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CFP Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
59
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$11MHealth$1.5MArts & Culture$1.1MYouth Development$415kCommunity Improvement$280kEmployment$220kHuman Services$200kEnvironment$170kOther$0
02FY2024 · 59 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k38 grants · $825k
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $1.7M
  • $250k+2 grants · $900k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$63M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
St John's School$500,000
Southern Methodist University$400,000
University of Texas at Austin - Texas Challenge$200,000
Southern Methodist University$127,040
University of Texas at Austin - The Blanton Museum of Art$125,000
Ex Students Association of the University of Texas$117,000
Texas Children's Hospital$100,000
University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center$100,000
The Methodist Hospital Foundation dba Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation$100,000
FuelEd Schools Inc$100,000
Uplift Education$95,000
YES Prep Public Schools Inc$75,000
Small Steps Nurturing Center$75,000
Houston Museum of Natural Science$70,000
Houston Hospice$65,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $120k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Dress for Success Houston: $30k → 16%Dress for Success Houston: $30k → 16%Dress for Success Houston: $30k → 16%Dress for Success Houston: $30k → 16%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$26M · 54 repeat orgs$125k to everyone else

54 repeat relationships: 51 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

54
2

Total granted

$26M
$60k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+35%

Still filing today

69%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesEnvironmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • Southern Methodist University
    4× · 2021–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +18%
  • SJ
    St John's School
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +118%
  • EA
    EX-STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION OF UT
    4× · 2021–2024 · $434k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • PC
    POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $35k · revenue +35%
  • PC
    Positive Coaching Alliance - North Texas
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
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 Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
2
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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3
Presbyterian School

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…

Education
4
The Awty International School

See Schedule OThe purpose of Awty International School (Awty) is to create an environment where students experience excellence every day to make their mark on the world alongside their community, in a spirit of curiosity, courage and…

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5
St Peter Catholic

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.

Education
6
The Fay School

See Schedule O. The Fay School ("the School") is a nonsectarian, not-for-profit, co-educational school in which children of diverse talents and backgrounds with strong academic abilities are offered a high-quality education in a secure,…

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7
The Woodlands Christian Academy

TWCA is an independent, Christ-centered college preparatory school that integrates learning with biblical faith and challenges our students to reach their highest potential - intellectually, creatively, physically, and socially - for the…

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8
Houston Independent School District Foundation

The HISD Foundation is dedicated to mobilizing the local community to support innovative priorities in HISD to improve outcomes for all students in the district. Our mission is to fund projects and programs of merit that fall outside of…

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9
Hill Country Montessori School Inc

Provide quality education for students from pre school through middle school using the Montessori method of learning and teaching.

Education
10
The Royal School System

The mission of Royal Public Schools is to spark students' natural curiosity and love of learning while providing the knowledge and skills they need to lead successful and fulfilling lives.

Education
11
Bosque School

To create transformative learning experiences that empower a diverse community of students to lead lives of intellectual curiosity, personal integrity, and compassionate contribution to a more just world.

Education
12
Made Houston

MADE Houston was formed to create a school community focused on nurturing and developing the unique academic and social needs of students with learning differences and to successfully transition students into mainstream schools.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas Children's Hospital; the most unlike its peers is The Museum of Fine Arts Houston. 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

43 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. 43 of the 61 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/43
Grantees still filing
27/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

See detail attachment: $10,715,000 · OtherSee detail attachmentSt John's School: $1,100,000 · OtherSt John's SchoolUniversity of Texas at Austin - Texas Challenge: $1,000,000 · OtherUniversity of Texas at Austin - Longhorn Foundation: $1,000,000 · OtherST FRANCIS EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL: $835,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $800,000 · Other+26 more: $3,305,000 · Other+26 moreSouthern Methodist University: $2,329,245 · EducationSouthern Methodist Univ…Small Steps Nurturing Center: $600,000 · EducationSmall Steps Nurturing C…YELLOWSTONE ACADEMY INC DBA YELLOWSTONE SCHOOLS: $490,000 · EducationYELLOWSTONE ACADEMY INC…EX-STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION OF UT: $433,750 · EducationEX-STUDENTS' ASSOCIATIO…YES Prep Public Schools Inc: $300,000 · EducationYES Prep Public Schools…FuelEd Schools Inc: $220,000 · Education+10 more: $1,035,000 · Education+10 moreTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $180,000 · Arts & CultureHouston Museum of Natural Science: $130,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureBo's Place: $80,000 · Arts & CultureTheatre Under the Stars Inc: $60,000 · Arts & CulturePEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE: $60,000 · Arts & CultureTexas Children's Hospital: $400,000 · HealthCamp For All Foundation: $340,000 · Youth DevelopmentMERCY STREET: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentDRESS FOR SUCCESS HOUSTON: $120,000 · Human ServicesChristian Community Service Center Inc: $80,000 · Human ServicesHouston Arboretum & Nature Center: $105,000 · EnvironmentDALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $65,000 · Environment
Other$18,755,000Education$5,407,995Arts & Culture$610,000Health$400,000Youth Development$390,000Human Services$200,000Environment$170,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSouthern Methodist University: $2,329,245 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSt John's School: $1,100,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetSmall Steps Nurturing Center: $600,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetYELLOWSTONE ACADEMY INC DBA YELLOWSTONE SCHOOLS: $490,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetEX-STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION OF UT: $433,750 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $400,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCamp For All Foundation: $340,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetYES Prep Public Schools Inc: $300,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHINQUAPIN PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $240,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetFuelEd Schools Inc: $220,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $180,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBreakthrough Houston: $180,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetUPLIFT EDUCATION: $155,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEMERGE Fellowship: $150,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetHouston Zoo Inc: $130,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Museum of Natural Science: $130,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS HOUSTON: $120,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $120,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSalesmanship Club of Dallas: $120,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $120,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCASA DE ESPERANZA DE LOS NINOS INC: $120,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHouston Hospice: $110,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHouston Arboretum & Nature Center: $105,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetThe Monarch School Monarch Institute for Neurological Diff: $100,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWEST DALLAS COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $95,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetUS LACROSSE INC: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Community Service Center Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBo's Place: $80,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetThe W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation: $80,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetDALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $65,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCandlelighters Childhood Cancer Family Alliance: $60,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTheatre Under the Stars Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSPECIAL CAMPS FOR SPECIAL KIDS: $60,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetMERCY STREET: $50,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $35,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST PHILIPS SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MAGDALEN HOUSE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCamp Allen Camp & Conference Center: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds Southern Methodist University ↗
  • Who funds St John's School ↗
  • Who funds Small Steps Nurturing Center ↗
  • Who funds YELLOWSTONE ACADEMY INC DBA YELLOWSTONE SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds EX-STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION OF UT ↗
  • Who funds Texas Children's Hospital ↗
  • Who funds Camp For All Foundation ↗
  • Who funds YES Prep Public Schools Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHINQUAPIN PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FuelEd Schools Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds Breakthrough Houston ↗
  • Who funds UPLIFT EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds EMERGE Fellowship ↗
  • Who funds Houston Zoo Inc ↗
  • Who funds Houston Museum of Natural Science ↗
  • Who funds DRESS FOR SUCCESS HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds Salesmanship Club of Dallas ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CASA DE ESPERANZA DE LOS NINOS INC ↗
  • Who funds Houston Hospice ↗
  • Who funds Houston Arboretum & Nature Center ↗
  • Who funds The Monarch School Monarch Institute for Neurological Diff ↗
  • Who funds THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds US LACROSSE 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.

Greater Houston Commu…Albert & Ethel Herzst…The Brown Foundation …Shell USA Company Fou…Vivian L Smith Founda…The Tapeats FundThe Powell FoundationThe John M O'Quinn Fo…MD Anderson FoundationStrake FoundationHouston Endowment IncThe Dallas Foundation
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX30.4× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The Tapeats Fund · The Powell Foundation · The John M O'Quinn Foundation · MD Anderson Foundation · Strake Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · The Dallas 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 CFP Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from CFP Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.

    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 61 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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