· Private foundation
Richard Stodder Charitable 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.
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 $10k6 grants · $23k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $90k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GREATHER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $35,000 |
| INTERFAITH MINISTRIES FOR GREATER HOUSTON | $15,000 |
| ROCO | $15,000 |
| ST FRANCIS EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $15,000 |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS | $10,000 |
| CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER | $5,000 |
| LAITY LODGE YOUTH CAMP | $5,000 |
| TIRR FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| TARGET HUNGER | $5,000 |
| FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $2,000 |
| THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 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
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 +57% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IMInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston9× · 2017–2025 · $71k · revenue +169%
- TFTIRR Foundation9× · 2017–2025 · $28k · revenue +63%
- CACamp Allen Camp & Conference Center7× · 2017–2023 · $27k · revenue +13%
Funded once
- SMST MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCHone grant, 2020 · $10k
- OIOPERA IN THE HEIGHTSone grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue -21%
- BBBARBARA BUSH HOUSTON LITERACY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +20%
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.
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.
To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.
The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.
Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.
The mission of Breakthrough Houston (BTH) is to work with highly motivated students to achieve post-secondary success and empower aspiring leaders to become the next generation of educational advocates.
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…
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,…
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…
The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."
Houston MediaSource aspires to be the community media center for the City of Houston. HMS provides public access to media platforms that promote citizen engagement, protect the right to free expression, and provide opportunities to advance…
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…
How this is measured
23 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. 23 of the 45 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 GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston ↗
- Who funds TIRR Foundation ↗
- Who funds Camp Allen Camp & Conference Center ↗
- Who funds River Oaks Chamber Orchestra ↗
- Who funds Christian Community Service Center Inc ↗
- Who funds Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc ↗
- Who funds Target Hunger Inc ↗
- Who funds OPERA IN THE HEIGHTS ↗
- Who funds BARBARA BUSH HOUSTON LITERACY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Houston Food Bank ↗
- Who funds HOUSTON ACHIEVEMENT PLACE ↗
- Who funds HEADWATERS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds JOHN TRACY CLINIC ↗
- Who funds Memorial Hermann Foundation ↗
- Who funds KIDS' MEALS INC ↗
- Who funds LOCAL INFANT FORMULA FOR EMERGENCIES ↗
- Who funds Houston Bar Foundation ↗
- Who funds SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ↗
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 · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Powell Foundation · Strake Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Wt & Louise J Moran Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund · Jack H & William M Light Charitable Trust · The Crain Foundation · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · Houston Endowment Inc · The Brown Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Richard Stodder Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard Stodder Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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