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M&M Grove 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.

$10k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
5
States reached
$36k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Child Advocates Inc$4,000
Orphan Kitten Club$750
Fur a Pawsitive Future$500
Houston Pets Alive$500
St Philips United Methodist Church$500
Houston Food Bank$500
Shriners Hospitals for Children$500
Houston Humane Society$500
Waiting Under the Willow Foundation$500
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital$500
Run for the Rose$263
Individual grant recipient$250
Army A Club$250
Rescued Pets Movement$250
Long Gray Line Endowment and Fund$250
02The need
02

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 (FY25–25, $500) 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%Waiting Under the Willow Foundation: $500 → 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 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
Pippys Pals Rescue

Pippys Pals Rescue is dedicated to saving the lives of dogs facing euthanasia in Houston. Our mission is to provide a second chance to these beloved companions by rescuing them from shelters, providing them with necessary medical care, and…

Animals
2
Houston Cares Animal Rescue

Houston Cares Rescue is a volunteer organization rescuing animals from the streets, and occasionally from shelters, in Houston, TX, and caring for them primarily with foster families until a loving home can be found. We operate a…

Animals
3
The Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc

The austin humane society (ahs) offers comprehensive, humane, life-saving animal services, transforming the lives of animals and those who love them. because we believe homeless animals deserve a chance to thrive in a loving environment,…

Animals
4
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
5
Never Nixd Rescue Initiative

Our mission is to give every cat or kitten in the Greater Houston Area a chance regardless of their circumstance, create a safe environment for them and educating others about positive spay and neutering efforts while doing so.

Animals
6
Kind Keeper Inc

Our mission is to save the lives of homeless pets, promote kindness to animals, and advance the highest standards in animal welfare. Our goal is to create an environment in which all rescued animals are given or found a permanent loving…

Animals
7
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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8
K-9 Angels Rescue

K-9 angels rescue is dedicated to animal welfare in the city of houston and surrounding areas. under the name "the empty shelter project" the organization annually provides thousands of free spay/neuter operations, vaccines and microchips…

Animals
9
Hope Fur Paws Rescue

To help injured, abandoned and unwanted animals. We provide food, vet care that includes heartworm prevention and spay or neuter services, shelter and anything else needed.

Animals
10
Saving Southern Kitties

Saving southern kitties mission is to save cats and kittens from high kill animal controls, house them in team foster homes, provide quality veterinary care and adopt them into forever homes.

Environment
11
Advocates for Abused and Abandoned Pets A3P

A3P's mission is to promote the human-animal bond and no-kill philosophy through compassion, empathy, and education. To advocate for companion pets by Providing them with the care, nurturing, and training for placement into the 'right'…

Animals
12
Prevent Homeless Pets

Our mission is to collaborate with individuals and humane rescue groups in order to save the lives of homeless dogs and cats by promoting and facilitating access to affordable, high volume/high quality spay and neuter surgeries in a…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Houston Pets Alive; the most unlike its peers is The Houston Food Bank. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

9 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. 9 of the 15 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)
9/9
Grantees still filing
5/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILD ADVOCATES INC: $4,000 · Crime & LegalCHILD ADVOCATES INCST PHILIPS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $500 · OtherST PHILIPS UNITED METHODIST …The Houston Food Bank: $500 · OtherThe Houston Food BankFUR A PAWSITIVE FUTURE INC: $500 · OtherFUR A PAWSITIVE FUTURE INCRun for the Rose: $263 · OtherRun for the RoseIndividual grant recipient: $250 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLong Gray Line Endowment and Fund: $250 · OtherLong Gray Line Endowment and…Army A Club: $250 · OtherArmy A ClubORPHAN KITTEN CLUB INC: $750 · AnimalsORPHAN KITTEN CLUB INCHouston Pets Alive: $500 · AnimalsHouston Pets AliveHOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $500 · AnimalsHOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETYRESCUED PETS MOVEMENT INC: $250 · AnimalsRESCUED PETS MOVEMENT …ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 · HealthST JUDE CHI…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $500 · HealthSHRINERS HO…WAITING UNDER THE WILLOW FOUNDATION: $500 · Human Services
Crime & Legal$4,000Other$2,513Animals$2,000Health$1,000Human Services$500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Pets Alive: $500 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.

Leslie L Alexander Foundation IncFL13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable 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 M&M Grove Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from M&M Grove Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report 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.

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 15 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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