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The Junior League of Houston Inc

See Schedule OThe Junior League of Houston, Inc.

$864k
Granted FY2025still arriving
37
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$73k
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 2025.

Health$4.3MHuman Services$1.4MFood & Nutrition$622kArts & Culture$450kEducation$377kHousing & Shelter$365kCrime & Legal$272kEmployment$157kOther$0
02FY2025 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 37 grants below total $797,543, the rows itemized in this filing. The $863,627 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $66,084 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $503k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $259k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc$72,500
Kids' Meals$70,199
Ronald McDonald House of Houston Inc$64,934
BEAR-BE A Resource CPS Kids$51,000
Texas Children's Hospital$48,735
Children's Museum of Houston$40,057
Casa de Esperanza de los Ninos$38,172
Star of Hope$32,855
Child Advocates Inc$30,653
Epilepsy Foundation of Texas$20,000
Texas Children's Hospital$20,000
Houston Area Women's Center$19,455
Baylor College of Medicine Teen Health Clinic$19,218
The Westview School Inc$18,477
AIDS Foundation Houston Inc$15,147
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 (FY17–25, $3.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Free the Captives: $15k → 9%Operation Pathways: $10k → 14%Gift of Adoption Fund Inc: $10k → 14%Blessings in a Backpack Inc: $30k → 15%Counseling Connect for Change: $10k → 10%Nehemiah Center Inc: $20k → 16%BEAR-BE A Resource CPS Kids: $53k → 16%BEAR-BE A Resource CPS Kids: $51k → 16%BEAR-BE A Resource CPS Kids: $47k → 16%BEAR-BE A Resource CPS Kids: $47k → 16%BEAR-BE A Resource CPS Kids: $46k → 16%BEAR-BE A Resource CPS Kids: $28k → 16%Houston Area Women's Center: $25k → 16%Houston Area Women's Center: $22k → 16%Houston Area Women's Center: $19k → 16%Houston Area Women's Center: $15k → 16%Houston Area Womens Center: $13k → 16%Houston Area Womens Center: $12k → 16%Houston Area Womens Center: $11k → 16%ECHOS: $12k → 16%Spaulding for Children: $16k → 16%Collaborative for Children: $15k → 16%Neighborhood Centers Inc: $11k → 16%Epiphany Community Health Outreach Services: $15k → 16%Have Shears Will Travel: $15k → 16%Neighbors in Action Inc: $22k → 16%Neighbors in Action Inc: $13k → 16%The Furniture Bank: $16k → 16%DePelchin Children's Center: $2.0M → 16%Clothed By Faith: $15k → 16%Northwest Assis Ministries: $12k → 16%Kids' Meals: $70k → 16%Kids' Meals: $66k → 16%Kids Meals: $66k → 16%Kids' Meals: $61k → 16%Kids Meals: $59k → 16%Kids Meals: $57k → 16%Kids' Meals: $54k → 16%BEAR-BE A Resource CPS Kids: $51k → 16%BEAR-BE A Resource CPS Kids: $51k → 16%BEAR-BE A Resource CPS Kids: $50k → 16%Kids Meals: $44k → 16%Kids Meals: $39k → 16%Dress for Success Houston: $21k → 16%Dress for Success Houston: $14k → 16%Dress for Success Houston: $10k → 16%Dress for Success Houston: $10k → 16%Dress for Success Houston: $10k → 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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of The Junior League of Houston Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 99% of the giving stays in TX; by stated purpose, 93%.

The Junior League of Houston Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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.
$7.2M · 48 repeat orgs$980k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

48 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
62

Total granted

$7.2M
$788k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+19%

Still filing today

96%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $193k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • DC
    DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER
    3× · 2017–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +30%
  • TC
    Texas Children's Hospital
    9× · 2017–2025 · $956k · revenue +105%
  • KM
    KIDS' MEALS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $518k · revenue +595%

Funded once

  • TR
    THE ROSE
    one grant, 2021 · $24k · revenue -7%
  • WH
    WEST HOUSTON ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $22k · revenue +94%
  • CL
    CHILDREN'S LITERACY INITIATIVE
    one grant, 2019 · $21k · revenue -72%
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
Houston Local Information Initiative Inc

The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.

Arts & Culture
4
Fostering Family

Fostering family dba the riverside project is a 501(c)(3) public charity that on behalf of houston's children and their families, brings together organizations and passionate people working as one to help families heal and children thrive.

Community Improvement
5
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
6
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
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 Independent School District Foundation

The HISD Foundation is dedicated to mobilizing the local community to support innovative priorities in HISD to improve outcomes for all students in the district. Our mission is to fund projects and programs of merit that fall outside of…

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9
Harris County Medical Society

Our mission is to be the leading advocate for our member physicians, their patients and our community, in promoting the highest standards of ethical medical practice, access to quality medical care, medical education, research, and…

—
10
Made Houston

MADE Houston was formed to create a school community focused on nurturing and developing the unique academic and social needs of students with learning differences and to successfully transition students into mainstream schools.

Education
11
Good Reason Houston Inc

Good Reason Houston strives to grow and sustain great schools while advocating for families and communities.

Education
12
Houston MediaSource

Houston MediaSource aspires to be the community media center for the City of Houston. HMS provides public access to media platforms that promote citizen engagement, protect the right to free expression, and provide opportunities to advance…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for the Missing; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

115 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 115 of the 120 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)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
113/115
Grantees still filing
81/115
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $2,023,618 · Human ServicesDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTERKIDS' MEALS INC: $518,188 · Human ServicesKIDS' MEALS INCBEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS: $425,101 · Human ServicesBEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS+32 more: $742,189 · Human Services+32 moreTexas Children's Hospital: $955,934 · HealthTexas Children's Hospit…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC: $405,165 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE C…AIDS FOUNDATION HOUSTON INC: $133,512 · HealthAIDS FOUNDATION HOUSTON…+12 more: $221,827 · Health+12 moreCASA DE ESPERANZA DE LOS NINOS INC: $334,727 · OtherCASA DE ESPERAN…The Houston Food Bank: $53,432 · OtherSIRE INC: $45,000 · OtherMISSION OF YAHWEH INC: $44,400 · OtherCHINQUAPIN PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $41,518 · OtherEducational Programs Inspiring Communities Inc: $40,000 · Other+38 more: $589,416 · Other+38 moreBaylor College of Medicine: $281,919 · EducationThe Westview School Inc: $156,106 · EducationSan Francisco Nativity Academy: $34,000 · EducationBOOKS BETWEEN KIDS INC: $22,000 · EducationCHILDREN'S LITERACY INITIATIVE: $21,250 · EducationTHE ARBOR SCHOOL: $20,000 · Education+3 more: $42,000 · EducationCHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $333,907 · Arts & CultureBo's Place: $28,713 · Arts & CultureHouston Museum of Natural Science: $19,554 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $76,090 · Arts & CultureSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $247,236 · Housing & ShelterHouston Habitat for Humanity Inc: $72,500 · Housing & ShelterRebuilding Together Houston: $20,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterCHILD ADVOCATES INC: $241,642 · Crime & LegalChildren's Assessment Center Foundation: $20,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $8,000 · Crime & Legal
Human Services$3,709,096Health$1,716,438Other$1,148,493Education$577,275Arts & Culture$458,264Housing & Shelter$349,736Crime & Legal$269,642

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 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
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.

Albert & Ethel Herzst…Harry S & Isabel C Ca…Greater Houston Commu…Charity Guild of Cath…Strake FoundationShell USA Company Fou…The Brown Foundation …The Elkins FoundationMarek Family Foundati…The William Stamps Fa…United Way of Greater…Baxter Trust Co Priva…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Junior League of Houston Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Junior League of Houston Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    31report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 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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