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The Moody Endowment

The Moody Endowment provides an endowment and makes grants to support and benefit the Transitional Learning Center at Galveston and the class of public charities organized for purposes the same as or closely related to those of the Transitional Learning Center at Galveston.

$11M
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$7.6M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$69MRecreation & Sports$1.5MArts & Culture$450kEducation$410kPublic Safety & Disaster$307kAnimals$188kEmployment$165kHuman Services$148kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $35k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $350k
  • $250k+4 grants · $11M
$75,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$705M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TLC at Galveston$7,617,848
University of Tx Medical Br$2,129,472
Northwestern University$449,883
Achilles International$375,000
Best Buddies International$100,000
Brain Injury Assoc of America$75,000
Camp Aranzuzu$75,000
New York Metropolitan Museum$50,000
Team Luke Hope for Minds$50,000
Christine Sullivan Foundation$35,000
Catholic Charities$7,500
NASHIA$6,057
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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–24, $683k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Austin Groups for the Elderly: $40k → 10%Camp Aranzazu: $300k → 17%Camp Aranzazu: $150k → 17%Camp Aranzuzu: $75k → 17%Camp Aranzuzu: $75k → 17%Christine Sullivan Foundation: $35k → 14%Catholic Charities: $8k → 14%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.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
UT
CO
VA
DC
AL
TX

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.
$70M · 10 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

10 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
26

Total granted

$70M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+40%

Still filing today

90%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $573k 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
HealthArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther

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

  • TL
    Transitional Learning Center at Galveston
    8× · 2017–2024 · $58M · revenue +27% · 49% of their budget
  • AI
    Achilles International Inc
    4× · 2018–2024 · $875k · revenue +117%
  • TT
    TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $500k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • TE
    Trinity Episopal School
    one grant, 2022 · $207k
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HORSES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $188k · revenue +40%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $150k · revenue +13%

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
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
2
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
3
Baylor Scott & White Holdings

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
4
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
5
Baylor Health Care System Foundation

To foster and support the activities and purposes of Baylor Scott & White Health, to encourage broad-based public support of the health care system and its affiliated institutions, and to advance the medical objectives, including…

Health
6
Baylor Medical Center at Irving

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
7
Irving Healthcare Foundation

To foster and support the activities and purposes of Baylor Medical Center at Irving, to encourage broad-based public support, and to advance its medical objectives including sponsorship of patient care, research, and educational and…

Health
8
Scott & White Hospital-College Station

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
9
Baylor University Medical Center

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
10
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
11
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
12
Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation

To recognize the accomplishments and contributions of our outstanding Texas business leaders and to perpetuate and inspire the values of entrepreneurial spirit, personal integrity, and community leadership in all generations of Texans.

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Easter Seals of Greater Houston Inc and the most unlike its peers is Metropolitan Museum of Art. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 40 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%0%<5yr16%3%5–10yr20%10%10–20yr16%23%20–35yr10%36%35–55yr13%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr20%0%10–20yr16%2%20–35yr10%96%35–55yr13%2%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/42
the rest of the field
15%
20,233/136,762

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

34 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. 34 of the 42 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
22/34
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Transitional Learning Center at Galveston — $57,977,539 · HealthTransitional Learning Center at Galveston+9 more — $656,057 · HealthJOHN SEALY HOSPITALUTMB — $9,443,326 · OtherJOHN SEALY HOSPIT…Achilles International Inc — $875,000 · OtherAchilles Internat…+11 more — $1,175,459 · Other+11 moreTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC — $500,000 · EducationSTEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $150,000 · EducationGalveston College Foundation — $85,000 · EducationBaylor College of Medicine — $45,014 · Education+2 more — $45,000 · EducationCamp Aranzazu Inc — $600,000 · Human ServicesAUSTIN GROUPS FOR THE ELDERLY — $40,000 · Human ServicesChristina Sullivan Foundation — $35,000 · Human Services+2 more — $14,500 · Human ServicesNorthwestern University — $449,883 · Recreation & SportsMorgan's Wonderland — $50,000 · Recreation & SportsMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART — $150,000 · Arts & CultureASPEN ART MUSEUM — $100,000 · Arts & CultureWHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION — $100,000 · Arts & CultureSALT LAKE MUSIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION — $75,000 · Arts & CultureGALVESTON ARTS CENTER — $25,000 · Arts & CultureBest Buddies International Inc — $265,000 · International
Health$58,633,596Other$11,493,785Education$825,014Human Services$689,500Recreation & Sports$499,883Arts & Culture$450,000International$265,000

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 budgetTransitional Learning Center at Galveston — $57,977,539 over 8y, 49% of budgetAchilles International Inc — $875,000 over 4y, 9.4% of budgetCamp Aranzazu Inc — $600,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC — $500,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNorthwestern University — $449,883 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc — $265,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HORSES INC — $188,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART — $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $150,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetHOUSTON'S CHARITY FOR CHILDREN INC — $108,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetASPEN ART MUSEUM — $100,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBIND- Brain Injury Network of Dallas — $100,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Luke Hope for Minds — $100,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetCamp For All Foundation — $97,559 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetThe Blue Bird Circle — $85,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetGalveston College Foundation — $85,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetBRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC — $75,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetThe Foundation for the Council on Recovery — $75,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetMorgan's Wonderland — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine — $45,014 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN GROUPS FOR THE ELDERLY — $40,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetScott & White Healthcare Foundation — $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALPINE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL — $25,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetGALVESTON ARTS CENTER — $25,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetFRIENDSWOOD ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARY LEE FOUNDATION — $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE HEAD INJURY ADMINISTRATORS — $6,057 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

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.

The Moody FoundationHarris & Eliza Kempne…Austin Community Foun…Greater Houston Commu…Shell USA Company Fou…Dr Leon Bromberg Char…Network for GoodThe Blackbaud Giving …Raymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…
The Moody FoundationTX23.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Moody Foundation · Harris & Eliza Kempner Fund Inc · Austin Community Foundation Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Dr Leon Bromberg Charitable Trust · Network for Good · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Moody Endowment 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 · 00%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc — 4% of 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

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 Moody Endowment?

Find your warmest path to The Moody Endowment 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 42 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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