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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 System.

$4.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$2.6M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 96% of Harris County Hospital District Foundation’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 26 grants below total $3,677,760 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $4,025,483 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $347,723 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

  • $10k–50k21 grants · $495k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $277k
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.9M
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$32M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Harris Health System$2,630,813
American Heart Association$275,000
Communities in Schools of Houston$108,331
Precinct 4 Forward$100,000
HealthCorps Inc$68,962
Northwest Assistance Ministries$45,500
Recipe For Success Foundation$40,760
Small Steps Nurturing Center$37,500
Family Service Center of Houston$37,500
Ibn Sina Foundation$30,000
Cherish Our Children$30,000
Young Audiences Inc of Houston$30,000
Urban Outreach Inc$25,000
San Francisco Nativity Academy$23,822
Kids Meals Inc$22,868
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%Precinct 4 Forward: $100k → 16%The Womens Home: $50k → 16%The Womens Home: $50k → 16%The Women's Home: $50k → 16%Catholic Charities-Arch Galv: $30k → 16%Catholic Charities of Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston: $30k → 16%Catholic Charities Archdioces: $30k → 16%Catholic Charities of Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston: $27k → 16%Houston Area Womens Center: $67k → 16%The Women's Home: $23k → 16%Houston Area Womens Center: $60k → 16%Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston: $23k → 16%Houston Area Womens Center: $51k → 16%Houston Area Womens Center: $50k → 16%Sojourn Landing: $15k → 16%Houston Area Women's Center Inc: $92k → 16%Houston Area Women's Center Inc: $88k → 16%NW Assistance Ministries: $50k → 16%Family Service Center of Houston: $38k → 16%Northwest Assistance Ministries: $46k → 16%Northwest Assistance Ministries: $39k → 16%Northwest Asst Ministries: $20k → 16%Kids Meals Inc: $23k → 16%Kid's Meals: $23k → 16%Kid's Meals: $20k → 16%LIFE Houston: $25k → 16%Community Family Centers: $14k → 16%LIFE Houston: $23k → 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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$85M · 26 repeat orgs$672k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +17% since the first grant, against +12% for the ones you funded once.

26 repeat relationships — 16 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
6

Total granted

$85M
$104k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+12%

Still filing today

85%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $567k 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther

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

  • COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF HOUSTON INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $449k · revenue +24%
  • HI
    HEALTHCORPS INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $427k · revenue +16%
  • HA
    Houston Area Women's Center
    6× · 2017–2024 · $408k · revenue +110%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH
    one grant, 2023 · $23k · revenue +19%
  • AF
    AIDS FOUNDATION HOUSTON INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +12%

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.

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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
2
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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3
South Central Houston Action Council Inc

The organization provides medical services in the form of primary and preventive care to underserved and underinsured residents of harris county.

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4
Houston Area Community Services

Our mission is to provide high quality and caring services to promote healthy people and communities.

Health
5
Houston Local Information Initiative Inc

The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.

Arts & Culture
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
The Women's Resource of Greater Houston

See Schedule OThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston helps women and girls make choices toward becoming independent, productive, and financially stable. We fulfill our mission by recruiting volunteer instructors to deliver our programs in…

Philanthropy
8
Trees for Houston

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

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9
LifeHouse of Houston Inc

LifeHouse is a Christ-centered ministry ensuring life for unborn children by providing opportunities for housing, help, and hope for young women during their pregnancies and beyond.

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10
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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11
Healing Hands Ministries Inc

Hmm health provides quality healthcare to all its neighbors with love, compassion, and respect.

Health
12
Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc

Seeking to put God's love into action, Houston Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to provide a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Housing & Shelter

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Houston Achievement Place and the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyEarly Childhood Care Servic…Youth Development & Mentori…Christian Missionary and Di…Residential Care & Recovery…Healthcare System OperationsAffordable Housing Providers
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number30%3%<5yr17%6%5–10yr21%11%10–20yr18%14%20–35yr8%40%35–55yr8%26%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value30%3%<5yr17%1%5–10yr21%14%10–20yr18%11%20–35yr8%51%35–55yr8%21%55yr+

The field is 30% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 19% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/42
the rest of the field
19%
3,802/20,399

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

38 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. 38 of the 42 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
25/38
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Harris Health System — $81,305,024 · OtherHarris Health System+10 more — $983,463 · OtherHouston Area Women's Center — $408,464 · Human ServicesTHE WOMEN'S HOME — $172,606 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES — $154,381 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON — $139,627 · Human ServicesPRECINCT4FORWARD — $100,000 · Human ServicesKIDS' MEALS INC — $65,474 · Human ServicesLOCAL INFANT FORMULA FOR EMERGENCIES — $47,606 · Human Services+3 more — $66,320 · Human ServicesHEALTHCORPS INC — $427,405 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc — $275,000 · HealthCHILDBUILDERS — $140,106 · HealthHOUSTON ACHIEVEMENT PLACE — $76,000 · HealthIBN SINA FOUNDATION INC — $65,000 · Health+3 more — $44,650 · HealthCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF HOUSTON INC — $448,952 · EducationYOUNG AUDIENCES INC OF HOUSTON — $65,000 · EducationBaylor College of Medicine — $51,921 · EducationTHE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH FOUNDATION — $50,000 · EducationSan Francisco Nativity Academy — $48,290 · EducationSmall Steps Nurturing Center — $37,500 · Education+2 more — $32,606 · EducationBo's Place — $111,835 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON — $6,000 · Arts & CultureCHERISH OUR CHILDREN INC — $105,000 · InternationalDISCOVER FITNESS FOUNDATION — $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentGirl Scouts of San Jacinto Council — $10,000 · Youth Development
Other$82,288,487Human Services$1,154,478Health$1,028,161Education$734,269Arts & Culture$117,835International$105,000Youth Development$50,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF HOUSTON INC — $448,952 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHEALTHCORPS INC — $427,405 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetHouston Area Women's Center — $408,464 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $275,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S HOME — $172,606 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetNORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES — $154,381 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDBUILDERS — $140,106 over 6y, 9.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON — $139,627 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPrevent Blindness Texas — $135,484 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetBo's Place — $111,835 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCHERISH OUR CHILDREN INC — $105,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetHOUSTON ACHIEVEMENT PLACE — $76,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC — $65,474 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG AUDIENCES INC OF HOUSTON — $65,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetIBN SINA FOUNDATION INC — $65,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine — $51,921 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSan Francisco Nativity Academy — $48,290 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetLOCAL INFANT FORMULA FOR EMERGENCIES — $47,606 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetHOUSTON REVISION — $43,750 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetRecipe for Success Foundation — $40,760 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetDISCOVER FITNESS FOUNDATION — $40,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetCHILDRENS TRANSPLANT INITIATIVE — $38,085 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetSmall Steps Nurturing Center — $37,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFamily Service Center of Houston and Harris County — $37,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF TEXAS — $29,050 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetURBAN OUTREACH INC — $25,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH — $22,606 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetREMIND — $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY FAMILY CENTERS INC — $14,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAIDS FOUNDATION HOUSTON INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON — $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMental Health America of Greater Houston Inc — $5,600 over 1y, 0.2% 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…Albert & Ethel Herzst…Harry S & Isabel C Ca…United Way of Greater…The Junior League of …Shell USA Company Fou…Charity Guild of Cath…Strake FoundationThe Powell FoundationHouston Endowment IncVivian L Smith Founda…The Methodist Hospital
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX37.4× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · United Way of Greater Houston · The Junior League of Houston Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Charity Guild of Catholic Women of Harris County Inc · Strake Foundation · The Powell Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The Methodist Hospital

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 Harris County Hospital District 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 · 00%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.

    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 42 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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