· Private foundation
Brian W and Irene Binash Foundation
Its FY2023 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, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k1 grant · $7k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY | $25,000 |
| BROOKWOOD COMUNITY | $15,000 |
| BUFFALO BAYOU PARTNERSHIPS | $10,000 |
| BEL INIZIO | $6,553 |
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 (FY17–23, $210k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 28% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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 +39% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (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 FY2023, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
The Brookwood Community Inc3× · 2019–2023 · $275k · revenue +29%- BIBEL INIZIO INC7× · 2017–2023 · $210k · revenue +132%
- AGASTROS GOLF FOUNDATION2× · 2021–2022 · $53k · revenue +39%
Funded once
- HHHouston Habitat for Humanity Incone grant, 2017 · $38k · revenue +7%
- STSAINT THOMAS MORE HIGH SCone grant, 2017 · $36k
- ESEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $35k · revenue +36%
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.
Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.
To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.
Rebuilding Together Houston is the only organization in Houston and Harris County providing free home repairs to hundreds of families each year. We employ licensed contractors to restore homes to safe, livable conditions, extending each…
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…
The Houston Parks Board mission is to expand, improve, and protect parks and greenspace in the Houston region.
The mission of Breakthrough Houston (BTH) is to work with highly motivated students to achieve post-secondary success and empower aspiring leaders to become the next generation of educational advocates.
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…
The mission of Family Service Center of Houston and Harris County (Family Houston) is to create a stronger community for tomorrow by helping individuals and families meet the challenges they face today. We help others help themselves.
The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.
The Houston Bar Foundation supports programs that help provide legal representation to the indigent, promote community understanding of our legal system, and foster the administration of justice.
See Schedule OThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston helps women and girls make choices toward becoming independent, productive, and financially stable. We fulfill our mission by recruiting volunteer instructors to deliver our programs in…
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.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 17 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 Brookwood Community Inc ↗
- Who funds BEL INIZIO INC ↗
- Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
- Who funds ASTROS GOLF FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc ↗
- Who funds EASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC ↗
- Who funds United Way of Greater Houston ↗
- Who funds Marquette University ↗
- Who funds The Houston Food Bank ↗
- Who funds Buffalo Bayou Partnership 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Brian W and Irene Binash Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brian W and Irene Binash Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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