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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
ACADEMY FOR ACCELERATED$12,500
ANONYMOUS ALLICANCE OF CHARITABLE$12,500
THE BROOKWOOD COMMUNITY$12,500
FORT BEND COUNTY WOMENS CENTER$10,500
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF HOUSTON$10,000
ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA$2,500
INTERFAITH MINISTRIES OF GREATER HO$2,500
HOUSTON BARC FOUNDATION$2,500
WOMAN INC$2,000
HOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY (TWRC)$1,500
HOUSTON SPCA$1,500
STAR OF HOPE$1,500
HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION$1,500
WILDLIFE CENTER OF TEXAS INC$1,500
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 (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. Its 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
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has 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
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

  • 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
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
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.

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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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas Wildlife Rehabilitation Coalition Inc; 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 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. 14 of the 23 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.

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

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWomen Opting for More Affordable Housing Now Inc: $7,500 over 4y, 1.0% 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
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.

Greater Houston Commu…Shell USA Company Fou…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
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

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 Carleton Speed Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carleton Speed Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%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
    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, 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 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 23 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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