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Joyce Proler Schechter Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Joyce Proler Schechter Charitable Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$90k
Granted FY2018
11
Grants FY2018
4
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Health$80kHuman Services$24kReligion$12kAnimals$3kHousing & Shelter$2kCommunity Improvement$300Public Benefit$300Education$175Other$0
02FY2018 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k9 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$399
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOUSTON GERIATRIC FOUNDATION$75,000
HOUSTON METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES$10,000
Congregation Beth Yeshurun$1,800
Houston Area Parkinson Society$1,000
FLEISCHER INSTITUTE FOR DIABETES AND METABOLISM$1,000
Star of Hope Mission$399
Houston SPCA$300
Houston Humane Society$299
MUTTS WITH A MISSION$200
St Jude's Children's Research Hospital$100
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA$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, $480) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Companions for Heros: $100 → 14%Healthcare for the Homeless: $100 → 16%Wounded Warrior Project: $280 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
SD
CA
VA
TN
DC
GA
TX
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.

8%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10k · 6 repeat orgs$112k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
14

Total granted

$10k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-1%
+10%

Still filing today

83%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $86k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterPublic 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

  • HA
    Houston Area Parkinson Society
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3k · revenue +83%
  • CB
    CONGREGATION BETH YESHURUN
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k
  • SO
    STAR OF HOPE MISSION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue -60%

Funded once

  • SA
    SEVEN ACRES JEWISH SENIOR CARE SERVICES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $23k · revenue +36%
  • SJ
    St Jude's Children's Hospital
    one grant, 2017 · $900
  • U
    USO
    one grant, 2017 · $600
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
Houston Pets Alive

Houston Pets Alive!s (HPA!) mission is to save the lives of at-risk companion cats and dogs and find them loving homes.

Animals
2
Paws for Heroes

To provide comfort & companionship to veterans by rescuing shelter dogs that have been carefully evaluated, selected and professionally trained for the purpose of providing emotional support & companionship.

Animals
3
Patriot Paws Service Dogs

To train and provide service dogs of the highest quality at no cost to disabled american veterans and others with mobile disabilities in order to help restore their physical and emotional independence.

Human Services
4
Healing Paws for Warriors Inc

Healing paws for warriors is a local veteran found / veteran led 501(c)(3) that provides rescue to trained service dogs to veterans faced with post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), traumatic brain injury (tbi) and/or military sexual…

Human Services
5
Hero Dogs Inc

Hero Dogs improves the quality of life of our nations heroes and enhances the services of community organizations by placing assistance dogs with customized training & lifetime support.

Human Services
6
Humane Society of Harris County

Humane Society of Harris County's mission remains steadfast: to provide high-quality adoption, transport, foster, Trap, neuter, release, and pet food pantry services to our community. Yet, with a fresh perspective and a renewed passion,…

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7
Spca of Texas

The spca of texas is dedicated to providing every animal exceptional care and a loving home.

Animals
8
Laurels House

Laurel's House strengthens the human animal bond improves public health decreases the number of companion animal euthanasia due to overpopulation and diminishes human impact on native wildlife species by providing unprecedented access to…

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9
Humane Heroes Inc

The Organizations mission is to save the lives of adoptable dogs and cats from shelters throughout Texas, to decrease overpopulation of animals through low-cost veterinary services, and to enhance the lives of pets through educational…

Animals
10
Humane Society of Central Texas

As an advocate for the community goal of maintaining its no kill status, the humane society provides adoption, rescue and foster opportunities for the homeless animals at the city of waco animal shelter, as well as community education…

Animals
11
Humane Animal Partners

Founded in 2023, humane animal partners is a nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends for life" by connecting…

Animals
12
Pets for Patriots Inc

The organization's mission is to transform the lives of veterans by helping them save an at risk shelter dog or cat, and to end all animal homelessness in the us and enrich the lives of men and women who serve, and have served our country.…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Texas Chapter Paralyzed Veterans of America. 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

14 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. 14 of the 25 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)
13/14
Grantees still filing
7/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOUSTON GERIATRIC FOUNDATION: $75,000 · OtherHOUSTON GERIATRIC FOUNDATIONHOUSTON METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $10,000 · OtherHOUSTON METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES+13 more: $8,480 · Other+13 moreSEVEN ACRES JEWISH SENIOR CARE SERVICES INC: $22,590 · HealthSEVEN ACRES JEWISH SE…+1 more: $75 · HealthHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,400 · AnimalsHOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,399 · AnimalsMUTTS WITH A MISSION: $300 · AnimalsSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $1,799 · Housing & ShelterWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $280 · Human ServicesHEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS-HOUSTON: $100 · Human ServicesCompanions for Heroes: $100 · Human ServicesPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $300 · Public Benefit
Other$93,480Health$22,665Animals$3,099Housing & Shelter$1,799Human Services$480Public Benefit$300

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 budgetSEVEN ACRES JEWISH SENIOR CARE SERVICES INC: $22,590 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Area Parkinson Society: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $1,799 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,399 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS CHAPTER PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $480 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUTTS WITH A MISSION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $280 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS-HOUSTON: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompanions for Heroes: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN 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.

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.

Greater Houston Commu…Shell USA Company Fou…Albert & Ethel Herzst…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX16.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Joyce Proler Schechter Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joyce Proler Schechter Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%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
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
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How do I get to Joyce Proler Schechter Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Joyce Proler Schechter Charitable 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 25 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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