How much does Houston in Action give?

Houston in Action reported 14 itemized grants totaling $6,669,853, out of $13,783,353 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2022.

What does Houston in Action fund?

By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2022, its largest causes are Public Benefit (72%), Human Services (5%), Crime & Legal (5%).

Who are Houston in Action's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2018 to FY2022: Houston in Action Network ($5.8M), Urban Community Network ($225k), Gulf Coast Leadership Council Inc ($210k).

Does Houston in Action fund new organizations?

In FY2022, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Houston in Action?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Houston in Action Network, Houston Endowment Inc, Greater Houston Community Foundation.

Where is Houston in Action based?

Houston in Action is based in TX.

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Texas · Public charity

Houston in Action

Provide support for 501(c)(3) organizations

$14M
Granted FY2022: 14
Itemized grants FY2022: 14
Organizations funded FY2022: 29%
First-time grantees FY2022

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Itemized, FY2022: $6.7M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2022: $65,000
Largest grant, FY2022: $5,846,853
Organizations funded a year: 3 to 29; FY2018 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022: 5

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 29% of the organizations Houston in Action funded were first-time grantees, receiving 91% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.1M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementEducationHealthArts & CultureOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2022	14	$6.7M	29%
FY2021	29	$1.6M	52%
FY2020	28	$618k	96%
FY2018	3	$56k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2022.

Public Benefit$6.5MHuman Services$423kCrime & Legal$422kReligion$341kCommunity Improvement$275kHealth$231kArts & Culture$217kEducation$160kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Houston in Action Network	$5,846,853	1	n/a
Urban Community Network	$225,000	2	36%
Gulf Coast Leadership Council Inc	$210,000	3	16%
Pure Justice	$201,100	2	20%
Mi Familia En Accion	$153,972	3	1%
The Mahogany Project	$145,000	2	55%
East Harris County Empowerment Council	$142,540	2	4%
Greenhouse International Church	$141,460	3	n/a
The Providence on Southmore	$120,000	2	78%
Avenue Community Development Corporation	$113,592	2	1%

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All grantees of Houston in Action by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Houston in Action Network	$5,846,853	1	n/a
Urban Community Network	$225,000	2	36%
Gulf Coast Leadership Council Inc	$210,000	3	16%
Pure Justice	$201,100	2	20%
Mi Familia En Accion	$153,972	3	1%
The Mahogany Project	$145,000	2	55%
East Harris County Empowerment Council	$142,540	2	4%
Greenhouse International Church	$141,460	3	n/a
The Providence on Southmore	$120,000	2	78%
Avenue Community Development Corporation	$113,592	2	1%
Back to Eden Fellow Program	$110,000	2	80%
West Street Recovery	$110,000	2	6%
Alianza Americas	$106,700	3	2%
Intercultural Center for Health Research and Wellness	$100,000	1	55%
Bonding Against Adversity Inc	$100,000	1	n/a
Young Invincibles	$98,000	2	1%
Emgage Foundation Inc	$86,584	2	4%
Polichic Engagement Fund	$60,360	2	45%
The Cristina Project	$60,000	1	66%
Culture of Health - Advancing Together	$57,300	2	19%
W Haywood Burns Institute	$51,000	1	1%
The Montrose Center	$50,000	1	0%
Jolt Initiative	$50,000	1	3%
BakerRipley	$50,000	2	0%
Movement Strategy Center	$45,000	1	0%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc	$45,000	2	0%
Grassroots Leadership Inc	$40,000	1	2%
Asian Community Support Services Center	$40,000	1	n/a
Multicultural Education and Counseling Through the Arts	$31,200	2	1%
Link Houston	$30,000	1	2%
Texas Freedom Network Education Fund	$28,007	1	1%
League of Women Voters of Houston	$27,600	2	30%
Asian American Health Coalition of the Greater Houston Area	$25,000	1	0%
Houston White Rose Foundation Incorporated	$21,000	1	25%
Tejano Center for Community Concerns Inc	$20,892	1	0%
Workers Defense Project	$20,000	1	0%
Boat People Sos Inc	$20,000	1	2%
Alliance for Multicultural Community Services	$20,000	1	0%
Wesley Community Center Inc of Houston Texas	$20,000	1	0%
Vietnamese Culture & Science Association	$20,000	1	n/a
Prosalud Inc	$16,300	2	7%
The Houston Food Bank	$15,000	1	0%
Church World Service Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Boat People S O S Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Northeast Houston Redevelopment Council	$10,000	1	5%
Chinese Community Center Inc	$7,700	1	0%
Amaanah Refugee Service	$5,600	1	1%
United We Dream Network Inc	$5,000	1	0%
University of Houston	$5,000	1	n/a

Houston in Action supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 43.

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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 in Action NetworkTX64.2× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Houston in Action Network · Houston Endowment Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Houston · NEO Philanthropy Inc · The Methodist Hospital · Tides Foundation · Rockwell Fund Inc · Texas Organizing Project · The Simmons Foundation · Episcopal Health Foundation · The Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity

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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About Houston in Action

How much does Houston in Action give?: Houston in Action reported 14 itemized grants totaling $6,669,853, out of $13,783,353 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2022.
What does Houston in Action fund?: By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2022, its largest causes are Public Benefit (72%), Human Services (5%), Crime & Legal (5%).
Who are Houston in Action's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2018 to FY2022: Houston in Action Network ($5.8M), Urban Community Network ($225k), Gulf Coast Leadership Council Inc ($210k).
Does Houston in Action fund new organizations?: In FY2022, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Houston in Action?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Houston in Action Network, Houston Endowment Inc, Greater Houston Community Foundation.
Where is Houston in Action based?: Houston in Action is based in TX.