· Private foundation
Paul & Carol Horvitz Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
Read this first · the figures below need context
60% of Paul & Carol Horvitz Foundation’s FY2026 grant dollars went to The Jewish Federation Of Greater Washington Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2026 names 12 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Paul & Carol Horvitz Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $6k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Jewish Federation of Houston | $2,000 |
| Congregation Beth Yeshurun | $1,812 |
| E R Jewish Community Center of Houston | $600 |
| Hadassah | $411 |
| Temple Bet Yam | $300 |
| Lymphoma Research Foundation | $125 |
| Art League of Ocean City | $100 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $100 |
| Holocaust Museum Houston | $100 |
| Emergency Aid Coalition | $100 |
| University of Chicago | $100 |
| Individual grant recipient | $60 |
| Ocean City Fire Department | $50 |
| Congregation Brith Shalom | $36 |
| Temple Emanuel | $36 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $150) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 82% of Paul & Carol Horvitz Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 73% of the giving stays in TX; by stated purpose, 89%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.
31 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2022, 16 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HHHalo House Foundation4× · 2020–2024 · $8k · revenue +294%
- LRLYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION7× · 2020–2026 · $925 · revenue +2%
- ALArt League of Ocean City Inc5× · 2020–2025 · $700 · revenue +47%
Funded once
United Way of Greater Houstonone grant, 2021 · $400 · revenue -16%- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $100 · revenue +27%
- AAAlzheimer Associationone grant, 2020 · $53
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.
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.
For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
The mission of the institute has remained constant since its founding in 1953. as its restated articles of incorporation state the primary purpose and objective of the howard hughes medical institute shall be the promotion of human…
The american college of radiology (acr) is organized to advance radiology science, practice and access, improve quality and safety, provide continuing education for radiology and allied professionals, and achieve better outcomes through…
Hadassah, the women's zionist organization of america, inc., a new york not-for-profit corporation ("hwzoa") enhances the health and lives of people in israel, the united states and worldwide through education, advocacy, women's…
Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
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…
University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…
How this is measured
26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 50 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Jewish Federation of Greater Houston ↗
- Who funds THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC ↗
- Who funds Halo House Foundation ↗
- Who funds LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
- Who funds Art League of Ocean City Inc ↗
- Who funds THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds University of Chicago ↗
- Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLAS ↗
- Who funds United Way of Greater Houston ↗
- Who funds EMERGENCY AID COALITION ↗
- Who funds HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON ↗
- Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds THE 100 CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE RESCUE SQUAD INC ↗
- Who funds BETHESDA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC ↗
- Who funds OCEAN CITY PARAMEDICS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
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.
Open a dossier: AI and Manet Schepps Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Paul & Carol Horvitz Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul & Carol Horvitz Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
- Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
- Art League of Ocean City Inc: 6% of income from government
How this is measured
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