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The Strickland Family 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.

$98k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$20k
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 2024.

Youth Development$581kHealth$435kEducation$214kCrime & Legal$161kEnvironment$132kRecreation & Sports$124kArts & Culture$60kHuman Services$36kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $78k
$7,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$616k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Casa of Travis County$20,000
Tunnel to Towers Foundation$20,000
Walden Family Services Found$18,192
Sacred Hearet School$10,000
Aspen Center For the Environment$10,000
Individual grant recipient$7,500
Main Street Theater$5,000
Camp Aranzazu$2,500
World Central Kitchen$2,000
Houston Food Bank$1,000
Nora's Gift Foundation$1,000
Dress for Success$500
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 (FY17–25, $139k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%CAMP ARANZAZU: $53k → 17%CAMP ARANZAZU: $50k → 17%CAMP ARANZAZU: $9k → 17%CAMP ARANZAZU: $5k → 17%CAMP ARANZAZU: $5k → 17%Camp Aranzazu: $3k → 17%Camp Aranzazu: $3k → 17%THE WOMENS INSTITUTE OF HOUSTON: $500 → 16%TEEN & FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 16%KID'S MEALS: $1k → 16%KID'S MEALS: $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

IL
MA
PA
CA
CO
MD
DC
GA
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 26 repeat orgs$88k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
20

Total granted

$1.8M
$68k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+25%

Still filing today

46%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationRecreation & SportsArts & CultureOther
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

  • PC
    PHOENIX CENTER
    5× · 2017–2022 · $565k · revenue +127% · 50% of their budget
  • NG
    Nora's Gift Foundation Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $301k · revenue +59%
  • CA
    COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF TRAVIS COUNTY
    8× · 2018–2025 · $150k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • TY
    THE YMCA
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • GR
    GENESIS RECOVERY INC
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -86%
  • HM
    HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUND
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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
West Street Recovery

West Street Recovery's mission is to connect communities to the resources they need to rebuild after climate disasters such as Hurricane Harvey and build resilient, secure, and stronger communities.

Public Safety & Disaster
2
Trees for Houston

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

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3
Hospice of South Texas Inc

Hospice care of terminally ill patients

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4
Rebuilding Together Houston

Rebuilding Together Houston is the only organization in Houston and Harris County providing free home repairs to hundreds of families each year. We employ licensed contractors to restore homes to safe, livable conditions, extending each…

Housing & Shelter
5
Texas Children's

To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education, and research.

Health
6
Houston Botanic Garden

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

Environment
7
Austin Street Center

The mission of austin street center is to provide emergency shelter and related services to the homeless. programs provide crisis intervention, substance abuse awareness information and opportunities to improve present life situations to…

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8
Houston Area Parkinson Society

The mission of the Houston Area Parkinson Society is to use a whole-human approach to community building, which reduces the fear and isolation associated with a Parkinson's diagnosis.

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9
Family Service Center of Houston and Harris County

The mission of Family Service Center of Houston and Harris County (Family Houston) is to create a stronger community for tomorrow by helping individuals and families meet the challenges they face today. We help others help themselves.

Human Services
10
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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11
Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More

See Schedule OFort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels provides comprehensive services, including Meals on Wheels, congregate meals, transportation, case management, health screenings, information and referral services, recreation, and more. Our…

Human Services
12
Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc

Seeking to put God's love into action, Houston Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to provide a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Star of Hope Mission; the most unlike its peers is Genesis Recovery 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

28 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. 28 of the 48 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/28
Grantees still filing
20/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF TRAVIS COUNTY: $150,000 · OtherCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF TR…WALDEN FAMILY SERVICES FOUNDATION INC: $118,200 · OtherWALDEN FAMILY SERVICES FOUNDATION INCHONOR FLIGHT SCHOOL SAN DIEGO: $75,500 · OtherHONOR FLIGHT SCHOOL SAN DIEGOWalden Family Services Found: $49,192 · OtherWalden Family Services FoundSACRED HEART SCHOOL: $42,661 · OtherSACRED HEART SCHOOLHOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL: $40,000 · OtherHOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITALSacred Hearet School: $33,500 · OtherAspen Center For the Environment: $23,500 · Other+23 more: $126,266 · Other+23 morePHOENIX CENTER: $565,000 · Recreation & SportsPHOENIX CENTERNora's Gift Foundation Inc: $300,500 · HealthNora's Gift Foundatio…CENTER FOR CREATIVE RESOURCES INC: $35,000 · HealthCENTER FOR CREATIVE R…+5 more: $14,800 · HealthCamp Aranzazu Inc: $126,850 · Human ServicesTeen & Family Services: $10,000 · Human Services+2 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesPresbyterian School: $70,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationMain Street Theater Houston: $65,000 · Arts & CultureHOUSTON PETSET: $5,500 · AnimalsMission K9 Rescue Inc: $2,000 · Animals
Other$658,819Recreation & Sports$565,000Health$350,300Human Services$139,350Education$90,000Arts & Culture$65,000Animals$7,500

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 budgetPHOENIX CENTER: $565,000 over 5y, 50% of budgetNora's Gift Foundation Inc: $300,500 over 9y, 14% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF TRAVIS COUNTY: $150,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCamp Aranzazu Inc: $126,850 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetWALDEN FAMILY SERVICES FOUNDATION INC: $118,200 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetPresbyterian School: $70,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMain Street Theater Houston: $65,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCENTER FOR CREATIVE RESOURCES INC: $35,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetTHE WHEELHOUSE INC: $17,200 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetExtra Special People Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGENESIS RECOVERY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTeen & Family Services: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $7,026 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOASTAL BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSTON PETSET: $5,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMission K9 Rescue Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Junior League of Houston Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE OF HOUSTON: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMountain Rescue Aspen Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetATHLETIC ORTHOPEDIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

  • Who funds PHOENIX CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Nora's Gift Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF TRAVIS COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Camp Aranzazu Inc ↗
  • Who funds WALDEN FAMILY SERVICES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Presbyterian School ↗
  • Who funds Main Street Theater Houston ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR CREATIVE RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE WHEELHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Extra Special People Inc ↗
  • Who funds GENESIS RECOVERY INC ↗
  • Who funds Teen & Family Services ↗
  • Who funds The Houston Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds COASTAL BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON PETSET ↗
  • Who funds MISSION OF YAHWEH INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Mission K9 Rescue Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Junior League of Houston Inc ↗
  • Who funds KIDS' MEALS INC ↗

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…Shell USA Company Fou…Strake FoundationAlbert & Ethel Herzst…The John M O'Quinn Fo…Houston Endowment IncThe Iris and Lloyd We…The Alkek and William…MD Anderson FoundationSterling-Turner Found…Charity Guild of Cath…The Elkins Foundation
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX25.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Strake Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The John M O'Quinn Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · The Iris and Lloyd Webre Foundation · The Alkek and Williams Foundation · MD Anderson Foundation · Sterling-Turner Foundation · Charity Guild of Catholic Women of Harris County Inc · 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 Strickland Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Strickland Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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

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How do I get to The Strickland Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Strickland Family 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 48 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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