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The Lewis and Joan Lowenstein Foundation

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.

$270k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Human Services$1.0MEducation$965kHealth$519kReligion$389kHousing & Shelter$339kArts & Culture$256kPhilanthropy$221kInternational$190kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $62k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $208k
$12,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$8.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON$25,000
SEVEN ACRES JEWISH SENIOR CARE SERVICES$20,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATES BEN GURION UNIVERSITY$20,000
ST DOMINIC VILLAGE$15,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE$15,000
JEWISH FEDERATION$15,000
Individual grant recipient$12,500
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON HOUSTON$12,500
JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF AMERICA$12,500
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL$12,500
CRISTO REY JESUIT COLLEGE$12,500
CHRISTUS FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHCARE$12,500
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$12,500
Individual grant recipient$10,000
ST PIUS X HIGH SCHOOL$7,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

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Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $626k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $5k → 8%FORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $5k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $35k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $25k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $25k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $25k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $25k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $23k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $15k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $13k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON HOUSTON: $35k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON HOUSTON: $35k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON HOUSTON: $25k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON HOUSTON: $25k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON HOUSTON: $25k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON HOUSTON: $24k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON HOUSTON: $13k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $10k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $10k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $10k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $10k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $9k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $5k → 16%ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $10k → 16%ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $10k → 16%ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $10k → 16%PATHWAYS FOR LITTLE FEET: $5k → 16%PATHWAYS FOR LITTLE FEET: $5k → 16%PATHWAYS FOR LITTLE FEET: $5k → 16%PATHWAYS FOR LITTLE FEET: $5k → 16%PATHWAYS FOR LITTLE FEET: $5k → 16%CASA JUAN DIEGO: $10k → 16%CASA JUAN DIEGO: $10k → 16%NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $10k → 16%CASA JUAN DIEGO: $10k → 16%NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $10k → 16%NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $10k → 16%NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $10k → 16%CASA JUAN DIEGO: $10k → 16%NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $9k → 16%NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $5k → 16%NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $5k → 16%CASA JUAN DIEGO: $9k → 16%COMMUNITY FAMILY CENTERS: $5k → 16%COMMUNITY FAMILY CENTERS: $5k → 16%COMMUNITY FAMILY CENTERS: $5k → 16%COMMUNITY FAMILY CENTERS: $5k → 16%COMMUNITY FAMILY CENTERS: $5k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.4M · 61 repeat orgs$191k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +34% since the first grant, against +14% for the ones you funded once.

61 repeat relationships — 22 still active in FY2024, 39 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

61
18

Total granted

$4.4M
$161k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+14%

Still filing today

66%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationReligionArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • JI
    JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF AMERICA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $190k · revenue +62%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $185k · revenue +15%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON
    7× · 2017–2024 · $181k · revenue +139%

Funded once

  • TI
    THE IRVIN M SHLENKER SCHOOL OF CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL
    one grant, 2017 · $40k
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • HF
    HEROES FOR CHILDRENgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +27%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — 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
Houston Area Community Services

Our mission is to provide high quality and caring services to promote healthy people and communities.

Health
3
Houston Area Women's Center

The Houston Area Women's Center (HAWC) works to end domestic and sexual violence and supports all in building safe and healthy lives through advocacy, counseling, education, shelter, and support services.

Human Services
4
Community Information Now

Community information now (cinow) provides data, tools, analysis, and training to inform decisions to improve texas communities. cinow's vision is improved lives and decreased disparities through democratized data.

Community Improvement
5
Memorial Hermann Medical Group

Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…

Health
6
Mhs Physicians of Texas

Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…

Health
7
Houston Hospice

Houston Hospice provides uncompromising, compassionate end-of-life care to patients and families in our community. Houston Hospice cares for patients from all races, ethnicities, religious beliefs, and payor classes, including those with…

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8
Healing Hands Ministries Inc

Hmm health provides quality healthcare to all its neighbors with love, compassion, and respect.

Health
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.

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10
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…

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11
The Hospice at the Texas Medical Center

The Hospice at the Texas Medical Center holds a freestanding 37 bed inpatient facility in the Texas Medical Center that is operated and managed by Houston Hospice.

Human Services
12
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

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Houston Community Health Centers Inc and the most unlike its peers is Therapy Pet Pals of Texas. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPerforming Arts Organizatio…Healthcare & Medical Servic…Houston Community Organizat…Supporting Organization Fun…Vulnerable Youth & Family S…Family Philanthropic Founda…Christian Outreach Ministri…Houston Area Human ServicesAffordable Housing Developm…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number30%2%<5yr17%2%5–10yr21%14%10–20yr17%21%20–35yr8%39%35–55yr8%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value30%2%<5yr17%1%5–10yr21%13%10–20yr17%18%20–35yr8%27%35–55yr8%39%55yr+

The field is 30% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 19% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/62
the rest of the field
19%
3,801/20,379

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

55 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 55 of the 83 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/55
Grantees still filing
36/55
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

AMERICAN ASSOCIATES BEN GURION UNIVERSITY — $185,000 · OtherAMERICAN ASSOCIATES BEN GURION UNIVERSITYAMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETY — $175,000 · OtherAMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETYCRISTO REY JESUIT COLLEGE — $147,500 · OtherCRISTO REY JESUIT COLLEGESOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL — $106,000 · OtherST PIUS X HIGH SCHOOL — $103,500 · OtherST DOMINIC VILLAGE — $103,500 · OtherSEARCH HOMELESS SERVICES — $103,000 · OtherTHE KIPP FOUNDATION — $100,000 · OtherSAN JOSE CLINIC — $96,000 · OtherTHE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON — $93,000 · OtherEASTER SEALS — $88,500 · OtherPROUNITAS INC — $91,000 · Other+37 more — $1,063,450 · Other+37 moreJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE — $185,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY S…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON — $181,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARIT…NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES — $59,000 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST ASSIS…COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS — $54,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE …CASA JUAN DIEGO — $49,000 · Human ServicesCASA JUAN DIEGOALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesPathways for Little Feet — $27,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY FAMILY CENTERS INC — $25,000 · Human Services+2 more — $15,500 · Human ServicesSEVEN ACRES JEWISH SENIOR CARE SERVICES INC — $172,500 · HealthSEVEN ACRES …CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare — $128,000 · HealthCHRISTUS Fou…HOUSTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC — $59,000 · HealthHOUSTON COMM…HOUSTON ACHIEVEMENT PLACE — $54,000 · HealthHOUSTON ACHI…SANTA MARIA HOSTEL INC — $45,000 · HealthSANTA MARIA …Nora's Gift Foundation Inc — $44,000 · HealthNora's Gift …+5 more — $18,500 · HealthEvelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston — $152,500 · ReligionHouston Hillel — $64,000 · ReligionST THOMAS HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION — $49,000 · ReligionCANCARE INC — $35,500 · ReligionUniversity of St Thomas — $125,000 · EducationYES Prep Public Schools Inc — $66,000 · EducationThe Brookwood Community Inc — $64,000 · EducationInspire ND Inc — $10,000 · EducationST AGNES ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · EducationHOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON — $132,500 · Arts & CultureALLEY THEATRE — $64,000 · Arts & CultureMEXICAN INSTITUTE OF GREATER HOUSTON INC — $59,000 · Arts & CultureJEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF AMERICA — $190,000 · International
Other$2,455,450Human Services$625,500Health$521,000Religion$301,000Education$275,000Arts & Culture$255,500International$190,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF AMERICA — $190,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE — $185,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON — $181,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSEVEN ACRES JEWISH SENIOR CARE SERVICES INC — $172,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetEvelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston — $152,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON — $132,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare — $128,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas — $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST DOMINIC VILLAGE — $103,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPROUNITAS INC — $91,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetYES Prep Public Schools Inc — $66,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Federation of Greater Houston — $65,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetALLEY THEATRE — $64,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Hillel — $64,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc — $64,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES — $59,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WORKFAITH CONNECTION — $59,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCASA DE ESPERANZA DE LOS NINOS INC — $59,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMEXICAN INSTITUTE OF GREATER HOUSTON INC — $59,000 over 7y, 9.0% of budgetHOUSTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC — $59,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSTON ACHIEVEMENT PLACE — $54,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS — $54,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetST THOMAS HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION — $49,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetNew Hope Housing Inc — $49,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCASA JUAN DIEGO — $49,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUndies for Everyone — $48,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetSANTA MARIA HOSTEL INC — $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC — $44,750 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNora's Gift Foundation Inc — $44,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $42,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOODS PROJECT — $41,750 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetCrime Stoppers of Houston Inc — $41,250 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION — $40,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCANCARE INC — $35,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES INC — $32,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPathways for Little Feet — $27,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FAMILY CENTERS INC — $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLAS — $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREMIND — $11,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHEROES FOR CHILDREN — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetInspire ND Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST AGNES ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER INC SOS/SHELTER-OUTREACH-SOLUTIONS — $9,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMental Health America of Greater Houston Inc — $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC — $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHERAPY PET PALS OF TEXAS — $6,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds SEVEN ACRES JEWISH SENIOR CARE SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston ↗
  • Who funds HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare ↗
  • Who funds University of St Thomas ↗
  • Who funds ST DOMINIC VILLAGE ↗
  • Who funds PROUNITAS INC ↗
  • Who funds YES Prep Public Schools Inc ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Federation of Greater Houston ↗
  • Who funds ALLEY THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds Houston Hillel ↗
  • Who funds The Brookwood Community Inc ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds THE WORKFAITH CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds CASA DE ESPERANZA DE LOS NINOS INC ↗
  • Who funds MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF GREATER HOUSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON ACHIEVEMENT PLACE ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds ST THOMAS HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds New Hope Housing Inc ↗
  • Who funds CASA JUAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds Undies for Everyone ↗
  • Who funds SANTA MARIA HOSTEL INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Greater Houston Commu…Harry S & Isabel C Ca…Albert & Ethel Herzst…Strake FoundationShell USA Company Fou…Marek Family Foundati…MD Anderson FoundationThe Methodist HospitalThe Zions Bancorporat…Charity Guild of Cath…The Elkins FoundationUnited Way of Greater…
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX55.4× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Strake Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Marek Family Foundation · MD Anderson Foundation · The Methodist Hospital · The Zions Bancorporation Foundation · Charity Guild of Catholic Women of Harris County Inc · The Elkins Foundation · United Way of Greater Houston

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Lewis and Joan Lowenstein Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Lewis and Joan Lowenstein Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Lewis and Joan Lowenstein 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 83 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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