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Carleton Speed Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$75k
Granted FY2022
14
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172022.

Education$131kHealth$66kHuman Services$61kInternational$45kAnimals$32kEnvironment$18kHousing & Shelter$17kArts & Culture$13kOther$0
02FY2022 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k9 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $58k
$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$117k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ANONYMOUS ALLICANCE OF CHARITABLE$12,500
THE BROOKWOOD COMMUNITY$12,500
ACADEMY FOR ACCELERATED$12,500
FORT BEND COUNTY WOMENS CENTER$10,500
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF HOUSTON$10,000
HOUSTON BARC FOUNDATION$2,500
INTERFAITH MINISTRIES OF GREATER HO$2,500
ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA$2,500
WOMAN INC$2,000
HOUSTON SPCA$1,500
STAR OF HOPE$1,500
HOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY (TWRC)$1,500
HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION$1,500
WILDLIFE CENTER OF TEXAS INC$1,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–22, $58k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%FORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER: $14k → 8%Fort Bend County Women's Center: $14k → 8%Fort Bend County Women's Center: $13k → 8%FORT BEND COUNTY WOMENS CENTER: $11k → 8%Fort Bend County Women's Center: $8k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$350k · 16 repeat orgs$43k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2022, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
3

Total granted

$350k
$14k

Still filing today

88%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22
EducationHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • FB
    FORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER INC SOS/SHELTER-OUTREACH-SOLUTIONS
    5× · 2017–2022 · $58k · revenue +124%
  • AA
    Anonymous Alliance of Charitable Organizations Inc
    4× · 2017–2021 · $53k · revenue +38% · 41% of their budget
  • AO
    ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED LEARNING INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $36k · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • WA
    WORLD AFFAIRS CONCIL OF HOUSTON
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • TW
    TEXAS WILDFIRE REHABILITATION COALITION
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
  • TW
    TWRC Wildlife Center
    one grant, 2020 · $2k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Houston Cares Animal Rescue

Houston Cares Rescue is a volunteer organization rescuing animals from the streets, and occasionally from shelters, in Houston, TX, and caring for them primarily with foster families until a loving home can be found. We operate a…

Animals
2
Houston Pets Alive

Houston Pets Alive!s (HPA!) mission is to save the lives of at-risk companion cats and dogs and find them loving homes.

Animals
3
West Houston Animal Rescue

Rescue dogs and other small domestic animals, care for them until they are healthy and adopt them to loving families.

Animals
4
Houston Zoo Inc

Mission: Connect communities with animals, inspiring action to save wildlife. Vision: Be a leader in the global movement to save wildlife. (Continued on Schedule O) Houston Zoo, Inc. (HZI) strives to be a zoo that practices exemplary…

Animals
5
Houston Beagle and Hound Rescue Inc

Houston Beagle and Hound Rescue Inc (HBHR) is committed to rescuing, rehabilitating, and rehoming beagles and beagle mixes from animal shelters and difficult situations. The organization operates through a network of volunteers in the…

Animals
6
The Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc

The austin humane society (ahs) offers comprehensive, humane, life-saving animal services, transforming the lives of animals and those who love them. because we believe homeless animals deserve a chance to thrive in a loving environment,…

Animals
7
LifeHouse of Houston Inc

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.

8
Houston Area Women's Center

The Houston Area Women's Center (HAWC) works to end domestic and sexual violence and supports all in building safe and healthy lives through advocacy, counseling, education, shelter, and support services.

Human Services
9
The Houston Audubon Society

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…

Environment
10
Austin Wildlife Rescue

Wildlife Rescue Inc., rehabilitates and releases orphaned, sick, or injured wild animals and educates the public to co-exist with wildlife.

Animals
11
The Hospice at the Texas Medical Center

The Hospice at the Texas Medical Center holds a freestanding 37 bed inpatient facility in the Texas Medical Center that is operated and managed by Houston Hospice.

Human Services
12
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center

The mission of the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center is to provide education about the natural environment to people of all ages and to protect and enhance the Arboretum as a haven and sanctuary for native plants and animals.

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas Wildlife Rehabilitation Coalition Inc and the most unlike its peers is Houston Public Media 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

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

World Affairs Council of Houston — $35,000 · OtherWorld Affairs Council of HoustonACADEMY FOR ACCELERATED — $12,500 · OtherACADEMY FOR ACCELERATEDANONYMOUS ALLICANCE OF CHARITABLE — $12,500 · OtherANONYMOUS ALLICANCE OF CHARITABLEArchaeological Institute of America — $12,500 · OtherArchaeological Institute of AmericaInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston — $12,000 · OtherInterfaith Ministries for Greater Ho…WORLD AFFAIRS CONCIL OF HOUSTON — $10,000 · OtherWORLD AFFAIRS CONCIL OF HOUSTONTHE WILDLIFE CENTER OF TEXAS INC — $4,500 · OtherHouston Public Media Foundation — $10,000 · OtherHouston Public Media FoundationHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $7,500 · OtherHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION O…+5 more — $11,500 · Other+5 moreThe Brookwood Community Inc — $65,500 · EducationThe Brookwood Community IncACADEMY OF ACCELERATED LEARNING INC — $35,500 · EducationACADEMY OF ACCELERATED LEARNING…Archaeological Institute of America-Houston Society — $8,000 · EducationArchaeological Institute of Ame…FORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER INC SOS/SHELTER-OUTREACH-SOLUTIONS — $58,000 · Human ServicesFORT BEND COUNTY…Anonymous Alliance of Charitable Organizations Inc (AACO) — $53,000 · HealthAnonymous Allia…INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH — $17,500 · EnvironmentSTAR OF HOPE MISSION — $9,000 · Housing & ShelterWomen Opting for More Affordable Housing Now Inc — $7,500 · Housing & ShelterHouston BARC Foundation — $11,000 · Philanthropy
Other$128,000Education$109,000Human Services$58,000Health$53,000Environment$17,500Housing & Shelter$16,500Philanthropy$11,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc — $65,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER INC SOS/SHELTER-OUTREACH-SOLUTIONS — $58,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAnonymous Alliance of Charitable Organizations Inc (AACO) — $53,000 over 4y, 41% of budgetACADEMY OF ACCELERATED LEARNING INC — $35,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH — $17,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston — $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHouston BARC Foundation — $11,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetHouston Public Media Foundation — $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION — $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetArchaeological Institute of America-Houston Society — $8,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetWomen Opting for More Affordable Housing Now Inc — $7,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDLIFE CENTER OF TEXAS INC — $4,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTEXAS WILDLIFE REHABILITATION COALITION INC — $3,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Greater Houston Community FoundationTX14.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Carleton Speed Family Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%your 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
    2report 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, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Carleton Speed Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Carleton Speed Family Foundation Inc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 23 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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