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Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab

The mission of the Collaborative is to create a coordinated network of effective and efficient services to assist low-income immigrants access to the information and legal representation that allows them to make choices in their own best interest.

$579k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
9
Grants FY2025
10
Organizations funded FY2024
20%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$60,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$170,514
Organizations funded a year
10 to 17
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$4.8M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k 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
Human ServicesCrime & LegalCivil RightsEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving9$579k11%
FY202410$1.0M20%
FY202316$992k44%
FY202215$817k7%
FY202115$785k33%
FY202017$1.0M29%
FY201914$827k29%
FY201816$1.9M69%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Crime & Legal$3.9MHuman Services$1.6MCivil Rights$1.4MHealth$1.1MInternational$200kEducation$105kEmployment$95kCommunity Improvement$88kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
IN
CA
VA
AZ
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 47 grantees
All grantees of Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Equal Justice Works$1,201,14232%
BakerRipley$763,71860%
Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area$671,87560%
Justice For All Immigrants$572,500522%
Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project$514,56454%
Living Hope Wheelchair Association$437,155812%
The Tahirih Justice Center$402,04062%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston - Houston$371,62380%
Epiphany Community Health Outreach Services$317,58354%
South Texas College of Law Houston Inc$300,00021%
Texas Immigration Law Council$235,799222%
Baylor College of Medicine$213,33340%
Memorial Assistance Ministries$199,55050%
Daya Inc$199,10657%
United We Dream Network Inc$178,00041%
Bonding Against Adversity Inc$168,80038%
Boat People S O S Inc$151,00032%
Human Rights First$150,00012%
Mi Familia En Accion$130,00041%
Al-Noor Society of Greater Houston$117,350221%
Organization of Chinese Americans of Greater Houston$110,00027%
Fe y Justicia Worker Center$95,200311%
Immigrant Justice Corps Inc$90,00011%
Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program Inc$86,05022%
El Centro de Corazon$80,00020%
Latino Lgbtq Gay Pride Inc$71,2452n/a
Alliance for Multicultural Community Services$70,00021%
Olive Branch-Muslim Family Services$68,530117%
Texas Children's Hospital$64,42310%
Church World Service Inc$63,00020%
Fam Intentional Community$62,200116%
Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc$60,00011%
Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston$60,00010%
Boat People Sos Inc$56,38513%
Earl Carl Institute for Legal and Social Policy Inc$52,25014%
Texas Low-Income Housing Information Service$47,00018%
My Connect Community$45,10015%
West Street Recovery$44,20022%
University of Houston Law Foundation$43,00011%
Chinese Community Center Inc$30,00011%
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund$20,00010%
Immigrant Legal Resource Center$12,54810%
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium Inc$12,45210%
Transgender Law Center$11,33010%
Kind Inc$10,00010%
National Partnership for New Americans$9,00010%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$8,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEqual Justice Works: $1,201,142 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetBakerRipley: $763,718 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area: $671,875 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJustice For All Immigrants: $572,500 over 5y, 22% of budgetGalveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project: $514,564 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetLiving Hope Wheelchair Association: $437,155 over 8y, 12% of budgetThe Tahirih Justice Center: $402,040 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston - Houston: $371,623 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetEpiphany Community Health Outreach Services: $317,583 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetSouth Texas College of Law Houston Inc: $300,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTexas Immigration Law Council: $235,799 over 2y, 22% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $213,333 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMemorial Assistance Ministries: $199,550 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetDaya Inc: $199,106 over 5y, 6.9% of budgetUnited We Dream Network Inc: $178,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBonding Against Adversity Inc: $168,800 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetBoat People S O S Inc: $151,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetHuman Rights First: $150,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetMi Familia En Accion: $130,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetAl-Noor Society of Greater Houston: $117,350 over 2y, 21% of budgetOrganization of Chinese Americans of Greater Houston: $110,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetFe y Justicia Worker Center: $95,200 over 3y, 11% of budgetImmigrant Justice Corps Inc: $90,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHouston Volunteer Lawyers Program Inc: $86,050 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetEl Centro de Corazon: $80,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAlliance for Multicultural Community Services: $70,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetOlive Branch-Muslim Family Services: $68,530 over 1y, 17% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $64,423 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChurch World Service Inc: $63,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFam Intentional Community: $62,200 over 1y, 16% of budgetAlliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoat People Sos Inc: $56,385 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetEarl Carl Institute for Legal and Social Policy Inc: $52,250 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetTexas Low-Income Housing Information Service: $47,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetMy Connect Community: $45,100 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetWest Street Recovery: $44,200 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetUniversity of Houston Law Foundation: $43,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetChinese Community Center Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTexas Organizing Project Education Fund: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetImmigrant Legal Resource Center: $12,548 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Korean American Service and Education Consortium Inc: $12,452 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTransgender Law Center: $11,330 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKind Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Partnership for New Americans: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 46.

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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.

Houston Endowment IncTX42.1× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Houston Endowment Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Houston · The Simmons Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Texas Access to Justice Foundation · Rockwell Fund Inc · Harvey R Houck Jr and Patricia W Houck Foundation Inc · The Methodist Hospital · Immigrant Legal Resource Center · Marek Family Foundation · Church World Service Inc

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.

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Find your warmest path to Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab 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.

About Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab

How much does Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab give?
Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab reported 9 grants totaling $579,064 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (44%), Human Services (18%), Civil Rights (16%).
Who are Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Equal Justice Works ($1.2M), BakerRipley ($764k), Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area ($672k).
Does Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Houston Endowment Inc, Greater Houston Community Foundation, United Way of Greater Houston.
Where is Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab based?
Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab is based in TX.

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 48 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 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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