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The Becker Family Foundation at a glance

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The Becker Family Foundation

Support activities for the benefit of, or carry out, the purposes of the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston through grants to charitable, educational and religious organizations.

$450k
Granted FY2019
9
Grants FY2019
1
States reached
$200k
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 2019.

Education$550kPhilanthropy$500kHealth$283kArts & Culture$185kCrime & Legal$120kCommunity Improvement$70kHuman Services$60kPublic Safety & Disaster$48k
02FY2019 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $135k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $310k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Houston Jewish Geriatric Fdn$200,000
Holocaust Museum Houston$60,000
Emery Weiner Center$50,000
Childrens Charity - Houston$35,000
UT Health-Ofc of Development$25,000
Jewish Federation of Gtr Hstn$20,000
Sugar Land Ctzns Police Assoc$20,000
Crime Stoppers of Houston$20,000
Houston Police Foundation$15,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Marbridge Foundation: $10k → 10%Jewish Family Service: $25k → 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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 12 repeat orgs$68k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2019, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
4

Total granted

$1.6M
$68k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-18%
-7%

Still filing today

83%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19
Human ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalOther
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
    The EmeryWeiner Center for Jewish Education
    3× · 2017–2019 · $160k · revenue +103%
  • NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH
    2× · 2017–2018 · $130k · revenue +50%
  • HC
    HOUSTON'S CHARITY FOR CHILDREN INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $70k · revenue +88%

Funded once

  • AH
    AISHEL HOUSE INC
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue -7%
  • MF
    MARBRIDGE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +6%
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
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 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
3
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…

Arts & Culture
4
Texas Jewish Security Initiative
Crime & Legal
5
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The mission of the institute has remained constant since its founding in 1953. as its restated articles of incorporation state the primary purpose and objective of the howard hughes medical institute shall be the promotion of human…

Health
6
Baylor Research Institute

To improve the care and well being of our community, nationally and internationally, through innovative clinically relevant research that is consistent with the mission, vision and values of Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH).

Health
7
Houston Academy of Medicine

The mission of the Houston Academy of Medicine is to support the community service, education, scientific, and charitable programs for physicians, their patients, and the community at large in Harris County.

Education
8
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
9
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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10
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
11
John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science

The Health Museum is an innovative science center that provides an interactive and entertaining experience for all ages, promotes understanding and appreciation of the human body, mind, and spirit, and inspires a lifelong commitment to…

Arts & Culture
12
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Methodist Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is William Marsh Rice University. 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

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 18 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)
15/15
Grantees still filing
7/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $300,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXASUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER HOUSTON: $105,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CEN…Jewish Federation of Greater Houston: $100,000 · OtherJewish Federation of Greater HoustonCrime Stoppers of Houston Inc: $80,000 · OtherCrime Stoppers of Houston IncAISHEL HOUSE INC: $25,000 · OtherTHE HOUSTON JEWISH GERIATRIC FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 · PhilanthropyTHE HOUSTON JEWISH GERIA…The EmeryWeiner Center for Jewish Education: $160,000 · EducationThe EmeryWeiner…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TR…William Marsh Rice University: $40,000 · EducationWilliam Marsh R…HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON: $185,000 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST M…NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $130,000 · HealthNATIONAL JE…THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $40,000 · HealthTHE METHODI…TJ MARTELL FOUNDATION: $7,500 · HealthHOUSTON POLICE FOUNDATION: $47,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $25,000 · Human ServicesMARBRIDGE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesHOUSTON'S CHARITY FOR CHILDREN INC: $70,000 · Community ImprovementSUGAR LAND CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOC: $40,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$610,000Philanthropy$400,000Education$250,000Arts & Culture$185,000Health$177,500Human Services$82,500Community Improvement$70,000Crime & Legal$40,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE HOUSTON JEWISH GERIATRIC FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetHOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON: $185,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetThe EmeryWeiner Center for Jewish Education: $160,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $130,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Federation of Greater Houston: $100,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCrime Stoppers of Houston Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON POLICE FOUNDATION: $47,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMARBRIDGE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 The Becker Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Becker Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    0get no government money at all
    5report 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

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    How do I get to The Becker Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Becker Family 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 18 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2019, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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