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Hervey Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$380k
Granted FY2026still arriving
36
Grants FY2026still arriving
2
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20212026.

Arts & Culture$250kHuman Services$216kHealth$131kYouth Development$108kRecreation & Sports$102kCrime & Legal$99kHousing & Shelter$91kEducation$86kOther$0
02FY2026 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k13 grants · $71k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $309k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VFW Gadsen Post 4384$30,000
El Paso Center for Children$20,000
Armed Services YMCA of El Paso$20,000
Animal Rescue League of El Paso$20,000
Candlelighters of the El Paso Area$20,000
Individual grant recipient$15,500
Make A Wish Foundation$15,000
Children at Risk$12,500
UTEP Clarinet Council$12,000
Special Olympics Texas$12,000
Murphree Middle Sch Firebird Band$11,500
Alzheimers Association of El Paso$10,000
Reynolds Home$10,000
Cuidad Nueva Community Outreach$10,000
El Pasoans Fighting Hunger$10,000
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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–24, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Doctors of the World: $7k → 17%Hospice of El Paso: $8k → 21%Hospice of El Paso: $8k → 21%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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$964k · 35 repeat orgs$374k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +42% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

35 repeat relationships — 21 still active in FY2026, 14 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
24

Total granted

$964k
$197k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
0%

Still filing today

63%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $177k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25’26
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther

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

  • EP
    EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOC INC
    6× · 2021–2026 · $55k · revenue +51%
  • RH
    REYNOLDS HOUSE NON-PROFIT CORPORATION
    6× · 2021–2026 · $49k · revenue +42%
  • KE
    KIDS EXCEL EL PASO INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $40k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • LP
    Lydia Patterson Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • BS
    Boy Scouts of America
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • LP
    Lydia Patterson Institute
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -2%

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.

1
El Paso Human Services Inc

El paso human services, inc. (ephsi), a private non-profit multi-purpose organization, has been providing social services in el paso county since 1984. ephsi has extensive experience in developing, implementing and executing federal, state…

Human Services
2
El Paso Matters Inc

Engage in the highest quality independent production, publication and or distribution of orginial news and or news-based materials of community value to far west texas, southern new mexico and northern chihuahua, mexico.

Public Benefit
3
El Paso Pro-Musica

To present world-renowned musicians with a commitment to artisitic excellence to delight and educate the border region with chamber music.

4
El Paso County Medical Society

Professional association of physicians.

5
El Paso Chamber of Commerce Foundation

The el paso chamber exists to operate exclusively for charitable, educational, scientific, and literary purposes relating to the city of el paso. the chamber foundation serves as its supporting organization to pursue grants to fund…

6
Humane Society of El Paso Inc

The prevention of suffering, neglect, abuse, and cruelty of animalsby providing information, raising public awareness of animal issues,and promoting responsible pet ownership and kindness to all livingthings in west texas.

Animals
7
El Paso Education Initiative Inc

The purpose of the organization is to develop and facilitate the implementation of goals and programs that will enhance educational opportunities.

Education
8
El Paso Community Action Program Project Bravo Inc

Our mission:project bravo builds bridges to opportunities that help individuals and families thrive in our community.

Community Improvement
9
Boys & Girls Clubs of El Paso

To enable young people, especially those that need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring and responsible adults

10
El Paso Coalition for the Homeless Inc

The coalition is designated as the lead entity by hud for dozens of agencies and indivduals who provide housing, services, and support to the homeless community in el paso and carries out the responsibility of leading and managing the…

Housing & Shelter
11
El Paso Symphony Foundation

El paso symphony foundation is a separate corporation which provides the el paso symphony orchestra association with charitable and educational support.

12
El Paso Civic Education Organization

EPCEO is dedicated to promoting civic education and developing leadership skills to strengthen a free and open society, to promoting social welfare, and to conducting educational and outreach activities to low- and moderate-income families.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is El Paso Center for Children Inc and the most unlike its peers is Soldier Art Workshops. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number25%0%<5yr14%7%5–10yr15%10%10–20yr18%38%20–35yr11%31%35–55yr18%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%0%<5yr14%2%5–10yr15%10%10–20yr18%40%20–35yr11%41%35–55yr18%8%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 3% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/36
the rest of the field
16%
302/1,933

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

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 20172026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 74 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
22/34
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Make A Wish Foundation — $51,000 · OtherMake A Wish FoundationSacred Heart Church — $42,000 · OtherEL PASO CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC — $40,000 · OtherCANDLELIGHTERS OF THE EL PASO AREA — $40,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EL PASO INC — $36,000 · OtherCIUDAD NUEVA COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN — $38,000 · Other+51 more — $674,160 · Other+51 moreEL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOC INC — $55,000 · Arts & CultureEL PASO SYM…KIDS EXCEL EL PASO INC — $40,000 · Arts & CultureKIDS EXCEL …TOM LEA INSTITUTE — $22,000 · Arts & CultureTOM LEA INS…Soldier Art Workshops — $10,000 · Arts & CultureSoldier Art…El Paso Holocaust Museum & Study Center — $5,500 · Arts & CultureInsights-El Paso Science Center Inc — $5,000 · Arts & CultureREBUILDING TOGETHER-EL PASO INC — $39,000 · Community ImprovementJUNIOR LEAGUE OF EL PASO INC — $24,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY EN ACCION — $10,000 · Community ImprovementCASA OF EL PASO INC — $34,000 · Crime & LegalChildren At Risk — $30,500 · Crime & LegalTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC — $30,360 · EducationLydia Patterson Institute — $15,000 · EducationYOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARATORY NETWORK — $6,000 · EducationREYNOLDS HOUSE NON-PROFIT CORPORATION — $49,000 · Housing & ShelterSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC — $39,000 · Recreation & SportsEL PASO BORDER YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOC — $2,400 · Recreation & Sports
Other$921,160Arts & Culture$137,500Community Improvement$73,000Crime & Legal$64,500Education$51,360Housing & Shelter$49,000Recreation & Sports$41,400

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 budgetEL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOC INC — $55,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetREYNOLDS HOUSE NON-PROFIT CORPORATION — $49,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetKIDS EXCEL EL PASO INC — $40,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetEL PASO CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC — $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCANDLELIGHTERS OF THE EL PASO AREA — $40,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC — $39,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER-EL PASO INC — $39,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetCIUDAD NUEVA COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN — $38,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EL PASO INC — $36,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCASA OF EL PASO INC — $34,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetChildren At Risk — $30,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC — $30,360 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGER — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEL PASO BRIDGES ACADEMY — $27,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF EL PASO INC — $24,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetTOM LEA INSTITUTE — $22,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDRENS GRIEF CENTER OF EL PASO — $20,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetHOSPICE OF EL PASO INC — $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEL PASO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $15,500 over 2y, 11% of budgetLydia Patterson Institute — $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Frontera Land Alliance — $12,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY EN ACCION — $10,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetDOCTORS OF THE WORLD USA INC — $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEl Paso Holocaust Museum & Study Center — $5,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetEL PASO DIABETES ASSOCIATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetInsights-El Paso Science Center Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPROJECT ARRIBA — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEL PASO GUIDANCE CENTER INC dba EL PASO CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEL PASO BORDER YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOC — $2,400 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

  • Who funds EL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOC INC
  • Who funds REYNOLDS HOUSE NON-PROFIT CORPORATION
  • Who funds KIDS EXCEL EL PASO INC
  • Who funds EL PASO CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC
  • Who funds CANDLELIGHTERS OF THE EL PASO AREA
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC
  • Who funds REBUILDING TOGETHER-EL PASO INC
  • Who funds CIUDAD NUEVA COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EL PASO INC
  • Who funds CASA OF EL PASO INC
  • Who funds Children At Risk
  • Who funds TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds EL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGER
  • Who funds EL PASO BRIDGES ACADEMY
  • Who funds JUNIOR LEAGUE OF EL PASO INC
  • Who funds TOM LEA INSTITUTE
  • Who funds CHILDRENS GRIEF CENTER OF EL PASO
  • Who funds ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF EL PASO INC
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF EL PASO INC
  • Who funds EL PASO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
  • Who funds Lydia Patterson Institute
  • Who funds Yucca Council Boy Scouts of America

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.

El Paso Community FoundationTX57.6× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: El Paso Community Foundation · The Hunt Family Foundation · Paso del Norte Community Foundation · Wilma Donohue Moleen Foundation Xxxxx7003 · The Electric Company Charitable Foundation · United Way of El Paso County · Robert E & Evelyn McKee Foundation · Gecu Foundation · Cesle C & Mamie F Dues Foundation Xxxxx4003 · The Shiloff Family Foundation · Paso del Norte Health Foundation · Feinberg Foundation

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 Hervey 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
202122232425
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%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
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Hervey Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Hervey Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 74 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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