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Hildebrand Foundation at a glance

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Hildebrand Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$14M
Granted FY2025still arriving
122
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$8.7M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$36MPhilanthropy$14MReligion$5.7MRecreation & Sports$3.7MArts & Culture$3.7MHuman Services$2.8MHousing & Shelter$1.6MEnvironment$1.1MOther$0
02FY2025 · 122 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $73k
  • $10k–50k75 grants · $1.6M
  • $50k–250k27 grants · $2.8M
  • $250k+3 grants · $9.5M
$25,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$134M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University Of Texas At Austin$8,650,501
Hermann Park Conservancy$500,000
University Of St Thomas$350,000
Star Of Hope Mission$225,000
Greater Houston Community Foundation$200,000
YWAM San DiegoBaja$196,664
Workfaith Connection$150,000
Episcopal High School$142,500
Franciscan Friars Of Hebbronville Inc$140,000
Houston Police Foundation$118,500
Eyes On Me$112,500
Family Legacy$106,912
Individual grant recipient$100,000
River Oaks Baptist School$100,000
National Medal Of Honor Museum Foundation$100,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Inspiration Ranch: $15k → 9%Camp Aranzazu Inc: $45k → 17%Street Grace: $15k → 9%Camp Aranzazu: $25k → 17%Street Grace: $15k → 9%Camp Aranzazu: $25k → 17%LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $25k → 8%Galveston Urban Ministries: $35k → 14%Galveston Urban Ministries: $30k → 14%Houston Pregnancy Help Center: $25k → 16%Galveston Urban Ministries: $25k → 14%Houston Pregnancy Help Center: $25k → 16%Houston Pregnancy Help Center Inc: $25k → 16%Lutheran Social Service of the South Inc: $15k → 10%Houstons Amazing Place Inc: $25k → 16%Wesley Community Center: $15k → 16%Catholic Charities Of The Archdiocese Of Galveston-Houston: $50k → 16%CAMP ARANZAZU: $25k → 16%Cornerstone Family Ministries: $25k → 16%PRISON ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM: $25k → 16%HUMBLE AREA ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $30k → 16%Humble Area Assistance Ministries: $30k → 16%Humble Area Assistance Ministries: $30k → 16%HOUSTON POLICE FOUNDATION: $204k → 16%Houston Police Foundation: $119k → 16%Houston Police Foundation: $119k → 16%Main Street Ministries Houston: $25k → 16%NEIGHBORS IN ACTION INC: $15k → 16%THE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS: $25k → 16%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%Memorial Assistance Ministries: $30k → 16%Neighbors In Action Inc: $20k → 16%Northwest Assistance Ministries: $25k → 16%Northwest Assistance Ministries: $25k → 16%Cypress Assistance Ministries: $35k → 16%NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $25k → 16%Cypress Community Assistance Ministries: $25k → 16%Northwest Assistance Ministries: $25k → 16%CYPRESS ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $25k → 16%Cypress Assistance Ministries: $25k → 16%Tomball Renewal Center: $25k → 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
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AR
TN
DC
HI
LA
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$66M · 143 repeat orgs$6.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

143 repeat relationships: 107 still active in FY2025, 36 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

143
82

Total granted

$66M
$5.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+10%

Still filing today

60%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $361k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationReligionInternationalHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TN
    THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $1.8M · revenue +52%
  • UO
    University of St Thomas
    5× · 2020–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +69%
  • GC
    GLENWOOD CEMETERY INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $600k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
    one grant, 2024 · $1.3M
  • HP
    Houston Parks Boardgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M · revenue +54%
  • UO
    University of Texas - Shift
    one grant, 2024 · $876k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. 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.

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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
Healing Hands Ministries Inc

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

Health
4
His Story Coaching and Counseling

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

Human Services
5
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."

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6
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
7
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
8
Austin Habitat for Humanity Inc

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

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9
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

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

Religion
10
Trees for Houston

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

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11
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…

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12
The Greatest School in West Houston

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

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tomball Emergency Assistance Ministries; 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.
04the grantee network

123 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 123 of the 240 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
120/123
Grantees still filing
85/123
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University Of Texas At Austin: $33,965,751 · OtherUniversity Of Texas At AustinEPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND: $4,000,000 · OtherEPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUNDRIVER OAKS BAPTIST SCHOOL: $3,955,000 · OtherRIVER OAKS BAPTIST SCHOOLST ANNE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY: $3,003,000 · Other+134 more: $15,599,252 · Other+134 moreGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $13,820,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER HOUSTON COM…Houston Parks Board: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyHouston Parks BoardHOUSTON POLICE FOUNDATION: $606,166 · Human ServicesChristian Community Service Center Inc: $214,166 · Human ServicesMemorial Assistance Ministries: $150,000 · Human ServicesCYPRESS COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $135,000 · Human ServicesOpen Door Mission: $125,000 · Human ServicesCamp Aranzazu Inc: $120,000 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $120,000 · Human ServicesKaty Christian Ministries: $105,000 · Human ServicesWELLSPRINGS VILLAGE INC: $105,000 · Human ServicesHUMBLE AREA ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC: $100,000 · Human Services+31 more: $1,167,500 · Human ServicesTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $1,800,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $350,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $250,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $25,000 · Arts & CultureUniversity of St Thomas: $1,105,000 · EducationThe Brookwood Community Inc: $285,000 · EducationSt Peter Catholic: $100,000 · EducationSmall Steps Nurturing Center: $75,000 · EducationTOUCHDOWN CLUB HOUSTON INC: $60,000 · Education+4 more: $105,000 · EducationSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $1,315,000 · Housing & ShelterGRACEWOOD INC: $140,000 · Housing & ShelterMain Street Ministries Inc: $75,000 · Housing & ShelterPregnancy Assistance Center North: $70,000 · Housing & ShelterHermann Park Conservancy: $1,375,000 · EnvironmentPARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS: $175,000 · Environment
Other$60,523,003Philanthropy$14,820,000Human Services$2,947,832Arts & Culture$2,425,000Education$1,730,000Housing & Shelter$1,600,000Environment$1,550,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $13,820,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $1,800,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy: $1,375,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $1,315,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $1,105,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHouston Parks Board: $1,000,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetHOUSTON POLICE FOUNDATION: $606,166 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetGLENWOOD CEMETERY INC: $600,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetST DOMINIC VILLAGE: $500,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetFamily Legacy Missions International: $426,608 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTHE WORKFAITH CONNECTION: $400,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $350,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEyes On Me Inc: $303,500 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc: $285,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Community Service Center Inc: $214,166 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $205,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetCamp Allen Camp & Conference Center: $205,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetCARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF HOUSTON: $200,000 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetEdify: $200,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLifeHouse of Houston Inc: $183,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetTHE FORGE FOR FAMILIES: $177,500 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetPARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS: $175,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPRO-VISION INC: $172,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetFRANCISCAN FRIARS OF HEBBRONVILLE INC: $170,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetTHE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON: $160,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetFAITH IN PRACTICE: $160,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMemorial Assistance Ministries: $150,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetHOUSTON COALITION FOR LIFE: $150,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetGRACEWOOD INC: $140,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $135,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCYPRESS COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $135,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetWEST HOUSTON ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC: $125,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetOpen Door Mission: $125,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare: $125,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCamp Aranzazu Inc: $120,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetNORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $120,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $119,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetKaty Christian Ministries: $105,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWELLSPRINGS VILLAGE INC: $105,000 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetSt Peter Catholic: $100,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetHUMBLE AREA ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHouston Pregnancy Help Center Inc: $95,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGalveston Urban Ministries: $90,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetMagnificat Houses Inc: $85,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetNeighbors In Action Inc: $80,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetFORT BEND FAMILY PROMISE: $80,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetTHE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, 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 Hermann Park Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds University of St Thomas ↗
  • Who funds Houston Parks Board ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON POLICE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GLENWOOD CEMETERY INC ↗
  • Who funds ST DOMINIC VILLAGE ↗
  • Who funds Family Legacy Missions International ↗
  • Who funds THE WORKFAITH CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH WITH A MISSION - SAN DIEGOBAJA ↗
  • Who funds Eyes On Me Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Brookwood Community Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds Christian Community Service Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Camp Allen Camp & Conference Center ↗
  • Who funds CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds Edify ↗
  • Who funds LifeHouse of Houston Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE FORGE FOR FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS ↗

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.

Albert & Ethel Herzst…Strake FoundationHarry S & Isabel C Ca…Baxter Trust Co Priva…Greater Houston Commu…The Elkins FoundationMarek Family Foundati…The William Stamps Fa…Shell USA Company Fou…United Way of Greater…The Medallion Foundat…Sterling-Turner Found…
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

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Hildebrand Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hildebrand Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's 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, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    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 240 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-PF 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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