· Private foundation
The Edward and Helen Oppenheimer 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k27 grants · $107k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $210k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HOUSTON FOOD BANK | $47,500 |
| ARTIST BOAT | $40,000 |
| HOUSTON HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $37,500 |
| THE SCHLENKLER SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| OUT YOUTH | $10,000 |
| MATERNITY CARE COALITION-PHILADELPH | $10,000 |
| MEMORIAL HERMANN FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| VERMONT COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS | $10,000 |
| ST ANNE'S SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF THE SOUTHERN TIER | $7,500 |
| INTERFAITH MINISTRIES | $6,500 |
| HOLCAUST MUSEM HOUSTON | $6,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $5,000 |
| PODER | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $81k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.
92 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2024, 60 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HHHouston Habitat for Humanity Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $318k · revenue +7%
- TATHE ARTIST BOAT INC7× · 2017–2024 · $138k · revenue +252%
The Houston Food Bank7× · 2017–2024 · $74k · revenue +107%
Funded once
- CBCONGREGATION BETH YESHURUN-DAY SCHOone grant, 2020 · $35k
- CBCONGREGATION BETH ISRAELone grant, 2017 · $11k
- GWGenesys Worksone grant, 2018 · $10k
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.
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.
Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.
To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.
The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater 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.
Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.
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…
See schedule ocentral houston champions a thriving downtown by connecting influential leaders through initiatives that advance the future of business and community for all.
Community information now (cinow) provides data, tools, analysis, and training to inform decisions to improve texas communities. cinow's vision is improved lives and decreased disparities through democratized data.
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.
See Schedule OThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston helps women and girls make choices toward becoming independent, productive, and financially stable. We fulfill our mission by recruiting volunteer instructors to deliver our programs in…
To advance the conservation of birds and their habitats in the Greater Houston Gulf Coast region by acquiring and maintaining critical habitat as bird sanctuaries, providing education programs and nature experiences, and advocating policy…
LifeHouse is a Christ-centered ministry ensuring life for unborn children by providing opportunities for housing, help, and hope for young women during their pregnancies and beyond.
How this is measured
126 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 126 of the 221 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc ↗
- Who funds THE ARTIST BOAT INC ↗
- Who funds The Houston Food Bank ↗
- Who funds VERMONT COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds INPRINT INC ↗
- Who funds Texas Children's Hospital ↗
- Who funds Theatre Under the Stars Inc ↗
- Who funds Memorial Hermann Foundation ↗
- Who funds DONORSCHOOSEORG ↗
- Who funds HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON ↗
- Who funds BAYOU LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds The Brookwood Community Inc ↗
- Who funds PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Central Texas Food Bank Inc ↗
- Who funds Philabundance ↗
- Who funds NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds THE COLORADO COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Coastal Prairie Conservancy ↗
- Who funds WEST HOUSTON ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds WRITESPACE ↗
- Who funds FAITH IN PRACTICE ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Powell Foundation · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Houston Endowment Inc · United Way of Greater Houston · Strake Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · The Methodist Hospital · Marek Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Edward and Helen Oppenheimer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Edward and Helen Oppenheimer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Outside in: 33% of income from government
- Urban League of Portland Inc: 33% of income from government
- Transition Projects Inc: 29% of income from government
- Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
- The Portland Playhouse: 11% of income from government
- Central City Concern: 10% of income from government
- Learning Ally Inc: 4% of income from government
- The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc: 1% of income from government
- Northwest Professional Dance Projec Dba Northwest Dance Project: 1% of income from government
- Vermont College of Fine Arts Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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