· Private foundation
Avvento 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, FY2021 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k18 grants · $57k
- $10k–50k14 grants · $268k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $79k
- $250k+1 grant · $8.1M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GOLDMAN SACHS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND - ACCOUNT #3575 | $8,054,084 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS | $79,150 |
| JESUIT SOUTHERN PROVINCE | $35,000 |
| LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY | $30,000 |
| SETON EDUCATION PARTNERS | $30,000 |
| ALLEY THEATRE | $28,500 |
| ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC CHURCH | $23,200 |
| CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER | $21,120 |
| CHRISTUS FOUNDATION FOR HEALTH CARE | $20,000 |
| THE ROCK MINISTRIES | $15,000 |
| SOLEANA STABLES | $15,000 |
| HERE I AM ORPHAN MINISTRIES | $10,000 |
| PROJECT ONE DAY | $10,000 |
| GRATIA PLENA | $10,000 |
| THE WOMEN'S HOME | $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 (FY22–25, $123k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 76% 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
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 +9% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
31 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 15 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, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8.1M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUniversity of St Thomas4× · 2022–2025 · $167k · revenue +39%
- SESETON EDUCATION PARTNERS4× · 2022–2025 · $73k · revenue +41%
- ATALLEY THEATRE4× · 2022–2025 · $57k · revenue +53%
Funded once
- SISpringSpirit Incone grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
- FEFAMILIES EMPOWEREDone grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
- COCONGREGATION OF THE HOLY SPIRITone grant, 2022 · $1k
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.
St. Peter Catholic High School empowers students to be models of faith through Catholic spiritual formation, while providing a creative and comprehensive education in career and technical pathways.
As the Houston affiliate of the National Christian Foundation (NCF), our mission is to serve and encourage givers to grow as faithful stewards who give wisely to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The mission of the Lutheran Education Association of Houston (LEAH) is to operate and champion exemplary Lutheran schools in the Houston area to expand Christ's Kingdom.
Family, School, and Church united in the education and support of each child - this is the founding premise upon which Presbyterian School nurtures and challenges its students. The school provides an educational program of the highest…
Amazing Place empowers families facing the challenges of dementia and Alzheimer's and advances brain health for all. The Organization serves adults with mild cognitive impairment and mild to moderate dementia, caregiving families and…
St. Stephen's Episcopal School - Houston ("St. Stephen's", "the School") nurtures each child's academic, creative, and spiritual potential.
See Schedule OSt. John's School is an independent, co-educational day school presenting a 13-year sequence of college preparatory training. A non-profit institution, it was founded in 1946 to provide the community with a school of exacting…
LifeHouse is a Christ-centered ministry ensuring life for unborn children by providing opportunities for housing, help, and hope for young women during their pregnancies and beyond.
To provide financial support to St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Houston, TX.
The mission of Houston Institute is to help the people of Rice University think deeply about the best way to live through the study of the liberal arts especially philosophy and literature. Our goal is to help students become better…
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 promote the catholic faith and practices in texas by supporting catholic religious, educational & charitable activities in texas.
How this is measured
28 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. 28 of the 63 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 University of St Thomas ↗
- Who funds SETON EDUCATION PARTNERS ↗
- Who funds ALLEY THEATRE ↗
- Who funds THE WOMEN'S HOME ↗
- Who funds Christian Community Service Center Inc ↗
- Who funds CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare ↗
- Who funds SOLEANA STABLES ↗
- Who funds Here I Am Orphan Ministries Inc ↗
- Who funds PROJECT ONE DAY ↗
- Who funds Gratia Plena ↗
- Who funds SpringSpirit Inc ↗
- Who funds TEXAS EQUUSEARCH MOUNTED SEARCH AND RECOVERY ↗
- Who funds WOMEN DOING WELL INC ↗
- Who funds NINFA LAURENZO SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
- Who funds FAMILIES EMPOWERED ↗
- Who funds ST DOMINIC VILLAGE ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC LITERARY ARTS ↗
- Who funds HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SCARAMELLA FAITH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO 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: Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Charity Guild of Catholic Women of Harris County Inc · The Elkins Foundation · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · Scanlan Foundation · Strake Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Avvento Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Avvento Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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