Texas · Public charity
Houston Police Officers Union Inc
The mission of the HOUSTON POLICE OFFICERS UNION INC (hpou) is to provide benefits and services to our members, most importantly legal services and support for those involved in critical incidents in the course and scope of their duties.
- $343k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $159k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $62,377
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Houston Police Officers Union Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $159k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $159k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $127k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $49k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $128k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $179k | 63% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $108k | 30% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $273k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assist the Officer Inc | $399,226 | 8 | 19% |
| Houston Police Foundation | $123,150 | 6 | 1% |
| Houston Blue House | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Concerns of Police Survivors | $35,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Project Zero Alliance | $21,250 | 3 | 9% |
| Dallas Police Association | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Texas Municipal Police Association | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| African American Police Officers League | $19,855 | 3 | 3% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $18,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Travis Manion Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assist the Officer Inc | $399,226 | 8 | 19% |
| Houston Police Foundation | $123,150 | 6 | 1% |
| Houston Blue House | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Concerns of Police Survivors | $35,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Project Zero Alliance | $21,250 | 3 | 9% |
| Dallas Police Association | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Texas Municipal Police Association | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| African American Police Officers League | $19,855 | 3 | 3% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $18,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Travis Manion Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Undies for Everyone | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Houston Officers Peer Assistance | $14,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Crime Stoppers of Houston Inc | $10,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Houston First Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc | $9,220 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Educational Fund | $8,921 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Association of First Responders | $5,293 | 1 | 5% |
| Kirstyns Krew | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kailee Mills Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Be an Angel Fund Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($371k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Houston Police Officers Union Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
About Houston Police Officers Union Inc
- How much does Houston Police Officers Union Inc give?
- Houston Police Officers Union Inc reported 9 itemized grants totaling $158,798, out of $343,290 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Houston Police Officers Union Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (44%), Public Safety & Disaster (17%), Crime & Legal (5%).
- Who are Houston Police Officers Union Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Assist the Officer Inc ($399k), Houston Police Foundation ($123k), Houston Blue House ($50k).
- Does Houston Police Officers Union Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Houston Police Officers Union Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shell USA Company Foundation, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Halliburton Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Houston Police Officers Union Inc based?
- Houston Police Officers Union Inc is based in TX.
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