· Private foundation
J Squared Family Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k27 grants · $121k
- $10k–50k24 grants · $396k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $710k
- $250k+1 grant · $450k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| St Luke's United Methodist Church | $450,000 |
| CHINQUAPIN PREPARATORY SCHOOL | $200,000 |
| Vanderbilt University | $160,000 |
| Girls Preparatory School | $100,000 |
| Sconset Trust | $100,000 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation | $100,000 |
| Community Foundation for Nantucket | $50,000 |
| Sankaty Head Foundation Inc | $40,000 |
| First Tee - Greater Houston | $35,000 |
| Harmon Recovery Foundation | $25,000 |
| St John's School | $25,000 |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $25,000 |
| George W Bush Foundation | $25,000 |
| United Way | $25,000 |
| Houston Museum of Natural Science | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $278k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.
76 repeat relationships: 48 still active in FY2024, 28 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TMTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION6× · 2019–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +82%
Vanderbilt University8× · 2017–2024 · $611k · revenue +74%- GPGIRLS PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC7× · 2018–2024 · $250k · revenue +143%
Funded once
- SHSam Houston Area Councilone grant, 2022 · $25k
United Way of Greater Houstonone grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +5%- HGHouston Golf Assoc - Gus Worthamone grant, 2020 · $25k
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.
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.
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…
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…
The Heritage Society (THS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1954 whose mission is to tell the stories of the diverse history of Houston and Texas through collections, exhibits, the arts, educational programs, film, video, and other…
As the Houston affiliate of the National Christian Foundation (NCF), our mission is to serve and encourage givers to grow as faithful stewards who give wisely to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Health Museum is an innovative science center that provides an interactive and entertaining experience for all ages, promotes understanding and appreciation of the human body, mind, and spirit, and inspires a lifelong commitment to…
The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.
Rebuilding Together Houston is the only organization in Houston and Harris County providing free home repairs to hundreds of families each year. We employ licensed contractors to restore homes to safe, livable conditions, extending each…
Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…
Family, School, and Church united in the education and support of each child - this is the founding premise upon which Presbyterian School nurtures and challenges its students. The school provides an educational program of the highest…
The Houston Bar Foundation supports programs that help provide legal representation to the indigent, promote community understanding of our legal system, and foster the administration of justice.
To recognize the accomplishments and contributions of our outstanding Texas business leaders and to perpetuate and inspire the values of entrepreneurial spirit, personal integrity, and community leadership in all generations of Texans.
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston's mission is to inspire and enable all youth, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.
How this is measured
79 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. 79 of the 128 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗
- Who funds THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc ↗
- Who funds CHINQUAPIN PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds GIRLS PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds 'SCONSET TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds St John's School ↗
- Who funds My Connect Community ↗
- Who funds Stages ↗
- Who funds Houston Golf Association Youth Program Inc dba First Tee of Greater Houston ↗
- Who funds THE UNITED WAY INC ↗
- Who funds Pebble Beach Company Foundation ↗
- Who funds Houston Golf Association Inc ↗
- Who funds The W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation ↗
- Who funds Texas Children's Hospital ↗
- Who funds KIPP Inc dba Knowledge is Power Program Inc ↗
- Who funds Houston Parks Board ↗
- Who funds Houston Museum of Natural Science ↗
- Who funds Nehemiah Center Inc ↗
- Who funds Texas School Venture Fund ↗
- Who funds SCENIC HOUSTON INC ↗
- Who funds YES Prep Public Schools Inc ↗
- Who funds Christian Community Service Center Inc ↗
- Who funds William Marsh Rice University ↗
- Who funds SANKATY HEAD FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CASSIES PLACE ↗
- Who funds Good Samaritan Foundation of Texas Inc ↗
- Who funds Breakthrough Houston ↗
- Who funds HARMON RECOVERY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Project GRAD Houston ↗
- Who funds Houston Arboretum & Nature Center ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · Willard And Ruth Johnson Charitable Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The Powell Foundation · The John M O'Quinn Foundation · Marek Family Foundation · MD Anderson Foundation · Strake Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization J Squared Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from J Squared Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc: 10% of income from government
- Nantucket Historical Association: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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