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Clutch City Foundation

To continue to improve the community through youth initiatives, education programs, and programs supporting the underserved.

$382k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$110k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 FY2018–2025.

Health$1.4MPublic Safety & Disaster$426kRecreation & Sports$343kAnimals$250kPhilanthropy$239kCommunity Improvement$238kEducation$147kYouth Development$113kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 13 grants below total $373,979 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $381,500 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $7,521 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $108k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $242k
$15,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEXAS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$110,000
MEMORIAL HERMANN FOUNDATION$82,358
EDUCATION REFORM NOW INC$50,000
JOHN LUCAS FOUNDATION$20,000
VANVLEET FAMILY FOUNDATION$20,000
FAMILY SERVICE CENTER OF HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY$20,000
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC (POST OAK LITTLE LEAGUE)$15,000
BRIDGEYEAR$12,821
SHEPPARD FAMILY FOUNDATION$10,000
ANGEL BY NATURE$10,000
FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION$8,800
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC$7,500
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HOUSTON$7,500
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 (FY18–25, $447k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CHRIS PAUL FAMILY FOUNDATION: $11k → 14%TARGET HUNGER: $5k → 16%HOUSTON POLICE FOUNDATION: $406k → 16%BRIDGEYEAR: $13k → 16%BRIDGEYEAR: $7k → 16%CHILD ADVOCATES: $5k → 16%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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.9M · 14 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +61% since the first grant, against +26% for the ones you funded once.

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
27

Total granted

$1.9M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+26%

Still filing today

100%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther

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

  • MH
    Memorial Hermann Foundation
    6× · 2018–2025 · $449k · revenue +158%
  • HC
    HOUSTON'S CHARITY FOR CHILDREN INC
    3× · 2018–2024 · $143k · revenue +49%
  • SA
    SPORTS AUTHORITY FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2024 · $128k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • HP
    HOUSTON POLICE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $406k · revenue +8%
  • WC
    WOLF CONSERVATION CENTER INC
    one grant, 2018 · $250k · revenue +6%
  • HC
    HARRIS COUNTY - HOUSTON SPORTS AUTHORITY
    one grant, 2018 · $200k

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
American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter

American Leadership Forum (ALF) brings together, in classes, leaders with diverse perspectives so they can build relationships, learn to dialogue and respectfully differ, and work together for the good of our community.

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2
Trees for Houston

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

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3
Houston Botanic Garden

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

Environment
4
Houston Museum of Natural Science

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…

Arts & Culture
5
Memorial Hermann Medical Group

Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…

Health
6
Houston Christian Foundation dba National Christian Foundation Houston

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.

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7
Breakthrough Houston

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.

Education
8
Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation

To recognize the accomplishments and contributions of our outstanding Texas business leaders and to perpetuate and inspire the values of entrepreneurial spirit, personal integrity, and community leadership in all generations of Texans.

Community Improvement
9
Central Houston Inc

See schedule ocentral houston champions a thriving downtown by connecting influential leaders through initiatives that advance the future of business and community for all.

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10
Houston Bar Foundation

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.

Crime & Legal
11
Collaborative for Children

The mission of Collaborative for Children is to meaningfully improve the quality of early childhood education and care for Greater Houston's children through those most influential in their lives.

Human Services
12
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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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Houston Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Vanvleet Family Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 27 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%3%<5yr16%14%5–10yr20%19%10–20yr17%24%20–35yr9%19%35–55yr11%22%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%10%5–10yr20%5%10–20yr17%31%20–35yr9%9%35–55yr11%46%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 6% lost their exemption, against 17% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
6%
3/48
the rest of the field
17%
12,122/73,089

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

40 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 48 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/40
Grantees still filing
31/40
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Texas Heart Institute — $800,000 · HealthTexas Heart InstituteMemorial Hermann Foundation — $448,940 · HealthMemorial Hermann FoundationTexas Children's Hospital — $110,000 · HealthTexas Children's Hospital+3 more — $37,500 · HealthHOUSTON POLICE FOUNDATION — $406,000 · Human ServicesHOUSTON POLICE F…BRIDGEYEAR — $20,029 · Human ServicesFamily Service Center of Houston and Harris County — $20,000 · Human ServicesFamily Service Foundation of Houston — $20,000 · Human Services+3 more — $21,200 · Human ServicesHARRIS COUNTY - HOUSTON SPORTS AUTHORITY — $200,000 · OtherHARRIS COUNTY - HOUSTON SP…MATTHEW TAPE — $75,000 · OtherMATTHEW TAPE3 THE HARDEN WAY INC — $40,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR — $50,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS L…Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc — $42,500 · OtherJOHN LUCAS FOUNDATION — $40,000 · OtherSPORTS AUTHORITY FOUNDATION — $128,000 · OtherSPORTS AUTHORITY FOUNDATIO…ANGEL BY NATURE — $35,000 · Other+17 more — $196,524 · Other+17 moreWOLF CONSERVATION CENTER INC — $250,000 · AnimalsGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $108,000 · PhilanthropySAGERSTRONG FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · PhilanthropySAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION — $25,000 · PhilanthropyVANVLEET FAMILY FOUNDATION — $20,000 · Philanthropy+1 more — $6,000 · PhilanthropyHOUSTON'S CHARITY FOR CHILDREN INC — $143,247 · Community ImprovementEDUCATION REFORM NOW INC — $100,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — $25,927 · EducationUS Chamber of Commerce Foundation — $8,146 · Education
Health$1,396,440Human Services$487,229Other$807,024Animals$250,000Philanthropy$184,000Community Improvement$143,247Education$134,073

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$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTexas Heart Institute — $800,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetMemorial Hermann Foundation — $448,940 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHOUSTON POLICE FOUNDATION — $406,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetWOLF CONSERVATION CENTER INC — $250,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetHOUSTON'S CHARITY FOR CHILDREN INC — $143,247 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetSPORTS AUTHORITY FOUNDATION — $128,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $108,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATION REFORM NOW INC — $100,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR — $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc — $42,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJOHN LUCAS FOUNDATION — $40,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budget3 THE HARDEN WAY INC — $40,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — $25,927 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAGERSTRONG FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC — $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBRIDGEYEAR — $20,029 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ST BERNARD PROJECT INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Service Center of Houston and Harris County — $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFamily Service Foundation of Houston — $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSTON AREA URBAN LEAGUE INC — $14,324 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION — $11,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT PUSH INC — $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetTHE ENSEMBLE THEATRE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUS Chamber of Commerce Foundation — $8,146 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetContemporary Arts Museum Houston — $7,410 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION RED WINGS FOUNDATION — $6,370 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBARBARA BUSH HOUSTON LITERACY FOUNDATION — $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE FOR MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY SERVICES — $5,920 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS GULF COAST & LOUISIANA INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES ENDOWMENT INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Galloway School — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTarget Hunger Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Commu…Shell USA Company Fou…Centerpoint Energy Fo…The Methodist HospitalAlbert & Ethel Herzst…Halliburton Charitabl…Houston Texans Founda…Houston Endowment IncBaker Hughes Foundati…Astros FoundationStrake FoundationThe Zions Bancorporat…
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX32.8× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · The Methodist Hospital · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Halliburton Charitable Foundation · Houston Texans Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · Baker Hughes Foundation · Astros Foundation · Strake Foundation · The Zions Bancorporation 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 Clutch City Foundation 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 Clutch City Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Clutch City 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 48 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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