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The Benge-Hury Family Foundation at a glance

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The Benge-Hury Family 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.

$128k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Youth Development$130kHealth$102kEducation$98kEmployment$85kFood & Nutrition$25kAnimals$10kHuman Services$5kHousing & Shelter$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$20,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMPLIO RECRUITING LLC$50,000
BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL EDUCATION FOUNDATION$25,000
THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC INNOVATION$20,000
EMORY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$20,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
HOUSTON ZOO INC$2,500
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 (FY18–22, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GIRLS EMPOWERMENT NETWORK: $25k → 10%GIRLS EMPOWERMENT NETWORK: $15k → 10%GIRLS EMPOWERMENT NETWORK: $10k → 10%KID'S MEALS INC: $15k → 16%KIDS MEALS INC MAIN OFFICE & DISTRIBUTION 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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$343k · 8 repeat orgs$127k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
5

Total granted

$343k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+44%

Still filing today

88%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationMembership BenefitYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
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

  • G
    GENAUSTIN
    3× · 2018–2020 · $50k · revenue +34%
  • TW
    THE WOMEN'S FUND FOR HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
    2× · 2018–2019 · $50k · revenue +31%
  • GW
    GENESYS WORKS
    2× · 2019–2020 · $35k · revenue +219%

Funded once

  • Health Alliance for Austin Musiciansgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +66%
  • FF
    FRIENDS FOR LIFE SHELTER
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • CC
    Christian Community Service Center Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +44%
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 Awty International School

See Schedule OThe purpose of Awty International School (Awty) is to create an environment where students experience excellence every day to make their mark on the world alongside their community, in a spirit of curiosity, courage and…

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2
Breakthrough Houston

The mission of Breakthrough Houston (BTH) is to work with highly motivated students to achieve post-secondary success and empower aspiring leaders to become the next generation of educational advocates.

Education
3
Houston Independent School District Foundation

The HISD Foundation is dedicated to mobilizing the local community to support innovative priorities in HISD to improve outcomes for all students in the district. Our mission is to fund projects and programs of merit that fall outside of…

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4
Made Houston

MADE Houston was formed to create a school community focused on nurturing and developing the unique academic and social needs of students with learning differences and to successfully transition students into mainstream schools.

Education
5
Kipp Inc dba Knowledge is Power Program Inc

KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, is committed to developing in underserved students the academic skills, intellectual habits, and qualities of character necessary to succeed at all levels of pre-kindergarten through 12th grade,…

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6
The Royal School System

The mission of Royal Public Schools is to spark students' natural curiosity and love of learning while providing the knowledge and skills they need to lead successful and fulfilling lives.

Education
7
The Fay School

See Schedule O. The Fay School ("the School") is a nonsectarian, not-for-profit, co-educational school in which children of diverse talents and backgrounds with strong academic abilities are offered a high-quality education in a secure,…

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8
Girls Incorporated of Greater Houston

The mission of Girls Incorporated of Greater Houston is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold.

Youth Development
9
Hill Country Montessori School Inc

Provide quality education for students from pre school through middle school using the Montessori method of learning and teaching.

Education
10
Presbyterian School

Family, School, and Church united in the education and support of each child - this is the founding premise upon which Presbyterian School nurtures and challenges its students. The school provides an educational program of the highest…

Education
11
Collaborative for Children

The mission of Collaborative for Children is to meaningfully improve the quality of early childhood education and care for Greater Houston's children through those most influential in their lives.

Human Services
12
Good Reason Houston Inc

Good Reason Houston strives to grow and sustain great schools while advocating for families and communities.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Women's Fund for Health Education and Research; the most unlike its peers is Genaustin. 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

11 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. 11 of the 17 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TODOS JUNTOS: $65,000 · OtherTODOS JUNTOSAMPLIO RECRUITING LLC: $50,000 · OtherAMPLIO RECRUITING LLCTHE WOMEN'S FUND FOR HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH: $50,000 · OtherTHE WOMEN'S FUND FOR HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCHEMORY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $20,000 · OtherEMORY SCHOOL OF MEDICINEINTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC INNOVATION INC: $20,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC INNOVATION INCPartnership For The Advancement And Immersion Of Refugees: $15,000 · OtherPartnership For The Advancement And Immersion Of RefugeesIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · Other+2 more: $7,000 · OtherBLUE RIDGE SCHOOL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $98,000 · EducationBLUE RIDGE SCHOOL EDUCATION FOUN…GENESYS WORKS: $35,000 · EducationGENESYS WORKSGENAUSTIN: $50,000 · Human ServicesGENAUSTINKIDS' MEALS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesKIDS' MEALS INCChristian Community Service Center Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesChristian Community…Health Alliance for Austin Musicians: $10,000 · Membership BenefitFYIMS INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentHouston Zoo Inc: $5,000 · Animals
Other$237,000Education$133,000Human Services$80,000Membership Benefit$10,000Youth Development$5,000Animals$5,000

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 budgetBLUE RIDGE SCHOOL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $98,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetGENAUSTIN: $50,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S FUND FOR HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH: $50,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetGENESYS WORKS: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPartnership For The Advancement And Immersion Of Refugees: $15,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetHealth Alliance for Austin Musicians: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChristian Community Service Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFYIMS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHouston Zoo Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 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…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX14.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Benge-Hury Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Benge-Hury Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report 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, FY20–24
    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.

    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 17 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-PF 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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