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The Hrebenar 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.

$121k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$34k
Largest
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Crime & Legal$177kReligion$161kHousing & Shelter$143kHuman Services$73kHealth$60kEducation$32kRecreation & Sports$24kPublic Benefit$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $91k
$1,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$631k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST LAURENCE PARISH$34,000
FORT BEND WOMENS SHELTER$27,373
CHILD ADVOCATES OF FORT BEND$15,054
Individual grant recipient$15,000
EXCHANGE CLUB OF SUGAR LAND$6,000
CAMP HOPE$5,000
EAST BERNARD FFA BOOSTER CLUB$4,750
KIDNEY FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA$2,605
ASSOCIATION OF MIRACULOUS MEDAL$2,000
SUGAR LAND POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIAT$2,000
ST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$1,500
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$1,000
LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE$1,000
SMILE TRAIN$1,000
MERCY SHIPS$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BOYSTOWN: $100 → 12%TRUE TO LIFE MINISTRIES: $1k → 10%NEIGHBORS IN ACTION: $1k → 16%HOPE IMPACTS: $6k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$683k · 26 repeat orgs$94k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
32

Total granted

$683k
$85k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+17%

Still filing today

35%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
ReligionHuman ServicesInternationalPublic BenefitCivil RightsEducationOther
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

  • EC
    Exchange Club of Sugar Land
    3× · 2023–2025 · $21k · revenue +2%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $8k · revenue +112%
  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $3k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $11k
  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY GIVE A CHRISTMAS
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • OS
    OPERATION SMILE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue 0%
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.

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Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
2
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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3
The Methodist Hospital Foundation

Mission: this organization is part of the methodist hospital, doing business as houston methodist hospital, whose mission is: to provide high quality, cost-effective health care that delivers the best value to the people we serve in a…

Health
4
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
5
Fraternal Order of Police Canfield Lodge 212

1. to support and defend the constitution of the united states; to inculcate loyalty and allegiance to the united states of america; to promote and foster the enforcement of law and order; to improve the individual proficiency of our…

Public Benefit
6
Holy Cross Hospital Inc

We, holy cross hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. holy cross hospital is a member of trinity health.

Health
7
Special Ops Survivors

Special ops survivors advances the mission "to embrace and empower surviving spouses of fallen special operations heroes to build healthy post-loss futures as they transition and rebuild their new lives." the foundation provides programs…

Human Services
8
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
9
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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10
Special Forces Foundation

The special forces foundation provides immediate and ongoing support to the special forces community and their families.

Philanthropy
11
Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
12
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The 100 Club Inc; the most unlike its peers is Father Flanagan's Boys' Home. 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

27 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. 27 of the 64 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
17/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST LAURENCE PARISH: $135,349 · OtherST LAURENCE PARISHFORT BEND WOMENS SHELTER: $133,993 · OtherFORT BEND WOMENS SHELTERIndividual grant recipient: $80,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $35,400 · OtherMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTERST LAURENCE CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $23,000 · OtherExchange Club of Sugar Land: $21,000 · Other+42 more: $133,943 · Other+42 moreFt Bend County Child Advocates Inc: $165,284 · Civil RightsFt Bend County Child Adv…Mission of Divine Mercy Inc: $5,000 · ReligionFRANSALIAN MISSIONARIES INC: $5,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 · ReligionTHE FOUNDATION FOR A CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION INC: $750 · ReligionUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $5,000 · Public BenefitPTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $5,000 · Public BenefitLeadership Institute: $1,000 · Public BenefitSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $8,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $500 · EducationHOPE IMPACTS: $5,500 · Human ServicesTRUE TO LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesNeighbors In Action Inc: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesOPERATION SMILE INC: $5,500 · InternationalMercy Ships International: $2,000 · International
Other$562,685Civil Rights$165,284Religion$15,750Public Benefit$11,000Education$8,500Human Services$7,600International$7,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFt Bend County Child Advocates Inc: $165,284 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetExchange Club of Sugar Land: $21,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE IMPACTS: $5,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMission of Divine Mercy Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRANSALIAN MISSIONARIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $3,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOTHERS OF HELD ANGELS: $2,591 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLaw Enforcement Legal Defense Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUE TO LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNeighbors In Action Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR A CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE 100 CLUB INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $100 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.

  • Who funds Ft Bend County Child Advocates Inc ↗
  • Who funds Exchange Club of Sugar Land ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE IMPACTS ↗
  • Who funds UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds Mission of Divine Mercy Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRANSALIAN MISSIONARIES INC ↗
  • Who funds PTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ↗
  • Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds MOTHERS OF HELD ANGELS ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund ↗
  • Who funds TRUE TO LIFE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds The Houston Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds Neighbors In Action 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.

Greater Houston Community FoundationTX17.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · 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 Hrebenar Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hrebenar Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 64 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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