· Private foundation
Tellepsen 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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST MARTINS CHURCH | $3,500 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS | $2,000 |
| KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FNOW | $2,000 |
| LORDS OF STREETS MISSION (LOTS) | $1,500 |
| CAMP ALLEN | $1,450 |
| ST THOMAS THE APOSTLE | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER | $771 |
| NORWEGAN SEAMANS CHURCH | $500 |
| POSITIVE BLACK MALE ASSOC (PEMA) | $500 |
| WORKFAITH | $250 |
| HOPE CENTER | $250 |
| MORNINGSTAR MINISTRY | $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.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $8k) 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 13 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, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HIHOUSTON INTERNATIONAL SEAFARERS CENTER5× · 2020–2024 · $14k · revenue +18%
- CACamp Allen Camp & Conference Center5× · 2020–2025 · $14k · revenue +93%
- SASHERIFFS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS5× · 2020–2024 · $13k · revenue +45%
Funded once
- TSTEXAS STATE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2020 · $10k
- KKAPPAone grant, 2023 · $2k
- VHVICTORY HOUSTON INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +349%
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…
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 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…
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.
Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.
The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.
Equip women and men to be ministers and messengers of God's mission of reconciliation through academic excellence, personal transformation, and leadership development.
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…
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."
Provide teaching of the word of god and religious music.
MAM partners with hardworking Houstonians to build stable lives and hope-filled futures. Through education, training, and community connection, we enhance economic mobility and holistic health across the region.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 52 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 INTERNATIONAL SEAFARERS CENTER ↗
- Who funds Camp Allen Camp & Conference Center ↗
- Who funds SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS ↗
- Who funds Christian Community Service Center Inc ↗
- Who funds HAVE SHEARS WILL TRAVEL ↗
- Who funds William Marsh Rice University ↗
- Who funds VICTORY HOUSTON INC ↗
- Who funds John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science ↗
- Who funds MORNING STAR MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds Kappa Kappa Gamma Charitable Foundation of Houston ↗
- Who funds RAISEUP FAMILIES ↗
- Who funds Bo's Place ↗
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 Trier Family Foundation · The Ralph H and Ruth J McCullough Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · Strake Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Tellepsen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tellepsen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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