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Texas Medical Center Foundation

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$292k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$3.3MCommunity Improvement$771kRecreation & Sports$154kHuman Services$75kScience & Tech$60kEducation$54kAnimals$25kPhilanthropy$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $244,357, the rows itemized in this filing. The $292,432 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $48,075 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $175k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HLTH LLC$50,000
NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development$30,000
GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP$30,000
Covenant House Texas$25,000
BioHouston Inc$20,000
Land of the Free Foundation$15,000
Houston Zoo Inc$15,000
Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute$10,000
DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER$10,000
The Will Erwin Headache Research Foundation$10,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS$10,000
American City Business Journals Inc$8,000
Compass Group$6,175
Houston Park Boards$5,182
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Covenant House Texas: $25k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $10k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $10k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $10k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $10k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $10k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 17 repeat orgs$771k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
14

Total granted

$3.7M
$712k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-2%
+10%

Still filing today

76%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k 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
EducationHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • TE
    TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $400k · revenue +3%
  • BC
    Baylor College of Medicine
    4× · 2017–2020 · $395k · revenue +67%
  • UO
    University of St Thomas
    4× · 2021–2024 · $44k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • TH
    Texas Heart Institute
    one grant, 2018 · $203k · revenue 0%
  • AA
    AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY
    one grant, 2017 · $120k · revenue +10%
  • CS
    CLAYTON SERICES INC DBA MONTEREY BAY INVITATIONAL
    one grant, 2022 · $98k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
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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2
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
3
Texas Heart Medical Group

To provide cutting-edge cardiac care to diagnose, treat, and prevent cardiovascular diseases.

Health
4
Houston Museum of Natural Science

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…

Arts & Culture
5
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
6
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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7
TMC3 Development Corporation
Health
8
Texas Academy of Medicine Engineering Science and Technology

To provide broader recognition of the state's top achievers in medicine, engineering and science, and to build a stronger identity for texas as an important destination and center of achievement in these fields.

Health
9
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
10
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
11
Texas Medical Association

The texas medical association (tma), the nation's largest and one of the oldest state medical societies, represents over 59,000 physicians and medical students dedicated to enhancing the health of all texans. in collaboration with 110…

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12
Texas Association of Business

As the state chamber of commerce, tab is the most influential and dominant voice for public policy issues affecting business in texas. through proven results-oriented advocacy and member services, tab develops a climate in texas which…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas Children's Hospital; the most unlike its peers is Covenant House Texas. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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 36 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
12/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UTMD ANDERSON: $950,018 · OtherUTMD ANDERSONUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER HOUSTON: $871,642 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER HOUSTONGreater Houston Partnership Inc: $294,516 · OtherGreater Houston Partnership IncUNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: $163,498 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF HOUSTONHLTH INC: $133,600 · OtherAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY: $120,000 · OtherCLAYTON SERICES INC DBA MONTEREY BAY INVITATIONAL: $98,379 · Other+13 more: $310,583 · Other+13 moreBaylor College of Medicine: $394,840 · EducationBaylor Colle…University of St Thomas: $43,575 · EducationUniversity o…William Marsh Rice University: $37,000 · EducationWilliam Mars…Houston Academy of Medicine: $30,000 · EducationHouston Acad…+1 more: $8,364 · EducationHarris County Hospital District Foundation: $213,570 · HealthHarris Count…Texas Heart Institute: $203,273 · HealthTexas Heart …Texas Children's Hospital: $43,127 · HealthTexas Childr…BIOHOUSTON INC: $40,000 · HealthBIOHOUSTON I…TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $400,000 · Community ImprovementTEXAS ECON…DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $40,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $35,000 · Human ServicesLAND OF THE FREE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyMen of Distinction of Greater Houston: $7,500 · PhilanthropyHouston Parks Board: $5,182 · PhilanthropyTHE WILL ERWIN HEADACHE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Environment
Other$2,942,236Education$513,779Health$499,970Community Improvement$400,000Human Services$75,000Philanthropy$37,682Environment$30,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $400,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $394,840 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Houston Partnership Inc: $294,516 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetHarris County Hospital District Foundation: $213,570 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTexas Heart Institute: $203,273 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY: $120,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $43,575 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $43,127 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIOHOUSTON INC: $40,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $37,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Academy of Medicine: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNAIOP COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION - HOUSTON CHAPTER: $30,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTHE WILL ERWIN HEADACHE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetLAND OF THE FREE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHouston Zoo Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS HEALTHCARE & BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMedical Bridges Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Parks Board: $5,182 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Greater Houston Commu…Memorial Hermann Heal…Texas Children's Hosp…The Methodist HospitalShell USA Company Fou…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX18.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Memorial Hermann Health System · Texas Children's Hospital · The Methodist Hospital · Shell USA Company Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Texas Medical Center Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Texas Medical Center Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Texas Medical Center Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Texas Medical Center Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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