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Hildebrand Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$14M
Granted FY2024still arriving
122
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$6.5M
Largest
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202024.

Education$36MPhilanthropy$14MReligion$5.7MRecreation & Sports$3.7MArts & Culture$3.7MHuman Services$2.8MHousing & Shelter$1.6MEnvironment$1.1MOther$0
02FY2024 · 122 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $70k
  • $10k–50k81 grants · $1.7M
  • $50k–250k20 grants · $1.9M
  • $250k+6 grants · $10M
$25,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$130M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Greater Houston Community Foundation$6,530,000
University of Texas at Austin - McCombs School of Business$1,250,000
University of Texas - Shift$875,500
National World War II Museum$600,000
Episcopal High School Endowment$500,000
Hermann Park Conservancy$500,000
Star of Hope Mission$225,000
YWAM San DiegoBaja$137,498
Houston Police Foundation$118,500
Family Legacy$106,696
River Oaks Baptist School$105,000
National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation$100,000
St Dominic Village$100,000
University of St Thomas$100,000
WorkFaith Connection$100,000
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 (FY20–24, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%INSPIRATION RANCH: $10k → 9%Mission of Mercy Inc: $10k → 17%Camp Aranzazu Inc: $45k → 17%Matthew 10 International: $10k → 12%Street Grace: $15k → 9%Inspiration Ranch Inc: $10k → 9%Camp Aranzazu: $25k → 17%LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $25k → 8%Inspiration Ranch: $10k → 9%East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry Inc: $10k → 8%Galveston Urban Ministries: $30k → 14%East Ft Bend Human Needs Ministry Inc: $10k → 8%Galveston Urban Ministries: $25k → 14%Houston Pregnancy Help Center: $25k → 16%EAST FORT BEND HUMAN NEEDS MINISTRY: $10k → 8%Houston Pregnancy Help Center Inc: $25k → 16%PRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN'S HOMES & SEVICES: $10k → 10%Lutheran Social Service of the South Inc: $15k → 10%Houstons Amazing Place Inc: $25k → 16%Catholic Charities Of The Archdiocese Of Galveston-Houston: $50k → 16%CAMP ARANZAZU: $25k → 16%PRISON ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM: $25k → 16%HUMBLE AREA ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $30k → 16%Humble Area Assistance Ministries: $30k → 16%HOUSTON POLICE FOUNDATION: $204k → 16%Houston Police Foundation: $119k → 16%Main Street Ministries Houston: $25k → 16%NEIGHBORS IN ACTION INC: $15k → 16%NEIGHBORS IN ACTION INC: $15k → 16%Bridge Over Troubled Waters: $25k → 16%THE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS: $25k → 16%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $25k → 16%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $25k → 16%Memorial Assistance Ministries Inc: $30k → 16%Memorial Assistance Ministries: $30k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $30k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $30k → 16%Neighbors in Action: $15k → 16%Northwest Assistance Ministries: $25k → 16%NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $25k → 16%CYPRESS ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $25k → 16%Northwest Assistance Ministries: $25k → 16%Cypress Assistance Ministries: $25k → 16%Cypress Community Assistance Ministries: $25k → 16%Loving Houston: $15k → 16%LOVING HOUSTON: $15k → 16%Loving Houston: $15k → 16%Tomball Renewal Center: $25k → 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.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
MA
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AR
TN
DC
HI
LA
GA
TX

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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$52M · 118 repeat orgs$6.3M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +21% since the first grant, against +16% for the ones you funded once.

118 repeat relationships — 80 still active in FY2024, 38 since wound down; 39 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

118
68

Total granted

$52M
$2.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+16%

Still filing today

61%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.5M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationReligionHealthInternationalHousing & ShelterOther

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

  • TN
    THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $1.8M · revenue +52%
  • UO
    University of St Thomas
    4× · 2020–2024 · $755k · revenue +69%
  • GC
    GLENWOOD CEMETERY INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $600k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • HP
    Houston Parks Boardgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M · revenue +54%
  • TM
    THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $250k · revenue +51%
  • PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXASgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $175k · revenue +31%

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
Houston Christian Foundation dba National Christian Foundation Houston

As the Houston affiliate of the National Christian Foundation (NCF), our mission is to serve and encourage givers to grow as faithful stewards who give wisely to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

2
Presbyterian School

Family, School, and Church united in the education and support of each child - this is the founding premise upon which Presbyterian School nurtures and challenges its students. The school provides an educational program of the highest…

Education
3
His Story Coaching and Counseling

Christian coaching, counseling, assessment and consulting services to the communities of Tarrant County, Texas.

Human Services
4
Healing Hands Ministries Inc

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

Health
5
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
6
Houston Christian University

The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."

7
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.

Religion
8
El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission

El Buen Samaritano an outreach ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas serving the Latino community of Central Texas is committed to recognizing the dignity of all by ensuring access to health care education and essential needs that…

9
Family Service Center of Houston and Harris County

The mission of Family Service Center of Houston and Harris County (Family Houston) is to create a stronger community for tomorrow by helping individuals and families meet the challenges they face today. We help others help themselves.

Human Services
10
Austin Habitat for Humanity Inc

Through faith in action, austin habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

11
Trees for Houston

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

12
The Greatest School in West Houston

Christian pre-school from age 3-months to school-age, and school from

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tomball Emergency Assistance Ministries and the most unlike its peers is The National World War Ii Museum 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 backsteadyIndependent Schools & Acade…Women's Empowerment and Sup…Youth & Family Support Serv…Interfaith Cultural and Spi…Christian Missionary Organi…Affordable Housing & Commun…Emergency Services & Law En…Arts and Cultural Organizat…
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 30 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number28%3%<5yr17%3%5–10yr20%21%10–20yr16%31%20–35yr9%18%35–55yr10%24%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value28%1%<5yr17%45%5–10yr20%5%10–20yr16%29%20–35yr9%10%35–55yr10%11%55yr+

The field is 28% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 17% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/142
the rest of the field
17%
12,743/76,924

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

121 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 121 of the 226 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)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
118/121
Grantees still filing
81/121
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN — $25,315,250 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINEPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND — $4,000,000 · OtherEPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUNDRIVER OAKS BAPTIST SCHOOL — $3,855,000 · OtherRIVER OAKS BAPTIST SCHOOLST ANNE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY — $3,001,500 · OtherST ANNE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY+135 more — $12,631,130 · Other+135 moreGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $13,620,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNI…Houston Parks Board — $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyHouston Parks BoardHOUSTON POLICE FOUNDATION — $487,666 · Human ServicesChristian Community Service Center Inc — $199,166 · Human ServicesMemorial Assistance Ministries — $120,000 · Human ServicesKaty Christian Ministries — $105,000 · Human ServicesCYPRESS COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES — $100,000 · Human ServicesOpen Door Mission — $100,000 · Human ServicesCamp Aranzazu Inc — $95,000 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES — $95,000 · Human ServicesWELLSPRINGS VILLAGE INC — $85,000 · Human Services+31 more — $940,000 · Human ServicesTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC — $1,800,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION — $250,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON — $250,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $25,000 · Arts & CultureSTAR OF HOPE MISSION — $1,090,000 · Housing & ShelterGRACEWOOD INC — $110,000 · Housing & ShelterMain Street Ministries Inc — $75,000 · Housing & ShelterPregnancy Assistance Center North — $50,000 · Housing & ShelterUniversity of St Thomas — $755,000 · EducationThe Brookwood Community Inc — $225,000 · EducationSt Peter Catholic — $100,000 · EducationSmall Steps Nurturing Center — $75,000 · EducationTOUCHDOWN CLUB HOUSTON INC — $50,000 · EducationDILLARD UNIVERSITY — $45,000 · Education+3 more — $45,000 · EducationHermann Park Conservancy — $875,000 · EnvironmentPARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS — $175,000 · Environment
Other$48,802,880Philanthropy$14,620,000Human Services$2,326,832Arts & Culture$2,325,000Housing & Shelter$1,325,000Education$1,295,000Environment$1,050,000

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $13,620,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC — $1,800,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION — $1,090,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetHouston Parks Board — $1,000,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy — $875,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas — $755,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGLENWOOD CEMETERY INC — $600,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetHOUSTON POLICE FOUNDATION — $487,666 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetST DOMINIC VILLAGE — $400,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFamily Legacy Missions International — $319,696 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON — $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WORKFAITH CONNECTION — $250,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc — $225,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCamp Allen Camp & Conference Center — $200,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetChristian Community Service Center Inc — $199,166 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetEyes On Me Inc — $191,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetPARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS — $175,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC — $155,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetLifeHouse of Houston Inc — $153,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetTHE FORGE FOR FAMILIES — $152,500 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetPRO-VISION INC — $147,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $135,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON — $130,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF HOUSTON — $125,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetMemorial Assistance Ministries — $120,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $119,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGRACEWOOD INC — $110,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetKaty Christian Ministries — $105,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWEST HOUSTON ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC — $100,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCYPRESS COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES — $100,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetSt Peter Catholic — $100,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetOpen Door Mission — $100,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetHOUSTON COALITION FOR LIFE — $100,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetEdify — $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare — $100,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFAITH IN PRACTICE — $100,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCamp Aranzazu Inc — $95,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetNORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES — $95,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWELLSPRINGS VILLAGE INC — $85,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetTHE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC — $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMain Street Ministries Inc — $75,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetSmall Steps Nurturing Center — $75,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHUMBLE AREA ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC — $70,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHouston Pregnancy Help Center Inc — $70,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMagnificat Houses Inc — $65,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetNeighbors In Action Inc — $60,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetFORT BEND FAMILY PROMISE — $60,000 over 4y, 1.9% 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 GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC
  • Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION
  • Who funds Houston Parks Board
  • Who funds Hermann Park Conservancy
  • Who funds University of St Thomas
  • Who funds GLENWOOD CEMETERY INC
  • Who funds HOUSTON POLICE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds ST DOMINIC VILLAGE
  • Who funds Family Legacy Missions International
  • Who funds NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION
  • Who funds THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON
  • Who funds THE WORKFAITH CONNECTION
  • Who funds The Brookwood Community Inc
  • Who funds Camp Allen Camp & Conference Center
  • Who funds Christian Community Service Center Inc
  • Who funds Eyes On Me Inc
  • Who funds PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC
  • Who funds LifeHouse of Houston Inc
  • Who funds THE FORGE FOR FAMILIES
  • Who funds YOUTH WITH A MISSION - SAN DIEGOBAJA
  • Who funds PRO-VISION INC
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
  • Who funds THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON

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.

Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable FoundationTX95.8× affinity47 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Strake Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · Marek Family Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund · Shell USA Company Foundation · United Way of Greater Houston · The Medallion Foundation Inc · Sterling-Turner 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 Hildebrand 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%2%6%14%25%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
    29report 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.

    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 226 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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