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Posoli Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$380k
Granted FY2024still arriving
56
Grants FY2024still arriving
18
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0190% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$718kReligion$341kHealth$251kEmployment$233kHuman Services$132kHousing & Shelter$124kCrime & Legal$105kRecreation & Sports$95kOther$0
02FY2024 · 56 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k46 grants · $167k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $112k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$6.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAREER SPRING$100,000
CHILD ADVOCATES INC$28,300
STUDENT MOBILIZATION$12,000
UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS$12,000
PARADISUS DEI$10,000
STRAKE JESUIT COLLEGE PREPARATORY$10,000
JDRF$10,000
FOCUS$10,000
SMALL STEPS NURTURING CENTER$10,000
BOSTON COLLEGE$10,000
CHRISTOPHER AND DANA REEVE FOUNDATION$9,700
FAMILY LEGACY MISSIONS$8,864
ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION$6,000
LEGIONARIES OF CHRIST - REGNUM CHRISTI$5,800
CRISTO REY JESUIT$5,484
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $117k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNBOUND: $532 → 16%UNBOUND: $532 → 16%UNBOUND: $532 → 16%UNBOUND: $532 → 16%UNBOUND: $532 → 16%NO LONGER ORPHANS: $500 → 7%UNBOUND: $532 → 16%UNBOUND: $482 → 16%UNBOUND: $432 → 16%HIS GRACE FOUNDATION: $12k → 16%HIS GRACE FOUNDATION: $8k → 16%HIS GRACE FOUNDATION: $8k → 16%HIS GRACE FOUNDATION: $7k → 16%HIS GRACE FOUNDATION: $6k → 16%HIS GRACE FOUNDATION: $5k → 16%HIS GRACE FOUNDATION: $5k → 16%HIS GRACE FOUNDATION: $2k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON: $15k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON: $9k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON: $5k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON: $5k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $500 → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $500 → 16%SUMMER HOUSE: $5k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $500 → 16%SUMMER HOUSE: $5k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $200 → 16%COMMUNITY WORKS CDC: $1k → 16%THE LANDING: $5k → 16%THE LANDING: $5k → 16%KIDS MEALS: $5k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.1M · 95 repeat orgs$226k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +37% since the first grant, against +22% for the ones you funded once.

95 repeat relationships — 39 still active in FY2024, 56 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

95
66

Total granted

$2.1M
$180k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+22%

Still filing today

54%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthInternationalPhilanthropyReligionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CA
    CHILD ADVOCATES INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $105k · revenue +12%
  • SS
    Small Steps Nurturing Center
    8× · 2017–2024 · $101k · revenue +64%
  • PD
    PARADISUS DEI INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $65k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • AO
    ANNUNCIATION ORTHODOX SCHOOL - ANNUAL FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $16k
  • GS
    GIMME SHELTER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • DP
    Dan Pastorini Charity
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +8%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
St John's School

See Schedule OSt. John's School is an independent, co-educational day school presenting a 13-year sequence of college preparatory training. A non-profit institution, it was founded in 1946 to provide the community with a school of exacting…

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2
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
3
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
4
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
5
Texas Christian University

Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…

Education
6
The Awty International School

See Schedule OThe purpose of Awty International School (Awty) is to create an environment where students experience excellence every day to make their mark on the world alongside their community, in a spirit of curiosity, courage and…

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7
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
8
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
9
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
11
The Methodist Hospital Foundation

Mission: this organization is part of the methodist hospital, doing business as houston methodist hospital, whose mission is: to provide high quality, cost-effective health care that delivers the best value to the people we serve in a…

Health
12
Trees for Houston

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

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Star of Hope Mission and the most unlike its peers is Crj Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyIndependent K-12 SchoolsChristian Youth CampsJewish Community Organizati…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Community Arts CentersCommunity FoundationsChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Food Banks and PantriesYouth Sports ProgramsAffordable Housing Developm…Health Access Advocacy and …Community College Foundatio…Environmental Conservation …Local Food System Organizat…Military Veterans SupportCancer Support ServicesSenior Support Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 31 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%1%<5yr16%4%5–10yr20%27%10–20yr16%23%20–35yr10%26%35–55yr13%18%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%1%5–10yr20%12%10–20yr16%34%20–35yr10%41%35–55yr13%12%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%2/104
the rest of the field
15%
20,232/136,700

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

94 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 94 of the 181 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
91/94
Grantees still filing
62/94
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CAREER SPRING — $208,800 · OtherCAREER SPRINGCRISTO REY JESUIT — $154,234 · OtherCRISTO REY JESUITST AGNES ACADEMY — $142,660 · OtherST AGNES ACADEMYStrake Jesuit College Prep — $104,712 · OtherStrake Jesuit College PrepSEARCH HOMELESS SERVICES — $104,400 · OtherSEARCH HOMELESS SERVICESANNUNCIATION ORTHODOX SCHOOL — $55,500 · Other+119 more — $741,612 · Other+119 moreSmall Steps Nurturing Center — $101,200 · EducationSmall Steps Nu…University of Miami — $38,853 · EducationUniversity of …University of St Thomas — $35,000 · EducationUniversity of …MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 · EducationMARINE CORPS S…GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — $25,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNI…TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE — $20,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF BO…William Marsh Rice University — $19,350 · EducationWilliam Marsh …DISCOVERU — $11,100 · Education+9 more — $28,923 · Education+9 moreHis Grace Foundation — $51,063 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON — $33,500 · Human ServicesChristian Community Service Center Inc — $29,000 · Human ServicesThe Summerhouse — $10,000 · Human ServicesSojourn Landing DBA The Landing — $10,000 · Human Services+7 more — $17,741 · Human ServicesCasa El Buen Samaritano — $29,109 · HealthCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION — $24,860 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $22,750 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $15,000 · HealthGratia Plena — $10,000 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY — $6,050 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION — $5,000 · Health+4 more — $6,675 · HealthCHILD ADVOCATES INC — $105,140 · Crime & LegalPARADISUS DEI INC — $65,250 · ReligionTHE JOHN PAUL II FOUNDATION FOR LIFE AND FAMILY — $16,000 · ReligionYoung Catholic Professionals — $7,500 · ReligionPRO-VISION INC — $5,000 · Religion+2 more — $2,175 · ReligionThe Periwinkle Foundation — $25,850 · PhilanthropyDan Pastorini Charity — $10,000 · PhilanthropyCONCERTS FOR HOPE — $5,000 · PhilanthropyUndies for Everyone — $5,000 · Philanthropy+5 more — $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,511,918Education$309,426Human Services$151,304Health$119,444Crime & Legal$105,140Religion$95,925Philanthropy$50,850

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCHILD ADVOCATES INC — $105,140 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetSmall Steps Nurturing Center — $101,200 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetPARADISUS DEI INC — $65,250 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHis Grace Foundation — $51,063 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetUniversity of Miami — $38,853 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas — $35,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON — $33,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCasa El Buen Samaritano — $29,109 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetChristian Community Service Center Inc — $29,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Periwinkle Foundation — $25,850 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION — $24,860 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $22,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University — $19,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHope Stone Inc — $17,150 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetTHE JOHN PAUL II FOUNDATION FOR LIFE AND FAMILY — $16,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON — $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC — $12,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDISCOVERU — $11,100 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNorthwestern University — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDan Pastorini Charity — $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetTHE URBAN ENRICHMENT INSTITUTE — $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetALLEY THEATRE — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSojourn Landing DBA The Landing — $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGratia Plena — $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNextOp Inc — $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE WOODS PROJECT — $8,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBE AN ANGEL FUND INC — $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Catholic Professionals — $7,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetEvelyn's Park Conservancy — $7,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSER-JOBS FOR PROGRESS OF THE TEXAS GULF COAST INC — $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank — $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY — $6,050 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetST COLETTA OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC — $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEKENYWA — $5,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetNATIONAL HISPANIC INSTITUTE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Artists Collective — $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNOTRE DAME CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONCERTS FOR HOPE — $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetEIGHT MILLION STORIES INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPRO-VISION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUndies for Everyone — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTUDENTS FOR LIBERTY INC — $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds CHILD ADVOCATES INC ↗
  • Who funds Small Steps Nurturing Center ↗
  • Who funds PARADISUS DEI INC ↗
  • Who funds His Grace Foundation ↗
  • Who funds University of Miami ↗
  • Who funds University of St Thomas ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Casa El Buen Samaritano ↗
  • Who funds Christian Community Service Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Periwinkle Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds William Marsh Rice University ↗
  • Who funds Hope Stone Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE JOHN PAUL II FOUNDATION FOR LIFE AND FAMILY ↗
  • Who funds HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Greater Houston Commu…Albert & Ethel Herzst…Shell USA Company Fou…Strake FoundationThe Brown Foundation …Harry S & Isabel C Ca…Houston Texans Founda…The William Stamps Fa…Charity Guild of Cath…The Elkins FoundationSterling-Turner Found…Marek Family Foundati…
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX46.5× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Strake Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Houston Texans Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund · Charity Guild of Catholic Women of Harris County Inc · The Elkins Foundation · Sterling-Turner Foundation · Marek Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Posoli Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Christopher Reeve Foundation — 49% of income from government
  • University of Miami — 5% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College — 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
15report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 181 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines