· Public charity
Slovanic Benevolent Order of Texas #142
The purpose of this Society is to provide security for its members and the families of the insured, through the arious certificates issued in accordance with the fraternal insurance laws of the State of Texas.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $8,000 |
| SPJST YOUTH FUND | $1,033 |
| SPJST SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $1,000 |
| ST JUDES HOSPITAL | $500 |
| SHRINERS | $500 |
| TOYS FOR TOTS | $500 |
| INTERFAITH MINISTRIES | $250 |
| Individual grant recipient | $250 |
| HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $250 |
| TEXAS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL | $250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 28% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2018, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SBSLAVONIC BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS2× · 2017–2018 · $3k · revenue +88%
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +120%
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC2× · 2017–2018 · $1k · revenue +145%
Funded once
- BFBOOTS FOR TROOPSone grant, 2017 · $500
- SFSPJST FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $500
- MOMEALS ON WHEELSone grant, 2017 · $500
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.
5 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. 5 of the 14 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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Slovanic Benevolent Order of Texas #142 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Slovanic Benevolent Order of Texas #142. Bigger dots raise more.
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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