultureThe Orange Show FoundationTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON — $120,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTONASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER — $84,714 · Arts & CultureASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTERHouston Public Media Foundation — $75,000 · Arts & CultureHouston Public Media Foundation+8 more — $90,500 · Arts & Culture+8 moreSt John's School — $729,303 · OtherSt John's SchoolHouston Museum African American Culture — $40,000 · Other+21 more — $224,250 · Other+21 moreVALOR PARTNERS FOUNDATION — $315,000 · PhilanthropyVALOR PARTNE…THE COLORADO COLLEGE — $95,000 · EducationTHE COLORAD…Farm and City — $95,000 · EducationFarm and Ci…FORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC — $30,000 · EducationFORT WORTH …The Gateway Academy Inc — $10,000 · EducationJoy Development School — $10,000 · EducationTrustees of Tufts College — $10,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College — $9,938 · Education+5 more — $18,000 · Education+5 moreThe Council on Recovery — $170,000 · HealthTexas Children's Hospital — $50,000 · HealthHEADWATERS AT THE COMAL — $30,000 · EnvironmentUrban Harvest Inc — $22,000 · EnvironmentBuffalo Bayou Partnership Inc — $17,500 · Environment+2 more — $2,750 · EnvironmentHISPANIC HEALTH COALITION — $25,000 · Human ServicesSHAPE Community Center — $2,500 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$953,357Other$993,553Philanthropy$315,000Education$277,938Health$220,000Environment$72,250Human Services$27,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSt John's School — $729,303 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetVALOR PARTNERS FOUNDATION — $315,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetHouston Grand Opera Association Inc — $285,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Council on Recovery — $170,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMenil Foundation Inc — $160,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Orange Show Foundation — $138,143 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON — $120,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLORADO COLLEGE — $95,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFarm and City — $95,000 over 6y, 30% of budgetASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER — $84,714 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHouston Public Media Foundation — $75,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital — $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Artists Fund — $31,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetHEADWATERS AT THE COMAL — $30,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetFORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHISPANIC HEALTH COALITION — $25,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetUrban Harvest Inc — $22,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetThe Heritage Society — $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetHouston Arts Alliance — $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBuffalo Bayou Partnership Inc — $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY TO FAMILY NETWORK — $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetHOUSTON CHILDREN'S CHORUS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetProject Row Houses — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJoy Development School — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmericans for the Arts Inc — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRothko Chapel — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College — $9,938 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAREER & RECOVERY RESOURCES INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetI Am Waters Foundation Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEmancipation Park Conservancy — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN LEADERSHIP FORUM - SILICON VALLEY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Houston Foundation — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHAPE Community Center — $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJames Dick Foundation for the Performing Arts — $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTanglewood Foundation — $2,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetLawndale Art & Performance Center — $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTrees For Houston — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE — $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeckerwood Gardens Conservation Foundation Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Greater Houston Commu…Houston Endowment IncThe Brown Foundation …Shell USA Company Fou…The Elkins FoundationJohn P McGovern Found…The Methodist HospitalThe Susan Vaughan Fou…Vivian L Smith Founda…The Powell FoundationHouston Arts AllianceStrake Foundation
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX38.2× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · The Brown Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · John P McGovern Foundation · The Methodist Hospital · The Susan Vaughan Foundation Inc · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The Powell Foundation · Houston Arts Alliance · Strake 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 Anchorage Foundation of Texas 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%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Trustees of Tufts College — 13% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.

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 59 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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