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Fleming Endowment at a glance

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Fleming Endowment

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$331k
Granted FY2023
14
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$1.0MHealth$392kReligion$228kYouth Development$152kRecreation & Sports$129kHuman Services$85kArts & Culture$68kHousing & Shelter$60kOther$0
02FY2023 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k4 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $224k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER - THE FLEMING CENTER$100,000
ST JOHN VIANNEY CATHOLIC CHURCH$49,150
SAM HOUSTON AREA COUNCIL BSA$25,000
DAYBREAK FOUNDATION (MAGNIFICANT HOUSES)$25,000
COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS$25,000
HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION$25,000
TREES FOR HOUSTON$25,000
MEMORIAL PARK CONSERVANCY$25,000
MISSION OF YAHWEH$15,000
HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON$10,000
EMERGE FELLOWSHIP$2,500
TEXAS APPLESEED$2,500
UT FOUNDATION (CCEC)$2,000
TEXAS BAR ASSOCIATION$200
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 (FY19–23, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $20k → 9%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $25k → 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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 15 repeat orgs$426k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2023, 8 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
19

Total granted

$1.8M
$314k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+13%

Still filing today

47%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $113k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TU
    The University of Texas Law School Foundation
    5× · 2017–2022 · $437k · revenue +146%
  • NA
    NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER
    3× · 2019–2022 · $85k · revenue +50%
  • MO
    MISSION OF YAHWEH INC
    4× · 2018–2023 · $55k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER-HOUSTON
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
  • SJ
    Strake Jesuit College Prep
    one grant, 2018 · $60k
  • IS
    INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT NETWORK OF ALIENATED FAMILIES
    one grant, 2020 · $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
Episcopal Health Foundation

To advance the Kingdom of God with specific focus on human health and well-being, through grants, research and initiatives in support of the mission of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas.

Health
3
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
4
Harris County Hospital District Foundation

The mission of the Harris County Hospital District Foundation is to enhance the broad healthcare mission of the Harris Health System by soliciting and raising funds for programs and increasing the community's awareness of the Harris Health…

Health
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
Harris County Medical Society

Our mission is to be the leading advocate for our member physicians, their patients and our community, in promoting the highest standards of ethical medical practice, access to quality medical care, medical education, research, and…

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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
Mhs Physicians of Texas

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
10
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
11
The Methodist Hospital Foundation

Mission: this organization is part of the methodist hospital, doing business as houston methodist hospital, whose mission is: to provide high quality, cost-effective health care that delivers the best value to the people we serve in a…

Health
12
The Methodist Hospital

To provide high quality, cost-effective health care that delivers the best value to the people we serve in a spiritual environment of caring in association with internationally recognized teaching and research.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ignite; the most unlike its peers is Peace of Mind Foundation Inc. 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

21 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. 21 of the 41 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER - THE FLEMING CENTER: $240,000 · OtherUT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER - THE FLEMING CENTERST JOHN VIANNEY CATHOLIC CHURCH: $226,600 · OtherST JOHN VIANNEY CATHOLIC CHURCHSTAKE JESUIT COLLEGE PREPARATORY: $225,000 · OtherSTAKE JESUIT COLLEGE PREPARATORYST AGNES ACADEMY: $150,000 · OtherST AGNES ACADEMYSAM HOUSTON AREA COUNCIL BSA: $136,000 · OtherSAM HOUSTON AREA COUNCIL BSATHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (PRESIDENT'S ASSOCIATES): $108,500 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (PRESIDENT'S ASSOCIATES)UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER-HOUSTON: $100,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER-HOUSTONStrake Jesuit College Prep: $60,000 · OtherMISSION OF YAHWEH INC: $55,350 · Other+15 more: $190,980 · Other+15 moreThe University of Texas Law School Foundation: $437,000 · EducationThe University of Texas…+4 more: $8,000 · EducationNATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $85,000 · Recreation & SportsCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $25,000 · Human ServicesMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesHOUSTON POLICE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesHouston Public Media Foundation: $25,000 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON: $10,000 · Arts & CultureJohn P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science: $2,000 · Arts & CultureMemorial Park Conservancy Inc: $35,000 · EnvironmentCHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare: $10,000 · HealthMagnificat Houses Inc: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $350 · HealthTexas Appleseed: $17,500 · Community Improvement
Other$1,492,430Education$445,000Recreation & Sports$85,000Human Services$50,000Arts & Culture$37,000Environment$35,000Health$20,350Community Improvement$17,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe University of Texas Law School Foundation: $437,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $85,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMISSION OF YAHWEH INC: $55,350 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetMemorial Park Conservancy Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHouston Public Media Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTrees For Houston: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPEACE OF MIND FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTexas Appleseed: $17,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMagnificat Houses Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOUSTON POLICE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST DOMINIC VILLAGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIGNITE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEMERGE Fellowship: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohn P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPark City Education Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $350 over 1y, 0.0% 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 The University of Texas Law School Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MISSION OF YAHWEH INC ↗
  • Who funds Memorial Park Conservancy Inc ↗
  • Who funds Houston Public Media Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Trees For Houston ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC ↗
  • Who funds PEACE OF MIND FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Texas Appleseed ↗
  • Who funds HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare ↗
  • Who funds Magnificat Houses Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON POLICE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST DOMINIC VILLAGE ↗
  • Who funds IGNITE ↗
  • Who funds EMERGE Fellowship ↗
  • Who funds John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science ↗
  • Who funds Park City Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE BRIARWOOD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗

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…Strake FoundationAlbert & Ethel Herzst…The Brown Foundation …MD Anderson FoundationThe Elkins FoundationMechia FoundationHouston Endowment IncBaker Hughes Foundati…Fred and Mabel R Park…Hildebrand Foundation
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX26.6× affinity12 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 · Strake Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · MD Anderson Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · Mechia Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · Baker Hughes Foundation · Fred and Mabel R Parks Foundation · Hildebrand 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 Fleming Endowment funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fleming Endowment. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%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 · 0–20%
    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 41 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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