· Private foundation
Houston Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k9 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $47k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE WOODLANDS METHODIST CHURCH | $30,150 |
| TEXAS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL | $16,666 |
| MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY | $5,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| COULSON TOUGH SCHOOL PTO | $4,078 |
| WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | $2,500 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $800 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY | $500 |
| HAVE A HEART ANIMAL RESCUE | $200 |
| OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE CHURCH | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 31% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TCTexas Children's Hospital3× · 2020–2024 · $57k · revenue +69%
University of Illinois Foundation5× · 2020–2024 · $25k · revenue +74%- CTCoulson Tough Parent Teacher Organization2× · 2023–2024 · $6k · revenue +22%
Funded once
- LULakewood United Methodist Churchone grant, 2021 · $8k
- WUWASHINGTON UNIVERSITYone grant, 2022 · $3k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $1k
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.
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.
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Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
The american college of radiology (acr) is organized to advance radiology science, practice and access, improve quality and safety, provide continuing education for radiology and allied professionals, and achieve better outcomes through…
The society is a multidisciplinary professional medical organization dedicated to improving human health by advancing nuclear medicine, molecular imaging and radionuclide therapy.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
The mission of the american college of physicians (acp), www. acponline.org, is to enhance the quality and effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and professionalism in the practice of medicine. acp was founded in 1915 to…
The mission of the american society for clinical pathology is to provide excellence in education, certification and advocacy on behalf of patients, pathologists and medical laboratory professionals.
Aacom leads and advocates for the osteopathic medical education community to improve the health of the public. aacom represents and advances the continuum of medical education by: supporting our member institutions as they educate the…
The mission of the federation of clinical immunology societies (focis) is to apply the science of immunology to improve human health through interdisciplinary research, education, communication, and collaboration.
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To advance and disseminate the science and practice of hepatology, and to promote liver health and quality patient care.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 25 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Texas Children's Hospital ↗
- Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
- Who funds Coulson Tough Parent Teacher Organization ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF ELEPAP INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Houston Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Houston Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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