· Private foundation
Re Smith Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $49k
- $10k–50k21 grants · $257k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HOUSTON PET SET | $75,000 |
| TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $20,000 |
| BE A CHAMPION INC | $15,500 |
| GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| TEXAS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL | $15,000 |
| REVA'S PETTING ZOO | $15,000 |
| COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS | $15,000 |
| THE SPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $11,000 |
| PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| POST OAK CLUB | $10,000 |
| THE HOUSTON ZOO | $10,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY | $10,000 |
| THE JOY SCHOOL | $10,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $187k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% 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
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 +42% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
50 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 31 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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 FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HPHOUSTON PETSET9× · 2017–2025 · $235k · revenue +63%
- JDJoy Development School6× · 2017–2025 · $100k · revenue +75%
- TMTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +96%
Funded once
- SFSC FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -100%
- AFASTROS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $20k
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.
Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.
The HISD Foundation is dedicated to mobilizing the local community to support innovative priorities in HISD to improve outcomes for all students in the district. Our mission is to fund projects and programs of merit that fall outside of…
The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…
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.
The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.
Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…
To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.
Our mission is to be the leading advocate for our member physicians, their patients and our community, in promoting the highest standards of ethical medical practice, access to quality medical care, medical education, research, and…
Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…
Houston Hospice provides uncompromising, compassionate end-of-life care to patients and families in our community. Houston Hospice cares for patients from all races, ethnicities, religious beliefs, and payor classes, including those with…
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…
Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.
How this is measured
67 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. 67 of the 95 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 HOUSTON PETSET ↗
- Who funds Joy Development School ↗
- Who funds THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON ↗
- Who funds CHINQUAPIN PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds The Kinkaid School Inc ↗
- Who funds Presbyterian School ↗
- Who funds Houston Zoo Inc ↗
- Who funds Texas Children's Hospital ↗
- Who funds Memorial Hermann Foundation ↗
- Who funds DRESS FOR SUCCESS HOUSTON ↗
- Who funds Texas A&M Foundation ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds KIDS' MEALS INC ↗
- Who funds Southern Methodist University ↗
- Who funds Spay-Neuter Assistance Program Inc ↗
- Who funds Dec My Room Inc ↗
- Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
- Who funds HOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds The Houston Food Bank ↗
- Who funds SC FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ASTROS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LEGACY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds Wig Out ↗
- Who funds University of St Thomas ↗
- Who funds Citizens For Animal Protection Inc ↗
- Who funds BE A CHAMPION INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Strake Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The John M O'Quinn Foundation · Mechia Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · The Alkek and Williams Foundation · MD Anderson Foundation · The Elkins Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Re Smith Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Re Smith Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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