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The Clayton Legacy 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.

$26k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Education$153kFood & Nutrition$101kHealth$98kHuman Services$81kReligion$61kAnimals$35kArts & Culture$30kRecreation & Sports$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$500
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REACH YOUTH GLOBAL$20,000
TOMBALL BASEBALL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$3,000
CHILD ADVOCATES INCORPORATED$700
FAMILY SERVICES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INC$500
ABILITY CENTRAL WORKS CORPORATION$500
ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC$500
WRITE 2 HEAL$500
HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO A$300
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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–24, $111k) 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%FAMILY SERVICES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INC: $500 → 19%CHILDSAFE: $250 → 16%ASSIST THE OFFICER INC: $10k → 16%KIDS MEALS INC: $100k → 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
NY
CO
MD
DC
OK
LA
TX

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.

33%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$200k · 5 repeat orgs$408k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
24

Total granted

$200k
$385k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-8%
+3%

Still filing today

60%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyCrime & LegalFood & NutritionOther

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

  • SM
    St Mary's University
    3× · 2021–2023 · $120k · revenue +24%
  • MO
    MIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $55k · revenue -8%
  • 2B
    220 BASEBALL
    2× · 2022–2023 · $14k

Funded once

  • KM
    KIDS' MEALS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +1%
  • LL
    LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $55k
  • BI
    BIBLICA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +100%

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
Trees for Houston

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

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2
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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3
Texprotects-the Texas Association for the Protection of Children

TexProtects advances public policy and local implementation to strenghten families to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Youth Development
4
Texas Academy of Family Physicians

The texas academy of family physicians is dedicated to the promotion of a health care environment that values the vital role of family physicians in providing quality, comprehensive care to all texans.

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5
Houston Area Community Services

Our mission is to provide high quality and caring services to promote healthy people and communities.

Health
6
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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7
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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8
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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9
Houston Botanic Garden

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

Environment
10
Children At Heart Ministries Inc

Children at heart ministries is a family of christian ministries that exists to honor god and build a better world by serving children and strengthening families.

Human Services
11
Texas Baptist Children's Home Inc

Texas baptist children's home embraces children and families in need in order to empower and equip them for a promising future.

Human Services
12
Texas Children's Hospital Foundation

To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and research.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Houston Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Tomball Baseball Alumni Association. 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 backsteadyFood Pantries & AssistanceChristian Missionary Organi…Veteran Support ServicesYouth Sports Booster Organi…Cancer Support OrganizationsChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Youth Development CentersDomestic Violence Crisis Se…Animal Rescue and AdoptionFallen First Responder Supp…Public School District Foun…Community Arts OrganizationsCommunity Health CentersFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…
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 34 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%3%<5yr16%16%5–10yr20%16%10–20yr16%19%20–35yr10%22%35–55yr13%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%9%5–10yr20%17%10–20yr16%13%20–35yr10%57%35–55yr13%3%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/33
the rest of the field
15%
20,232/136,771

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

27 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. 27 of the 37 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/27
Grantees still filing
15/27
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

St Mary's University — $120,000 · OtherSt Mary's UniversityLEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY INC — $55,000 · OtherLEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY INCTOMBALL H S — $35,000 · OtherTOMBALL H S220 BASEBALL — $14,000 · Other220 BASEBALLROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF OUR LADY QUEEN OF MARTYRS — $10,000 · Other+15 more — $27,399 · Other+15 moreKIDS' MEALS INC — $100,000 · Human ServicesKIDS' MEALS INCAssist the Officer Inc — $10,000 · Human ServicesAssist the Officer I…+3 more — $1,250 · Human ServicesMIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATION — $55,000 · HealthMIGHTY OAKS FOUNDA…TOMAGWA MINISTRIES INC DBA TOMAGWA HEALTHCARE MINISTRIES — $40,000 · HealthTOMAGWA MINISTRIES…+2 more — $2,750 · HealthBIBLICA INC — $50,000 · ReligionBIBLICA I…REACH YOUTH GLOBAL — $20,000 · PhilanthropyMBA OPENS DOORS FOUNDATION — $10,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $1,500 · PhilanthropyHouston Arts Alliance — $30,000 · Arts & CultureTomball Education Foundation — $25,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — $2,300 · Education+1 more — $500 · Education
Other$261,399Human Services$111,250Health$97,750Religion$50,000Philanthropy$31,500Arts & Culture$30,000Education$27,800

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSt Mary's University — $120,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATION — $55,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTOMAGWA MINISTRIES INC DBA TOMAGWA HEALTHCARE MINISTRIES — $40,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHouston Arts Alliance — $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTomball Education Foundation — $25,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetREACH YOUTH GLOBAL — $20,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetAssist the Officer Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMBA OPENS DOORS FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTOMBALL BASEBALL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION — $5,399 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — $2,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES INC — $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF AUSTIN INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABILITY CENTRAL WORKS — $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER SEALY LITTLE LEAGUE INC — $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSome Other Place — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC CASA OF THE SABINE NECHES REGION — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDSAFE — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $250 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…Charities Aid Foundat…Shell USA Company Fou…The Blackbaud Giving …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Network for Good
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX14.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good

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 The Clayton Legacy 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 · 20%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 37 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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