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The Whalley 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.

$6.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
88
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$400k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$12MFood & Nutrition$6.5MEducation$5.3MPublic Safety & Disaster$2.9MHuman Services$2.8MReligion$1.9MRecreation & Sports$1.7MYouth Development$1.5MOther$0
02FY2025 · 88 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k35 grants · $703k
  • $50k–250k30 grants · $2.8M
  • $250k+9 grants · $3.1M
$35,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KIDS MEALS$400,000
HOUSTON FOOD BANK$400,000
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$400,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$400,000
MARCH OF DIMES$355,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE HOUSTON$300,000
TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$300,000
BRIGHTER BITES$275,000
TEAM RUBICON$250,000
SPRING SPIRIT$200,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$200,000
MEMORIAL HERMANN FOUNDATION$200,000
ST LUKE'S FOUNDATION$200,000
COVENANT HOUSE$150,000
STAR OF HOPE$150,000
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 (FY17–25, $6.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JOHNNY MAC SOLDIERS FUND: $50k → 4%JOHNNY MAC SOLDIERS FUND INC: $25k → 4%JOHNNY MAC SOLDIERS FUND: $25k → 4%JOHNNY MAC SOLDIERS FUND INC: $25k → 4%JOHNNY MAC SOLDIERS FUND INC: $25k → 4%JOHNNY MAC SOLDIERS FUND: $25k → 4%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $400k → 14%JOHNNY MAC SOLDIERS FUND: $25k → 4%JOHNNY MAC SOLDIERS FUND INC: $25k → 4%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $400k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $400k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $325k → 14%BOYS AND GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON I: $25k → 16%TARGET HUNGER: $220k → 16%TARGET HUNGER: $50k → 16%TARGET HUNGER: $20k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $50k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $50k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $50k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $35k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $35k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $25k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $25k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDRENS CENTER: $25k → 16%KIDS MEALS: $400k → 16%KIDS MEALS: $400k → 16%KIDS MEALS: $300k → 16%KIDS MEALS: $250k → 16%KIDS MEALS: $225k → 16%KIDS MEALS: $175k → 16%KIDS MEALS: $75k → 16%KIDS MEALS: $20k → 16%KIDS MEALS: $20k → 16%CONNECT COMMUNITY: $25k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $550k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $275k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $150k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $150k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $60k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $50k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $50k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $25k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $20k → 16%HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER: $250k → 16%HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER: $50k → 16%HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER: $50k → 16%HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER: $35k → 16%HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER: $25k → 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

NH
MT
IL
NY
MA
OH
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
AR
TN
SC
DC
LA
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$39M · 113 repeat orgs$743k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

113 repeat relationships: 77 still active in FY2025, 36 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

113
40

Total granted

$39M
$482k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+14%

Still filing today

63%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $261k 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 ServicesEducationArts & CultureInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • The Houston Food Bank
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.0M · revenue +107%
  • KM
    KIDS' MEALS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.9M · revenue +579%
  • TC
    Texas Children's Hospital
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +105%

Funded once

  • IM
    Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houstongraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $90k · revenue +65%
  • AS
    ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -28%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +167%
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
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
2
Houston Botanic Garden

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

Environment
3
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
4
Breakthrough Houston

The mission of Breakthrough Houston (BTH) is to work with highly motivated students to achieve post-secondary success and empower aspiring leaders to become the next generation of educational advocates.

Education
5
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

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
St John's School

See Schedule OSt. John's School is an independent, co-educational day school presenting a 13-year sequence of college preparatory training. A non-profit institution, it was founded in 1946 to provide the community with a school of exacting…

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8
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
9
John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science

The Health Museum is an innovative science center that provides an interactive and entertaining experience for all ages, promotes understanding and appreciation of the human body, mind, and spirit, and inspires a lifelong commitment to…

Arts & Culture
10
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
11
Texas Children's Hospital Foundation

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

Health
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Houston Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Battle of Rhode Island Association. 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

105 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. 105 of the 166 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
100/105
Grantees still filing
72/105
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Houston Food Bank: $2,965,000 · OtherThe Houston Food BankMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $2,035,000 · OtherMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTERAMERICAN RED CROSS: $1,300,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSST CECILIA CATHOLIC CHURCH: $1,188,000 · OtherST CECILIA CATHOLIC CHURCHAMAZING PLACE: $906,000 · OtherTHE ALS ASSOCIATION-TEXAS CHAPTER: $850,000 · OtherTEAM RUBICON INC: $775,000 · Other+106 more: $8,737,700 · Other+106 moreTexas Children's Hospital: $1,755,000 · HealthTexas Children's Hospi…MARCH OF DIMES INC: $1,730,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INCST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,170,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RES…Memorial Hermann Foundation: $1,145,000 · HealthMemorial Hermann Found…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC: $925,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE …ST LUKE'S FOUNDATION: $555,000 · HealthST LUKE'S FOUNDATION+12 more: $757,500 · Health+12 moreKIDS' MEALS INC: $1,865,000 · Human ServicesKIDS' MEALS INCAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,525,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National…COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $1,330,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE TE…Houston Area Women's Center: $410,000 · Human ServicesHouston Area Wome…Target Hunger Inc: $290,000 · Human ServicesMemorial Assistance Ministries: $280,000 · Human ServicesJOHNNY MAC SOLDIERS FUND INC: $225,000 · Human Services+7 more: $223,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRIARWOOD SCHOOL: $1,165,025 · EducationTHE BRIARWO…The Kinkaid School Inc: $1,007,000 · EducationThe Kinkaid…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $870,000 · EducationTHE BOARD O…The Brookwood Community Inc: $356,200 · EducationThe Brookwo…Small Steps Nurturing Center: $275,000 · EducationSmall Steps…LYNN UNIVERSITY INC: $155,000 · Education+7 more: $155,000 · EducationBrighter Bites Inc: $955,000 · Food & NutritionGOOD EATS FOR LIFE LLC: $230,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $2,500 · Food & NutritionONEGOAL: $580,000 · Youth DevelopmentGirl Scouts of San Jacinto Council: $255,000 · Youth DevelopmentCamp For All Foundation: $240,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $26,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $1,061,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$18,756,700Health$8,038,000Human Services$6,148,000Education$3,983,225Food & Nutrition$1,187,500Youth Development$1,101,000Housing & Shelter$1,061,000

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 budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $2,965,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC: $1,865,000 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $1,755,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $1,730,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,525,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $1,330,000 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,170,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRIARWOOD SCHOOL: $1,165,025 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetMemorial Hermann Foundation: $1,145,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $1,061,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetThe Kinkaid School Inc: $1,007,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetBrighter Bites Inc: $955,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC: $925,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $870,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALS ASSOCIATION-TEXAS CHAPTER: $850,000 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $775,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSpringSpirit Inc: $610,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetONEGOAL: $580,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetST LUKE'S FOUNDATION: $555,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY: $516,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHouston Area Women's Center: $410,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTELLURIDE ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM: $365,000 over 9y, 8.8% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc: $356,200 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTarget Hunger Inc: $290,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetMemorial Assistance Ministries: $280,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetSmall Steps Nurturing Center: $275,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetThe Periwinkle Foundation: $275,000 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetGirl Scouts of San Jacinto Council: $255,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetCamp For All Foundation: $240,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetAUTISM RESCUE ANGELS: $240,000 over 8y, 68% of budgetGOOD EATS FOR LIFE LLC: $230,000 over 4y, 93% of budgetJOHNNY MAC SOLDIERS FUND INC: $225,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $190,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMenil Foundation Inc: $180,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC: $180,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Junior League of Houston Inc: $165,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetLYNN UNIVERSITY INC: $155,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetALL STARS PROJECT INC: $145,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetAH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS: $140,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy: $140,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLOVE JUSTICE INTERNATIONAL: $125,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetSocial Motion Inc: $120,000 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES INC: $120,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston: $90,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Zoo Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetiEDUCATE: $70,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $55,000 over 4y, 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.

  • Who funds The Houston Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds KIDS' MEALS INC ↗
  • Who funds Texas Children's Hospital ↗
  • Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BRIARWOOD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Memorial Hermann Foundation ↗
  • Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds The Kinkaid School Inc ↗
  • Who funds Brighter Bites Inc ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE ALS ASSOCIATION-TEXAS CHAPTER ↗
  • Who funds TEAM RUBICON INC ↗
  • Who funds SpringSpirit Inc ↗
  • Who funds ONEGOAL ↗
  • Who funds ST LUKE'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Houston Area Women's Center ↗
  • Who funds TELLURIDE ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds The Brookwood Community Inc ↗
  • Who funds Target Hunger Inc ↗
  • Who funds Memorial Assistance Ministries ↗
  • Who funds Small Steps Nurturing Center ↗
  • Who funds The Periwinkle Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council ↗
  • Who funds Camp For All Foundation ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM RESCUE ANGELS ↗

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.

Albert & Ethel Herzst…Greater Houston Commu…Strake FoundationThe Brown Foundation …Houston Endowment IncHarry S & Isabel C Ca…The Powell FoundationThe Elkins FoundationThe William Stamps Fa…Jack H & William M Li…The Medallion Foundat…MD Anderson Foundation
Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable FoundationTX41.1× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Strake Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Houston Endowment Inc · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · The Powell Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund · Jack H & William M Light Charitable Trust · The Medallion Foundation Inc · 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 Whalley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Whalley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Lynn University Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 166 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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The camps
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