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The Jackson Foundation at a glance

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The Jackson Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.9M
Granted FY2022
4
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$1.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Philanthropy$2.0MFood & Nutrition$133kEducation$62kHealth$54kHuman Services$29kArts & Culture$19kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kCrime & Legal$14kOther$0
02FY2022 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k3 grants · $11k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.9M
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PNC BANK THE FUND FOR CHARITABLE GIVING$1,884,994
HOUSTON FOOD BANK$5,000
CAMP FOR ALL$5,000
PALMER DRUG ABUSE PROGRAM$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 (FY20–20, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%TARGET HUNGER: $5k → 16%NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $5k → 16%KIDS' MEALS: $8k → 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.
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.

12%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$287k · 16 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2022, 15 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
23

Total granted

$287k
$141k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+34%

Still filing today

69%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • The Houston Food Bank
    3× · 2018–2022 · $120k · revenue +28%
  • CA
    CHILD ADVOCATES INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $14k · revenue +12%
  • AA
    ARCHWAY ACADEMY
    3× · 2017–2020 · $14k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF GREATER HOUSTON (COVID RECOVERY FUND)
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • SF
    ST FRANCIS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • AT
    ASSIST THE OFFICER FBO HARVEY RELIEF
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
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
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
2
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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3
Breakthrough Houston

The mission of Breakthrough Houston (BTH) is to work with highly motivated students to achieve post-secondary success and empower aspiring leaders to become the next generation of educational advocates.

Education
4
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
5
The Women's Resource of Greater Houston

See Schedule OThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston helps women and girls make choices toward becoming independent, productive, and financially stable. We fulfill our mission by recruiting volunteer instructors to deliver our programs in…

Philanthropy
6
Rebuilding Together Houston

Rebuilding Together Houston is the only organization in Houston and Harris County providing free home repairs to hundreds of families each year. We employ licensed contractors to restore homes to safe, livable conditions, extending each…

Housing & Shelter
7
Houston Christian Foundation dba National Christian Foundation Houston

As the Houston affiliate of the National Christian Foundation (NCF), our mission is to serve and encourage givers to grow as faithful stewards who give wisely to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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8
Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc

Seeking to put God's love into action, Houston Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to provide a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Housing & Shelter
9
LifeHouse of Houston Inc

LifeHouse is a Christ-centered ministry ensuring life for unborn children by providing opportunities for housing, help, and hope for young women during their pregnancies and beyond.

—
10
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston's mission is to inspire and enable all youth, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.

Youth Development
11
Houston's Amazing Place Inc

Amazing Place empowers families facing the challenges of dementia and Alzheimer's and advances brain health for all. The Organization serves adults with mild cognitive impairment and mild to moderate dementia, caregiving families and…

Human Services
12
Houston Museum of Natural Science

The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Houston Community Health Centers Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ronald McDONALD House Charities of Greater North Texas 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

24 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. 24 of the 43 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PNC BANK THE FUND FOR CHARITABLE GIVING: $1,884,994 · OtherPNC BANK THE FUND FOR CHARITABLE GIVINGThe Houston Food Bank: $120,000 · OtherThe Houston Food Bank+26 more: $187,000 · Other+26 moreThe Brookwood Community Inc: $17,400 · EducationARCHWAY ACADEMY: $14,000 · EducationSmall Steps Nurturing Center: $14,000 · EducationGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyThe Periwinkle Foundation: $8,000 · PhilanthropyRONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyChristian Community Service Center Inc: $9,500 · Human ServicesKIDS' MEALS INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $5,000 · Human ServicesTarget Hunger Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON: $14,000 · HealthHOUSTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $1,500 · HealthChildproof America: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentCamp For All Foundation: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHILD ADVOCATES INC: $14,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$2,191,994Education$45,400Philanthropy$35,500Human Services$27,000Health$15,500Youth Development$15,000Crime & Legal$14,000

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 budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $120,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc: $17,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES INC: $14,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetARCHWAY ACADEMY: $14,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON: $14,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSmall Steps Nurturing Center: $14,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChildproof America: $10,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetBo's Place: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetChristian Community Service Center Inc: $9,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Periwinkle Foundation: $8,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNewspring: $7,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp For All Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTarget Hunger Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSpringSpirit Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHUNT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $4,500 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetRONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTheatre Under the Stars Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHERISH OUR CHILDREN INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOUSTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALS ASSOCIATION-TEXAS CHAPTER: $1,000 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.

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 Commu…Albert & Ethel Herzst…The Brown Foundation …The Medallion Foundat…Charity Guild of Cath…The Elkins FoundationShell USA Company Fou…Wayne Duddlesten Foun…The Whalley FoundationVivian L Smith Founda…Strake FoundationThe Enrico & Sandra D…
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX24.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · The Medallion Foundation Inc · Charity Guild of Catholic Women of Harris County Inc · The Elkins Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Wayne Duddlesten Foundation · The Whalley Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · Strake Foundation · The Enrico & Sandra Di Portanova Charitable 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 Jackson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jackson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Jackson Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Jackson Foundation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 43 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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