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The Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation Co Frost Bank

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$137k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Philanthropy$321kArts & Culture$136kReligion$130kHuman Services$117kHousing & Shelter$87kFood & Nutrition$30kEducation$18kYouth Development$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $66k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON$50,000
EVELYN RUBENSTEIN JEWISH COMMUNITY$39,500
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE$16,000
SEARCH HOMELESS SERVICES$10,000
EMERGING GRACE MINISTRIES INC$9,000
AIDS FOUNDATION HOUSTON$5,000
WOMEN ON THE WAY UP$4,000
WOMEN'S RESOURCE OF GREATER HOUSTON$3,000
02The need
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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 (FY18–25, $93k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $20k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $20k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $16k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $10k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $10k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $10k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $2k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $2k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $1k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $1k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $1k → 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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$791k · 21 repeat orgs$44k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
9

Total granted

$791k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+10%

Still filing today

57%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 ServicesHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalArts & 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

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
    8× · 2017–2025 · $99k · revenue +15%
  • IM
    Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston
    3× · 2021–2024 · $30k · revenue +160%
  • The Houston Food Bank
    8× · 2017–2024 · $30k · revenue +107%

Funded once

  • GS
    GILBERT SULLIVAN SOCIETY OF HOUSTON
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • ML
    MICKEY LELAND KIBBUTZIM INTERNSHIP
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • CA
    CAREER AND RECOVERY SERVICES
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
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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2
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
3
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
4
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
5
Childrens House International

Children's house international provides ethical adoption services, child focused recruitment, and family support. we support disadvantaged children with humanitarian aid in countries worldwide.

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6
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
7
Forgotten Angels Inc

To provide quality care to children and adults with developmental disabilities in a safe, loving home environment where they are treated with respect, compassion, and dignity and provided the means, support, and encouragement to reach…

Human Services
8
Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County

The coalition for the homeless of houston/harris county acts as a catalyst, uniting partners and maximizing resources to move people experiencing homelessness into permanent housing with supportive services.

Housing & Shelter
9
Summerhouse Houston

Summerhouse Houston's supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), their familites, and our community through employment, volunterism, and partnerships to foster a culture of belonging, choice and respect.

Human Services
10
Central Texas Children's Home

To provide family services and to provide residential child care for dependent children where there is a need to assist children and families disrupted by problems.

Human Services
11
Sunny Glen Children's Home Inc

Sunny Glen Childrens Home, Inc. cares for children in need. Our care will be competent, compassionate and professional. We will help every child achieve their greatest potential-physically, emotionally, spiritually and academically.

Human Services
12
Collaborative for Children

The mission of Collaborative for Children is to meaningfully improve the quality of early childhood education and care for Greater Houston's children through those most influential in their lives.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Child Advocates Inc; the most unlike its peers is Emerging Grace Ministries 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

17 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. 17 of the 33 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
16/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EVELYN RUBENSTEIN JEWISH COMMUNITY: $251,562 · OtherEVELYN RUBENSTEIN JEWISH COMMUNITYSEARCH HOMELESS SERVICES: $78,000 · OtherSEARCH HOMELESS SERVICESSHLENKER SCHOOL CONGREGATION BETH I: $67,000 · OtherSHLENKER SCHOOL CONGREGATION BETH IJewish Federation of Greater Houston: $50,200 · OtherJewish Federation of Greater HoustonInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston: $30,000 · OtherThe Houston Food Bank: $30,000 · Other+17 more: $100,300 · Other+17 moreHOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON: $117,500 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST MUSEU…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $99,300 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY…COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston: $17,000 · PhilanthropyUndies for Everyone: $2,500 · PhilanthropyCamp For All Foundation: $17,500 · Youth DevelopmentEmerging Grace Ministries Inc: $9,000 · ReligionAIDS FOUNDATION HOUSTON INC: $8,000 · HealthPALMER DRUG ABUSE PROGRAM HOUSTON INC: $1,000 · Health
Other$607,062Arts & Culture$117,500Human Services$105,300Philanthropy$19,500Youth Development$17,500Religion$9,000Health$9,000

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 budgetHOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON: $117,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $99,300 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetJewish Federation of Greater Houston: $50,200 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $30,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCamp For All Foundation: $17,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston: $17,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetAIDS FOUNDATION HOUSTON INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES INC: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVITA LIVING INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUndies for Everyone: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCASA DE ESPERANZA DE LOS NINOS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPALMER DRUG ABUSE PROGRAM HOUSTON INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetA SMALL MIRACLE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH: $500 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 HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Federation of Greater Houston ↗
  • Who funds Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston ↗
  • Who funds The Houston Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds Camp For All Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Women's Resource of Greater Houston ↗
  • Who funds Emerging Grace Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds AIDS FOUNDATION HOUSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD ADVOCATES INC ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds VITA LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds Undies for Everyone ↗
  • Who funds CASA DE ESPERANZA DE LOS NINOS INC ↗
  • Who funds PALMER DRUG ABUSE PROGRAM HOUSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds A SMALL MIRACLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH ↗

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…Greater Houston Commu…Harry S & Isabel C Ca…The Elkins FoundationStrake FoundationShell USA Company Fou…Shirley and David Too…The Enrico & Sandra D…The Brodsky FoundationThe Junior League of …Vivian L Smith Founda…Centerpoint Energy Fo…
Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable FoundationTX19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · The Elkins Foundation · Strake Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Shirley and David Toomim Family Foundation · The Enrico & Sandra Di Portanova Charitable Foundation · The Brodsky Foundation · The Junior League of Houston Inc · Vivian L Smith Foundation · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc

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 Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation Co Frost Bank funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation Co Frost Bank. 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to The Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation Co Frost Bank 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 33 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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