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The Junior League of Houston Inc

See Schedule OThe Junior League of Houston, Inc. is an organization of women whose mission is to advance women's leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. The League has been "Building A Better Community" by addressing community…

$864k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
37
Itemized grants FY2025
31
Organizations funded FY2024
32%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$798k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$72,500
Organizations funded a year
26 to 40
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$25M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 32% of the organizations The Junior League of Houston Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving36$798k28%
FY202431$649k32%
FY202328$2.6M36%
FY202226$627k31%
FY202128$592k43%
FY202031$558k35%
FY201929$601k34%
FY201840$1.1M45%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$4.3MHuman Services$1.4MFood & Nutrition$622kArts & Culture$450kEducation$377kHousing & Shelter$365kCrime & Legal$272kEmployment$157kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Junior League of Houston Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Depelchin Children's Center$2,023,61835%
Texas Children's Hospital$955,93490%
Kids' Meals Inc$518,18892%
Bear Be a Resource for Cps Kids$425,10195%
Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc$405,16591%
Casa de Esperanza de Los Ninos Inc$334,72791%
Children's Museum Inc$333,90790%
Baylor College of Medicine$281,91990%
Star of Hope Mission$247,23690%
Child Advocates Inc$241,64291%
The Westview School Inc$156,10691%
AIDS Foundation Houston Inc$133,51290%
Houston Area Women's Center$116,94870%
Dress for Success Houston$98,13691%
Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc$72,50010%
The Houston Food Bank$53,43240%
BakerRipley$47,02240%
Sire Inc$45,00031%
Mission of Yahweh Inc$44,40031%
American Diabetes Association$43,30840%
Neighbors In Action Inc$43,08334%
Chinquapin Preparatory School$41,51850%
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$40,00020%
Educational Programs Inspiring Communities Inc$40,00022%
Memorial Hermann Health System$36,16940%
Camp For All Foundation$35,31230%
San Francisco Nativity Academy$34,00031%
The Woods Project$34,00023%
Bo's Place$28,71340%
Epiphany Community Health Outreach Services$26,80021%
The Furniture Bank$26,20020%
Big Love Cancer Care Services$25,00022%
Clothed by Faith Inc$25,00024%
The Rose$23,80010%
Houston Zoo Inc$23,14040%
Have Shears Will Travel$22,80026%
Camp Janus$22,0072n/a
Books Between Kids Inc$22,00021%
West Houston Assistance Ministries Inc$22,00011%
Children's Literacy Initiative$21,25010%
Epilepsy Foundation of Texas$20,0001n/a
Christ Church Cathedral$20,0001n/a
Childbuilders$20,00024%
Undies for Everyone$20,00023%
The Arbor School$20,00011%
Nehemiah Center Inc$20,00012%
Rebuilding Together Houston$20,00020%
CG Jung Educational Center of Houston Texas Inc$20,00021%
Children's Assessment Center Foundation$20,00010%
Chance for Hope Foundation$20,00015%
Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans$19,80020%
Houston Museum of Natural Science$19,55430%
The Workfaith Connection$18,80011%
His Grace Foundation$18,00021%
Gift of Adoption Fund Inc$18,00020%
Utmd Anderson$17,9573n/a
The W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation$16,25010%
CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare$16,25010%
Small Steps Nurturing Center$16,00010%
Young Audiences Inc of Houston$16,00021%
Spaulding for Children$15,87011%
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School of Houston Inc$15,8001n/a
Center for the Missing$15,20021%
Prelude Music Foundation$15,00013%
LifeHouse of Houston Inc$15,00011%
Mikeys Place$15,0001n/a
Houston Botanic Garden$15,00010%
New Life Tabernacle Church of God in Christ Inc$15,0001n/a
Cherish Our Children Inc$15,00014%
Collaborative for Children$15,00010%
FamilyPoint Resources$15,00013%
Childrens Transplant Initiative$15,00012%
Free the Captives$15,00012%
Spring Branch Community Health Center$15,00010%
Fort Bend Family Promise$15,00011%
Foundation for Autism Care Education and Services$15,00015%
Intertwined$15,000114%
Community of Resources Houston$14,50017%
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Family Alliance$13,65011%
Sickle Cell Texas Marc Thomas Foundation$13,10012%
Stages$13,00010%
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston$12,95020%
Northwest Assistance Ministries$12,00010%
Sojourn Landing DBA The Landing$10,00010%
Remind$10,00011%
Nora's Gift Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Foster Care Advocacy Center$10,00011%
Nature Discovery Center$10,00011%
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft$10,00011%
Project Joy & Hope for Texas$10,00011%
Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc$10,00010%
Social Motion Inc$10,00011%
Memorial Assistance Ministries$10,00010%
The St Bernard Project Inc$10,00010%
Family to Family Network$10,00014%
Gigis Playhouse Inc$10,0001n/a
Wellsprings Village Inc$10,00012%
The Way Home Adoption Inc$10,00013%
Operation Pathways Inc$10,0001n/a
Girls on the Run Greater Houston$10,00012%
Counseling Connections for Change Inc$10,00011%
Arts Connect Houston$10,0001n/a
YES Prep Public Schools Inc$10,00010%
Houston Ballet Foundation$10,00010%
Mission Squash of Houston$10,00011%
Making It Better dba Literacy Now$10,00011%
The Women's Resource of Greater Houston$10,00010%
Genaustin$10,00010%
Main Street Ministries Houston$10,00011%
Girls Incorporated of Greater Houston$10,00011%
Harris County Hospital District Foundation$10,00010%
Small Places$10,0001n/a
Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas Inc$9,00010%
Outreach Center of West Houston Inc$8,00014%
Houston Revision$8,00011%
Cancare Inc$7,50011%
The Center for Pursuit$7,00010%
Community Family Centers Inc$5,53010%
Gigis Playhouse Inc$5,5001n/a
John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science$5,14010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Junior League of Houston Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDepelchin Children's Center: $2,023,618 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $955,934 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetKids' Meals Inc: $518,188 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetBear Be a Resource for Cps Kids: $425,101 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc: $405,165 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetCasa de Esperanza de Los Ninos Inc: $334,727 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetChildren's Museum Inc: $333,907 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $281,919 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetStar of Hope Mission: $247,236 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetChild Advocates Inc: $241,642 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetThe Westview School Inc: $156,106 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetAIDS Foundation Houston Inc: $133,512 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetHouston Area Women's Center: $116,948 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetDress for Success Houston: $98,136 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetHouston Habitat for Humanity Inc: $72,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $53,432 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBakerRipley: $47,022 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSire Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMission of Yahweh Inc: $44,400 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $43,308 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNeighbors In Action Inc: $43,083 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetChinquapin Preparatory School: $41,518 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetBlessings in a Backpack Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEducational Programs Inspiring Communities Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetMemorial Hermann Health System: $36,169 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCamp For All Foundation: $35,312 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSan Francisco Nativity Academy: $34,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetThe Woods Project: $34,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetBo's Place: $28,713 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetEpiphany Community Health Outreach Services: $26,800 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetThe Furniture Bank: $26,200 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBig Love Cancer Care Services: $25,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetClothed by Faith Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetThe Rose: $23,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Zoo Inc: $23,140 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHave Shears Will Travel: $22,800 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetBooks Between Kids Inc: $22,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetWest Houston Assistance Ministries Inc: $22,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChildren's Literacy Initiative: $21,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildbuilders: $20,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetUndies for Everyone: $20,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetThe Arbor School: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNehemiah Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetRebuilding Together Houston: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCG Jung Educational Center of Houston Texas Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetChildren's Assessment Center Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChance for Hope Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetAssociation for the Advancement of Mexican Americans: $19,800 over 2y, 0.1% 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 108.

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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.

Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable FoundationTX104.5× affinity51 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Charity Guild of Catholic Women of Harris County Inc · Strake Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · The Elkins Foundation · Marek Family Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund · United Way of Greater Houston · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services

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 Junior League of Houston Inc

How much does The Junior League of Houston Inc give?
The Junior League of Houston Inc reported 37 itemized grants totaling $797,543, out of $863,627 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 40 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Junior League of Houston Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (52%), Human Services (17%), Food & Nutrition (8%).
Who are The Junior League of Houston Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Depelchin Children's Center ($2.0M), Texas Children's Hospital ($956k), Kids' Meals Inc ($518k).
Does The Junior League of Houston Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Junior League of Houston Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation, Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company, Greater Houston Community Foundation.
Where is The Junior League of Houston Inc based?
The Junior League of Houston Inc 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 120 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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