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H Fund at a glance

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H Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$43k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$433kReligion$223kEducation$138kHealth$23kHuman Services$14kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kPublic Benefit$2kEnvironment$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JASON ROSAILUS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$25,000
FIDELITY CHARITABLE$18,000
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 (FY18–18, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FAITH CITY MISSION: $500 → 20%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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$419k · 11 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +90% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
7

Total granted

$419k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+90%
+13%

Still filing today

36%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationReligionPublic BenefitHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TA
    Texas A&M Foundation
    5× · 2017–2024 · $117k · revenue +90%
  • TN
    TEXAS NURSES ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $23k · revenue +6%
  • WM
    William Marsh Rice University
    5× · 2017–2021 · $15k · revenue +104%

Funded once

  • MT
    Marriage Today
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +58%
  • TO
    THE OPPORTUNITY PLAN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue +57%
  • GH
    GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FUND
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
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
2
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
3
Texas a&M University-Central Tx Foundati

Operated exclusively for educational purposes specifically including to further educational activities at texas a& m university-central texas within the meaning of 501(c)(3).

Education
4
Texas Trust Gives
Philanthropy
5
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
6
Texas Christian Foundation

Texas Christian Foundations mission is to mobilize resources by inspiring biblical generosity and educating Texans on ways their generosity can impact their community, Texas and the world.

Philanthropy
7
Texas Food & Fuel Association Scholarship Foundation

The texas food & fuel association scholarship foundation awards scholarships to outstanding students in the state of texas.

Education
8
Tex-E Inc
Education
9
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
10
Texas a&M-Corpus Christi Foundation

For the benefit of texas a&m university - corpus christi

Education
11
Texas Prairieland Foundation
Philanthropy
12
Feeding Texas

To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free texas.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas a&M Foundation; the most unlike its peers is William Marsh Rice 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

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 20 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)
10/12
Grantees still filing
11/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $386,212 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUNDTRINITY FELLOWSHIP: $110,000 · OtherTRINITY FELLOWSHIPWESTMINISTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $71,000 · OtherWESTMINISTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHJASON ROSAILUS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $45,000 · OtherJASON ROSAILUS MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONTEXAS NURSES ASSOCIATION: $23,000 · OtherTEXAS NURSES ASSOCIATIONFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $21,000 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCHCARRIAGE LANE PRES CH: $12,500 · Other+6 more: $15,083 · OtherTexas A&M Foundation: $116,864 · EducationTexas A&M Foundat…William Marsh Rice University: $15,000 · EducationWilliam Marsh Ric…+1 more: $500 · EducationMarriage Today: $20,000 · ReligionHonor Flight Austin: $2,000 · Public BenefitAMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · PhilanthropyFAITH CITY INC: $500 · Human Services
Community Improvement$386,212Other$297,583Education$132,364Religion$20,000Public Benefit$2,000Philanthropy$2,000Human Services$500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $386,212 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $116,864 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS NURSES ASSOCIATION: $23,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OPPORTUNITY PLAN INC: $6,333 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHonor Flight Austin: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILDCAT BLUFF NATURE CENTER INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHIGH PLAINS FOOD BANK: $500 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 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds Texas A&M Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS NURSES ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Marriage Today ↗
  • Who funds William Marsh Rice University ↗
  • Who funds THE OPPORTUNITY PLAN INC ↗
  • Who funds Honor Flight Austin ↗
  • Who funds AMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WILDCAT BLUFF NATURE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HIGH PLAINS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds CITYCHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds FAITH CITY 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.

Amarillo Area Foundat…High Plains Christian…Merrick FoundationBruckner Family Found…Mays FoundationDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Amarillo Area Foundation IncTX17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amarillo Area Foundation Inc · High Plains Christian Ministries Foundation · Merrick Foundation · Bruckner Family Foundation Inc · Mays Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 H Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from H Fund. 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report 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, FY20–25
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to H Fund?

    Find your warmest path to H Fund 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 20 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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