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The Hewitt Foundation Inc

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.

$18k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Religion$45kEducation$35kArts & Culture$22kEnvironment$16kHealth$5kHuman Services$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kCommunity Improvement$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$103k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$5,000
TROUT UNLIMITED$3,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON$2,500
RIVER OAKS BAPTIST SCHOOL$1,090
ST JOHN'S SCHOOL$1,000
PROJECT HEALING WATERS$1,000
NEW HOPE$1,000
Individual grant recipient$250
Individual grant recipient$106
RIO GRANDE COUNTY MUSEUM$100
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 (FY17–23, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Spaulding for Children: $2k → 16%Pathways for Little Feet: $500 → 16%PRISON ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM: $500 → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $500 → 16%LIFE Houston: $700 → 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

MN
IL
NY
PA
CO
WV
VA
MD
KS
TN
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$109k · 16 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +40% since the first grant, against +33% for the ones you funded once.

16 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
24

Total granted

$109k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+33%

Still filing today

38%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationAnimalsHealthOther

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

  • TU
    TROUT UNLIMITED INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $10k · revenue +49%
  • SJ
    St John's School
    9× · 2017–2025 · $9k · revenue +130%
  • TM
    THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON
    2× · 2024–2025 · $5k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • SF
    SPAULDING FOR CHILDRENgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +86%
  • VL
    VITA LIVING INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +27%
  • LI
    LOCAL INFANT FORMULA FOR EMERGENCIESgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $700 · revenue +144%

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
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
2
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
3
Houston Grand Opera Association Inc

The mission of HGO is to enrich our diverse community through the art of opera. We will do so by creating, curating, exploring, and producing outstanding experiences centered around the human voice.(Continued on Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
4
Artpace Inc (Audit)

Artpace san antonio is a nonprofit residency program which supports texas, national, and international artists in the creation of new art. see schedule o for continuation.

Arts & Culture
5
Witte Museum

The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
8
Texas Christian University

Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…

Education
9
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
10
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
11
Performing Arts Houston

We connect audiences with exceptional artists through diverse performances and learning experiences. we ignite and cultivate passion for the performing arts to create community, inspire dialogue and enrich our world.

Arts & Culture
12
Kimbell Art Foundation
Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc and the most unlike its peers is Trout Unlimited Inc. 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 backsteadyLand Conservation Organizat…Community Arts OrganizationsVeteran Support ServicesGovernment Accountability R…Classical Music EnsemblesFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Independent K-8 SchoolsDevelopmental Disabilities …Child and Family ServicesElementary Literacy Tutoring
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 37 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr20%17%10–20yr16%22%20–35yr10%30%35–55yr13%30%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr20%17%10–20yr16%6%20–35yr10%30%35–55yr13%47%55yr+

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

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/25
the rest of the field
15%
20,233/136,779

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

24 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 45 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
19/24
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

First Presbyterian Church — $40,250 · OtherFirst Presbyterian ChurchAMAZING PLACE — $15,050 · OtherAMAZING PLACESt John's School — $9,000 · OtherSt John's SchoolRIVER OAKS BAPTIST SCHOOL — $7,090 · OtherRIVER OAKS BAPTIST SCHOOLTrout Unlimited — $5,000 · OtherTrout UnlimitedNEW HOPE — $3,562 · Other+22 more — $12,449 · Other+22 moreTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $13,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF…Agape Development Ministries — $500 · Education+1 more — $105 · EducationTROUT UNLIMITED INC — $10,250 · AnimalsTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON — $5,105 · Arts & CultureA D Players — $500 · Arts & CultureAPERIO — $500 · Arts & Culture+2 more — $175 · Arts & CultureBARBARA BUSH HOUSTON LITERACY FOUNDATION — $4,700 · PhilanthropyNMDP FOUNDATION — $250 · PhilanthropySPAULDING FOR CHILDREN — $2,000 · Human ServicesLOCAL INFANT FORMULA FOR EMERGENCIES — $700 · Human ServicesPathways for Little Feet — $500 · Human ServicesPRISON ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM INC — $500 · Human ServicesDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER — $500 · Human ServicesPROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC — $3,000 · Health
Other$92,401Education$13,605Animals$10,250Arts & Culture$6,280Philanthropy$4,950Human Services$4,200Health$3,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $13,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED INC — $10,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt John's School — $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON — $5,105 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBARBARA BUSH HOUSTON LITERACY FOUNDATION — $4,700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC — $3,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSPAULDING FOR CHILDREN — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMain Street Ministries Inc — $1,250 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetVITA LIVING INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOCAL INFANT FORMULA FOR EMERGENCIES — $700 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE COLORADO RIO GRANDE RESTORATION FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPathways for Little Feet — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPRISON ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAgape Development Ministries — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAPERIO — $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAS OUR OWN NFP — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNMDP FOUNDATION — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLYMPUS INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI INC — $145 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Junior League of Houston Inc — $130 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Museum of Natural Science — $115 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO — $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC — $60 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.

  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
  • Who funds TROUT UNLIMITED INC
  • Who funds St John's School
  • Who funds THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON
  • Who funds BARBARA BUSH HOUSTON LITERACY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds PROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC
  • Who funds SPAULDING FOR CHILDREN
  • Who funds Main Street Ministries Inc
  • Who funds VITA LIVING INC
  • Who funds LOCAL INFANT FORMULA FOR EMERGENCIES
  • Who funds THE COLORADO RIO GRANDE RESTORATION FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Pathways for Little Feet
  • Who funds PRISON ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM INC
  • Who funds A D Players
  • Who funds Agape Development Ministries
  • Who funds DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER
  • Who funds APERIO
  • Who funds AS OUR OWN NFP
  • Who funds NMDP FOUNDATION
  • Who funds OLYMPUS INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI INC
  • Who funds The Junior League of Houston Inc
  • Who funds Houston Museum of Natural Science

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 Community FoundationTX21.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Strake Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · ESB3 Foundation · Jack H & William M Light Charitable Trust · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · The Brown Foundation Inc · The Alkek and Williams Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · The William Stamps Farish Fund

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 Hewitt Foundation Inc 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
202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 46%
  • Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc46% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY2025

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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Hewitt Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Hewitt Foundation Inc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 45 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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