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The Winston Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Winston Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$268k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$301kArts & Culture$276kPublic Safety & Disaster$125kHealth$121kRecreation & Sports$120kCommunity Improvement$80kHuman Services$58kPhilanthropy$48kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $230k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Ronald McDonald House Houston$23,000
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts$23,000
Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country$23,000
New Village Charter School Inc$23,000
The Brookwood Community$23,000
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston$23,000
University of Houston$22,364
Hunt Volunteer Fire Department$20,000
Kimball Rural Fire Department$20,000
Discovery Green Conservancy$20,000
Sunshine Kids Foundation$10,000
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church$9,705
Hope Mommies (IMO Eliza Acker)$7,500
James Phillips Williams Memorial Foundation$7,500
Custom Coastal Outreach$6,500
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 (FY22–22, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Covenant House: $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.
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 12 repeat orgs$131k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +83% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
4

Total granted

$1.0M
$93k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+83%
+44%

Still filing today

75%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthPublic Safety & DisasterEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TM
    THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON
    6× · 2019–2024 · $153k · revenue +33%
  • DG
    Discovery Green Conservancy
    5× · 2020–2024 · $120k · revenue +97%
  • RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $111k · revenue +122%

Funded once

  • TC
    The Community Fdn of the TX Hill Co
    one grant, 2019 · $30k
  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -16%
  • MO
    MISSION OF YAHWEH INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +44%
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
Kimbell Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
2
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
3
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

CAMH presents extraordinary and thought-provoking arts programming and exhibitions.

Arts & Culture
4
Houston Independent School District Foundation

The HISD Foundation is dedicated to mobilizing the local community to support innovative priorities in HISD to improve outcomes for all students in the district. Our mission is to fund projects and programs of merit that fall outside of…

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5
Houston House Foundation

The primary purpose of the houston house foundation is to provide long-term financial support to the ronald mcdonald house charities greater houston, inc.

Health
6
The Hospice at the Texas Medical Center

The Hospice at the Texas Medical Center holds a freestanding 37 bed inpatient facility in the Texas Medical Center that is operated and managed by Houston Hospice.

Human Services
7
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
8
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
9
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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10
Harris County Hospital District Foundation

The mission of the Harris County Hospital District Foundation is to enhance the broad healthcare mission of the Harris Health System by soliciting and raising funds for programs and increasing the community's awareness of the Harris Health…

Health
11
Houston Botanic Garden

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

Environment
12
Trees for Houston

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

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country Inc; the most unlike its peers is Covenant House Texas. 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

15 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. 15 of the 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Houston: $164,364 · OtherUniversity of HoustonThe Community Fdn of the TX Hill Country: $50,100 · OtherThe Community Fdn of the TX Hill Co…The Houston Food Bank: $45,000 · OtherThe Houston Food BankThe Community Fdn of the TX Hill Co: $30,000 · OtherThe Community Fdn of the TX Hill CoST ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $26,944 · OtherST ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHMISSION OF YAHWEH INC: $25,000 · OtherMISSION OF YAHWEH INC+5 more: $40,500 · Other+5 moreTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $153,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ART…San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts: $85,500 · Arts & CultureSan Angelo Museum of F…The Brookwood Community Inc: $93,000 · EducationThe Brookwood C…NEW VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $73,000 · EducationNEW VILLAGE CHA…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC: $110,500 · HealthRONALD MCDO…THE SUNSHINE KIDS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthTHE SUNSHIN…Discovery Green Conservancy: $120,000 · Recreation & SportsDiscovery G…HUNT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $67,500 · Public Safety & DisasterHUNT VOLUN…Kimble Rural Fire Department: $45,000 · Public Safety & DisasterKimble Rur…HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $23,000 · PhilanthropyCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $25,000 · Human Services
Other$381,908Arts & Culture$238,500Education$166,000Health$120,500Recreation & Sports$120,000Public Safety & Disaster$112,500Philanthropy$48,000Human Services$25,000

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 budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $153,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDiscovery Green Conservancy: $120,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC: $110,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc: $93,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSan Angelo Museum of Fine Arts: $85,500 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetNEW VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $73,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHUNT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $67,500 over 4y, 16% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKimble Rural Fire Department: $45,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMISSION OF YAHWEH INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $23,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SUNSHINE KIDS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJAMES PHILLIPS WILLIAMS MEM FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 3.2% 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.

Sterling-Turner Found…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Sterling-Turner FoundationTX15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sterling-Turner Foundation · 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 Winston Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Winston Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 23 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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