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The Houston Food Bank

Houston food bank's mission is to provide food for better lives.

$301M
Granted FY2024still arriving
866
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$17M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 866 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 866 grants below total $282,576,225, the rows itemized in this filing. The $300,804,120 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $18,227,895 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k145 grants · $1.0M
  • $10k–50k281 grants · $6.6M
  • $50k–250k230 grants · $31M
  • $250k+210 grants · $244M
$52,816
Median grant
1
States reached
$164M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK (FB)$16,973,681
GALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANK (FB)$13,585,920
CRC AT HOUSTON FOOD BANK (EA)$10,564,819
BETHEL'S HEAVENLY HANDS (FFC)$7,749,797
BRAZOS VALLEY FOOD BANK (FB)$5,998,138
ANNAM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AT VIETNAMESE AMERICAN CENTER (PS)$5,582,085
IMPACT HOUSTON RESOURCE CENTER - IMPACT HOUSTON CHURCH OF CHRIST (PS)$5,578,508
IGLESIA BAUTISTA MELROSE (PS)$4,651,128
JOSEPH HOUSE COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER (PS)$4,190,012
Individual grant recipient$4,129,616
THE KING'S PALACE - REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD (PS)$3,917,800
HEARTS AND HANDS OF BAYTOWN (SB)$3,779,362
ROYALTY CHURCH (PS)$3,740,498
KATY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES (PS)$3,611,042
WEST HOUSTON ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES (WHAM) (SB)$3,124,163
02The need
02

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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY24–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%A PLACE FOR GRACE (PS): $294k → 10%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 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
South Texas Food Bank

To alleviate hunger in the immediate service area through the distribution of food products donated by the usda, feeding america, area grocery stores, etc. which are distributed to the needy by way of area food banks and other qualified…

Community Improvement
2
Hays County Food Bank

To alleviate hunger by distributing food to families who are food deprived through a network of volunteers and other agencies within Hays County.

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3
Food Bank of West Central Texas

To procure and distribute nutritional food to qualified agencies that feed the hungry of West Central Texas.

Food & Nutrition
4
Bastrop County Emergency Food Pantry

The mission of the Bastrop County Emergency Food Pantry and Support Center is to serve Bastrop County residents going through periods of transition by providing emergency food assistance, education and support.

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5
North Dallas Food Pantry

North Dallas Food Pantry (DBA NTX Community Food Pantry) is dedicated to building relationships by sharing resources, hope and faith in a welcoming environment, with love and dignaty.

Human Services
6
Food Pantry of Jeff Davis County Inc

None

Food & Nutrition
7
Feeding America Texas

Feeding America Texas operates exclusively for charitable purposes by supporting food assistance, hunger relief, and community aid initiatives for individuals and families experiencing food insecurity throughout Texas. The organization…

Food & Nutrition
8
Pleasant Grove Food Pantry Inc

Pleasant Grove Food Pantry provides nutritious food to qualified residents of Pleasant Grove in southeast Dallas who are food insecure. Fighting food insecurity is the mission and intent of the organization. Services are provided by…

Food & Nutrition
9
Houston County Council On Aging Inc

The organizations primary mission is to provide and deliver nutritious meals to eligible persons allowing them to maintain their independence. The agency is generally known as Meals on Wheels.

Human Services
10
Family Service Center of Houston and Harris County

The mission of Family Service Center of Houston and Harris County (Family Houston) is to create a stronger community for tomorrow by helping individuals and families meet the challenges they face today. We help others help themselves.

Human Services
11
Gods Pantry

God's Pantry exists to extend a helping hand, to the needy, by providing food to anyone who is facing circumstances beyond their control. The pantry serves all people, with respect and compassion, allowing them to maintain their…

Food & Nutrition
12
North East Texas Benevolence Inc

Provide basic food essentials to individuals and families in need in local community through voluntary contributions from individuals and organiztions.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tomball Emergency Assistance Ministries; the most unlike its peers is Sheldon Independent School District Education Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

255 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. 255 of the 597 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.

28
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
57
Early backer (in before they grew)
238/255
Grantees still filing
171/255
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $16,973,681 · OtherMONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK INCCRC AT HOUSTON FOOD BANK (EA): $10,564,819 · OtherCRC AT HOUSTON FOOD BANK (EA)+142 more: $140,681,226 · Other+142 moreGALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANK: $13,585,920 · Human ServicesGALVESTON COUNTY FOO…Katy Christian Ministries: $3,677,699 · Human ServicesKaty Christian Minis…Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area: $3,429,095 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christia…Covenant with Christ International Inc: $3,001,681 · Human ServicesCovenant with Christ…SECOND MILE MISSION CENTER: $2,315,567 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON: $1,872,313 · Human ServicesWESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC OF HOUSTON TEXAS: $1,612,740 · Human Services+21 more: $16,955,974 · Human Services+21 moreBETHELS HEAVENLY HANDS: $7,774,684 · Food & NutritionBRAZOS VALLEY FOOD BANK INC: $5,998,138 · Food & NutritionBrighter Bites Inc: $1,207,778 · Food & NutritionAlvin Manvel Community Food Pantry: $1,021,229 · Food & NutritionBRAZOSPORT CARES: $671,883 · Food & Nutrition+5 more: $2,052,581 · Food & NutritionLIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL APOSTOLIC MINISTRIES: $4,190,012 · ReligionICNA HOUSTON UNIT: $1,300,084 · ReligionVICTORY LIFE CHURCH INTERNATIONAL: $917,271 · ReligionMY BROTHER'S KEEPER OUTREACH CENTER: $389,038 · ReligionIGLESIA SENDERO DE LA CRUZ INC: $257,813 · ReligionANNAM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORA TION: $5,582,085 · Housing & ShelterVICTORY FAMILY OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $873,210 · HealthCHILDREN LIKE LONI ORGANIZATION: $722,795 · HealthHarris County Hospital District Foundation: $711,108 · HealthMagnificat Houses Inc: $622,120 · HealthCheyenne Center Inc: $554,766 · HealthPASADENA ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $646,877 · EducationSpring I S D Education Foundation Inc: $629,547 · EducationCROSBY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $409,321 · EducationNew Caney ISD Education Foundation: $347,341 · EducationREPAIR THE BREACH MINISTRIES: $318,479 · EducationALL BROTHERS IN CHRIST: $280,677 · EducationSPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $274,826 · Education
Other$168,219,726Human Services$46,450,989Food & Nutrition$18,726,293Religion$7,054,218Housing & Shelter$5,582,085Health$3,483,999Education$2,907,068

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $16,973,681 over 9y, 44% of budgetGALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANK: $13,585,920 over 9y, 59% of budgetBRAZOS VALLEY FOOD BANK INC: $5,998,138 over 9y, 38% of budgetKaty Christian Ministries: $3,677,699 over 9y, 43% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area: $3,429,095 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetSociety of St Vincent de Paul Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston: $3,174,034 over 9y, 20% of budgetSECOND MILE MISSION CENTER: $2,315,567 over 9y, 33% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON: $1,872,313 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetROSENBERG RICHMOND HELPING HANDS INC: $1,858,035 over 9y, 84% of budgetCHRISTIAN HELPING HANDS INC: $1,658,332 over 9y, 57% of budgetWESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC OF HOUSTON TEXAS: $1,612,740 over 9y, 19% of budgetCASA JUAN DIEGO: $1,294,434 over 9y, 42% of budgetSoutheast Texas Food Bank Inc: $1,264,731 over 9y, 4.6% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC: $1,222,225 over 9y, 7.5% of budgetBrighter Bites Inc: $1,207,778 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetBRIDGING FOR TOMORROW: $1,057,324 over 9y, 52% of budgetTarget Hunger Inc: $989,323 over 9y, 11% of budgetCOMMUNITY FAMILY CENTERS INC: $975,712 over 9y, 22% of budgetGULF COAST COMMUNITY SERVICES ASSOCIATION: $931,240 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetMESA-OUTREACH INC: $742,849 over 9y, 64% of budgetHUMBLE AREA ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC: $732,785 over 9y, 19% of budgetCHILDREN LIKE LONI ORGANIZATION: $722,795 over 4y, 68% of budgetHarris County Hospital District Foundation: $711,108 over 5y, 35% of budgetBRAZOSPORT CARES: $671,883 over 9y, 14% of budgetEAST FORT BEND HUMAN NEEDS MINISTRY: $649,077 over 9y, 19% of budgetPASADENA ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $646,877 over 3y, 62% of budgetMagnificat Houses Inc: $622,120 over 7y, 18% of budgetCheyenne Center Inc: $554,766 over 9y, 9.9% of budgetChristian Community Service Center Inc: $522,897 over 9y, 9.3% of budgetBakerRipley: $506,985 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMY BROTHER'S KEEPER OUTREACH CENTER: $389,038 over 8y, 97% of budgetINTERFAITH FOOD BANK INC: $365,837 over 9y, 78% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $364,563 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHEAST AREA MINISTRIES: $346,496 over 9y, 64% of budgetBREAD OF LIFE INC: $346,360 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetFort Bend ISD Education Foundation: $331,511 over 3y, 26% of budgetREPAIR THE BREACH MINISTRIES: $318,479 over 9y, 42% of budgetCLEVELAND SENIOR CITIZENS ORGANIZATION: $299,477 over 9y, 88% of budgetWALLER ASSIST & RESTOR MINISTRIES: $298,524 over 9y, 28% of budgetALL BROTHERS IN CHRIST: $280,677 over 3y, 18% of budgetCENIKOR FOUNDATION: $264,219 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetAZLEWAY INC: $253,538 over 9y, 6.5% 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.

  • Who funds MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds GALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds BETHELS HEAVENLY HANDS ↗
  • Who funds BRAZOS VALLEY FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds ANNAM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORA TION ↗
  • Who funds LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL APOSTOLIC MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Katy Christian Ministries ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area ↗
  • Who funds Society of St Vincent de Paul Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston ↗
  • Who funds Covenant with Christ International Inc ↗
  • Who funds SECOND MILE MISSION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds ROSENBERG RICHMOND HELPING HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN HELPING HANDS INC ↗

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.

United Way of Greater…Harry S & Isabel C Ca…Houston Texans Founda…Astros FoundationAlbert & Ethel Herzst…Baxter Trust Co Priva…Charity Guild of Cath…Strake FoundationHildebrand FoundationThe Methodist HospitalFeeding AmericaHouston Endowment Inc
United Way of Greater HoustonTX75.1× affinity48 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Houston · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Houston Texans Foundation · Astros Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · Charity Guild of Catholic Women of Harris County Inc · Strake Foundation · Hildebrand Foundation · The Methodist Hospital · Feeding America · Houston Endowment 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 Houston Food Bank funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Houston Food Bank. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 597 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $368M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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