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Nightcourt

100% volunteer organization raising funds to support local charitable causes in houston, tx.

$120k
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$30k
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 2023.

Crime & Legal$242kHuman Services$131kHousing & Shelter$43k
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $113k
$12,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$19k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW CLINIC$30,000
HOUSTON VOLUNTEER LAWYERS$25,000
CHILD ADVOCATES$20,000
LONE STAR LEGAL AID$12,500
CHILDRENS ASSESSMENT CENTER$12,500
AID TO DOMESTIC ABUSE$12,500
THE BEACON$7,500
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 (FY18–23, $121k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%HOUSTON AREA WOMENS CT: $30k → 16%HOUSTON AREA WOMENS CT: $30k → 16%HOUSTON AREA WOMENS CT: $13k → 16%AID TO DOMESTIC ABUSE: $14k → 16%AID TO DOMESTIC ABUSE: $13k → 16%AID TO DOMESTIC ABUSE: $12k → 16%AID TO DOMESTIC ABUSE: $10k → 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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$382k · 7 repeat orgs$34k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2023, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
2

Total granted

$382k
$21k

Still filing today

100%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’22’23
Crime & LegalHuman ServicesEducationHealthOther
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

  • ST
    SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON INC
    4× · 2018–2023 · $81k · revenue +46%
  • HA
    Houston Area Women's Center
    3× · 2018–2022 · $73k · revenue +108%
  • A
    AVDA
    4× · 2018–2023 · $48k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • TJ
    TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER
    one grant, 2018 · $11k
  • FI
    FAMILY INTERVENTION
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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
Texas Legal Services Center Inc

Texas Legal Services Center is a nonprofit legal aid organization whose mission is to serve the undeserved by making civil justice accessible to every Texan--no matter their ability to earn. We're a coalition of attorneys, paralegals, pro…

Crime & Legal
2
Austin Community Law Center

The Austin Community Law Center is a nonprofit law firm. Our mission is to make legal representation radically more affordable, invest in a stronger community, and fight for justice.

Crime & Legal
3
Court Appointed Special Advocates Casa of Liberty/Chambers Counties

None

Human Services
4
Houston Bar Association

Schedule OTo serve the needs of Houston-area lawyers and enhance the legal profession through promoting professionalism, access to justice, the rule of law, equality, and inclusion in the legal profession, legal education for the…

—
5
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Hidalgo Count

To provide services for the protection of abused and neglected children that are in the custody of the State of Texas.

Civil Rights
6
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

—
7
Lone Star Justice Alliance

Lone star justice alliance (lsja) was established in 2017 as a non-profit legal organization to boldly address systemic failures in the justice system through advocacy and innovative evidence-based programs that improve life outcomes for…

Crime & Legal
8
Court Appointed Special Advocates in the Heart of Texas

Training and supporting quality volunteers who speak out for the best interest of abused and neglected children in court in an effort to find each child a safe, permanent, nurturing home.

Civil Rights
9
Ft Bend County Child Advocates Inc

Fort Bend County Child Advocates, Inc. provides a voice, heals the hurt and breaks the cycle of abuse and neglect for children in Fort Bend County.

Civil Rights
10
Redeeming Justice Network

Houston Legal Aid Center protects and advances the rights of the poor through the poor through the provision of pro bono or reduced cost legal services while also addressing the underlying spiritual and relational issues affecting…

Civil Rights
11
Childrens Advocacy Center of Van Zandt County Inc

The children's advocacy center of van zandt county is committed to ensuring quality services and support to those children impacted by abuse while also building a future where no child in van zandt county experiences abuse.

Human Services
12
Crisis Assistance Center Inc dba Community Assistance Center

To provide emergency assistance to people in Montgomery County, TX who are in an unexpected crisis.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Beacon of Downtown Houston; the most unlike its peers is Avda. 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

8 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. 8 of the 10 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)
8/8
Grantees still filing
7/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILD ADVOCATES INC: $61,000 · Crime & LegalCHILD ADVOCATES INCHOUSTON VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROGRAM INC: $40,000 · Crime & LegalHOUSTON VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROGRAM INCLONE STAR LEGAL AID: $37,000 · Crime & LegalLONE STAR LEGAL AIDChildren's Assessment Center Foundation: $12,500 · Crime & LegalChildren's Assessment Center FoundationHouston Area Women's Center: $72,500 · Human ServicesHouston Area Women's CenterAVDA: $48,000 · Human ServicesAVDASOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON INC: $80,500 · EducationSOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE O…THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON: $42,500 · HealthTHE BEACON …TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER: $11,000 · OtherFAMILY INTERVENTION: $10,000 · Other
Crime & Legal$150,500Human Services$120,500Education$80,500Health$42,500Other$21,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON INC: $80,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Area Women's Center: $72,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES INC: $61,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAVDA: $48,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON: $42,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHOUSTON VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROGRAM INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLONE STAR LEGAL AID: $37,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Assessment Center Foundation: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

United Way of Greater…Greater Houston Commu…Shell USA Company Fou…Houston Endowment IncTexas Access to Justi…Texas Bar FoundationNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
United Way of Greater HoustonTX17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Houston · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · Texas Access to Justice Foundation · Texas Bar Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Nightcourt funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nightcourt. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    4report 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, FY20–24
    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 Nightcourt?

    Find your warmest path to Nightcourt 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 10 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $23k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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