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· Public charity

Fort Bend Forward Inc

The mission of fort bend forward is to provide resources to meet the literary, cultural, educational and health needs of the greater fort bend community.

$222k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$38k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Education$739kRecreation & Sports$75kYouth Development$10kHuman Services$8kArts & Culture$4kFood & Nutrition$4kHealth$3kReligion$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $102,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $221,750 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $119,250 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.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $81k
$19,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$622k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$38,000
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON$24,000
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY$19,000
HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM$9,000
WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE$7,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS$5,500
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 (FY17–17, $6k) 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 SENIORS MEALS ON WHEELS: $2k → 8%SECOND MILE MISSION CENTER: $2k → 8%FORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER: $2k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
IA
IN
OH
PA
VA
LA
TX
FL
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$584k · 18 repeat orgs$256k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
49

Total granted

$584k
$163k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+25%

Still filing today

33%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $94k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsOther
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

  • UO
    University of Houston Foundation
    4× · 2019–2022 · $102k · revenue +19%
  • TA
    Texas A&M University 12th Man Foundation
    4× · 2019–2022 · $72k · revenue +70%
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $67k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
    one grant, 2023 · $21k
  • TA
    TEXAS A&M RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $17k · revenue -70%
  • WC
    WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE
    one grant, 2019 · $11k
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
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
2
Texas Christian University

Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…

Education
3
Texas College

To ensure that the student body experiences balanced intellectual, psychological, social and spiritual development, aimed at enabling them to become active productive members of society where they live and work.

Education
4
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
5
University of St Thomas

We are the University of St. Thomas, the Catholic University in the heart of Houston. We are committed to the Catholic intellectual tradition and the dialogue between faith and reason. By pursuing excellence in teaching, scholarship and…

Education
6
Hardin-Simmons University

The mission of hardin-simmons university is to be a community dedicated to providing excellence in education enlightened by christian faith and values.

Education
7
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
8
Howard Payne University

Howard payne university is a christ-centered academic community dedicated to excellence by developing and equipping the whole person for intellectual inquiry, personal and professional integrity, and service to god and humanity.

Education
9
East Texas Baptist University

East texas baptist university (etbu) was founded in 1912 as a fully accredited institution of higher education. affiliated with the baptist general convention of texas, etbu educates students by integrating biblical faith and learning to…

Education
10
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
11
Taylor University

The mission of Taylor University is to develop servant-leaders marked with a passion to minister Christ's redemptive love, grace, and truth to a world in need.

Education
12
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The University of Texas Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is New York University. 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

34 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. 34 of the 75 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
26/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $67,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INCUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $61,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXASUNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: $54,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF HOUSTONTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $40,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $38,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINTEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: $25,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: $24,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: $21,000 · OtherWHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE: $20,000 · OtherTexas A & M University: $19,000 · Other+36 more: $178,800 · Other+36 moreUniversity of Houston Foundation: $101,500 · EducationUniversity of Houston FoundationTexas A&M University 12th Man Foundation: $72,000 · EducationTexas A&M University 12th Man Foundat…HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $34,250 · EducationHOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONTEXAS A&M RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $17,000 · EducationTEXAS A&M RESEARCH FOUNDATIONBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $9,500 · Education+14 more: $46,750 · Education+14 moreFORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER INC SOS/SHELTER-OUTREACH-SOLUTIONS: $2,000 · Human ServicesFort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More: $2,000 · Human ServicesSECOND MILE MISSION CENTER: $2,000 · Human ServicesBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc: $4,250 · Youth DevelopmentFORT BEND REGIONAL COUNCIL ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE: $2,000 · HealthBlessed Be Hope for Three Inc: $1,250 · HealthCHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $1,250 · Arts & CultureROSENBERG RAILROAD MUSEUM INC: $1,250 · Arts & CultureFt Bend County Child Advocates Inc: $2,000 · Civil RightsATTACK POVERTY: $1,250 · International
Other$548,800Education$281,000Human Services$6,000Youth Development$4,250Health$3,250Arts & Culture$2,500Civil Rights$2,000International$1,250

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 budgetUniversity of Houston Foundation: $101,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTexas A&M University 12th Man Foundation: $72,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $67,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $34,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTEXAS A&M RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $9,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $9,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWHARTON CO JR COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSAM HOUSTON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $6,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Foundation: $5,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTrinity University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBuena Vista University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc: $4,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER INC SOS/SHELTER-OUTREACH-SOLUTIONS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFt Bend County Child Advocates Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND MILE MISSION CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORT BEND REGIONAL COUNCIL ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT LEO UNIVERSITY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROSENBERG RICHMOND HELPING HANDS INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetATTACK POVERTY: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlessed Be Hope for Three Inc: $1,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNew York University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetXAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA: $1,000 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 University of Houston Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Texas A&M University 12th Man Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS A&M RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BAYLOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WHARTON CO JR COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAM HOUSTON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Trinity University ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds Buena Vista University ↗
  • Who funds Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗

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.

The Henderson-Wessend…The George FoundationShell USA Company Fou…Greater Houston Commu…Texas Instruments Fou…United Way of Greater…The Houston Food BankFred and Mabel R Park…Madison Charitable Fo…Albert & Ethel Herzst…The Blackbaud Giving …Roberta K Randall Cha…
The Henderson-Wessendorff FoundationTX22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Henderson-Wessendorff Foundation · The George Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · United Way of Greater Houston · The Houston Food Bank · Fred and Mabel R Parks Foundation · Madison Charitable Foundation Inc · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Roberta K Randall Charitable 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 Fort Bend Forward Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fort Bend Forward Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Saint Leo University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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
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

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How do I get to Fort Bend Forward Inc?

Find your warmest path to Fort Bend Forward 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 75 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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