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Emancipation Park Conservancy

Emancipation Park Conservancy's mission is to enhance Emancipation Park by preserving its integrity and enriching its heritage as a local, state, national, and international landmark.

$51k
Granted FY2023
3
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
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01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$104kCommunity Improvement$40kRecreation & Sports$25kHealth$20kEducation$20kHuman Services$20k
02FY2023 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $50,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $51,250 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,250 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Third Ward Community Cloth$20,000
Texas Southern University Foundation$20,000
Freedman's Town Conservancy$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY23–23, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%Third Ward Community Cloth: $20k → 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 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
Harmonia Stellarum Houston

Harmonia Stellarum is an ensemble of professional vocalists and instrumentalists specialized in historically informed performance practice who seek to inspire, entertain, and enlighten audiences with meaningful, historically informed…

Arts & Culture
2
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…

Arts & Culture
3
Emancipation Park Conservancy

Emancipation Park Conservancy's mission is to enhance Emancipation Park by preserving its integrity and enriching its heritage as a local, state, national, and international landmark.

Recreation & Sports
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
Lubbock Roots Historical Arts Council

The Lubbock Roots Historical Arts Council seeks to enrich the life and history of the African Americans of West Texas by promoting a greater understanding of the African American experience through the practice and appreciation of the…

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6
American Festival for the Arts

Founded in 1993, American Festival for the Arts (AFA) provides high quality community-based music education programs and performance opportunities designed primarily for youth and, through its concert series and outreach, seeks to broaden…

Arts & Culture
7
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

CAMH presents extraordinary and thought-provoking arts programming and exhibitions.

Arts & Culture
8
New Orleans African American Museum of Art Culture and History

The mission of the New Orleans African American Museum is to preserve, interpret and promote the African American cultural heritage of New Orleans, with a particular emphasis on the Tremé community.

Arts & Culture
9
National Center of Afro American Artists

To promote general knowledge of Afro-American history and culture and to encourage, support and promote the development of artistic and cultural expressions within Black communities in the United States.

Human Services
10
Houston Museum District Association

The Houston Museum District Association (HMDA) is dedicated to collaborative efforts that maximize the enjoyment of the artistic, scientific, and educational resources of Houston Museum District institutions by all residents of and…

Arts & Culture
11
Black Art Library Inc

Black Art Librarys primary exempt purpose is to preserve document and advance Black visual art and cultural history through research archival access public programs exhibitions and educational initiatives that increase knowledge…

Arts & Culture
12
Houston Arts Foundation

The Houston Arts Foundation is dedicated to the restoration and conservation of public art in Houston, Texas.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Artists Collective; the most unlike its peers is Lucilles 1913 Community Kitchen. 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

12 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. 12 of the 16 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOUSTON AREA URBAN LEAGUE INC: $30,000 · OtherHOUSTON AREA URBAN LEAGUE INCHouston Play on Purpose: $25,000 · OtherHouston Play on PurposeAFRICAN AMERICAN LIBRARY-GREGORY FRIENDS I: $13,105 · OtherAFRICAN AMERICAN LIBRARY-GREGORY FRIENDS IDINKINS MUSIC & ART FOUNDATION: $11,913 · OtherDINKINS MUSIC & ART FOUNDATIONTRINITY EAST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherTRINITY EAST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHCOMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER OF HOUSTON: $9,420 · OtherCOMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER OF HOUSTONColour of Music: $25,000 · Arts & CultureColour of MusicHOUSTON MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureHOUSTON MUSEUM OF AFRICA…NIA CULTURAL CENTER: $7,500 · Arts & CultureNIA CULTURAL CENTERCommunity Artists Collective: $7,350 · Arts & CultureCommunity Artists Collec…TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO: $20,000 · EducationTEXAS SOUTHERN…TEXAS DENTAL ASSOCIATION SMILES FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationTEXAS DENTAL A…THIRD WARD COMMUNITY FUND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHIRD WAR…EMANCIPATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $10,000 · Community ImprovementEMANCIPAT…Houston Freedmen's Town Conservancy Inc: $10,000 · Community ImprovementHouston F…Lucilles 1913 Community Kitchen: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$99,438Arts & Culture$49,850Education$30,000Human Services$20,000Community Improvement$20,000Food & Nutrition$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHOUSTON AREA URBAN LEAGUE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHIRD WARD COMMUNITY FUND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: $20,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetTEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS DENTAL ASSOCIATION SMILES FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetLucilles 1913 Community Kitchen: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHOUSTON MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetEMANCIPATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetHouston Freedmen's Town Conservancy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetNIA CULTURAL CENTER: $7,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCommunity Artists Collective: $7,350 over 1y, 4.5% 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.

Houston Arts AllianceHouston Endowment IncShell USA Company Fou…Greater Houston Commu…The Houston Fund for …Centerpoint Energy Fo…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Houston Arts AllianceTX21.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Houston Arts Alliance · Houston Endowment Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · 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 Emancipation Park Conservancy funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Emancipation Park Conservancy. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%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 · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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.
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    How do I get to Emancipation Park Conservancy?

    Find your warmest path to Emancipation Park Conservancy 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 16 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $4k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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