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Marta and Stephen Pate Family Foundation at a glance

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Marta and Stephen Pate 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.

$351k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$1.5MReligion$150kEducation$118kHuman Services$20kYouth Development$15kFood & Nutrition$10k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $51k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $300k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation$200,000
Texas Children's Hospital$100,000
The John Cooper School$10,500
The Woodlands Christian Academy$10,000
Montgomery County Youth Services$10,000
Houston Area Women's Center$10,000
Memorial Hermann Foundation$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 22% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%Houston Area Women's Center: $10k → 16%LOVE FOSTERS HOPE: $10k → 9%Montgomery County Youth Services: $10k → 9%MEALS ON WHEELS: $10k → 9%Montgomery County Youth Services: $5k → 9%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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 6 repeat orgs$500k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +51% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
8

Total granted

$1.3M
$490k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+51%

Still filing today

100%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TC
    Texas Children's Hospital
    6× · 2018–2024 · $600k · revenue +83%
  • TM
    THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2024 · $600k · revenue +52%
  • TJ
    The John Cooper School
    4× · 2021–2024 · $48k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • HM
    Houston Methodist Hospital
    one grant, 2023 · $200k
  • I
    INTERFAITH
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • WR
    WOODLANDS RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -9%
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
Harris County Medical Society

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…

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2
Memorial Hermann Medical Group

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,…

Health
3
Mhs Physicians of Texas

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,…

Health
4
Scott & White Hospital-College Station

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
5
Trees for Houston

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

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6
Baylor Scott & White Holdings

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
7
Baylor Scott & White Medical Centers - Greater North Texas

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
8
The Methodist Hospital

To provide high quality, cost-effective health care that delivers the best value to the people we serve in a spiritual environment of caring in association with internationally recognized teaching and research.

Health
9
The Women's Resource of Greater Houston

See Schedule OThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston helps women and girls make choices toward becoming independent, productive, and financially stable. We fulfill our mission by recruiting volunteer instructors to deliver our programs in…

Philanthropy
10
Texas Children's Hospital Foundation

To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and research.

Health
11
Presbyterian School

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…

Education
12
Houston Christian University

The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas Children's Hospital; the most unlike its peers is Meals On Wheels. 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 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Texas Children's Hospital: $600,000 · HealthTexas Children's HospitalTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $600,000 · HealthTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONMemorial Hermann Foundation: $46,628 · HealthHouston Methodist Hospital: $200,000 · OtherHouston Methodist HospitalINTERFAITH: $100,000 · OtherINTERFAITHINTERFAITH COMMUNITY CLINIC: $50,000 · OtherINTERFAITH COMMUNITY CLINICThe John Cooper School: $48,200 · OtherThe John Cooper SchoolLegacy Community Health Care: $20,000 · OtherThe Woodlands Christian Academy: $20,000 · OtherWOODLANDS RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY INC: $50,000 · Community ImprovementBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationMONTGOMERY COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES: $15,000 · Human ServicesLove Fosters Hope: $10,000 · Human ServicesHouston Area Women's Center: $10,000 · Human ServicesMEALS ON WHEELS: $10,000 · Human Services
Health$1,246,628Other$438,200Community Improvement$50,000Education$50,000Human Services$45,000

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 budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $600,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $600,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWOODLANDS RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe John Cooper School: $48,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMemorial Hermann Foundation: $46,628 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Woodlands Christian Academy: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLove Fosters Hope: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHouston Area Women's Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS: $10,000 over 1y, 7.8% 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…Sgl FoundationGreater Houston Commu…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Shell USA Company FoundationTX14.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · Sgl Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Marta and Stephen Pate Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marta and Stephen Pate Family 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%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 Marta and Stephen Pate Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Marta and Stephen Pate Family 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 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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