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Ican Foundation

The ICAN FOUNDATION is the us charitable arm of ineos, a large, integrated, international chemical company.

$51k
Granted FY2023
5
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2023.

Education$210kPublic Safety & Disaster$33kPhilanthropy$10k
02FY2023 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $26,900, the rows itemized in this filing. The $51,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $24,100 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$5,400
Median grant
1
States reached
$609k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DEER PARK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION$5,700
TEXAS CITY ISD FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE$5,400
PEARLAND ISD$5,400
HOUSTON ISD$5,300
BRAZOSPORT ISD$5,100
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 (FY17–17, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS-GREATER HOUSTON: $33k → 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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$189k · 8 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
4

Total granted

$189k
$54k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-5%
+46%

Still filing today

88%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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

  • AI
    ALVIN ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2022 · $44k · revenue +188%
  • LP
    La Porte Education Foundation
    3× · 2018–2021 · $22k · revenue +24%
  • TC
    TEXAS CITY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE
    2× · 2021–2023 · $11k · revenue +228%

Funded once

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $33k · revenue +46%
  • HM
    Houston Marathon Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +23%
  • SF
    Santa Fe Texas Education Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue -16%
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
Denison Isd Education Foundation

The foundation (1) awards grants for administrators compensation (2) administers student scholarships (3) awards innovative teaching grants to the professional staff of the disd (4) honors students at award banquets.

Education
2
Bryan Isd Education Foundation

To aid in the fulfillment of teaching and service functions of the Bryan Independent School District by providing funds and property.

Education
3
Frisco Education Foundation

To provide scholarships to graduating high school students in the Frisco Independent School District. The Foundation also supports educational programs and educators in the District through Grants for Great Ideas.

Philanthropy
4
Crandall Isd Education Foundation

Foundation will provide resources to enrich teaching, inspire learning and enhance opportunities for all students enrolled in the crandall independent school district.

Unclassified
5
Brazosport Independent School District Education Foundation

To support the educational programs of Brazosport ISD for both students and staff. The foundation provides funds that are not available through the normal operating budget of the school district.

Human Services
6
Houston Independent School District Foundation

The HISD Foundation is dedicated to mobilizing the local community to support innovative priorities in HISD to improve outcomes for all students in the district. Our mission is to fund projects and programs of merit that fall outside of…

—
7
Education Foundation of Canyon Isd

To generate and distribute resources to provide enhancements for excellence in education to Canyon ISD, its students and staff.

Education
8
Lake Travis Education Foundation

Support Teachers and Students with Grants and Scholarships

—
9
Danbury Education Foundation Inc

The organization seeks to promote education among danbury students and residents.

—
10
New Caney Isd Education Foundation

Enhance the New Caney ISD student experience through educational grants, which may include scholarships to New Caney ISD employees for additional education at accredited institutions.

Education
11
Uvalde Cisd Education Foundation

The Uvalde CISD Education Foundation is committed to enhancing educational opportunities for Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District students. Our mission is to provide financial support to educators and students to promote…

Education
12
College Station Isd Education Foundation Inc

Support educational programs in the college station isd.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friendswood Isd Education Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches. 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

11 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. 11 of the 14 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Dickinson ISD Education Foundation Inc: $36,319 · EducationDickinson ISD Education Foundation IncCLEAR CREEK EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $34,600 · EducationCLEAR CREEK EDUCATION FOUNDATIONLa Porte Education Foundation: $22,150 · EducationLa Porte Education FoundationDANBURY ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $15,700 · EducationDANBURY ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATIONDeer Park Education Foundation: $12,600 · EducationDeer Park Education FoundationTEXAS CITY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE: $11,200 · EducationTEXAS CITY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURESanta Fe Texas Education Foundation Inc: $5,500 · EducationFRIENDSWOOD ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $5,350 · EducationALVIN ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $43,900 · PhilanthropyALVIN ISD EDUCATION FOUN…Houston Marathon Foundation: $10,000 · PhilanthropyHouston Marathon Foundat…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $33,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Natio…Brazosport Independent School District: $12,200 · OtherBrazosport…PEARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: $5,400 · OtherPEARLAND I…Houston Independent Sch Dist: $5,300 · OtherHouston In…
Education$143,419Philanthropy$53,900Human Services$33,000Other$22,900

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 budgetALVIN ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $43,900 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetDickinson ISD Education Foundation Inc: $36,319 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetCLEAR CREEK EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $34,600 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $33,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLa Porte Education Foundation: $22,150 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetDANBURY ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $15,700 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetDeer Park Education Foundation: $12,600 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetTEXAS CITY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE: $11,200 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHouston Marathon Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSanta Fe Texas Education Foundation Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDSWOOD ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $5,350 over 1y, 1.3% 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 Houston Food BankShell USA Company Fou…Pnm Tnmp FoundationAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Houston Food BankTX15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Houston Food Bank · Shell USA Company Foundation · Pnm Tnmp Foundation · 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 Ican Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ican Foundation. 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 Ican Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Ican 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 14 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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