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Houston Endowment Inc at a glanceAlso receives grants: funding profile →

· Private foundation

Houston Endowment Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$100M
Granted FY2024still arriving
355
Grants FY2024still arriving
18
States reached
$5.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$200MArts & Culture$78MPhilanthropy$51MPublic Benefit$45MHuman Services$33MCommunity Improvement$29MHousing & Shelter$28MEnvironment$27MOther$0
02FY2024 · 355 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k27 grants · $687k
  • $50k–250k218 grants · $25M
  • $250k+102 grants · $74M
$125,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$2.5B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC$5,000,000
Greater Houston Community Foundation$5,000,000
United Way of Greater Houston$3,000,000
Harmony Public Schools$3,000,000
Houston Local Information Initiative Inc DBA Houston Landing$2,325,000
Pacific Charter School Development Inc$2,000,000
Greater Houston Community Foundation$1,502,090
Texas Immigration Law Council$1,400,000
EMERGE Fellowship$1,250,000
Harris County Public Library$1,169,800
Collective Action For Youth$1,165,000
Houston Independent School District Foundation$1,035,000
Casa Mateo$1,000,000
Trees For Houston$1,000,000
University of Houston$1,000,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $33.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Springboard Collaborative: $160k → 22%We the Veterans Foundation: $345k → 6%Collaborative for Children: $1.0M → 16%National Partnership for New Americans: $710k → 14%Immigrant Legal Resource Center: $405k → 10%National Partnership for New Americans: $710k → 14%Immigrant Legal Resource Center: $400k → 10%Fort Bend County Women's Center: $1.0M → 8%Collaborative for Children: $300k → 16%National Partnership for New Americans: $200k → 14%Immigrant Legal Resource Center: $395k → 10%Collaborative for Children: $150k → 16%Immigrant Legal Resource Center: $250k → 10%Collaborative for Children: $150k → 16%Immigrant Legal Resource Center: $250k → 10%Immigrant Legal Resource Center: $200k → 10%Collaborative for Children: $150k → 16%Immigrant Legal Resource Center: $200k → 10%India House Inc: $200k → 16%Memorial Assistance Ministries: $165k → 16%Depelchin Childrens Center: $750k → 16%DePelchin Children's Center: $225k → 16%Depelchin Childrens Center: $175k → 16%DePelchin Children's Center: $175k → 16%Neighborhood Recovery Community Development Corporation: $250k → 16%YMCA of Greater Houston: $1.0M → 16%Casa Mateo: $1.0M → 16%Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area: $333k → 16%Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area: $332k → 16%Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston: $1.5M → 16%Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston: $1.0M → 16%Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston Houston: $750k → 16%Houston Area Women's Center Inc: $160k → 16%United States Veterans Initiative: $1.0M → 16%Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries: $1.0M → 16%Boat People SOS - Houston: $250k → 16%Chinese Community Center: $250k → 16%BakerRipley: $500k → 16%BakerRipley: $350k → 16%My Connect Community: $1.0M → 16%My Connect Community: $300k → 16%Connect Community: $250k → 16%Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council: $2.0M → 16%Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans: $500k → 16%The Alliance: $1.0M → 16%The Alliance: $250k → 16%Community Family Centers-Centros Familiares de la Comunidad: $325k → 16%The Alliance: $217k → 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

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DC
OK
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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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 10% of Houston Endowment Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 87% of the giving stays in TX; by stated purpose, 92%.

Houston Endowment Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.9% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$524M · 425 repeat orgs$48M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

425 repeat relationships: 187 still active in FY2024, 238 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

425
514

Total granted

$524M
$38M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+16%

Still filing today

83%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9.2M 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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

  • GR
    Good Reason Houston Inc
    7× · 2018–2024 · $30M · revenue +8% · 71% of their budget
  • WM
    William Marsh Rice University
    7× · 2018–2024 · $16M · revenue +63%
  • CF
    Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County
    3× · 2020–2023 · $15M · revenue +116% · 41% of their budget

Funded once

  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR JONES HALLgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $2.5M · revenue +28% · 35% of their budget
  • C
    CSH
    one grant, 2018 · $2.3M
  • TA
    The Alliance Collaboration
    one grant, 2022 · $1.6M · revenue -46%
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
Breakthrough Houston

The mission of Breakthrough Houston (BTH) is to work with highly motivated students to achieve post-secondary success and empower aspiring leaders to become the next generation of educational advocates.

Education
2
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
3
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
4
Center for Public Policy Priorities

At the Every Texan, we believe in a Texas that offers everyone the chance to compete and succeed in life. We envision a Texas where everyone is healthy, well educated, and financially secure. We want the best Texas, a proud state that sets…

Public Benefit
5
Houston Museum of Natural Science

The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…

Arts & Culture
6
Central Houston Inc

See schedule ocentral houston champions a thriving downtown by connecting influential leaders through initiatives that advance the future of business and community for all.

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7
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

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8
Raise Texas

RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…

Human Services
9
Community Information Now

Community information now (cinow) provides data, tools, analysis, and training to inform decisions to improve texas communities. cinow's vision is improved lives and decreased disparities through democratized data.

Community Improvement
10
The Women's Resource of Greater Houston

See Schedule OThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston helps women and girls make choices toward becoming independent, productive, and financially stable. We fulfill our mission by recruiting volunteer instructors to deliver our programs in…

Philanthropy
11
Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
12
Construction Career Collaborative

As an interdependent alliance of construction industry leaders, we are collectively committed to positively impacting the future of the industry by strengthening the safe, skilled, and sustainable craft workforce pipeline.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grantmakers for Education; the most unlike its peers is The Alliance Collaboration. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

597 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. 597 of the 980 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.

109
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
139
Early backer (in before they grew)
579/597
Grantees still filing
395/597
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Houston Independent School District Foundation: $19,654,200 · OtherHouston Independent School District Foundati…University of Texas at Austin: $11,062,740 · OtherUniversity of Texas at AustinHARRIS COUNTY: $9,055,000 · OtherAldine Independent School District: $7,598,500 · OtherCoalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County: $15,033,000 · OtherCoalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris…+81 more: $144,081,155 · Other+81 moreGood Reason Houston Inc: $29,562,382 · EducationGood Reason Houston IncWilliam Marsh Rice University: $15,593,531 · EducationWilliam Marsh Rice Univers…YES Prep Public Schools Inc: $11,118,000 · EducationYES Prep Public Schools In…EQUITABLE FACILITIES FUND INC: $10,100,000 · EducationEQUITABLE FACILITIES FUND …BLUEPRINT: $7,000,000 · EducationBLUEPRINTTEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO: $6,838,185 · EducationTEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY …HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $5,000,000 · Education+26 more: $39,481,978 · Education+26 moreGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $17,873,590 · PhilanthropyGREATER HOUSTO…United Way of Greater Houston: $10,027,300 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of …COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $7,718,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITIES FO…Houston Parks Board: $6,838,200 · PhilanthropyHouston Parks …Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab: $6,600,200 · PhilanthropyHouston Immigr…ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $5,050,000 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER PH…HOUSTON IN ACTION: $3,759,476 · PhilanthropyHOUSTON IN ACT…+6 more: $7,367,670 · Philanthropy+6 moreHouston Local Information Initiative Inc: $7,565,000 · Arts & CultureHouston Loc…Houston Arts Alliance: $6,765,700 · Arts & CultureHouston Art…Project Row Houses: $3,750,300 · Arts & CultureProject Row…ALLEY THEATRE: $2,820,000 · Arts & CultureContemporary Arts Museum Houston: $2,560,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $2,420,000 · Arts & CultureStages: $2,245,000 · Arts & CultureMid-America Arts Alliance: $1,910,000 · Arts & CultureArts Connect Houston: $1,800,000 · Arts & Culture+23 more: $21,346,411 · Arts & Culture+23 moreCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON: $4,200,200 · Human ServicesBakerRipley: $3,019,000 · Human ServicesHARRIS COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COORDINATING COUNCIL: $2,975,000 · Human ServicesIMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $2,680,000 · Human ServicesCollaborative for Children: $2,300,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area: $1,744,596 · Human ServicesMy Connect Community: $1,693,500 · Human ServicesDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $1,650,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS: $1,620,000 · Human ServicesThe Alliance Collaboration: $1,567,000 · Human ServicesUNITED STATES VETERANS INITIATIVE: $1,500,000 · Human ServicesCHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1,310,000 · Human ServicesFORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER INC SOS/SHELTER-OUTREACH-SOLUTIONS: $1,275,000 · Human ServicesCASA MATEO: $1,075,000 · Human Services+4 more: $3,430,500 · Human ServicesBuffalo Bayou Partnership Inc: $10,523,333 · EnvironmentHermann Park Conservancy: $3,523,000 · EnvironmentGalveston Bay Foundation Inc: $2,550,400 · EnvironmentAIR ALLIANCE HOUSTON: $1,601,000 · EnvironmentCoastal Prairie Conservancy: $1,345,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT: $895,000 · Environment+2 more: $1,215,000 · EnvironmentHouston in Action Network: $11,748,000 · Civil RightsTexas Immigration Law Council: $1,675,000 · Civil RightsFair Elections Center: $1,120,000 · Civil RightsACLU Foundation of Texas Inc: $1,050,200 · Civil RightsFt Bend County Child Advocates Inc: $980,000 · Civil RightsALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE: $975,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL KOREAN AMERICAN SERVICE AND EDUCATION CONSORTIUM INC: $925,000 · Civil RightsDISABILITY RIGHTS TEXAS: $863,570 · Civil RightsEQTX Equality Texas Foundation: $826,000 · Civil RightsUNITED WE DREAM NETWORK INC: $700,000 · Civil Rights
Other$206,484,595Education$124,694,076Philanthropy$65,234,436Arts & Culture$53,182,411Human Services$32,039,796Environment$21,652,733Civil Rights$20,862,770

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 budgetGood Reason Houston Inc: $29,562,382 over 7y, 71% of budgetHouston Independent School District Foundation: $19,654,200 over 7y, 41% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $17,873,590 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $15,593,531 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCoalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County: $15,033,000 over 3y, 41% of budgetHouston in Action Network: $11,748,000 over 3y, 90% of budgetYES Prep Public Schools Inc: $11,118,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetBuffalo Bayou Partnership Inc: $10,523,333 over 6y, 45% of budgetEQUITABLE FACILITIES FUND INC: $10,100,000 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $10,027,300 over 7y, 5.4% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $7,718,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetHouston Local Information Initiative Inc: $7,565,000 over 3y, 84% of budgetBLUEPRINT: $7,000,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetHouston Parks Board: $6,838,200 over 6y, 14% of budgetTEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO: $6,838,185 over 5y, 43% of budgetHouston Arts Alliance: $6,765,700 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetHouston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab: $6,600,200 over 7y, 40% of budgetSPARK: $6,275,400 over 7y, 45% of budgetHouston Zoo Inc: $5,157,400 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $5,050,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $5,000,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $4,700,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTrees For Houston: $4,525,000 over 5y, 84% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON: $4,200,200 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetIDEA Public Schools: $4,000,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetKIPP Texas Inc: $3,913,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetMental Health America of Greater Houston Inc: $3,761,000 over 4y, 32% of budgetHOUSTON IN ACTION: $3,759,476 over 4y, 52% of budgetProject Row Houses: $3,750,300 over 7y, 33% of budgetChildren's Assessment Center Foundation: $3,604,260 over 4y, 20% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy: $3,523,000 over 5y, 35% of budgetEMERGE Fellowship: $3,245,200 over 5y, 21% of budgetDiscovery Green Conservancy: $3,116,650 over 5y, 22% of budgetRothko Chapel: $3,108,100 over 7y, 34% of budgetBakerRipley: $3,019,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHARRIS COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COORDINATING COUNCIL: $2,975,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetLINK HOUSTON: $2,956,150 over 4y, 98% of budgetInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston: $2,903,320 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetALLEY THEATRE: $2,820,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetCollective Action for Youth: $2,715,000 over 3y, 70% of budgetIMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $2,680,000 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetContemporary Arts Museum Houston: $2,560,000 over 7y, 18% of budgetGalveston Bay Foundation Inc: $2,550,400 over 3y, 23% of budgetLATINOS FOR EDUCATION INC: $2,500,000 over 7y, 14% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR JONES HALL: $2,500,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $2,420,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTEXAS TRIBUNE INC: $2,362,000 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetCollaborative for Children: $2,300,000 over 7y, 9.8% 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 Good Reason Houston Inc ↗
  • Who funds Houston Independent School District Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds William Marsh Rice University ↗
  • Who funds Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County ↗
  • Who funds Houston in Action Network ↗
  • Who funds YES Prep Public Schools Inc ↗
  • Who funds Buffalo Bayou Partnership Inc ↗
  • Who funds EQUITABLE FACILITIES FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Greater Houston ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds Houston Local Information Initiative Inc ↗
  • Who funds BLUEPRINT ↗
  • Who funds Houston Parks Board ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO ↗
  • Who funds Houston Arts Alliance ↗
  • Who funds Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab ↗
  • Who funds SPARK ↗
  • Who funds Houston Zoo Inc ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Trees For Houston ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds IDEA Public Schools ↗
  • Who funds KIPP Texas Inc ↗
  • Who funds Mental Health America of Greater Houston Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON IN ACTION ↗
  • Who funds Project Row Houses ↗
  • Who funds Children's Assessment Center Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Hermann Park Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds EMERGE Fellowship ↗
  • Who funds Discovery Green Conservancy ↗

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.

The Brown Foundation …The Powell FoundationAlbert & Ethel Herzst…Houston Arts AllianceUnited Way of Greater…The Elkins FoundationThe Methodist HospitalStrake FoundationGreater Houston Commu…Jacob and Terese Hers…The William Stamps Fa…Vivian L Smith Founda…
The Brown Foundation IncTX182.2× affinity133 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Brown Foundation Inc · The Powell Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Houston Arts Alliance · United Way of Greater Houston · The Elkins Foundation · The Methodist Hospital · Strake Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund · Vivian L Smith 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 Houston Endowment Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Houston Endowment Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Teacher Prep Inspection-Us Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
59report 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 980 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home