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The Reso Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.9M
Granted FY2018
16
Grants FY2018
7
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Education$1.8MHuman Services$40kHealth$30kArts & Culture$20kYouth Development$15kPhilanthropy$15kFood & Nutrition$13kReligion$13kOther$0
02FY2018 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k11 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.8M
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$22k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LSU FOUNDATION$1,500,000
ST ALOYSIUS CENTURY FOUNDATION$300,000
GIRLS WRITE NOW$10,000
GALILEE CENTER$10,000
HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS - HOUSTON$10,000
VETERN'S YOGA PROJECT$5,000
CONCERTS IN MOTION$5,000
PURPLE SONGS CAN FLY$5,000
THE HEALTH WAGON$5,000
TONI'S KITCHEN ST LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$5,000
WOMEN'S MICROFINANCE INITIATIVE$5,000
ECHOS$5,000
INTERFAITH MINISTRIES FOR GREATER HOUSTON$5,000
CENTRO COMUNITARIO CEUS$5,000
HARLEM RBI$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%VETERN'S YOGA PROJECT: $5k → 10%GALILEE CENTER: $10k → 11%PURPLE SONGS CAN FLY: $5k → 16%VETERN'S YOGA PROJECT: $5k → 10%GALILEE CENTER: $5k → 11%PURPLE SONGS CAN FLY: $5k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
NJ
CA
VA
MD
SC
LA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

8%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$153k · 14 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +97% since the first grant, against +84% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
6

Total granted

$153k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+97%
+84%

Still filing today

79%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18
Human ServicesEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureHealthAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • GW
    GIRLS WRITE NOW INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $15k · revenue +108%
  • HF
    HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS-HOUSTON
    2× · 2017–2018 · $15k · revenue +10%
  • GC
    GALILEE CENTER INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $15k · revenue +730%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ANNUNCIATION MATERNITY HOME INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +84%
  • FR
    FR RAY BRENNAN SPONSOR A CHILD FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • HF
    HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Memorial Hermann Medical Group

Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…

Health
2
Hunger Solutions New York Inc

We strive to maximize participation in, and support for, federally funded nutrition assistance programs including supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap), the school breakfast program and national school lunch program, the summer…

Food & Nutrition
3
Houston Galveston Institute Inc

Houston galveston institute aims to transform lives and communities with innovative and collaborative therapy, training and research. the organization also aims to promote a respectful, collaborative partnership between the learner and the…

Unclassified
4
Houston Area Community Services

Our mission is to provide high quality and caring services to promote healthy people and communities.

Health
5
Highmark Health

As the parent entity of a blended health organization, highmark health seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves by providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.

Health
6
Humc Medical Observation Pa

To serve as the physician services component of a tax-exempt healthcare delivery network and to thereby promote, support & further the charitable purposes, programs & services of hmh hospitals corp.

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7
Health Care Without Harm

The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…

Environment
8
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
9
West Houston Assistance Ministries Inc

To give short term assistance to those in need and minister to various other human needs

—
10
Houston Health Foundation

Houston health foundation (hhf) has the mission of creating private/public partnerships for sustainable health and wellness initiatives and programs in our communities.

Philanthropy
11
Hmh Hospitals Corporation

The organization is committed to providing the full spectrum of life-enhancing care and services to create and sustain healthy, vibrant communities. please refer to schedule h, part vi, question 5 for the organization's community benefit…

Health
12
Haley House Inc & Affiliates

Through food, personal relationship, and the power of community, the organization breaks down barriers between people, empowers individuals, and strengthens neighborhoods. we believe in radical solution; solving problems at their roots by…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Harlem Rbi Inc; the most unlike its peers is Portlight Strategies Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 22 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LSU FOUNDATION: $1,500,000 · EducationLSU FOUNDATIONST ALOYSIUS CENTURY FOUNDATION: $300,000 · EducationST ALOYSIUS CENTURY FOUNDATION+1 more: $15,000 · EducationTONI'S KITCHEN ST LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherREED ACADEMY: $10,000 · OtherCENTRO COMUNITARIO CEUS: $10,000 · OtherECHOS: $10,000 · OtherInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston: $7,500 · OtherFR RAY BRENNAN SPONSOR A CHILD FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherHIGH FIVES FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherThe Houston Food Bank: $2,500 · OtherHEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS-HOUSTON: $15,000 · Human ServicesGALILEE CENTER INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesVETERANS YOGA PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesPurple Songs Can Fly: $10,000 · Human ServicesWOMENS MICROFINANCE INITIATIVE: $10,000 · PhilanthropyHARLEM RBI INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ANNUNCIATION MATERNITY HOME INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCONCERTS IN MOTION INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureST MARYS HEALTH WAGON INC: $10,000 · HealthHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,500 · AnimalsPORTLIGHT STRATEGIES INC: $2,500 · Civil Rights
Education$1,815,000Other$60,000Human Services$50,000Philanthropy$25,000Arts & Culture$10,000Health$10,000Animals$2,500Civil Rights$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLSU FOUNDATION: $1,500,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetST ALOYSIUS CENTURY FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetGIRLS WRITE NOW INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS-HOUSTON: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGALILEE CENTER INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetVETERANS YOGA PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCONCERTS IN MOTION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetREED ACADEMY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST MARYS HEALTH WAGON INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWOMENS MICROFINANCE INITIATIVE: $10,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetHARLEM RBI INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPurple Songs Can Fly: $10,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANNUNCIATION MATERNITY HOME INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The Bank of America C…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC10.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Reso Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Reso Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Reso Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Reso Foundation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 22 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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