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The Stanton Foundation at a glance

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The Stanton 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.

$3.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$800k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$2.0MReligion$1.2MHealth$205kPhilanthropy$100kRecreation & Sports$80kEnvironment$35kHuman Services$11kHousing & Shelter$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $155k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $509k
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.3M
$59,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Catholic Endowment Foundation$800,000
St Thomas High School$401,677
Strake Jesuit College Preparatory$401,673
St Agnes Academy$400,231
Rice University$310,000
Holy Family Catholic Church$150,000
Episcopal High School$100,000
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital$90,000
River Oaks Baptist School$60,000
St Michael Catholic Church$59,000
Holy Family Church$50,000
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation$40,000
St Agnes Academy$30,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School$30,000
Strake Jesuit College Preparatory$30,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Bethesda House: $1k → 12%Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs: $1k → 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
NY
MA
IN
CA
VA
MD
DE
DC
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 83% of The Stanton Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 92% of the giving stays in TX; by stated purpose, 96%.

The Stanton Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

25%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$872k · 8 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
40

Total granted

$872k
$183k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+2%

Still filing today

38%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.5M went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationCrime & LegalHealthReligionHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • WM
    William Marsh Rice University
    3× · 2023–2025 · $517k · revenue +45%
  • PO
    Post Oak Baseball Foundation
    2× · 2022–2023 · $65k · revenue +97%
  • BT
    BRIDGES TO LIFE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $5k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • SM
    ST MARTINS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • SJ
    St John The Evangelist Church
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • GC
    Garden Club of Houstongraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +81%
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 Botanic Garden

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

Environment
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
Trees for Houston

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

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4
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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5
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
6
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
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
American Health Law Association

The mission of the american health law association is to deliver authoritative educational content and serve as a professional home for all who engage with health law.

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9
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

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10
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
11
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
12
Houston Museum of Natural Science

The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is National Geographic Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

36 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. 36 of the 63 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
21/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Catholic Endowment Foundation: $800,000 · OtherCatholic Endowment FoundationStrake Jesuit College Prep: $431,673 · OtherStrake Jesuit College PrepSt Agnes Academy: $430,231 · OtherSt Agnes AcademyST THOMAS HIGH SCHOOL: $401,677 · OtherST THOMAS HIGH SCHOOLHoly Family Catholic Church: $150,000 · OtherBeth Israel Deaconess Hospital: $150,000 · OtherEPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL: $110,000 · Other+38 more: $424,000 · Other+38 moreWilliam Marsh Rice University: $516,700 · EducationWilliam Marsh Ric…Foundation for American Security and Freedom Inc: $25,000 · Education+3 more: $7,000 · EducationGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,500 · PhilanthropyTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $40,000 · HealthEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthGarden Club of Houston: $20,000 · EnvironmentDUXBURY BEACH RESERVATION INC: $15,000 · EnvironmentBRIDGES TO LIFE: $4,500 · Crime & LegalNATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY CENTER: $1,000 · Crime & LegalTHOMAS MORE SOCIETY: $500 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $100 · Crime & LegalNOVA UKRAINE: $5,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $1,000 · International
Other$2,897,581Education$548,700Philanthropy$101,500Health$46,000Environment$35,000Crime & Legal$6,100International$6,000

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 budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $516,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPost Oak Baseball Foundation: $65,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetGarden Club of Houston: $20,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetLittle League Baseball Inc 3431607 Post Oak LL: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDUXBURY BEACH RESERVATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGEOHAZARDS INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNOVA UKRAINE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGES TO LIFE: $4,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE DUXBURY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHope and Healing Center & Institute: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUILD A MIRACLE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATH LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS & CIVIL RIGHTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kinkaid School Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaringBridge: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION FINALLY HOME: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOICE OF THE FAITHFUL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS MORE SOCIETY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL FOUNDATION: $100 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…Harry S & Isabel C Ca…Albert & Ethel Herzst…The Brown Foundation …William S & Lora Jean…The John M O'Quinn Fo…Sterling-Turner Found…Strake FoundationShell USA Company Fou…Greentree FundHildebrand FoundationMD Anderson Foundation
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX23.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · William S & Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation · The John M O'Quinn Foundation · Sterling-Turner Foundation · Strake Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Greentree Fund · Hildebrand Foundation · MD Anderson 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 Stanton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Stanton 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Duxbury Beach Reservation Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 63 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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