· Private foundation
The Nathan J Klein Fund
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $130k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Congregation Emanu El | $80,000 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER HOUSTON | $50,000 |
| JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES | $30,000 |
| TEXAS A&M HILLEL FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| Yorkie Haven Rescue | $7,500 |
| Alexander Jewish Family Service | $6,100 |
| Joint Distribution Committee | $5,000 |
| Temple Beth-El | $5,000 |
| The Council on Drugs and Alcohol | $2,500 |
| Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services | $2,000 |
| Holocaust Museum Houston | $1,900 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $198k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JFJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE7× · 2019–2025 · $198k · revenue +65%
- YHYORKIE HAVEN RESCUE9× · 2017–2025 · $59k · revenue +30%
- HGHouston Grand Opera Association Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $30k · revenue +28%
Funded once
- ASASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTERone grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +13%
- EWEmery Weiner Schoolone grant, 2017 · $3k
- CBCONGREGATION BETH ISRAELone grant, 2018 · $1k
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.
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.
Harmonia Stellarum is an ensemble of professional vocalists and instrumentalists specialized in historically informed performance practice who seek to inspire, entertain, and enlighten audiences with meaningful, historically informed…
The mission of the Houston Symphony is to inspire and engage a large and diverse audience in Greater Houston and beyond through exceptional orchestral performances, educational programs and community activities.
Hopera's mission is to produce live musical performances in unique Houston Area spaces that focus on and empower Houston Area artists. Our Pint-Sized Performance concert series empowers local musicians to create original programs that are…
The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…
Support Sabbath, Holiday, and other Jewish programming at Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Houston, University of Texas Health Science Center, South College of Law and over 10 other campuses.
Providing paid opportunities for Houston based singers.
Introduce the public to and educate the public on japanese culture
Hermann Park Conservancy is a citizens organization dedicated to the stewardship and improvement of Hermann Park - today and for generations to come.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 28 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Jewish Federation of Greater Houston ↗
- Who funds SEVEN ACRES JEWISH SENIOR CARE SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗
- Who funds YORKIE HAVEN RESCUE ↗
- Who funds Houston Grand Opera Association Inc ↗
- Who funds Urban Harvest Inc ↗
- Who funds The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ↗
- Who funds ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF XAVIER ↗
- Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
- Who funds BELLAIRE POLICE & FIRE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON ↗
- Who funds Houston Golf Association Youth Program Inc dba First Tee of Greater Houston ↗
- Who funds The Orange Show Foundation ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · AI and Manet Schepps Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · Adler Foundation · The Brodsky Foundation · The Powell Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Nathan J Klein Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Nathan J Klein Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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