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The Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity

The mission of THE HOUSTON FUND FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ECONOMIC EQUITY is to enact transformational change through the investment of resources in organizations and initiatives that empower and uplift the black community, communities of color, and other communities that are economically challenged.

$3.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
73
Itemized grants FY2024
154
Organizations funded FY2023
90%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$2.2M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$24,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
113 to 154
FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$2.7M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 90% of the organizations The Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity funded were first-time grantees, receiving 95% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving73$2.2M58%
FY2023154$5.1M90%
FY2022113$2.7Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Community Improvement$6.4MHuman Services$889kEducation$491kYouth Development$404kArts & Culture$402kEmployment$368kHealth$224kPublic Safety & Disaster$187kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Three Keys Coffee LLC$119,7502n/a
Houston Freedmen's Town Conservancy Inc$110,000216%
Bread of Life Inc$106,60021%
Kc Events & Florals LLC$100,0001n/a
Knowledge-First$100,000229%
West Street Recovery$100,00017%
Garza Studios Incorporated$100,0001n/a
Heart of Houston CDC Inc$100,00017%
Career Gear Houston$100,000124%
413 Developments LLC$98,4001n/a
Show all 293 grantees
All grantees of The Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Three Keys Coffee LLC$119,7502n/a
Houston Freedmen's Town Conservancy Inc$110,000216%
Bread of Life Inc$106,60021%
Kc Events & Florals LLC$100,0001n/a
Knowledge-First$100,000229%
West Street Recovery$100,00017%
Garza Studios Incorporated$100,0001n/a
Heart of Houston CDC Inc$100,00017%
Career Gear Houston$100,000124%
413 Developments LLC$98,4001n/a
Calle Lemus 2 Inc$86,1002n/a
Rentals at Ronin Art House LLC$85,0002n/a
Hope Disaster Recovery LLC$80,00023%
My Connect Community$80,00022%
William a Lawson Institute for Peace and Prosperity$79,00012%
Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation$75,50021%
Arts Connect Houston$75,00025%
Neighborhood Recovery Communit Development Corp$71,70013%
System for Education Empowerment and Success$70,00028%
India House Inc$69,02534%
SHAPE Community Center$67,92518%
Harvest Community Development Corporation$66,0003100%
S & R Truck Driving Institute$65,00019%
Mo' Better Brews$64,8002n/a
Camellia Alise LLC$63,6001n/a
Brentwood Economic Com Dev Corp$62,70016%
Refresh Lam Moi$60,5532n/a
Ngan Khang LLC$60,0001n/a
Cranky Carrot LLC$60,0001n/a
Texas Southern University Foundatio$60,00020%
The Imani School$60,00011%
S&S on Time Logistics LLC$60,0001n/a
All About Fish LLC$60,0001n/a
Sterile Mate LLC$60,0001n/a
G&R Resale Shop$60,0001n/a
Anthony Prince IV$60,0001n/a
Neysil Mendez$60,0001n/a
Prison Entrepreneurship Program Inc$59,00012%
Institute of Chinese Culture$55,50024%
East Harris County Empowerment Council$55,10325%
All Day Printing Inc$55,0002n/a
Link Houston$55,000117%
24 7 Twisted LLC$55,0002n/a
Bunnies on the Bayou Inc$55,000120%
Character Camp$54,900128%
Houston Pets Alive$54,70013%
Uhphealth Inc$53,58238%
Young Women's Christian Association$53,29612%
Rsa of Dance and Performing Arts$52,85339%
Jacos Bbq LLC$50,0001n/a
On Point Unlimited LLC$50,0001n/a
W&B Logistics LLC$50,0002n/a
The Black Man Project$50,0002n/a
Rutherford B H Yates Museum Inc$50,000121%
Wing Quarter Inc$50,0001n/a
Community Family Centers Inc$50,00011%
Chinese Community Center Inc$50,00011%
Tlc Health & Wellness$50,000126%
De Mi Fogon$50,0001n/a
Energized for STEM Academy Inc$50,00011%
Gessner Kiddie Kollege$50,0001n/a
Sports Isd Corporation$50,0001n/a
Rara Foundation$50,0001n/a
Henderson and Kane LLC$50,0001n/a
Catalyst Provider for Care LLC$50,0001n/a
Her Enterprises USA LLC$48,9001n/a
Harmony Auto Cars and Spare Parts Inc$48,6001n/a
Texas Coalition of Rural Landowners$48,300235%
Agape Children's Emergency Shelter Houston$47,9002n/a
Clk Solutions LLC$45,0001n/a
Construction Masonry Inc$45,0001n/a
Chris Manson Transportation LLC$45,0001n/a
Emerald Total Care LLC$45,0001n/a
Cornerstone Group Inc$45,0001n/a
Eyeconic Television$45,0001n/a
Kina Healthcare Services Inc$45,0001n/a
Breakthrough Behavioralcognitive Interventionsllc$45,0001n/a
Baby Hair LLC$45,0001n/a
Positive Life & Learning Solutions LLC$45,0001n/a
Worldwide Barrier Breakers$43,8072n/a
Emancipation Economic Development Council$43,80015%
World Youth Foundation Inc$42,1502n/a
Designedengagement Pbc$41,8001n/a
Generation One Inc$40,00012%
D3 Motorsports LLC$40,0001n/a
The Future Beyond Charity Inc$40,00013%
Energized for Excellence Academy Inc$40,00010%
This Little Cake of Mine LLC$40,0001n/a
Calle Lemus 1 Inc$40,0002n/a
Legends Do Live$40,00019%
Teamcare Home Health Services Inc$40,0001n/a
Getcorp Payroll Accounting & Tax$40,0001n/a
Earth's Nectar Inc$40,0001n/a
Gulf Coast Alignments LLC$40,0002n/a
Gb Express LLC$40,0001n/a
Newchannel Incorporated$40,0001n/a
Coolxdad Inc$40,000117%
Vietnamese Community of Houston & Vicinity Inc$40,0001n/a
Edwards Enterprise Unlimited LLC$40,0001n/a
Maidenhead Construction Services Inc$40,0001n/a
Keep Enriching Youth Success$40,000126%
Aknew Approach Incorporated$40,0001n/a
Womens Resource Center$40,000133%
Steps to Excellence Inc$40,0001n/a
Joseph House Community Outreach Center$40,0001n/a
United Colours Education Center$38,800263%
Free Indeed Community Works CDC$38,287128%
Nehemiah Center Inc$38,10022%
Iwe USA Services LLC$36,0001n/a
The Center for Urban Transformation Inc$35,29615%
Sao Lao Thai Cafe LLC$35,1001n/a
Shabach Enterprise$35,000117%
Impact Hub Houston$35,00018%
Vine Dwellers Ministries Inc$35,0001n/a
Back to Eden Fellow Program$35,000120%
Sandra Ellis Enterprises LLC$35,0002n/a
Black United Fund of Texas Inc$35,000115%
C-Stem Teacher and Student Support Services$35,000110%
Families to Freedom Inc$35,00015%
CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare$35,00011%
Row House Community Development Corporation$35,00016%
Insurance and Tax Enterprises Inc$34,7001n/a
Bencheri Educational Center$34,6001n/a
Kidz Knect Resource Center$34,01319%
Young Audiences Inc of Houston$34,00012%
Third Ward Community Fund Management Corporation$32,487210%
Community of Resources Houston$31,200116%
Target Hunger Inc$31,10011%
The Urban Enrichment Institute$30,80015%
Blue Triangle Multicultural$30,00016%
Ashade and Associates LLC$30,0001n/a
Valentino Virgin Hair$30,0001n/a
Houston's Capital Investing in Develop- Ment and Employment of Adults Inc$30,00011%
Barrio Dogs Inc$30,000110%
New Ability Health Center Incorporated$30,00018%
Smartie Pants Academy Center Houston$30,00016%
Family Affairs Tax Pros Co$30,0001n/a
Gulfton Storefront Citizens Committee Inc$30,0001n/a
South Union Community Development Inc South Union CDC$30,0001n/a
Doshi House LLC$30,0001n/a
Pro-Mortuary Services Pllc$30,0001n/a
Island Cambridge Daycare$30,0001n/a
F&P Group LLC$30,0001n/a
Kreole Soul LLC$30,0001n/a
Smartscaping LLC$30,0001n/a
Scott Real Estate Group Inc$30,0001n/a
Supreme Interests Inc$30,0001n/a
A&T Dental Pa$30,0001n/a
Gospel Music Haus & Museum$30,000134%
Kids Arena Inc$30,0001n/a
The Foundation for Black Heritage and Culture$30,000123%
Infinen Holdings LLC$30,0001n/a
H5 Strategic Alliances LLC$30,0001n/a
Lyn and Lemar LLC$30,0001n/a
Multi Cultural Center Inc$30,00014%
Pro-Vision Inc$30,00011%
Bb Fly Trucking LLC$30,0001n/a
Monchys LLC$30,0001n/a
Skyline Animal Hospital Pllc$30,0001n/a
Fecha Mexican Produce LLC$30,0001n/a
Ultimate Touch Incorporated$29,0001n/a
Lovies Pearls$27,7152n/a
Jtww Enterprises LLC$27,1001n/a
Perkins and Crawford Coro$27,0001n/a
Ufcs$27,00014%
1 Archangel Services Inc$26,22514%
Boat People Sos Inc$26,00011%
Jazz Houston$26,00025%
Powells Island Vybes Enterprise$25,0001n/a
Hipp Vegan LLC$25,0001n/a
Bongos Sports Bar Inc$25,0001n/a
Collaborative for Children$25,00010%
Copperfield Ventures LLC$25,0001n/a
Magpies and Peacocks Inc$25,00018%
United Against Human Trafficking$25,00021%
Dreamwhere$25,0001n/a
A Mind to Work Community Development Corporation$25,000113%
Texas Technical Trade School$25,0001n/a
Safeguard Driving School LLC$25,0001n/a
Girls Incorporated of Greater Houston$25,00012%
Cradle2career$25,0001n/a
Nti Career Institute$25,0001n/a
UP Art Studio$25,0001n/a
After Military Service$25,000111%
Morsel and Crumbs LLC$25,0001n/a
Community Services Agency$25,0001n/a
E S Empowered Survivor Inc$25,0001n/a
McI Homes LLC$25,0001n/a
Premier Cash Inc Dba Just Oxtails Soul Food$24,1001n/a
Eado Boxing Club LLC$24,0001n/a
In His Care Ministries$23,50016%
Power Passion Purpose Inc$20,750138%
Epiphany Community Health Outreach Services$20,70011%
Manna House the Third Ward Pantry$20,6001n/a
Mac Enterprise Tax Services$20,2001n/a
E L Kingsley Foundation$20,0001n/a
Sunday Press LLC$20,0001n/a
Mig Logistics$20,0001n/a
Hdz Construction & Remodeling LLC$20,0001n/a
Nixon Home Care Inc$20,00012%
Kindred Stories LLC$20,0001n/a
Diamond Crest Realty Inc$20,0001n/a
Trendsetter Ventures LLC$20,0001n/a
Dart Momentum Transport -Dmt LLC$20,0001n/a
Santander Concepts LLC$20,0001n/a
Sojourn Landing DBA The Landing$20,00011%
Innovation Impact Lab$20,0001n/a
Acres Home Chamber for Business and Economic Development Inc$20,000120%
Usha Christie$20,0001n/a
Accustart LLC$20,0001n/a
Newspring$20,00016%
Power4life Ministries Inc$20,000112%
Discoveru$19,90011%
South Houston Tax & Title Service LLC$19,9001n/a
Foster Care Advocacy Center$17,50012%
New Options Development Center Inc$16,5502n/a
Workers Defense Project$16,00010%
Growth Academy$15,5001n/a
DW&A Inc$15,0001n/a
Bridgewater Property Management Group$15,0001n/a
Tlc Trukin LLC$15,0001n/a
Meeks Vegan Pizza LLC$15,0001n/a
Securum Insurance Solutions Inc$15,0001n/a
Optimal Rider Services LLC$15,0001n/a
Jdynes Productions LLC$15,0001n/a
The Tahirih Justice Center$15,00010%
Tubalance Com LLC$15,0001n/a
More Ice Cream Inc$15,0001n/a
Tyla-Simone's Wings LLC$15,0001n/a
Progressive Amateur Boxing Association Inc$15,0001n/a
Klique Engineering & Logistics Inc$15,0001n/a
Wanderlust Houston a Texas Hostel LLC$15,0001n/a
Eddie B Quick Hotshot Service LLC$15,0001n/a
Perpetual Development LLC$15,0001n/a
Tamika Scott Diversified Business Consulting$15,0001n/a
Rtlm Investments LLC$15,0001n/a
Richard Lin$14,3001n/a
Compassrn$14,1962n/a
Houston Caribbean Professionals Association$14,1001n/a
Exchange to Change LLC$14,1001n/a
Keep Moving Ministries$13,5372n/a
A Place for Me$13,2001n/a
Spirit Inc$13,1002n/a
Lol Movement$13,0001n/a
Shifa Healthcare & Community Services USA Inc$13,00011%
Phenomenal Womens Empowerment Organization$13,0001n/a
Energy Software Consultants Corporation$12,5001n/a
Second Wind for Life Initiative$11,49625%
Black Girls Do Engineer Corporation$11,0001n/a
Choose to Do$10,8452n/a
Ovarcome Non-Profit Inc$10,50013%
Penitent's Grace Inc$10,00019%
Normal Anomaly Initiative Inc$10,00011%
Hillscope Healthcare Inc$10,0001n/a
Inspire Women$10,00011%
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium Inc$10,00010%
Liles Legacy Group Inc$10,0001n/a
Chayah Management Group$10,0001n/a
Brook Community Development Corp$10,0001n/a
Renew All Ministries$10,0001n/a
Houston-Prairie View Alumni Chapter$10,0001n/a
Cynthia A Guillory Foundation$10,000178%
Thomasol Group LLC$10,0001n/a
Ggc Brokerage Corporation$10,0001n/a
Pinch-Dash-Done LLC$10,0001n/a
Urban Community Network$10,00013%
Texas Association of Community Development Corp$10,00012%
Merino's Produce Distributors Corp$10,0001n/a
International Skills Inc$10,00011%
As One Foundation$10,000111%
Chuks Global Logistics Inc$10,0001n/a
Toasters Houston LLC$10,0001n/a
Out Tha Mud Beverages LLC$10,0001n/a
Womxn on the Moon LLC$10,0001n/a
Mission Transformation Corp$10,0001n/a
Angela House$10,0001n/a
Morales Auto Motors$10,0001n/a
The East End Chamber of Commerce Foundation$10,000123%
Houston Content Lab$10,0001n/a
Rainbow F Love Inc$10,00011%
Mack Performing Arts Collective$9,8001n/a
Amandla$9,5001n/a
Safe Place Outreach$7,9501n/a
Xceptional Tax Service LLC$7,4001n/a
Twice Teen-Mothers Walking in Committed Excellence$6,5001n/a
Speak Out Inc$6,500190%
Grace Pediatrics and Family Clinic Inc$5,6001n/a
My Brothers & Sisters Restoration$5,500110%
Girltalk University Inc$5,4961n/a
Cdj Caring Does Justice Foundation$5,496110%
JS&D Sports Development Outreach Ministries$5,3961n/a
Single Parent Families Battling Cancer Foundation Inc$5,2961n/a
Communities for Better Health$5,29613%

Where it is load-bearing

The Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 13 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 111 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHouston Freedmen's Town Conservancy Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetBread of Life Inc: $106,600 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetKnowledge-First: $100,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetWest Street Recovery: $100,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetHeart of Houston CDC Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetCareer Gear Houston: $100,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetHope Disaster Recovery LLC: $80,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetMy Connect Community: $80,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetWilliam a Lawson Institute for Peace and Prosperity: $79,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation: $75,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetArts Connect Houston: $75,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetNeighborhood Recovery Communit Development Corp: $71,700 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSystem for Education Empowerment and Success: $70,000 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetIndia House Inc: $69,025 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetSHAPE Community Center: $67,925 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetHarvest Community Development Corporation: $66,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetS & R Truck Driving Institute: $65,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetBrentwood Economic Com Dev Corp: $62,700 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetTexas Southern University Foundatio: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Imani School: $60,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPrison Entrepreneurship Program Inc: $59,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetInstitute of Chinese Culture: $55,500 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetEast Harris County Empowerment Council: $55,103 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetLink Houston: $55,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetBunnies on the Bayou Inc: $55,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetCharacter Camp: $54,900 over 1y, 28% of budgetHouston Pets Alive: $54,700 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetUhphealth Inc: $53,582 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association: $53,296 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetRsa of Dance and Performing Arts: $52,853 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetRutherford B H Yates Museum Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetCommunity Family Centers Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetChinese Community Center Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTlc Health & Wellness: $50,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetEnergized for STEM Academy Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTexas Coalition of Rural Landowners: $48,300 over 2y, 35% of budgetEmancipation Economic Development Council: $43,800 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetGeneration One Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetThe Future Beyond Charity Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetEnergized for Excellence Academy Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLegends Do Live: $40,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetCoolxdad Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetKeep Enriching Youth Success: $40,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetWomens Resource Center: $40,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetUnited Colours Education Center: $38,800 over 2y, 63% of budgetFree Indeed Community Works CDC: $38,287 over 1y, 28% of budgetNehemiah Center Inc: $38,100 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetThe Center for Urban Transformation Inc: $35,296 over 1y, 5.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 111.

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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.

United Way of Greater HoustonTX57.7× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Houston · Houston Endowment Inc · Houston Texans Foundation · Houston Arts Alliance · The Brown Foundation Inc · The Methodist Hospital · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · The Houston Food Bank · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Junior League of Houston 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.

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About The Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity

How much does The Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity give?
The Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity reported 73 itemized grants totaling $2,187,550, out of $2,995,150 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 113 and 154 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does The Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (65%), Human Services (9%), Education (5%).
Who are The Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Three Keys Coffee LLC ($120k), Houston Freedmen's Town Conservancy Inc ($110k), Bread of Life Inc ($107k).
Does The Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 90% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Houston, Houston Endowment Inc, Houston Texans Foundation.
Where is The Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity based?
The Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity is based in TX.

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 293 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.

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