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Sue Nan and Rod Cutsinger Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$97k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$36k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$242kEducation$227kHuman Services$148kReligion$82kArts & Culture$8kFood & Nutrition$7kCrime & Legal$5kInternational$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $76k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SERVICES$36,000
DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER$20,000
HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$20,000
THE TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE$5,000
FOUNDATION FOR TEEN HEALTH$4,300
MEMORIAL HERMANN FOUNDATION$3,750
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$2,000
ROYALWOOD CHURCH$1,000
RIVER OAKS FOUNDATION$1,000
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY$1,000
NET-WORKS LAGUNA BEACH$600
EXPECTED END MINISTRIES DBA KATIE SOUZA MINISTRIES$500
FIREWORKS CHURCH$500
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS$500
HEARTS SET FREE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL$500
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $148k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER: $400 → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $1k → 16%ARMS WIDE ADOPTION SERVICES: $5k → 16%PATHWAYS FOR LITTLE FEET: $2k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $25k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $20k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $20k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $20k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $20k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $20k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $16k → 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

IL
CA
MO
TN
NC
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$667k · 15 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
24

Total granted

$667k
$60k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-3%
+33%

Still filing today

60%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationReligionEnvironmentArts & CultureOther

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

  • DC
    DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER
    7× · 2018–2024 · $140k · revenue +27%
  • CP
    CHINQUAPIN PREPARATORY SCHOOL
    4× · 2017–2021 · $11k · revenue +42%
  • MH
    Memorial Hermann Foundation
    2× · 2018–2024 · $6k · revenue +158%

Funded once

  • RP
    ROYALWOOD PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • AC
    AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $5k

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
The Methodist Hospital

To provide high quality, cost-effective health care that delivers the best value to the people we serve in a spiritual environment of caring in association with internationally recognized teaching and research.

Health
2
Memorial Hermann Medical Group

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,…

Health
3
Baylor College of Medicine

Baylor college of medicine (bcm) is committed to advancing human health through the integration of patient care, research, education, and community services.

Education
4
Mhs Physicians of Texas

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,…

Health
5
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
6
Baylor Scott & White Holdings

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
7
Tmh Physician Organization

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 spiritual…

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8
Baylor University Medical Center

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
9
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
10
Harris County Medical Society

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…

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11
Memorial Hermann Health System

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,…

Health
12
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Methodist Hospital Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Matt Sorger Ministries. 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 backsteadyChild and Family ServicesCommunity Health CentersChristian Missionary Organi…Cancer Support OrganizationsSubstance Abuse TreatmentPregnancy Support ServicesJewish Community FederationsLand Conservation Organizat…Elementary Literacy TutoringFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Independent K-8 SchoolsFood Pantries & Assistance
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 42 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%7%<5yr16%0%5–10yr20%16%10–20yr16%13%20–35yr10%36%35–55yr13%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%1%<5yr16%0%5–10yr20%18%10–20yr16%1%20–35yr10%70%35–55yr13%11%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/37
the rest of the field
15%
20,233/136,767

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

32 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. 32 of the 47 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
16/32
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL — $208,000 · OtherEPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOLUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SERVICES — $112,700 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SERVICESST JOHN THE DIVINE — $42,875 · OtherST JOHN THE DIVINETHE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE — $25,500 · OtherTHE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE+22 more — $61,745 · Other+22 moreDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER — $140,225 · Human ServicesDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S C…SPAULDING FOR CHILDREN — $5,000 · Human Services+3 more — $2,900 · Human ServicesTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $89,000 · HealthTHE METHODIST HOSPI…Texas Heart Institute — $10,000 · HealthTexas Heart Institu…FOUNDATION FOR TEEN HEALTH — $9,300 · HealthFOUNDATION FOR TEEN…Memorial Hermann Foundation — $6,000 · Health+5 more — $9,000 · Health+5 moreKanakuk Ministries — $3,500 · ReligionEXPECTED END MINISTRIES — $500 · ReligionBAYLOR UNIVERSITY — $1,500 · EducationSouthern Methodist University — $1,000 · EducationUniversity of St Thomas — $500 · EducationHILL COUNTRY DAILY BREAD — $1,930 · Food & NutritionRIVER OAKS FOUNDATION — $1,000 · Community Improvement
Other$450,820Human Services$148,125Health$123,300Religion$4,000Education$3,000Food & Nutrition$1,930Community Improvement$1,000

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 budgetDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER — $140,225 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $89,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCHINQUAPIN PREPARATORY SCHOOL — $10,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Heart Institute — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR TEEN HEALTH — $9,300 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetMemorial Hermann Foundation — $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPAULDING FOR CHILDREN — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKanakuk Ministries — $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREMIND — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHILL COUNTRY DAILY BREAD — $1,930 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPathways for Little Feet — $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MENNINGER CLINIC FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILL COUNTRY PREGNANCY CARE CENTER — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Methodist University — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVER OAKS FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHouston Botanic Garden — $950 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNET-WORKS LAGUNA BEACH — $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEXPECTED END MINISTRIES — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Community Service Center Inc — $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Museum of Natural Science — $195 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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…J Squared Family Foun…The Brown Foundation …Vivian L Smith Founda…Shell USA Company Fou…The Vaughn Foundation…Robert W Knox & Pearl…The John M O'Quinn Fo…MD Anderson FoundationStrake FoundationAlbert & Ethel Herzst…Christian Community F…
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX22.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · J Squared Family Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Vivian L Smith Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Vaughn Foundation CO Huntington National Bank · Robert W Knox & Pearl Wallis Knox Charitable · The John M O'Quinn Foundation · MD Anderson Foundation · Strake Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc

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 Sue Nan and Rod Cutsinger 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 · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 47 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.

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