· Private foundation
The Oriska Foundation
Its FY2022 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 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k11 grants · $37k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $80k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Food for the Poor | $30,000 |
| Catholic Charities | $10,000 |
| The Salvation Army | $10,000 |
| Star of Hope | $10,000 |
| CATCH Foundation | $10,000 |
| Open Door Mission | $10,000 |
| Blessed Sacrament Church | $5,000 |
| FINCA | $5,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders | $5,000 |
| The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament | $3,000 |
| Easter Seals Greater Houston Inc | $3,000 |
| The Posse Foundation | $3,000 |
| ANNAM Community Development Corporation | $3,000 |
| CARE | $3,000 |
| Oxfam America | $3,000 |
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 (FY17–22, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2022, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CAC A T C H FOUNDATION6× · 2017–2022 · $96k · revenue +55%
- CCCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC6× · 2017–2022 · $60k · revenue +20%
- FIFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC5× · 2018–2022 · $15k · revenue +31%
Funded once
- TMThurgood Marshall School of Law4× · 2019–2022 · $10k
- VCVietnamese Community Centerone grant, 2018 · $3k
- SMSt Mary's Magdalene Parish4× · 2019–2022 · $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.
Compassion exists to release children from poverty in Jesus' name. Compassion serves all children, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.
Oxfam america action fund (oaaf) is a partner organization to oxfam america. oaaf strives to end global poverty, hunger, and social injustice through legislative lobbying and political advocacy.
Handicap international dba humanity & inclusion (hi) works with people with disabilities and people living in situations of vulnerability, including poverty, exclusion, conflict, and disaster.
Pact is a nonprofit organization that builds evidence-based, data-driven, and community-led solutions for human development (continued in schedule o)
Food for the hungry is a christian humanitarian aid and global development organization that has designed, developed and delivered solutions for more than 50 years so that children, families and communities can flourish. (continued on…
Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.
TO MANAGE AN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, AND RELIEF FOCUSED FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS HELPING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY, SUPPORT WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND PROVIDE…
To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free texas.
We serve, heal, lead, educate and innovate. ochsner will be a global medical and academic leader who will save and change lives. we will shape the future of healthcare through our integrated health system, fueled by the passion and…
Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.
Chi prepares graduates of the christel house schools operated by its affiliated entities, which chi funds and oversees, to achieve upward economic mobility, demonstrate good citizenship, and become empowered to identify and realize their…
A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 23 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 FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
- Who funds C A T C H FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds Open Door Mission ↗
- Who funds ANNAM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORA TION ↗
- Who funds FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds THE POSSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC ↗
- Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds EASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Oriska Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Oriska Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
- Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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