· Public charity
Angels and Causes Inc
To provide assistance, fundraising support, and fiscal sponsorship of charitable activities to athletes, artists, angels, which include high net worth individuals, philanthropists, corporations and others wishing to support charitable programs and organizations through funding or influence.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k10 grants · $177k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $379k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION | $117,150 |
| SUNSHINE KIDS FOUNDATION | $80,600 |
| RESCUE PETS MOVEMENT INC | $75,000 |
| HOUSTON PETSET INC | $56,000 |
| REDEFINING REFUGE | $50,300 |
| BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE | $45,000 |
| K9S FOR WARRIORS INC | $30,000 |
| BEAR HOUSTON | $20,000 |
| COVENANT HOUSE | $20,000 |
| HILLSB COUNTY PET RESOURCE | $11,952 |
| CAITIES FOSTER FARM | $10,000 |
| CITIZENS FOR ANIMAL PROT | $10,000 |
| HOUSTON BARC FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| RADY CHILDRENS HOSPITAL | $10,000 |
| TEXAS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $167k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $302k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TSTHE SUNSHINE KIDS FOUNDATION6× · 2017–2025 · $386k · revenue +18%
- RPRESCUED PETS MOVEMENT INC6× · 2018–2025 · $237k · revenue +15%
- HPHOUSTON PETSET7× · 2018–2025 · $156k · revenue +166%
Funded once
The Houston Food Bankone grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -4%- SFSPRING FERTILITY OF SAN FRANCISCOone grant, 2023 · $45k
- HHHOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETYgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $36k · revenue +33%
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.
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.
Pippys Pals Rescue is dedicated to saving the lives of dogs facing euthanasia in Houston. Our mission is to provide a second chance to these beloved companions by rescuing them from shelters, providing them with necessary medical care, and…
Houston Pets Alive!s (HPA!) mission is to save the lives of at-risk companion cats and dogs and find them loving homes.
Animal Rescue
Houston Cares Rescue is a volunteer organization rescuing animals from the streets, and occasionally from shelters, in Houston, TX, and caring for them primarily with foster families until a loving home can be found. We operate a…
Rescue dogs and other small domestic animals, care for them until they are healthy and adopt them to loving families.
Furever Home Pet Rescue is an all-breed all-volunteer 501c3 non-profit organization based in the DallasFt Worth area We receive no government funding and are not funded nor assisted by any outside agency such as United Way Our life-saving…
Rescuing dogs and cats from the streets and shelters of houston.
K-9 angels rescue is dedicated to animal welfare in the city of houston and surrounding areas. under the name "the empty shelter project" the organization annually provides thousands of free spay/neuter operations, vaccines and microchips…
The Humane Society of Tampa Bay is dedicated to ending animal homelessness and providing care and comfort for companion animals in need. Our vision is "Leading the way because every life counts". In 2025, we saved 10,631 animals.
To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.
How this is measured
34 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. 34 of the 85 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE SUNSHINE KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RESCUED PETS MOVEMENT INC ↗
- Who funds HOUSTON PETSET ↗
- Who funds EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Hillsborough County Pet Resources Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds REDEFINING REFUGE INC ↗
- Who funds The Houston Food Bank ↗
- Who funds BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds K9S FOR WARRIORS INC ↗
- Who funds HOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Houston Hospice ↗
- Who funds Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc ↗
- Who funds BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS ↗
- Who funds DERRICK BROOKS CHARITIES INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · Don a Sanders Family Foundation · Houston Petset · Vinik Family Foundation · Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Baker Hughes Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Angels and Causes Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Angels and Causes Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: 21% of income from government
- Grow Into You Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
- Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc: 0% of income from government
- Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: 0% of income from government
- K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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