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Huston 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.

$47k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$206kHuman Services$69kAnimals$39kFood & Nutrition$25kEducation$24kPublic Benefit$11kArts & Culture$4kCrime & Legal$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$4,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$323k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Macular Degeneration Research$10,000
Veterans of Foreign Wars$5,000
Disabled Veterans Nat'l Foundation$5,000
Paws Prayers & Promises$4,000
Rutherford Humane Society$4,000
Parkinson Research Foundation$2,000
Susan G Koman Foundation$2,000
Christ Child Society$2,000
Salem Lutheran Church$2,000
Disabled Veterans Nat'l Foundation$1,000
K & D Puppies$150
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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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Boys Town: $500 → 12%Wounded Warrior Project: $1k → 14%Boys Town: $250 → 12%Wounded Warrior Project: $500 → 14%North Shore Senior Center: $580 → 14%North Shore Senior Center: $500 → 14%North Shore Senior Center: $500 → 14%North Shore Senior Center: $500 → 14%Meals on Wheels: $3k → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
IL
NY
IA
IN
NJ
NE
MO
VA
MD
NM
TN
NC
SC
DC
TX
FL
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$256k · 17 repeat orgs$121k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
32

Total granted

$256k
$102k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+32%

Still filing today

65%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureAnimalsPublic BenefitOther
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

  • EH
    Endeavor Health Clinical Operations
    3× · 2020–2022 · $52k · revenue +25%
  • PP
    PAWS PRAYERS & PROMISES
    6× · 2020–2025 · $17k · revenue +111%
  • TS
    THE SAFE ALLIANCE
    2× · 2021–2023 · $5k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • MS
    MAINSPRING SCHOOLS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue 0%
  • F
    FUN4SENIORS
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
  • CC
    CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF FORT WAYNEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +103%
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
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group

Northwestern memorial healthcare is an integrated healthcare system, consisting of multiple hospitals (including northwestern memorial hospital, an academic medical center) and networks of physicians and healthcare professionals, where the…

Health
2
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
3
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
4
Rush University Medical Center

The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
5
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
6
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
7
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Ann & robert h. lurie children's hospital of chicago is dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. as the pediatric teaching facility for northwestern university feinberg school of medicine, this commitment drives us to be a…

Health
8
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

We are an organization of caregivers who aspire to consistent, high standards of quality, cost-effectiveness and patient satisfaction. we seek to improve the health of the communities we serve by delivering a broad range of services with…

Health
9
Upmc Carlisle

Upmc carlisle's mission is to serve the community by providing access to outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health care system through clinical and technological innovation, research and education.

Health
10
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
11
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
12
St Vincent Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Franci s

To continue christ's healing love through delivery of competent & compassionate healthcare in an environment sensitive to the needs of all people. the hospital is committed to providing a broad range of quality inpatient and outpatient…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Shore Senior Center; the most unlike its peers is Meals On Wheels. 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

29 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. 29 of the 57 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
24/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Northshore University Foundation: $60,000 · OtherNorthshore University FoundationAlzheimers Association: $25,000 · OtherAlzheimers AssociationIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMeals On Wheels - TX: $22,500 · OtherMeals On Wheels - TXMacular Degeneration Research: $22,500 · OtherMacular Degeneration ResearchRutherford Humane Society: $15,000 · OtherRutherford Humane SocietyCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF FORT WAYNE: $10,000 · Other+24 more: $50,750 · Other+24 moreEndeavor Health Clinical Operations: $52,000 · HealthEndeavor Health Clini…MAYO CLINIC: $13,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RE…+4 more: $5,750 · Health+4 moreMAINSPRING SCHOOLS INC: $20,000 · EducationUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $2,000 · EducationTHE NEW HAMPTON SCHOOL: $1,200 · Education+1 more: $200 · EducationFUN4SENIORS: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsPAWS PRAYERS & PROMISES: $17,000 · AnimalsASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · Animals+1 more: $350 · AnimalsDISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Public BenefitFRIENDS OF FISHER HOUSE - ILLINOIS INC: $5,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $50 · Public BenefitMEALS ON WHEELS: $2,500 · Human ServicesNORTH SHORE SENIOR CENTER: $2,080 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $750 · Human ServicesMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $1,150 · Arts & CultureOPERATION SONG INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JOFFREY BALLET: $1,000 · Arts & CultureFreshLens Chicago: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$230,750Health$75,750Education$23,400Recreation & Sports$20,000Animals$18,350Public Benefit$11,050Human Services$6,830Arts & Culture$4,150

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEndeavor Health Clinical Operations: $52,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAINSPRING SCHOOLS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPAWS PRAYERS & PROMISES: $17,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF FORT WAYNE: $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetDISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAFE ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF FISHER HOUSE - ILLINOIS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUTHERFORD COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $4,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS: $2,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE SENIOR CENTER: $2,080 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW HAMPTON SCHOOL: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $1,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SONG INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JOFFREY BALLET: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFreshLens Chicago: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Cedar Cliff: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSUMER REPORTS INC: $50 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.

  • Who funds Endeavor Health Clinical Operations ↗
  • Who funds MAINSPRING SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds FUN4SENIORS ↗
  • Who funds PAWS PRAYERS & PROMISES ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF FORT WAYNE ↗
  • Who funds DISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SAFE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF FISHER HOUSE - ILLINOIS INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds RUTHERFORD COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH SHORE SENIOR CENTER ↗
  • Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW HAMPTON SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SONG INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JOFFREY BALLET ↗

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 Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC8.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Huston Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Huston Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.

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 57 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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