· Private foundation
The Glassell Family Foundation Inc
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 $10k8 grants · $34k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $623k
- $250k+6 grants · $3.4M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI - ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL | $1,250,000 |
| University of Texas Health Science Center | $600,000 |
| Houston Museum of Natural Science | $512,500 |
| HOUSTON MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS | $500,000 |
| Memorial Hermann Foundation | $250,000 |
| CAMP FOR ALL | $250,000 |
| BENEATH THE WAVES INC | $212,000 |
| YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS | $100,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $100,000 |
| WORLD WILDLIFE FUND | $100,000 |
| MISSION LAZARUS | $60,944 |
| THE JOY SCHOOL | $50,000 |
| AMAZING PLACE | $25,000 |
| CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES | $10,000 |
| The Pasadena ISD Educational Foundation | $7,500 |
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, $638k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 98% 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 +47% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
33 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 7 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, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Houston Museum of Natural Science8× · 2017–2024 · $3.6M · revenue +33%- UOUniversity of Miami3× · 2017–2019 · $1.9M · revenue +96%
- MHMemorial Hermann Foundation3× · 2022–2024 · $750k · revenue +133%
Funded once
- EHEPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2017 · $300k
- TATexas A&M-Kingsville Foundationone grant, 2022 · $300k
- CHCOVENANT HOUSE TEXASone grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue -16%
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.
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…
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,…
As the Houston affiliate of the National Christian Foundation (NCF), our mission is to serve and encourage givers to grow as faithful stewards who give wisely to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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…
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.
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,…
The Houston Bar Foundation supports programs that help provide legal representation to the indigent, promote community understanding of our legal system, and foster the administration of justice.
To provide cutting-edge cardiac care to diagnose, treat, and prevent cardiovascular diseases.
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…
The mission of the Harris County Hospital District Foundation is to enhance the broad healthcare mission of the Harris Health System by soliciting and raising funds for programs and increasing the community's awareness of the Harris Health…
The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.
How this is measured
48 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. 48 of the 74 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
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.
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- Who funds University of Miami ↗
- Who funds Memorial Hermann Foundation ↗
- Who funds Lutheran Education Association of Houston ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds YES Prep Public Schools Inc ↗
- Who funds Camp For All Foundation ↗
- Who funds MISSION LAZARUS INC ↗
- Who funds Memorial Hermann Health System ↗
- Who funds PROJECT JOY & HOPE FOR TEXAS ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds BENEATH THE WAVES INC ↗
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- Who funds Joy Development School ↗
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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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Vivian L Smith Foundation · Strake Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Fondren Foundation · MD Anderson Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund · The Houston Food Bank · Albemarle Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Glassell Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Glassell Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- University of Miami: 5% of income from government
How this is measured
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