Texas · Public charity
Avenue Community Development Corporation
The mission of Avenue Community Development Corporation ("Avenue") is to invest in people, homes and communities to advance opportunity for all Houstonians. Continued on Schedule O. Avenue's vision is for all Houstonians to have the opportunity to live in quality homes in healthy, vibrant, and inclusive neighborhoods to ensure Houston's…
- $109k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $84k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $19,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $29,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $58M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Avenue Community Development Corporation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $84k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $81k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $728k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $3.6M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $525k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $36k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborhood Housing Services of Waco | $4,898,261 | 3 | 43% |
| Wesley Community Center Inc of Houston Texas | $59,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area | $43,918 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Invincibles | $36,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Legacy Community Health Services Inc | $26,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Magnolia Park Arts & Community | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Julia C Hester House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sam Houston Hs PTO | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Memorial Hermann Community Benefit Corporation | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
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 · United Way of Greater Houston · Houston Endowment Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Avenue Community Development Corporation
- How much does Avenue Community Development Corporation give?
- Avenue Community Development Corporation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $83,500, out of $109,029 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Avenue Community Development Corporation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (96%), Food & Nutrition (2%), Human Services (1%).
- Who are Avenue Community Development Corporation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Neighborhood Housing Services of Waco ($4.9M), Wesley Community Center Inc of Houston Texas ($60k), Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area ($44k).
- Does Avenue Community Development Corporation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Avenue Community Development Corporation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, United Way of Greater Houston, Houston Endowment Inc.
- Where is Avenue Community Development Corporation based?
- Avenue Community Development Corporation is based in TX.
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