· Private foundation
The Parker Charitable Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CALDER BAPTIST CHURCH | $5,000 |
| LAMAR - ORANGE | $4,000 |
| LAMAR STATE COLLEGE PORT ARTHUR | $3,000 |
| PORT ARTHUR HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDA | $2,500 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $1,250 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS | $800 |
| SOME OTHER PLACE | $500 |
| LONE STAR FLIGHT MUSEUM | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| MUSEUM OF THE GULF COAST | $500 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $500 |
| LAMAR UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC | $100 |
| DISABLED VETERANS FOUNDATION | $30 |
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 (FY20–21, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, 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.
8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2021, 1 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (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 FY2021, 76% 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
- PAPORT ARTHUR HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC3× · 2017–2021 · $10k · revenue +278%
- LOLAMAR - ORANGE3× · 2019–2021 · $9k
- LPLAMAR - PORT ARTHUR2× · 2018–2019 · $9k
Funded once
- LFLAMAR - FRIENDS OF THE ARTSone grant, 2018 · $3k
- LULAMAR UNIVERSITYone grant, 2019 · $3k
- JRJulie Rogers Gift of Life Programgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +44%
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.
American Leadership Forum (ALF) brings together, in classes, leaders with diverse perspectives so they can build relationships, learn to dialogue and respectfully differ, and work together for the good of our community.
To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.
Texas water foundation is a statewide nonprofit that provides educational resources and educational services on water in texas for decision makers, water professionals, and everyday texans. texas water foundation works in the areas of…
Good Samaritan Foundation (GSF) is a fundraising and grant-making organization dedicated solely to Texas nursing. Its mission is to increase the number of nurses dedicated to clinical care and to improve the quality of nurse education and…
To alleviate hunger in the immediate service area through the distribution of food products donated by the usda, feeding america, area grocery stores, etc. which are distributed to the needy by way of area food banks and other qualified…
The mission of the Lamar State College Port Arthur Foundation is to promote advance support encourage sponsor aid and advocate solely for Lamar State College Port Arthur.
RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…
Operated exclusively for educational purposes specifically including to further educational activities at texas a& m university-central texas within the meaning of 501(c)(3).
To inspire by generosity and empower by a legacy of giving, the Laredo Area Community Foundation provides for the philanthropic needs of Laredo and surrounding communities.
The Alabama A&M University Foundation was established to receive, hold, invest, manage, use, and administer property of all kinds, whether given absolutely or in trust, for the benefit of Alabama A&M University and its educational,…
The HISD Foundation is dedicated to mobilizing the local community to support innovative priorities in HISD to improve outcomes for all students in the district. Our mission is to fund projects and programs of merit that fall outside of…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 20 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 PORT ARTHUR HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Humane Society Of Southeast Texas ↗
- Who funds Some Other Place ↗
- Who funds Julie Rogers Gift of Life Program ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds Lone Star Flight Museum ↗
- Who funds Southeast Texas Food Bank Inc ↗
- Who funds Lamar University Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds AARP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL 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: Mechia Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Parker Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Parker Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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