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Radoff 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.

$735k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
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States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it funds
0178% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$361kPhilanthropy$150kEducation$125kScience & Tech$85kHuman Services$28kRecreation & Sports$25kEnvironment$10kYouth Development$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 17 grants below total $368,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $734,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $366,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $250k
$10,000
Median grant
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States reached
$31M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Jewish Federation of Greater Houston$50,000
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston$50,000
The Emery/Weiner School$50,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Houston$50,000
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston$50,000
Children's Museum Houston$25,000
Holocaust Museum Houston$25,000
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston$10,000
Houston Museum of Natural Science$10,000
Houston Botanic Garden$10,000
Alley Theatre$10,000
The Hobby Center Foundation$6,000
Children's Museum Houston$5,000
Houston Grand Opera$5,000
Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care$5,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$485k · 8 repeat orgs$415k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
6

Total granted

$485k
$101k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+39%

Still filing today

63%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $314k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • S
    Stages
    2× · 2021–2023 · $205k · revenue +60%
  • TM
    THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON
    2× · 2022–2023 · $55k · revenue +65%
  • HG
    Houston Grand Opera Association Inc
    2× · 2022–2023 · $15k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • CM
    CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +5%
  • WM
    William Marsh Rice University
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +19%
  • AG
    ASTROS GOLF FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +39%
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.

03Its 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
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
2
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

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

Arts & Culture
3
Houston Symphony Society

The mission of the Houston Symphony is to inspire and engage a large and diverse audience in Greater Houston and beyond through exceptional orchestral performances, educational programs and community activities.

Arts & Culture
4
Kimbell Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
5
American Museum of Natural History

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."

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
Houston Botanic Garden

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

Environment
8
Asia Society Texas Center

Across the fields of performing arts, visual arts, education and outreach, business & policy, astc provides insight, generates ideas, and promotes collaboration to address present challenges and create a shared future. astc operates as a…

Arts & Culture
9
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
10
Houston Climate Justice Museum

The Museum brings together the arts with history, science, & activism to tell stories about the unequal effects of environmental change in order to inspire action on the climate crisis.

Arts & Culture
11
Performing Arts Houston

We connect audiences with exceptional artists through diverse performances and learning experiences. we ignite and cultivate passion for the performing arts to create community, inspire dialogue and enrich our world.

Arts & Culture
12
The Heritage Society

The Heritage Society (THS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1954 whose mission is to tell the stories of the diverse history of Houston and Texas through collections, exhibits, the arts, educational programs, film, video, and other…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Museum Inc; the most unlike its peers is William Marsh Rice University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

11 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. 11 of the 26 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
10/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Jewish Federation of Greater Houston: $150,000 · OtherJewish Federation of Greater HoustonThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: $110,000 · OtherThe Museum of Fine Arts, HoustonJewish Federation of Greater Houston: $100,000 · OtherJewish Federation of Greater HoustonThe Emery/Weiner School: $100,000 · OtherThe Emery/Weiner SchoolChildren's Museum Houston: $30,000 · OtherHolocaust Museum Houston: $25,000 · OtherSeven Acres Jewish Senior Care: $20,000 · Other+9 more: $63,500 · Other+9 moreStages: $205,000 · Arts & CultureStagesHouston Museum of Natural Science: $75,000 · Arts & CultureHouston Museum of Natural ScienceTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $55,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTONCHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM INCHouston Grand Opera Association Inc: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $16,000 · Arts & CultureWilliam Marsh Rice University: $25,000 · EducationASTROS GOLF FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$598,500Arts & Culture$396,000Education$25,000Philanthropy$25,000Human Services$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetStages: $205,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetJewish Federation of Greater Houston: $150,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHouston Museum of Natural Science: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASTROS GOLF FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Grand Opera Association Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALLEY THEATRE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $5,000 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.

  • Who funds Stages ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Federation of Greater Houston ↗
  • Who funds Houston Museum of Natural Science ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds William Marsh Rice University ↗
  • Who funds ASTROS GOLF FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Houston Grand Opera Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds ALLEY THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗

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 26 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $960k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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