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Pazera Family 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.

$74k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$229kHuman Services$223kArts & Culture$118kEducation$85kPhilanthropy$69kYouth Development$35kPublic Safety & Disaster$24kCivil Rights$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $48k
$3,700
Median grant
3
States reached
$9.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HRS TRUE HOPE$22,500
HEART OF THE HILLS$15,000
DRAGON TOUCHDOWN CLUB$10,000
ELK RIVER HELPING HANDS$8,500
Individual grant recipient$5,500
THE GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER$3,700
CHILDREN'S COALITION OF ARANSAS COUNTY$3,200
ST BERNADETTE$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
CATHOLIC CHURCH OF DENVER$1,000
YOUNG LIFE$1,000
PERKENVILLE CHURCH$250
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 (FY17–25, $123k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 32% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE MOM CENTER: $60k → 10%FOUNDATION FOR FINANAL PLANNING: $1k → 14%FOUNDATION FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING: $1k → 14%ELK RIVER HELPING HANDS: $25k → 21%FOUNDATION FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING: $1k → 14%ELK RIVER HELPING HANDS: $9k → 21%CHILDREN'S COALITION OF ARANSAS COUNTY: $3k → 17%THE MOM CENTER: $15k → 10%LITTLE HEARTS DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $5k → 10%THE MOM CENTER: $3k → 10%MOM CENTER: $600 → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$797k · 23 repeat orgs$100k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
36

Total granted

$797k
$78k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+41%

Still filing today

30%
19%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentPhilanthropyReligionOther
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

  • MC
    MOM CENTER
    4× · 2018–2022 · $79k · revenue +442%
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $28k · revenue +62%
  • NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2018–2020 · $15k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • AO
    ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN ANTONIO
    one grant, 2018 · $11k
  • SH
    SECRED HEART-HARVEY RELIEF
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • NF
    NIMITZ FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $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
Greater Austin Christian Foundation

Mobilizing resources by inspiring biblical generosity in the greater austin, texas area.

Religion
2
Four County Comprehensive Mental Health Center Inc

Dedicated to holistic care given with compassion, respect, acceptance and hope. achieving emotional well being and independence.

Health
3
Houston Christian Foundation dba National Christian Foundation Houston

As the Houston affiliate of the National Christian Foundation (NCF), our mission is to serve and encourage givers to grow as faithful stewards who give wisely to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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4
100 Club of Arizona

To provide immediate financial assistance to families of public safety officers and firefighters who are seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, and to provide resources to enhance their safety and welfare.

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5
Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
6
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
7
Children At Heart Ministries Inc

Children at heart ministries is a family of christian ministries that exists to honor god and build a better world by serving children and strengthening families.

Human Services
8
Fond Du Lac Christian School Inc

To serve the christian home and church by disciplining students academically and spiritually; helping each student attain a biblical worldview and their full potential as unique and beloved creations of a sovereign god.

Education
9
FIRST3YEARS

First3years nurtures early relational and mental health of infants and toddlers in texas. working in deep collaboration with caregivers, parents, and professionals statewide, we cultivate strong early childhood systems, educate our…

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10
Coastal Prairie Conservancy

The Coastal Prairie Conservancy (CPC) works to sustain a resilient Texas by preserving coastal prairies, wetlands, farms, and ranches to benefit people and wildlife forever. Continued on Schedule OCPC conserves land, restores and enhances…

Environment
11
Dallas Citizens Council

To lead and serve in the moments that matter the most for the people of dallas.

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12
Childrens Bereavement Center of South Texas

To foster healing for grieving youth, their families and the community through peer support programs, counseling, training, education and outreach.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The 100 Club Inc; the most unlike its peers is Paradisus Dei Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 66 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH: $195,120 · OtherST MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCHHEART OF THE HILLS: $115,000 · OtherHEART OF THE HILLSTHE GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER: $95,700 · OtherTHE GOOD SAMARITAN CENTERST MARY'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $61,500 · OtherST MARY'S CATHOLIC SCHOOLHILL COUNTRY UNIVERSITY: $23,050 · Other+48 more: $156,045 · Other+48 moreMOM CENTER: $78,600 · Human ServicesMOM CENTERELK RIVER HELPING HANDS: $33,500 · Human ServicesELK RIVER HELPI…LITTLE HEARTS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $5,000 · Human Services+2 more: $6,200 · Human ServicesHRS TRUE HOPE INC: $65,000 · PhilanthropyHRS TRUE …COASTAL BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyCOASTAL B…YOUNG LIFE: $27,500 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Arts & CultureDragon Touchdown Club: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsCOASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $4,000 · Environment
Other$646,415Human Services$123,300Philanthropy$80,000Youth Development$32,500Arts & Culture$16,000Recreation & Sports$10,000Environment$4,000

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 budgetMOM CENTER: $78,600 over 4y, 17% of budgetHRS TRUE HOPE INC: $65,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetELK RIVER HELPING HANDS: $33,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $27,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOASTAL BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $4,040 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPARADISUS DEI INC: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAustin Child Guidance Center: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE 100 CLUB INC: $100 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.

  • Who funds MOM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HRS TRUE HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds ELK RIVER HELPING HANDS ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COASTAL BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Dragon Touchdown Club ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE HEARTS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS COALITION OF ARANSAS CO ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING INC ↗
  • Who funds PARADISUS DEI INC ↗

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.

Greater Houston Community FoundationTX14.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Pazera Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pazera Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 66 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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