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The H & a Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The H & a Charitable Foundation

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
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Public Safety & Disaster$26kFood & Nutrition$16kHuman Services$14kEducation$13kCommunity Improvement$8kHealth$8kInternational$7kArts & Culture$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$685k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF WHITNEY YOUNG$5,100
FIRE IN THE HOLE$3,000
THE FAY SCHOOL$2,591
RIVER OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$2,530
CRADLES TO CRAYON$2,500
Merit School of Music$2,000
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY$2,000
KIDS MEALS$2,000
GIGIS PLAYHOUSE ORANGE COUNTY$1,500
University of Houston Law Center$1,500
Sudara Freedom Fund$1,000
BOOKWALLAH ORGANIZATION$1,000
HOUSTON CLASSICAL INC$1,000
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - HOUSTON$500
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - CHICAGO$500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

US giving: 81% of grant dollars ($88k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 19% that went abroad ($21k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 39% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CRADLES TO CRAYON: $5k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25 → 14%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - CHICAGO: $500 → 14%CRADLES TO CRAYON: $3k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYON: $3k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYON: $3k → 8%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - HOUSTON: $500 → 16%KIDS MEALS: $3k → 16%A BETTER CHICAGO: $3k → 14%KIDS MEALS: $2k → 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.

Beyond the US: 19% of all-years giving ($21k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
India$21k · 2 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

43%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$47k · 7 repeat orgs$62k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
8

Total granted

$47k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
0%

Still filing today

86%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationInternationalArts & CultureHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • CT
    CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $14k · revenue +36%
  • GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY
    2× · 2022–2023 · $6k · revenue +34%
  • The Houston Food Bank
    2× · 2022–2023 · $6k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • GS
    GBB SONS CHARITABLE TRUST
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • B
    BOOKWALLAH
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +13%
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
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
3
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
4
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
5
Friends of the Children - Austin

Friends of the children - austin is a texas based nonprofit with the mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years,no matter…

Youth Development
6
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
7
Kipp Chicago Schools

The team at kipp chicago schools is guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: to create a network of excellent schools in chicago that teach our students the character and academic skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond, and to…

Education
8
St John's School

See Schedule OSt. John's School is an independent, co-educational day school presenting a 13-year sequence of college preparatory training. A non-profit institution, it was founded in 1946 to provide the community with a school of exacting…

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9
Lycee Francais de Chicago Inc

The Lycee Francais de Chicago, driven by our core values of respect, responsibility and the joy of learning, empowers students to grow into active global citizens.

Education
10
San Francisco Friends School

At san francisco friends school, students learn in a community grounded in the quaker values of reflection, integrity, peaceful problem-solving and stewardship. our teachers challenge students with a dynamic curriculum that inspires…

Education
11
Chicago Education Partnership

To create a school that dramatically transforms the lives of k-8 students and prepares them for success in college and in life through: the delivery of a rigorous and personalized academic program, a focus on holistic education, and the…

Education
12
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends of the Children - Houston; the most unlike its peers is Bookwallah Organization. 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

22 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. 22 of the 30 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
6/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GBB SONS CHARITABLE TRUST: $20,000 · OtherGBB SONS CHARITABLE TRUSTIndividual grant recipient: $11,075 · OtherIndividual grant recipientThe Houston Food Bank: $5,500 · OtherThe Houston Food BankBOOKWALLAH: $5,100 · OtherBOOKWALLAHFIRE IN THE HOLE: $3,000 · OtherFIRE IN THE HOLEThe Fay School: $2,591 · OtherEvelyn's Park Conservancy: $2,500 · Other+4 more: $3,816 · Other+4 moreCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $13,613 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INCKIDS' MEALS INC: $4,500 · Human ServicesKIDS' MEALS INCA Better Chicago: $3,000 · Human ServicesA Better Chicago+3 more: $1,025 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF WHITNEY M YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL: $5,100 · EducationFRIENDS OF…River Oaks Elementary School PTO: $2,530 · EducationRiver Oaks…HOUSTON CLASSICAL INC: $1,000 · EducationHOUSTON CL…BOOKWALLAH ORGANIZATION: $1,000 · EducationBOOKWALLAH…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $3,137 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,000 · InternationalSUDARA FREEDOM FUND: $1,000 · InternationalGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $5,500 · Food & NutritionBo's Place: $3,000 · Arts & CultureMERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $3,500 · Crime & LegalCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $2,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $103 · Health
Other$53,582Human Services$22,138Education$9,630International$7,137Food & Nutrition$5,500Arts & Culture$5,000Crime & Legal$3,500Health$2,603

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 budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $13,613 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF WHITNEY M YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL: $5,100 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $3,137 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBo's Place: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA Better Chicago: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fay School: $2,591 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRiver Oaks Elementary School PTO: $2,530 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEvelyn's Park Conservancy: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUDARA FREEDOM FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOUSTON CLASSICAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - HOUSTON: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - CHICAGO: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25 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.

Greater Houston Commu…The Chicago Community…Shell USA Company Fou…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX14.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Shell USA Company Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 H & a Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The H & a Charitable Foundation. 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% 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 · 0–10%
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.

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 30 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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