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Hext Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2021
1
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172021.

Education$1.1MReligion$104kHuman Services$100kHealth$86kInternational$86kYouth Development$39kFood & Nutrition$31kRecreation & Sports$27kOther$0
02FY2021 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,000,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ODESSA COLLEGE FOUNDATION$1,000,000
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 (FY17–19, $48k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $9k → 14%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $3k → 14%PERMIAN BASIN MISSION CENTER: $10k → 16%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $2k → 14%CENTERS FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $6k → 12%CENTERS FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $2k → 12%CENTERS FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $2k → 12%ODESSA LINKS INC: $5k → 16%PERMIAN BASIN MISSION CENTER: $3k → 16%PERMIAN BASIN MISSION CENTER: $3k → 16%ODESSA LINKS INC: $2k → 16%ODESSA LINKS INC: $2k → 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.

36%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$596k · 40 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

40 repeat relationships — 0 still active in FY2021, 40 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
6

Total granted

$596k
$80k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+123%

Still filing today

57%
17%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21
ReligionEducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyHealthOther

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

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $25k · revenue +134%
  • SC
    SHARE CORPORATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $16k · revenue +64%
  • Kanakuk Ministries
    3× · 2017–2019 · $16k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • IP
    IDEA Public Schoolsgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +123%
  • SC
    SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $13k
  • OA
    ODESSA ARTS
    one grant, 2019 · $8k

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
Odessa Affordable Housing Inc

To improve housing conditions within Odessa, Texas through credit counseling, homebuyer education and home building/ rehabilitation programs that is affordable for low to moderate income residents.

Housing & Shelter
2
Katy Christian Ministries

See Schedule O.Katy Christian Ministries (KCM) is a social service non-profit that serves the Katy/West Houston area. KCM's Social Service Department offers emergency financial assistance, a Food Pantry, a Crisis Center that houses the…

Human Services
3
Catholic Charities Community Services Odessa Inc

Catholic charities/community services odessa, inc is a social service agency in the diocese of san angelo, tx catholic charities under the diocesan bishop accepts the responsibility to promote the physical

Human Services
4
The God of Hope Ministries

Provides a ministry of prayer evangelism discipleship & faith-based counseling to individuals who are incarcerated in the texas state prison system. in 2022 the ministry estimated outreach to approximately 300 individuals.

Religion
5
Border Missions

We distribute food, clothing, and toiletry items to the poor and needy along the TX-Mexico Border as well as ministering to their spiritual needs through services, health programs, and other humanitarian efforts.

Religion
6
Food Bank of West Central Texas

To procure and distribute nutritional food to qualified agencies that feed the hungry of West Central Texas.

Food & Nutrition
7
The Chosen Ones Outreach Ministirie of Galveston Inc

The mission of the organization is to assist the needy vulnerable populations in the state of texas and its surrounding areas by providing low-inco housing, financial support, emergency shelter, and other charitable support to those in…

Human Services
8
Opportunity Resource Services Inc

Disrupt generational proverty in TX by empowering vulnerable teens & adults-especially 1st generation college students,low-income persons,& those involved with the crimminal justice system-to attain higher ed. degrees of value,secure…

Youth Development
9
Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County

A local united christian organization and ministry dedicated to providing love, hope, respect and a new beginning for the homeless, offering a holistic care program that leads to true lasting healing.

10
Operation Care International Inc

Operation care international exists to glorify god. in obedience to his will, we connect impoverished children and the homeless to jesus christ providing for their physical needs through god's provision both at home and abroad.

Human Services
11
First Baptist Denton Ministry Center

The mission of First Refuge Ministries is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ by offering essential services to those in need within our community. Our belief is that every person has worth and value since they are created by God. Our goal…

Health
12
Texas Reach Out Inc

Provides housing and spiritual development for Christians reintegrating into society upon exiting the criminal justice system.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Odessa College Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Share Corporation. 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 backsteadyIndependent K-12 SchoolsDisability Services & Suppo…Faith-Based Ministry Organi…Community Support ServicesPermian Basin Community Org…
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.

04the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 47 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)
25/28
Grantees still filing
20/28
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ODESSA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $1,000,000 · EducationODESSA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCIDEA Public Schools — $50,000 · Education+2 more — $30,000 · EducationODESSA COLLEGE — $75,000 · OtherODESSA COLLEGETEXAS ARMS OF LOVE — $25,000 · OtherTEXAS ARMS OF LOVEAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY — $25,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETYTHE LIFE CENTER — $22,500 · OtherTHE LIFE CENTERBIRTHRIGHT OF ODESSA INC — $17,000 · OtherSHARE CORPORATION — $16,000 · OtherWEST TEXAS FOOD BANK — $16,000 · OtherAGAPE MINISTRIES — $16,000 · OtherMARINE REACH MINISTRIES — $15,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS OF ODESSA INC — $15,000 · OtherODESSA PARKS FOUNDATION — $14,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ODESSA — $15,000 · Other+17 more — $138,000 · Other+17 moreSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $25,000 · ReligionKanakuk Ministries — $16,000 · ReligionChina Aid Association Inc — $16,000 · ReligionWILDERNESS TREK CHRISTIAN CAMP INC — $12,500 · ReligionAMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC — $10,000 · ReligionPERMIAN BASIN MISSION CENTER — $16,000 · Human ServicesBUCKNER INTERNATIONAL — $14,000 · Human ServicesCENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesODESSA LINKS INC — $8,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTMAS IN ACTION INC — $13,000 · Housing & ShelterMIDLAND FAIR HAVENS — $10,000 · Housing & ShelterUNITED WAY OF ODESSA INC — $10,000 · PhilanthropyRONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC — $10,000 · PhilanthropyMercy Ships International — $15,000 · International
Education$1,080,000Other$409,500Religion$79,500Human Services$48,000Housing & Shelter$23,000Philanthropy$20,000International$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetODESSA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $1,000,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetIDEA Public Schools — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT OF ODESSA INC — $17,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetKanakuk Ministries — $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPERMIAN BASIN MISSION CENTER — $16,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetWEST TEXAS FOOD BANK — $16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChina Aid Association Inc — $16,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF ODESSA INC — $15,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetBYNUM SCHOOL — $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMercy Ships International — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ODESSA — $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNLOCK MINISTRIES INC DBA OPPORTUNITY TRIBE — $15,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetBUCKNER INTERNATIONAL — $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTMAS IN ACTION INC — $13,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetLOOPS INC — $12,500 over 3y, 10% of budgetWILDERNESS TREK CHRISTIAN CAMP INC — $12,500 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetCENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC — $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMIDLAND FAIR HAVENS — $10,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ODESSA INC — $10,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC — $10,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC — $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH SKY CHILDRENS RANCH INC — $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetODESSA LINKS INC — $8,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetKEEP ODESSA BEAUTIFUL INC — $4,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetWEST TEXAS GIFTS OF HOPE INC — $4,000 over 2y, 1.4% 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 ODESSA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds IDEA Public Schools
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT OF ODESSA INC
  • Who funds SHARE CORPORATION
  • Who funds Kanakuk Ministries
  • Who funds PERMIAN BASIN MISSION CENTER
  • Who funds WEST TEXAS FOOD BANK
  • Who funds China Aid Association Inc
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF ODESSA INC
  • Who funds BYNUM SCHOOL
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ODESSA
  • Who funds UNLOCK MINISTRIES INC DBA OPPORTUNITY TRIBE
  • Who funds BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL
  • Who funds CHRISTMAS IN ACTION INC
  • Who funds 3 23 MINISTRIES INC
  • Who funds LOOPS INC
  • Who funds WILDERNESS TREK CHRISTIAN CAMP INC
  • Who funds CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC
  • Who funds MIDLAND FAIR HAVENS
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF ODESSA INC
  • Who funds RONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC
  • Who funds AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC
  • Who funds HIGH SKY CHILDRENS RANCH INC
  • Who funds ODESSA LINKS INC

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.

Abell-Hanger FoundationTX30.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Abell-Hanger Foundation · JC Ferguson Foundation Inc · Permian Basin Area Foundation · Wayne & Jo Ann Moore Charitable Foundation · Scharbauer Foundation Inc · United Way of Odessa Inc · The Fasken Foundation · Helen Greathouse Charitable Trust · Pevehouse Family Foundation · Saulsbury Family Foundation Inc · Junior League of Odessa Inc · Beal 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 Hext Family 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
    3report 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 Hext Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Hext Family 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 47 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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