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Houston Saengerbund

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.

$7k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$108kReligion$22kEducation$15kRecreation & Sports$600Other$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RIVER OAKS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA$2,000
MAGNOLIA CITY BRASS BAND$2,000
TEXAS STATE GERMAN CONTEST INC$1,800
HOPERA$1,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%TEXAS STATE GERMAN CONTEST INC: $2k → 8%WILLIS HIGH SCHOOL GERMAN CLUB: $678 → 9%BUTLER OPERA INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 10%LA GRANGE GERMAN CLUB: $500 → 11%TEXAS GERMAN SOCIETY BLUE BONNET CHAPTER: $2k → 15%BEETHOVEN MAENNERCHOR: $5k → 16%FIRST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH: $14k → 16%CINCINNATI SONG INITIATIVE: $600 → 16%AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF GERMAN: $9k → 12%BELLVILLE TURNVEREIN PAVILION RP: $1k → 15%BEETHOVEN MAENNERCHOR: $500 → 16%FIRST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH: $8k → 16%HARMONIA STELLARUM: $2k → 16%HARMONIA STELLARUM: $1k → 16%MERCURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: $5k → 16%MERCURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: $5k → 16%RIVER OAKS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: $3k → 16%MAGNOLIA CITY BRASS BAND: $3k → 16%RIVER OAKS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: $2k → 16%MAGNOLIA CITY BRASS BAND: $2k → 16%BACH SOCIETY HOUSTON: $3k → 16%HOPERA: $1k → 16%ARS LYRICA HOUSTON: $5k → 16%ARS LYRICA HOUSTON: $3k → 16%ARS LYRICA HOUSTON: $3k → 16%ARS LYRICA HOUSTON: $3k → 16%HOUSTON BRASS QUINTET: $4k → 16%HOUSTON BRASS QUINTET: $3k → 16%HOUSTONFEST: $3k → 16%HOUSTON BRASS QUINTET: $2k → 16%HOUSTONFEST: $2k → 16%HOUSTON BRASS QUINTET: $1k → 16%OPERA IN THE HEIGHTS: $1k → 16%HOUSTON CHORAL SOCIETY: $3k → 16%HOUSTON CHORAL SOCIETY: $3k → 16%MORTON RANCH HS GERMAN CLUB: $5k → 16%HOUSTON CHORAL SOCIETY: $2k → 16%MORTON RANCH HS GERMAN CLUB: $1k → 16%MERCURY BAROQUE ENSEMBLE: $5k → 16%HOUSTON GRAND OPERA: $5k → 16%HOUSTON GRAND OPERA: $5k → 16%HOUSTON GRAND OPERA: $5k → 16%HOUSTON GRAND OPERA: $5k → 16%HOUSTON GRAND OPERA: $3k → 16%HOUSTON EARLY MUSIC: $1k → 16%HOUSTON BRASS QUINTET: $3k → 16%HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW & RODEO: $600 → 16%TEXAS GERMAN SOCIETY: $2k → 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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$121k · 12 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
14

Total granted

$121k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+22%

Still filing today

50%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • HG
    Houston Grand Opera Association Inc
    5× · 2019–2023 · $23k · revenue +48%
  • MC
    Mercury Chamber Orchestra Inc
    3× · 2019–2021 · $15k · revenue +32%
  • AL
    ARS LYRICA HOUSTON
    4× · 2019–2023 · $13k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • AA
    AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF GERMANINC
    one grant, 2023 · $9k · revenue +24%
  • HC
    HOUSTON CHAMBER CHOIRgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue +354%
  • BS
    Bach Society Houston
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -1%
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
Harmonia Stellarum Houston

Harmonia Stellarum is an ensemble of professional vocalists and instrumentalists specialized in historically informed performance practice who seek to inspire, entertain, and enlighten audiences with meaningful, historically informed…

Arts & Culture
2
Operativo Houston

Providing paid opportunities for Houston based singers.

Arts & Culture
3
Classical Arts Society of Houston

Formed in 1993, the Classical Arts Society of Houston is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and maintaining the rich heritage of the classical performing arts of India. In particular, the organization presents South Indian…

Arts & Culture
4
Chamber Opera of Chicago
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5
American Baroque Opera Company

American baroque opera company operates in the state of texas for the primary purpose of furthering the appreciaton of music, particularly opera, for the general public. american baroque opera company performs select operas throughout the…

Arts & Culture
6
World Voices Houston

The mission of International Voiches Houston is to create global harmony by celebrating and giving voice to human difference. More specifically, it is to build cultural bridges across Houston's diverse population by exploring and…

Arts & Culture
7
Austin Saengerrunde Damenchor

promote interest in German song

Education
8
North East Texas Symphony Assc

A symphony orchestra for community

—
9
Foundation for Modern Opera
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10
Opera Leggera Inc

The purpose of Opera Leggera is to produce original musical/theatrical productions that preserve cultural values and enrich audiences of all ages and backgrounds while providing professional singers, musicians, dancers, and actors the…

Religion
11
Houston Brass Band

The Houston Brass Band has established itself as one of the premier brass groups in Houston, Texas. Our mission is to: Broadly share the unique British brass band style and sound, Provide our audience with inspiring, engaging, and…

Arts & Culture
12
Vanguard Concerts
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Houston Chamber Choir; the most unlike its peers is American Association of Teachers of Germaninc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 28 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Houston Grand Opera Association Inc: $22,500 · Arts & CultureHouston Grand Opera Association IncMercury Chamber Orchestra Inc: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMercury Chamber Orchestra IncARS LYRICA HOUSTON: $12,500 · Arts & CultureARS LYRICA HOUSTONHouston Brass Quintet Inc: $12,350 · Arts & CultureHouston Brass Quintet IncAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF GERMANINC: $8,775 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF GERMANINCHOUSTON CHORAL SOCIETY: $7,500 · Arts & CultureHOUSTON CHORAL SOCIETYBEETHOVEN MAENNERCHOR INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureBEETHOVEN MAENNERCHOR INCRiver Oaks Chamber Orchestra: $4,500 · Arts & CultureHOUSTON CHAMBER CHOIR: $4,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $6,600 · Arts & Culture+5 moreFIRST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH: $21,600 · OtherFIRST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCHMORTON RANCH HS GERMAN CLUB: $5,996 · OtherMORTON RANCH HS GERMAN CLUBHOUSTONFEST: $5,443 · OtherHOUSTONFESTMAGNOLIA CITY BRASS BAND: $4,500 · OtherMAGNOLIA CITY BRASS BANDIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTEXAS GERMAN SOCIETY BLUE BONNET CHAPTER: $2,000 · OtherTEXAS STATE GERMAN CONTEST INC: $1,800 · Other+5 more: $4,178 · Other+5 moreBELLVILLE TURNVEREIN PAVILION RESTORATION PROJECT: $1,000 · Community ImprovementHOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC: $600 · Recreation & Sports
Arts & Culture$99,725Other$48,517Community Improvement$1,000Recreation & Sports$600

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHouston Grand Opera Association Inc: $22,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMercury Chamber Orchestra Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetARS LYRICA HOUSTON: $12,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF GERMANINC: $8,775 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHOUSTON CHORAL SOCIETY: $7,500 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetRiver Oaks Chamber Orchestra: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSTON CHAMBER CHOIR: $4,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBach Society Houston: $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTEXAS GERMAN SOCIETY: $1,500 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetBELLVILLE TURNVEREIN PAVILION RESTORATION PROJECT: $1,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetHouston Early Music Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHOPERA: $1,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetOPERA IN THE HEIGHTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC: $600 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.

Houston Arts AllianceThe Cullen Trust for …Shell USA Company Fou…Houston Endowment IncThe Brown Foundation …Greater Houston Commu…Rinehart Family Found…Alice Taylor Gray Fou…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Houston Arts AllianceTX24× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Houston Arts Alliance · The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts · Shell USA Company Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · The Brown Foundation Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Rinehart Family Foundation · Alice Taylor Gray Foundation Acct #G02992 · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Saengerbund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Houston Saengerbund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Houston Saengerbund?

    Find your warmest path to Houston Saengerbund 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 28 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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