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The Houtz Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Houtz 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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$250k
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 2024.

Arts & Culture$3.1MAnimals$1.4MFood & Nutrition$1.1MHealth$1.1MReligion$493kHuman Services$345kYouth Development$175kEnvironment$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $85k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $787k
  • $250k+2 grants · $500k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DAYTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY DAYTON MUSEUM OF$250,000
FOODBANK INC$250,000
DAYTON HISTORY$150,000
SOCIETY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF CONDITIONS FOR STRA$112,000
EMERGE RECOVERY & TRADES INITIATIVE$100,000
UNITED REHABILITATION SERVICES OF GREATER DAYTON$100,000
YOUNG LIFE$75,000
TBE$50,000
HANNAHS TREASURE CHEST$50,000
ST PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$50,000
SERVIAS MINISTRIES INC$50,000
SOPHIE KERRIGAN FOR THE LOVE OF ANIMALS$50,000
THERAPEUTIC RIDING INSTITUTE INC$45,000
DAYTON DIAPER DEPOT$25,000
CLOTHES THAT WORK$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $310k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%CLOTHES THAT WORK: $15k → 14%ELIZABETHS NEW LIFE CENTER INC: $50k → 14%HANNAHS TREASURE CHEST: $75k → 14%HANNAHS TREASURE CHEST: $50k → 14%HANNAHS TREASURE CHEST: $20k → 14%HANNAHS TREASURE CHEST: $50k → 14%HANNAHS TREASURE CHEST: $50k → 14%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.4M · 15 repeat orgs$455k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
9

Total granted

$7.4M
$340k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+37%

Still filing today

80%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $115k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionReligionOther
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

  • SF
    Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +100%
  • TF
    THE FOODBANK INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +40%
  • BP
    BRIGID'S PATH INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $300k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • TD
    THE DAYTON ART INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue -18%
  • EN
    ELIZABETH'S NEW LIFE CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +79%
  • ER
    EMERGE RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
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
Hospice of Dayton Inc

The hospice of dayton, inc. is committed to making quality hospice care available and accessible to terminally ill persons and their families, regardless of ability to pay, and in a manner consistent with the highest hospice standards. our…

Human Services
2
Dayton Christian Center Inc

To promote community by nuturing children and empowering familites in a christian environment by providing childcare services and supportive services for families.

Religion
3
Gem City Kitties

Our mission is to create a more compassionate community for cats in dayton, oh.

Animals
4
Humane Society of Greater Dayton

We advance the health, welfare and safety of animals and people.

Animals
5
The Little Exchange Inc

The mission of the little exchange foundation is to maximize donations for its charitable endeavors, to oversee the strategic management of the little exchange retail establishment, and to provide an environment that promotes…

Arts & Culture
6
Cincinnati Animal Care Humane Society

We meet the immediate needs of animals in our community through individualized care, life saving solutions, and temporary shelter en-route to a safe, compatible home. we envision a community where all animals are valued, protected and have…

Animals
7
Children's Home Care of Dayton

To provide quality home health services to infants, children, and young adults. the care provided will be coordinated, comprehensive, and family centered to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the children and their…

Health
8
Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc

Helping individuals live with dignity through the final stage of life.

Human Services
9
Dayspring Center Inc

Social services for low-income families.

Housing & Shelter
10
Days End Farm Horse Rescue Inc

To ensure quality care and treatment of horses through intervention, education and outreach.

Animals
11
Ywca Dayton

YWCA Dayton is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

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12
Daybreak Youth Services

Daybreak saves young lives by demonstrating love and bringing hope for their future.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dayton Children's Hospital; the most unlike its peers is Therapeutic Riding Institute Inc. 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

20 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. 20 of the 26 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DAYTON HISTORY: $1,920,000 · Arts & CultureDAYTON HISTORYTHE DAYTON ART INSTITUTE: $100,000 · Arts & CultureDAYTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY DAYTON MUSEUM OF: $1,100,000 · OtherDAYTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HI…ST PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $170,000 · OtherST PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHU…TBE: $122,500 · OtherTBETHERAPEUTIC RIDING INSTITUTE INC: $120,000 · OtherTHERAPEUTIC RIDING INSTITUTE…UNITED REHABILITATION SERVICES OF GREATER DAYTON: $100,000 · OtherYOUNG LIFE: $175,000 · OtherYOUNG LIFE+6 more: $175,000 · Other+6 moreSociety for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals: $1,137,000 · AnimalsSociety for the Impr…SOPHIE KERRIGAN FOR THE LOVE OF ANIMALS: $275,000 · AnimalsSOPHIE KERRIGAN FOR …+1 more: $15,000 · AnimalsTHE FOODBANK INC: $1,100,000 · Food & NutritionTHE FOODBANK IN…BRIGID'S PATH INC: $300,000 · HealthBRIGID'S PA…DAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $235,000 · HealthDAYTON CHIL…Emerge Recovery and Trades Initiative: $200,000 · HealthEmerge Reco…DAYTON DIAPER DEPOT: $75,000 · HealthDAYTON DIAP…HANNAH'S TREASURE CHEST: $245,000 · Human ServicesELIZABETH'S NEW LIFE CENTER INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesCLOTHES THAT WORK: $15,000 · Human ServicesSERVIAS MINISTRIES INC: $200,000 · Religion
Arts & Culture$2,020,000Other$1,962,500Animals$1,427,000Food & Nutrition$1,100,000Health$810,000Human Services$310,000Religion$200,000

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 budgetDAYTON HISTORY: $1,920,000 over 6y, 7.0% of budgetSociety for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals: $1,137,000 over 7y, 7.3% of budgetTHE FOODBANK INC: $1,100,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetBRIGID'S PATH INC: $300,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetSOPHIE KERRIGAN FOR THE LOVE OF ANIMALS: $275,000 over 5y, 56% of budgetHANNAH'S TREASURE CHEST: $245,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetDAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $235,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEmerge Recovery and Trades Initiative: $200,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetSERVIAS MINISTRIES INC: $200,000 over 4y, 58% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $175,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHERAPEUTIC RIDING INSTITUTE INC: $120,000 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetTHE DAYTON ART INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetUNITED REHABILITATION SERVICES OF GREATER DAYTON: $100,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDAYTON DIAPER DEPOT: $75,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetELIZABETH'S NEW LIFE CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDIABETES ASSOCIATION OF THE DAYTON AREA: $35,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetFOR LOVE OF CHILDREN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetFINAL SALUTE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetCLOTHES THAT WORK: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOUR FARM SANCTUARY: $15,000 over 1y, 5.0% 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.

The Dayton FoundationDayton Foundation Dep…Dayton Foundation Plu…Synchrony FoundationMathile Family Founda…The Berry Family Foun…The Jesse and Caryl P…The Fred and Alice Wa…Iddings Benevolent Tr…Virginia W Kettering …Gerald M & Carole a M…Levin Family Foundati…
The Dayton FoundationOH35.5× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dayton Foundation · Dayton Foundation Depository · Dayton Foundation Plus Inc · Synchrony Foundation · Mathile Family Foundation · The Berry Family Foundation · The Jesse and Caryl Philips Foundation · The Fred and Alice Wallace Charitable Memorial Foundation · Iddings Benevolent Trust Xxxxx5009 · Virginia W Kettering Foundation Xxxxx3003 · Gerald M & Carole a Miller Family Foundation · Levin Family 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 Houtz Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Houtz Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 26 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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