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The Springmeyer Foundation at a glance

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The Springmeyer Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$20k
Granted FY2022
12
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

85% of The Springmeyer Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Greater Houston Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 12 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year The Springmeyer Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $20k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

6
’20
23
’21
8
’22
8
’23
22
’24
12
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.0MReligion$308kEducation$299kHuman Services$123kHealth$66kRecreation & Sports$27kArts & Culture$11kScience & Tech$8kOther$0
02FY2022 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k11 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$870
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION$10,000
FAMILY LEGACY MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL$3,000
BLESSED ASSURANCE GOSPEL CHURCH$2,100
TEXAS GOLF HALL OF FAME$1,500
COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS$1,000
THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON$870
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$500
ST DOMINIC VILLAGE$250
BOOT RANCH SCHOLARSHIP FUND$250
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$206
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS$100
NICK FINNEGAN COUNSELING CENTER$83
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $121k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WELLS OF LIFE: $1k → 10%LOWER CAPE FEAR HOSPICE INCORPORATED: $250 → 12%CONNECTIONS MINISTRY: $500 → 19%MOM CENTER: $2k → 10%CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER: $1k → 16%HOUSTON'S AMAZING PLACE INC: $1k → 16%CARING FRIENDS INC: $50k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $52k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $8k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $1k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $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

MN
IL
MI
NY
PA
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
NC
DC
OK
LA
GA
TX
FL
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$700k · 16 repeat orgs$182k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2022, 11 since wound down; 36 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
26

Total granted

$700k
$95k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+13%

Still filing today

63%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureReligionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • JD
    Joy Development School
    2× · 2021–2024 · $256k · revenue +3%
  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS
    3× · 2020–2022 · $60k · revenue +22%
  • TF
    The For All Mankind Movement Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $36k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • CF
    Caring Friends Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -95%
  • SS
    Small Steps Nurturing Center
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -12%
  • MA
    Memorial Assistance Ministriesgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +137%
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
Houston Christian Foundation dba National Christian Foundation Houston

As the Houston affiliate of the National Christian Foundation (NCF), our mission is to serve and encourage givers to grow as faithful stewards who give wisely to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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2
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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3
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
4
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
5
Christus Foundation for HealthCare

CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare is dedicated to extending the healing ministry of Jesus Christ, continuing the legacy of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word through the promotion of health and welfare to…

Health
6
The Methodist Hospital Foundation

Mission: this organization is part of the methodist hospital, doing business as houston methodist hospital, whose mission is: to provide high quality, cost-effective health care that delivers the best value to the people we serve in a…

Health
7
Episcopal Health Foundation

To advance the Kingdom of God with specific focus on human health and well-being, through grants, research and initiatives in support of the mission of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas.

Health
8
Christus Health Foundation of Southeast Texas

Christus health foundation of southeast texas serves the philanthropic needs of christus health southeast texas by soliciting and distributing contributions in support of christus health southeast texas.

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9
Harris County Medical Society

Our mission is to be the leading advocate for our member physicians, their patients and our community, in promoting the highest standards of ethical medical practice, access to quality medical care, medical education, research, and…

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10
Mhs Physicians of Texas

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
11
Texas Heart Medical Group

To provide cutting-edge cardiac care to diagnose, treat, and prevent cardiovascular diseases.

Health
12
Covenant HomeCare

Covenant HomeCare provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Houston Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Harmon Family Foundation (Fka the Claude Harmon Foundation). 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

60 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. 60 of the 80 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)
59/60
Grantees still filing
35/60
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $973,636 · PhilanthropyGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+4 more: $26,450 · PhilanthropyWEST UNIVERSITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $256,323 · OtherWEST UNIVERSITY UNIT…+38 more: $90,233 · Other+38 moreJoy Development School: $255,900 · EducationJoy Development Sc…TIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationTIGER ATHLETIC FOU…LSU FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationLSU FOUNDATION+5 more: $11,750 · EducationCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $60,000 · Human ServicesCaring Friends Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesMemorial Assistance Ministries: $5,000 · Human Services+6 more: $5,750 · Human ServicesCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $34,100 · HealthEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC: $10,000 · HealthTHE HELLMANN COMMUNITY FUND INC: $5,000 · HealthHEARTGIFT FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Health+8 more: $4,506 · HealthThe For All Mankind Movement Inc: $36,000 · ReligionHope and Healing Center & Institute: $2,500 · Religion+1 more: $200 · ReligionNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION: $3,750 · Arts & CultureTEXAS GOLF HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM (AUDIT): $1,500 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $870 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$1,000,086Other$346,556Education$307,650Human Services$120,750Health$55,606Religion$38,700Arts & Culture$11,120

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $973,636 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJoy Development School: $255,900 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $60,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCaring Friends Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetThe For All Mankind Movement Inc: $36,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $34,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLSU FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEG FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmall Steps Nurturing Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMemorial Assistance Ministries: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY PTA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGULF COAST GEOLOGICAL LIBRARY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE HELLMANN COMMUNITY FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetCAROLINA CREEK CHRISTIAN CAMPS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION: $3,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROSE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Legacy Missions International: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope and Healing Center & Institute: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEMPOWERING WOMEN OUT OF PRISON INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHEARTGIFT FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FORGE FOR FAMILIES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOM CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKAPPA SIGMA ENDOWMENT FUND: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTanglewood Foundation: $1,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTEXAS GOLF HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM (AUDIT): $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRiver Oaks Garden Club: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHARMON FAMILY FOUNDATION (FKA THE CLAUDE HARMON FOUNDATION): $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOGS FOR THE CAUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIRR Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston's Amazing Place Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKelsey Research Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Community Service Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $870 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTIONS MINISTRY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDoctor Marnie Rose Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetForum of Civics Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMPANILE CHARITIES INC: $400 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetThe Brenda & John H Duncan Rise School of Houston: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST DOMINIC VILLAGE: $250 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.

Greater Houston Commu…MD Anderson FoundationStrake FoundationAlbert & Ethel Herzst…Shell USA Company Fou…The William Stamps Fa…The Brown Foundation …Sterling-Turner Found…Vivian L Smith Founda…The John M O'Quinn Fo…Hildebrand FoundationThe Elkins Foundation
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX38.9× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · MD Anderson Foundation · Strake Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund · The Brown Foundation Inc · Sterling-Turner Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The John M O'Quinn Foundation · Hildebrand Foundation · The Elkins 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 Springmeyer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Springmeyer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.

    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 80 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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