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Bert F Winston Sr Foundation at a glance

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Bert F Winston Sr Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$262k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$342kHuman Services$156kCrime & Legal$95kMembership Benefit$80kFood & Nutrition$80kHealth$53kInternational$50kRecreation & Sports$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $155k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ATTACK POVERTY$50,000
FORT BEND FAMILY HEALTH CENTER$50,000
TSTC FOUNDATION$25,000
FORT BEND WOMENS CENTER$25,000
HUNT PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC$25,000
CHILD ADVOCATES OF FORT BEND$25,000
FORT BEND SENIORS MEALS ON WHEELS$25,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$10,000
COMMUNITY FNDTN OF THE TX HILL COUN$10,000
MORTON CEMETERY ASSOCIATION$10,000
CAL FARLEYS BOYS RANCH$5,000
FORT BEND WILDLIFE RESCUE$1,000
WIEGHAT FOUNDATION$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $105k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FORT BEND SENIORS MEALS ON WHEELS: $25k → 8%FORT BEND SENIORS MEALS ON WHEELS: $25k → 8%FORT BEND SENIORS MEALS ON WHEELS: $10k → 8%FORT BEND SENIORS MEALS ON WHEELS: $10k → 8%FORT BEND SENIORS MEALS ON WHEELS: $10k → 8%FORT BEND WOMENS CENTER: $25k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$737k · 14 repeat orgs$179k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
12

Total granted

$737k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+27%

Still filing today

71%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterArts & CultureCivil RightsMembership BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • THE TSTC FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $260k · revenue +119%
  • MC
    MORTON CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $80k · revenue +86%
  • FB
    Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More
    5× · 2021–2025 · $80k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • BI
    BRAZOS ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • TA
    Texas A&M Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue +28%
  • CC
    COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $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.

04Its field

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.

1
Center for 20TH Century Texas Studies
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2
Frelsburg Volunteer Fire Dept

Provide firefighting services for frelsburg, texas area.

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Texas Trust Gives
Philanthropy
4
Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System Foundation

Supporting the Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System

Public Safety & Disaster
5
Texas State Rifle Association Foundation Inc
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6
Fort Bend County Sheriffs Employees Charitable Foundation

Provide economic assistance to Fort Bend County First Responders and their families. Also to provide scholarships to eligible children of Fort Bend County First Responders.

Human Services
7
The Robert Burns Society of West Texas
Public Safety & Disaster
8
Texas Prairieland Foundation
Philanthropy
9
The State Firemens and Fire Marshals Association of Texas

The Association serves the fire and emergency responders of Texas and beyond, exists to improve the Texas fire service, and is committed to the betterment of Texas emergency services.

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10
North Central Texas Medical Foundation
Health
11
Texans for Lawsuit Reform Foundation
Philanthropy
12
Texas Flying Legends Museum
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas a&M Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Henderson-Wessendorff Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

21 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. 21 of the 31 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE TSTC FOUNDATION: $260,000 · EducationTHE TSTC FOUNDATIONNEEDVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $30,350 · EducationNEEDVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $2,500 · EducationMORTON CEMETERY ASSOCIATION: $80,000 · OtherMORTON CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $55,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES INCLAMAR EDUCATIONAL AWARDS FOUNDATION: $38,713 · OtherLAMAR EDUCATIONAL AWARDS FOUNDA…FORT BEND SENIORS ON WHEELS: $30,264 · OtherFORT BEND SENIORS ON WHEELSBRAZOS ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FNDTN OF THE TX HILL COUN: $10,000 · Other+15 more: $28,727 · Other+15 moreFort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More: $80,000 · Human ServicesFort Bend Seniors …CAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $45,000 · Human ServicesCAL FARLEY'S BOYS …FORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER INC SOS/SHELTER-OUTREACH-SOLUTIONS: $25,000 · Human ServicesFORT BEND COUNTY W…Ft Bend County Child Advocates Inc: $95,000 · Civil RightsFt Bend Cou…FORT BEND FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC: $50,000 · HealthATTACK POVERTY: $50,000 · InternationalHUNT PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $25,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$292,850Other$252,704Human Services$150,000Civil Rights$95,000Health$50,000International$50,000Recreation & Sports$25,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE TSTC FOUNDATION: $260,000 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetFt Bend County Child Advocates Inc: $95,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMORTON CEMETERY ASSOCIATION: $80,000 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetFort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More: $80,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $55,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetFORT BEND FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLAMAR EDUCATIONAL AWARDS FOUNDATION: $38,713 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetNEEDVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $30,350 over 6y, 8.7% of budgetTHE ALS ASSOCIATION-TEXAS CHAPTER: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORT BEND HISTORY ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRINITY OAKS ENTERPRISES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HENDERSON-WESSENDORFF FOUNDATION: $602 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRCHILD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEEDVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBEASLEY COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHERIFFS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The Henderson-Wessend…The George FoundationThe Wingate-Lindsey C…Greater Houston Commu…Shell USA Company Fou…Madison Charitable Fo…Texas Instruments Fou…Texas Mutual Insuranc…Odyssey OutreachFort Bend Junior Serv…Fred and Mabel R Park…The Fluor Foundation
The Henderson-Wessendorff FoundationTX26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Henderson-Wessendorff Foundation · The George Foundation · The Wingate-Lindsey Charitable Trust · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Madison Charitable Foundation Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Texas Mutual Insurance Company · Odyssey Outreach · Fort Bend Junior Service League · Fred and Mabel R Parks Foundation · The Fluor Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bert F Winston Sr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bert F Winston Sr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Bert F Winston Sr Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Bert F Winston Sr Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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