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The Daniel P & Annette B Gordon Foundati at a glance

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The Daniel P & Annette B Gordon Foundati

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.

$29k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Human Services$52kEducation$39kReligion$37kHealth$10kCommunity Improvement$8kArts & Culture$8kPhilanthropy$6kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$4,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$406k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS$12,500
EAST STROUDBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$7,500
EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$4,500
REMIND$2,500
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$1,000
EASTER SEALS OF HOUSTON$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $47k) 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%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $8k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $6k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $3k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $2k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $400 → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $13k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $13k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $627 → 16%MEMORIAL VILLAGE POLICE FOUNDATION: $1k → 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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$106k · 20 repeat orgs$44k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
26

Total granted

$106k
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+16%

Still filing today

65%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureOther
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

  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS
    3× · 2019–2025 · $26k · revenue +3%
  • TJ
    The Junior League of Houston Inc
    4× · 2018–2021 · $8k · revenue +72%
  • TK
    The Kinkaid School Inc
    3× · 2018–2020 · $8k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • BI
    BETH ISRAEL
    one grant, 2023 · $14k
  • ES
    EMPORIA STATE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • RR
    RABBI ROSEN FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
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
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
2
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
3
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
4
Trees for Houston

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

—
5
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
6
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…

—
7
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…

—
8
Jewish Community Center Endowment Fund

The Jewish Community Center Endowment Fund was created to support the programs and operations of the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston.

Religion
9
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
10
Houston Botanic Garden

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

Environment
11
The Hospice at the Texas Medical Center

The Hospice at the Texas Medical Center holds a freestanding 37 bed inpatient facility in the Texas Medical Center that is operated and managed by Houston Hospice.

Human Services
12
Holocaust Museum Houston Foundation

Support holocaust museum houston financially in educating people about the holocaust, remembering the 6 million jews and other innocent victims and honoring the survivors' legacy.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Methodist Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Eric M Suhl Foundation. 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

26 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. 26 of the 50 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
20/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BETH ISRAEL: $14,287 · OtherBETH ISRAELTEMPLE ISRAEL: $13,285 · OtherTEMPLE ISRAELTHETA CHARITY EVENTS INC: $5,000 · OtherTHETA CHARITY EVENTS INCEMPORIA STATE FOUNDATION: $4,500 · OtherEMPORIA STATE FOUNDATIONTEMPLE BETH TORAH INC: $4,069 · OtherTEMPLE BETH TORAH INCRABBI ROSEN FUND: $3,000 · OtherREMIND: $2,500 · Other+29 more: $17,540 · Other+29 moreCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $25,627 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE TEXASJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $20,200 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesEMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $17,000 · EducationEMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY F…The Kinkaid School Inc: $7,550 · EducationThe Kinkaid School IncEAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $7,500 · EducationEAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSIT…SECOND BAPTIST SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $6,848 · EducationSECOND BAPTIST SCHOOL FOUN…The Junior League of Houston Inc: $8,345 · Community ImprovementTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3,000 · HealthEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC: $1,750 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $500 · HealthGRACEWOOD INC: $1,500 · Housing & ShelterTREES OF HOPE: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterHOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON: $1,634 · Arts & Culture
Other$64,181Human Services$46,827Education$38,898Community Improvement$8,345Health$5,250Housing & Shelter$2,500Arts & Culture$1,634

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 budgetCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $25,627 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $20,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $17,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Junior League of Houston Inc: $8,345 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Kinkaid School Inc: $7,550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND BAPTIST SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $6,848 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHETA CHARITY EVENTS INC: $5,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREMIND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON: $1,634 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGRACEWOOD INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE 100 CLUB INC: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,035 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMemorial Villages Police Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ERIC M SUHL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTREES OF HOPE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON PETSET: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEvelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt John's School: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Jewish Community Foundation: $100 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.

Shell USA Company Fou…Greater Houston Commu…Meyer and Ida Gordon …The Stanford & Joan A…Albert & Ethel Herzst…Briar Hollow Foundati…Sonnie Schepps Robins…MD Anderson FoundationVivian L Smith Founda…The Brown Foundation …National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…
Shell USA Company FoundationTX26.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Meyer and Ida Gordon Foundation 2 · The Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Briar Hollow Foundation · Sonnie Schepps Robinson Foundation · MD Anderson Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

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 Daniel P & Annette B Gordon Foundati funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Daniel P & Annette B Gordon Foundati. 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 →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of 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 · 0–20%
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Daniel P & Annette B Gordon Foundati 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 50 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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