· Private foundation
The O'Connor & Hewitt Foundation
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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k35 grants · $148k
- $10k–50k35 grants · $638k
- $50k–250k7 grants · $425k
- $250k+2 grants · $1.1M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DOROTHY H O'CONNOR PET ADOPTION CENTER | $560,400 |
| TRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL | $500,000 |
| BILLY T CATTAN RECOVERY OUTREACH INC | $75,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH TEXAS | $75,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF THE GOLDEN CRESCENT | $60,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $60,000 |
| VICTORIA BACH FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC | $55,000 |
| VICTORIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC | $50,000 |
| CHRIST'S KITCHEN | $50,000 |
| MIDCOAST CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY | $40,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $40,000 |
| GULF BEND CENTER | $40,000 |
| ROCKPORT CENTER FOR THE ARTS (ROCKPORT ART ASSOCIATION INC) | $31,000 |
| TEXAS MARITIME MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC | $30,000 |
| GOLDEN CRESCENT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $30,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $248k) 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.
78 repeat relationships: 65 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 10 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, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $123k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TDTHE DOROTHY H O'CONNOR PET ADOPTION CENTER6× · 2020–2025 · $2.5M · revenue +12% · 64% of their budget
- MOMEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH TEXAS3× · 2023–2025 · $260k · revenue +13%
- MCMID COAST CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY TRUST4× · 2022–2025 · $220k · revenue +139% · 53% of their budget
Funded once
- VSVICTORIA SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER INC - MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH TEXASone grant, 2022 · $100k
- WMWitte Museumgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +39%
- COCITY OF VICTORIAone grant, 2022 · $25k
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.
Operation of the texas zoo in victoria, texas and connect people with the wildlife from texas and the rest of the world, for nature and advance conservation through education, recreation, science and action. the mission is accomplished…
To encourage agricultural and horticultural causes in the victoria, texas area with an emphasis on youth activities.
To promote a unified image of the business district and attractive quality image of downtown victoria, texas. economic restructuring and repurposing of old buildings to stimulate investment in property. training for managers and board…
The goal of the organization is to suppport the Museum's efforts to preserve and exhibit the multi-cultural heritage of the Coastal Bend area for both the education and enjoyment of the public.
To educate the public about the rich cultural history of settlers in South Texas
To preserve western heritage.
Ensuring continuity of service, increased professionalism, enhanced cooperation, and protecting the rights and property of our communities.
Preserve the history of brazoria county, texas.
Volunteer fire department
To provide the general public with the rich heart of texas heritage
How this is measured
55 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. 55 of the 100 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 THE DOROTHY H O'CONNOR PET ADOPTION CENTER ↗
- Who funds VICTORIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHRIST'S KITCHEN ↗
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF VICTORIA DBA FOOD BANK OF THE GOLDEN CRESCENT ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH TEXAS ↗
- Who funds GOLDEN CRESCENT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
- Who funds MID COAST CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY TRUST ↗
- Who funds THE VINE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds VICTORIA BACH FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds MID-COAST FAMILY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds GOLDEN CRESCENT COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC ↗
- Who funds THE KATHRYN O'CONNOR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Morgan's Wonderland ↗
- Who funds BILLY T CATTAN RECOVERY OUTREACH ↗
- Who funds VICTORIA PRESERVATION INC ↗
- Who funds Victoria Regional Museum ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF SOUTH TEXAS INC ↗
- Who funds VICTORIA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE CROSSROADS ↗
- Who funds Childrens Discovery Museum Inc ↗
- Who funds BLUEBONNET EQUINE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds TEXAS MARITIME MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds Witte Museum ↗
- Who funds WARRIORS WEEKEND ↗
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: The Kathryn O'Connor Foundation · Dick Albert & Mary Charitable Tr · York Albert E & Myrtle Gunn Trust · Wood Family Memorial Trust · South Texas Charitable Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Cloyde and Ethel Lee Tracy Foundation · The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation · Texas Mutual Insurance Company · Galvan Family Charitable Foundation · Crossroads Foundation Crossroads Foundation · United Way of the Crossroads
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The O'Connor & Hewitt Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The O'Connor & Hewitt Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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