· Private foundation
Aron S & Anaruth P Gordon Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UCROSS FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| THE CHANCELLOR'S COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE | $2,000 |
| NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC | $2,000 |
| AUXILIARY TO THE INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION AND RESEARCH | $2,000 |
| TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $1,000 |
| HOUSTON BOTANIC GARDEN | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 82% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
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 +77% since the first grant, against -18% for those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 6 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, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TMTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON5× · 2020–2024 · $10k · revenue +51%
- RORiver Oaks Garden Club3× · 2019–2022 · $6k · revenue +18%
- KKKappa Kappa Gamma Charitable Foundation of Houston3× · 2021–2023 · $5k · revenue ×35
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $2k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $2k
- MPMemorial Park Conservancy Incone grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -32%
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.
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…
Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.
The Health Museum is an innovative science center that provides an interactive and entertaining experience for all ages, promotes understanding and appreciation of the human body, mind, and spirit, and inspires a lifelong commitment to…
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…
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.
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…
The mission of the Houston Academy of Medicine is to support the community service, education, scientific, and charitable programs for physicians, their patients, and the community at large in Harris County.
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,…
To advance the conservation of birds and their habitats in the Greater Houston Gulf Coast region by acquiring and maintaining critical habitat as bird sanctuaries, providing education programs and nature experiences, and advocating policy…
To provide cutting-edge cardiac care to diagnose, treat, and prevent cardiovascular diseases.
The mission of the Harris County Hospital District Foundation is to enhance the broad healthcare mission of the Harris Health System by soliciting and raising funds for programs and increasing the community's awareness of the Harris Health…
To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 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.
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 MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON ↗
- Who funds River Oaks Garden Club ↗
- Who funds Kappa Kappa Gamma Charitable Foundation of Houston ↗
- Who funds THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Kinkaid School Inc ↗
- Who funds Memorial Park Conservancy Inc ↗
- Who funds UCROSS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds TIRR Foundation ↗
- Who funds The Spirit Golf Association ↗
- Who funds Texas Children's Hospital ↗
- Who funds Medical Bridges Inc ↗
- Who funds Houston Botanic Garden ↗
- Who funds THETA CHARITY EVENTS INC ↗
- Who funds Bo's Place ↗
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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Aron S & Anaruth P Gordon Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Aron S & Anaruth P Gordon Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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