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Houston Nursing Education Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$563k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
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States reached
$563k
Largest

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Houston Nursing Education Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Greater Houston Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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4
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5
’19
3
’20
5
’21
6
’22
5
’23
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’24
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’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$3.0MHealth$882kHuman Services$800kEducation$215kHousing & Shelter$150kYouth Development$40k
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$562,632
Median grant
1
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Greater Houston Community Foundation$562,632
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 (FY17–24, $850k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%Fort Bend County Womens Center: $50k → 8%Fort Bend County Women's Center: $50k → 8%Jewish Family Service: $50k → 16%Jewish Family Service of Houston: $50k → 16%The Women's Home: $50k → 16%The Women's Home: $50k → 16%The Women's Home: $50k → 16%Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston: $50k → 16%Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston: $50k → 16%Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston: $10k → 16%Chinese Community Center: $50k → 16%Chinese Community Center Inc: $50k → 16%Northwest Assistance Ministries: $50k → 16%Northwest Assistance Ministries: $50k → 16%Northwest Assistance Ministries: $50k → 16%Northwest Assistance Ministries: $50k → 16%Houston Area Women's Center: $50k → 16%DePelchin Children's Center: $40k → 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.
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 10 repeat orgs$761k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
22

Total granted

$1.3M
$711k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+17%

Still filing today

90%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationCrime & LegalOther
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

  • TW
    THE WOMEN'S HOME
    3× · 2022–2024 · $150k · revenue +16%
  • EC
    EL CENTRO DE CORAZON
    3× · 2017–2019 · $150k · revenue +27%
  • HF
    HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS-HOUSTON
    3× · 2018–2023 · $110k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of St Thomasgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $57k · revenue +70%
  • B
    BakerRipleygraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +74%
  • BC
    Baylor College of Medicine
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +17%
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
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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2
Houston Community Health Centers Inc

To make quality healthcare accessible and sustainable to the medically underserved in houston.

Health
3
Harris County Medical Society

Our mission is to be the leading advocate for our member physicians, their patients and our community, in promoting the highest standards of ethical medical practice, access to quality medical care, medical education, research, and…

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4
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
5
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
6
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
7
The Beacon of Downtown Houston

To provide essential and next-step services to restore hope and help end homelessness in houston.

Health
8
Central Houston Civic Improvement Inc

Central houston civic improvement lnc.'s mission is to ensure the continued vitality and to support development of downtown and the central city that is critical to the continued health and growth of houston.

Community Improvement
9
Healing Hands Ministries Inc

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

Health
10
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
11
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
12
Houston Area Community Services

Our mission is to provide high quality and caring services to promote healthy people and communities.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for Success and Independence Inc; the most unlike its peers is Legacy Community Health Services 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

22 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. 22 of the 34 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,956,632 · PhilanthropyGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONNORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $200,000 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST ASSISTANCE…THE WOMEN'S HOME: $150,000 · Human ServicesTHE WOMEN'S HOMEHEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS-HOUSTON: $110,000 · Human ServicesHEALTHCARE FOR THE H…FORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER INC SOS/SHELTER-OUTREACH-SOLUTIONS: $100,000 · Human ServicesFORT BEND COUNTY WOM…CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesCHINESE COMMUNITY CE…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $100,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVIC…BakerRipley: $50,000 · Human ServicesBakerRipleyHouston Area Women's Center: $50,000 · Human ServicesHouston Area Women's…DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $40,000 · Human ServicesREMIND: $90,000 · OtherREMINDSAN JOSE CLINIC: $75,000 · OtherSAN JOSE CL…The Harris Center for Mental Health: $50,000 · OtherThe Harris …BAY AREA REHABILITATION CENTER: $50,000 · OtherBAY AREA RE…Communities in Schools: $50,000 · OtherCommunities…ALLIANCE FOR MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY SERVICES: $50,000 · OtherALLIANCE FO…Family Service Ctr of Houston Harri: $41,500 · OtherFamily Serv…Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Hou: $40,000 · OtherBoys and Gi…Prairie View AM University: $27,875 · OtherPrairie Vie…+7 more: $29,834 · Other+7 moreThe Montrose Center: $250,000 · HealthTexas Children's Hospital: $50,000 · HealthCENTER FOR SUCCESS AND INDEPENDENCE INC: $50,000 · HealthLEGACY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES INC: $25,000 · HealthUniversity of St Thomas: $56,875 · EducationBaylor College of Medicine: $50,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF HOUSTON INC: $50,000 · EducationEL CENTRO DE CORAZON: $150,000 · Crime & Legal
Philanthropy$2,956,632Human Services$900,000Other$504,209Health$375,000Education$156,875Crime & Legal$150,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,956,632 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetThe Montrose Center: $250,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $200,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S HOME: $150,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetEL CENTRO DE CORAZON: $150,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS-HOUSTON: $110,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetFORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER INC SOS/SHELTER-OUTREACH-SOLUTIONS: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $100,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $100,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetREMIND: $90,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $56,875 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBakerRipley: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Area Women's Center: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBAY AREA REHABILITATION CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF HOUSTON INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEGACY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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 Methodist HospitalTX24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Methodist Hospital · United Way of Greater Houston · The Brown Foundation Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Simmons Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Rockwell Fund Inc · MD Anderson Foundation · Houston Texans Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Houston Endowment 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Houston Nursing Education Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Houston Nursing Education Foundation 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.

    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 34 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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