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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 FY2025(still arriving)
26
Itemized grants FY2025
18
Organizations funded FY2024
28%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$3.7M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$2,630,813
Organizations funded a year
7 to 18
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$32M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 28% of the organizations Harris County Hospital District Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $136k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureInternationalCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving26$3.7M38%
FY202418$4.8M28%
FY202315$13M33%
FY202215$49M20%
FY202111$4.2M45%
FY202010$2.7M10%
FY20197$1.6M57%
FY20187$3.0M0%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$85MHuman Services$710kEducation$126kFood & Nutrition$83kHousing & Shelter$40kPublic Safety & Disaster$13kArts & Culture$6k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Harris Health System$81,305,0249n/a
Communities in Schools of Houston Inc$448,95261%
Healthcorps Inc$427,40563%
Houston Area Women's Center$408,46461%
Search Homeless Services$331,3305n/a
E L Furr High School (Ms)$291,6134n/a
American Heart Association Inc$275,00010%
The Women's Home$172,60641%
Northwest Assistance Ministries$154,38140%
Childbuilders$140,10669%
Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of Harris County Hospital District Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Harris Health System$81,305,0249n/a
Communities in Schools of Houston Inc$448,95261%
Healthcorps Inc$427,40563%
Houston Area Women's Center$408,46461%
Search Homeless Services$331,3305n/a
E L Furr High School (Ms)$291,6134n/a
American Heart Association Inc$275,00010%
The Women's Home$172,60641%
Northwest Assistance Ministries$154,38140%
Childbuilders$140,10669%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston - Houston$139,62750%
Prevent Blindness Texas$135,48463%
Bo's Place$111,83551%
Cherish Our Children Inc$105,000411%
Precinct4forward$100,00011%
Houston Achievement Place$76,00041%
Kids' Meals Inc$65,47430%
Young Audiences Inc of Houston$65,00022%
Ibn Sina Foundation Inc$65,00020%
Baylor College of Medicine$51,92120%
The Center for Hearing and Speech Foundation$50,00012%
San Francisco Nativity Academy$48,29031%
Local Infant Formula for Emergencies$47,60623%
Harris County$44,6412n/a
Houston Revision$43,75022%
Recipe for Success Foundation$40,76013%
Discover Fitness Foundation$40,000312%
Childrens Transplant Initiative$38,08523%
Family Service Center of Houston and Harris County$37,50011%
Small Steps Nurturing Center$37,50011%
Epilepsy Foundation of Texas$29,05031%
Urban Outreach Inc$25,00016%
The Center for Hearing and Speech$22,60610%
Remind$20,00021%
Sojourn Landing DBA The Landing$14,8201n/a
Community Family Centers Inc$14,00010%
West Street Recovery$12,8001n/a
AIDS Foundation Houston Inc$10,00010%
Texas Southern University Foundatio$10,00010%
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council$10,0001n/a
Holocaust Museum Houston$6,00010%
Mental Health America of Greater Houston Inc$5,60010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Harris County Hospital District Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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, 0.5% 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 budgetPrecinct4forward: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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 budgetFamily Service Center of Houston and Harris County: $37,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSmall Steps Nurturing Center: $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

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 35.

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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…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

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.

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About Harris County Hospital District Foundation

How much does Harris County Hospital District Foundation give?
Harris County Hospital District Foundation reported 26 itemized grants totaling $3,677,760, out of $4,025,483 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Harris County Hospital District Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (99%), Human Services (1%), Education (0%).
Who are Harris County Hospital District Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Harris Health System ($81M), Communities in Schools of Houston Inc ($449k), Healthcorps Inc ($427k).
Does Harris County Hospital District Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Harris County Hospital District Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation, Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company.
Where is Harris County Hospital District Foundation based?
Harris County Hospital District Foundation is based in TX.

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 42 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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