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JS Greene Memorial 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.

$5k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$208kFood & Nutrition$69kHuman Services$59kHealth$53kAnimals$30kHousing & Shelter$28kEducation$15kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$255k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMPASSION AND CHOICES$5,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $1k → 14%FORT BEND SENIOR CITIZENS MEALS ON WHEELS & MUCH M: $3k → 8%FRIENDS OF SELLWOOD COMMUNITY HOUSE: $5k → 12%DRESSEMBER FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%BOYS AND GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON INC: $25k → 16%BAKERRIPLEY: $2k → 16%KIDS MEALS INC: $1k → 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

NH
NY
MA
OR
CA
CO
MO
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.

47%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$139k · 6 repeat orgs$159k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +89% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
33

Total granted

$139k
$159k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+89%
+24%

Still filing today

50%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationCivil RightsArts & CultureEnvironmentHealthOther
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

  • VC
    VENICE COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $27k · revenue +930%
  • CC
    COMPASSION & CHOICES
    2× · 2023–2025 · $20k · revenue +12%
  • B
    BakerRipley
    2× · 2017–2018 · $5k · revenue +89%

Funded once

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +33%
  • FR
    FAMILY REACH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +5%
  • HI
    HOA INCORPORATED OF AUSTIN COUNTY
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +11%
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.

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Community Information Now

Community information now (cinow) provides data, tools, analysis, and training to inform decisions to improve texas communities. cinow's vision is improved lives and decreased disparities through democratized data.

Community Improvement
2
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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3
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
4
Healing Hands Ministries Inc

Hmm health provides quality healthcare to all its neighbors with love, compassion, and respect.

Health
5
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
6
Hospice of South Texas Inc

Hospice care of terminally ill patients

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7
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
8
Cook Children's Health Plan

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
9
Feeding Texas

To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free texas.

Community Improvement
10
Houston Christian Foundation dba National Christian Foundation Houston

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.

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11
Cook Children's Medical Center

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
12
Houston Community Health Centers Inc

To make quality healthcare accessible and sustainable to the medically underserved in houston.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Houston Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Habitat for Humanity for Colorado County. 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

36 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. 36 of the 41 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/36
Grantees still filing
28/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS): $205,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS)WEST END CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: $57,500 · OtherWEST END CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONFUR TOO MANY PAWS: $22,500 · OtherFUR TOO MANY PAWS+18 more: $76,500 · Other+18 moreBOYS AND GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesBOYS AND …FRIENDS OF SELLWOOD COMMUNITY HOUSE: $5,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS O…BakerRipley: $4,500 · Human ServicesBakerRipl…Dressember Foundation: $3,000 · Human ServicesDressembe…Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More: $2,500 · Human ServicesFort Bend…IF I NEED HELP: $2,500 · Human ServicesIF I NEED…+2 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesVENICE COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION: $27,000 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY REACH FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthCOLUMBUS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL: $10,000 · HealthCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $20,000 · Civil RightsADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY EDUCATION FUND: $2,500 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 · Civil RightsCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF HOUSTON INC: $10,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $2,500 · EducationTHE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION: $2,500 · EducationBUGLE BOY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureREC ROOM ARTS: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$361,500Human Services$44,500Housing & Shelter$27,000Health$25,000Civil Rights$23,500Education$15,000Arts & Culture$11,000

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 budgetTHE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS): $205,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetVENICE COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION: $27,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY REACH FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOA INCORPORATED OF AUSTIN COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF HOUSTON INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBABY2BABY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL FRIENDS OF AUSTIN COUNTY: $7,500 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF SELLWOOD COMMUNITY HOUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBUGLE BOY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIRACLE FARM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSECOND SERVINGS OF HOUSTON: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBakerRipley: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDressember Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIF I NEED HELP: $2,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetADVOCATES FOR TRANS EQUALITY EDUCATION FUND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBig Bend Conservation Alliance: $2,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPartnership for a Drug-Free America: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES PARKS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMAKEOVERS THAT MATTER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 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.

Shell USA Company Fou…Greater Houston Commu…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…
Shell USA Company FoundationTX13.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 JS Greene Memorial Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from JS Greene Memorial Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 47%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 JS Greene Memorial Foundation?

Find your warmest path to JS Greene Memorial 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 41 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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