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Mithoff Family Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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Mithoff Family Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$629k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$583kArts & Culture$136kHealth$89kCrime & Legal$48kScience & Tech$39kFood & Nutrition$32kHuman Services$15kEnvironment$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $110k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$330k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UT COLLEGE OF EDUCATION$500,000
UT HEALTH HOUSTON$40,000
HOUSTON MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS$24,375
HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE$14,500
PERFORMING ARTS HOUSTON$11,000
JANE'S DUE PROCESS$10,000
HOUSTON BALLET$10,000
CHILDREN AT RISK$6,000
FIRENDS OF AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER$5,000
EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL$2,500
FEEDING TEXAS$2,500
THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF HOUSTON$2,500
AMERICAN FESTIVAL FOR THE ARTS$1,000
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PASS-THROUGH ENTITIES$15
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 (FY20–22, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%COVENANT HOUSE: $3k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $3k → 16%COLLABORATIVE FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 16%COLLABORATIVE FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 16%AID TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE: $2k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $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.
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.

33%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$330k · 21 repeat orgs$655k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
23

Total granted

$330k
$86k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+36%

Still filing today

67%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $569k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentCivil RightsOther
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

  • CM
    CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $25k · revenue +105%
  • FT
    FEEDING TEXAS
    5× · 2020–2024 · $23k · revenue +123%
  • PA
    PERFORMING ARTS HOUSTON
    3× · 2020–2024 · $20k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • MH
    Memorial Hermann Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $9k · revenue +133%
  • FI
    FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $9k · revenue +80%
  • HA
    Houston Arts Alliance
    one grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue -2%
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
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

CAMH presents extraordinary and thought-provoking arts programming and exhibitions.

Arts & Culture
2
Art League of Houston

The mission of art league houston is to connect the community through diverse, dynamic, and creative experiences that bring people together to see, make, and talk about contemporary visual art.

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3
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
4
John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science

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…

Arts & Culture
5
Houston Health Foundation

Houston health foundation (hhf) has the mission of creating private/public partnerships for sustainable health and wellness initiatives and programs in our communities.

Philanthropy
6
Houston Academy of Medicine

The mission of the Houston Academy of Medicine is to support the community service, education, scientific, and charitable programs for physicians, their patients, and the community at large in Harris County.

Education
7
Harmonia Stellarum Houston

Harmonia Stellarum is an ensemble of professional vocalists and instrumentalists specialized in historically informed performance practice who seek to inspire, entertain, and enlighten audiences with meaningful, historically informed…

Arts & Culture
8
Houston Public Media Foundation

The houston public media foundation mission is to marshal resources, relationships, and philanthropic support to bring arts and culture, education, and trusted news to the houston public media broadcast area.

Arts & Culture
9
Houston Botanic Garden

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

Environment
10
Houston Grand Opera Association Inc

The mission of HGO is to enrich our diverse community through the art of opera. We will do so by creating, curating, exploring, and producing outstanding experiences centered around the human voice.(Continued on Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
11
Center for 20TH Century Texas Studies
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12
Memorial Hermann Community Benefit Corporation

To implement solutions that promote good health for the individual, the health system and the community. we collaborate with others as well as create signature, evidence-based ways to improve the communities where people live, work, learn…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Museum Inc; the most unlike its peers is Planned Parenthood. 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

31 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. 31 of the 48 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
22/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UT COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $500,000 · OtherUT COLLEGE OF EDUCATIONRIVER OAKS BAPTIST SCHOOL: $40,000 · OtherUT HEALTH HOUSTON: $40,000 · OtherHOUSTON BALLET: $35,050 · OtherSEARCH: $27,307 · Other+22 more: $119,409 · Other+22 moreHouston Museum of Natural Science: $39,204 · Arts & CultureHouston Muse…CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S M…PERFORMING ARTS HOUSTON: $19,500 · Arts & CulturePERFORMING A…Houston Arts Alliance: $8,400 · Arts & CultureHouston Arts…AMERICAN FESTIVAL FOR THE ARTS: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $4,700 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $7,010 · Arts & Culture+3 moreJANE'S DUE PROCESS INC: $40,000 · Civil RightsMemorial Hermann Foundation: $9,200 · HealthCure Sanfilippo Foundation: $5,000 · HealthLEGACY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES INC: $4,700 · HealthThe Council on Recovery: $2,630 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $1,500 · HealthFEEDING TEXAS: $22,500 · Community ImprovementCollaborative for Children: $6,750 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $5,000 · Human ServicesAVDA: $2,000 · Human ServicesDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $1,000 · Human ServicesMen of Distinction of Greater Houston: $14,325 · Philanthropy
Other$761,766Arts & Culture$108,814Civil Rights$40,000Health$23,030Community Improvement$22,500Human Services$14,750Philanthropy$14,325

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 budgetJANE'S DUE PROCESS INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHouston Museum of Natural Science: $39,204 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING TEXAS: $22,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPERFORMING ARTS HOUSTON: $19,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMen of Distinction of Greater Houston: $14,325 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetMemorial Hermann Foundation: $9,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION: $9,100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHouston Arts Alliance: $8,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren At Risk: $8,260 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCollaborative for Children: $6,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCure Sanfilippo Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FESTIVAL FOR THE ARTS: $5,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $4,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEGACY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES INC: $4,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston A Challenge: $4,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBo's Place: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Council on Recovery: $2,630 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT: $2,010 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAVDA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUrban Harvest Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH: $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.

Houston Endowment IncGreater Houston Commu…The Brown Foundation …Mechia FoundationShell USA Company Fou…The Alkek and William…The Methodist HospitalThe Powell FoundationAlvin & Lucy Owsley F…Vivian L Smith Founda…The Elkins FoundationStrake Foundation
Houston Endowment IncTX28.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Houston Endowment Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Mechia Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Alkek and Williams Foundation · The Methodist Hospital · The Powell Foundation · Alvin & Lucy Owsley Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · Strake 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 Mithoff Family Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mithoff Family Charitable Foundation Inc. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
10report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Mithoff Family Charitable Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Mithoff Family Charitable Foundation Inc 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 48 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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