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United Way of Greater Houston

United Way works together to improve lives, build a stronger community, and create meaningful opportunities for people to prosper.

$41M
Granted FY2025still arriving
275
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Human Services$188MPublic Safety & Disaster$94MHealth$54MYouth Development$32MEducation$24MHousing & Shelter$22MEmployment$19MCommunity Improvement$17MOther$0
02FY2025 · 275 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k68 grants · $1.3M
  • $50k–250k152 grants · $19M
  • $250k+47 grants · $20M
$100,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$100M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BakerRipley$1,298,000
YMCA of the Greater Houston Area$1,147,100
Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston$808,000
SER-Jobs for Progress$608,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc$592,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star$587,500
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council$550,000
Houston Habitat for Humanity$525,000
Boy Scouts of America - Sam Houston Area Council$500,000
Covenant Community Capital$492,000
Katy Responds$475,000
Family Houston$466,200
Memorial Assistance Ministries$466,000
Family Houston$460,000
Volunteers of America Texas Inc$460,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $189.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Community Assistance Center: $940k → 9%BakerRipley: $6.6M → 16%BakerRipley: $6.2M → 16%BakerRipley: $1.3M → 16%Wesley Community Center Inc: $894k → 16%Wesley Community Center: $875k → 16%Wesley Community Center Inc: $870k → 16%Wesley Community Center Inc: $837k → 16%Catholic Charities GalvHou: $1.3M → 16%Catholic Charities GalvHou: $1.1M → 16%Catholic Charities GalvHou: $1.0M → 16%Catholic Charities GalvHou: $750k → 16%Houston Area Womens Center: $722k → 16%Houston Area Womens Center: $697k → 16%Houston Area Womens Center: $651k → 16%YMCA of the Greater Houston Area: $1.1M → 16%YMCA: $3.1M → 16%YMCA: $3.0M → 16%YMCA: $2.5M → 16%YMCA Of The Grtr Houston: $2.5M → 16%YMCA Greater Houston Area: $2.4M → 16%YMCA of the Greater Houston Area: $2.2M → 16%YMCA of the Greater Houston Area: $1.5M → 16%YMCA of the Greater Houston Area: $1.5M → 16%YMCA of the Greater Houston Area: $1.0M → 16%Collaborative for Children: $774k → 16%BakerRipley: $22.8M → 16%BakerRipley: $6.8M → 16%BakerRipley: $2.1M → 16%BakerRipley: $1.9M → 16%BakerRipley: $1.8M → 16%Memorial Assistance Ministries: $1.9M → 16%Memorial Assistance Ministries: $758k → 16%Memorial Assistance Ministries: $661k → 16%Memorial Assistance Ministries: $660k → 16%Family Houston: $3.4M → 16%Family Houston: $3.4M → 16%Family Houston: $3.1M → 16%Family Houston: $3.1M → 16%DePelchin Childrens Center: $3.0M → 16%Family Houston: $2.6M → 16%Family Houston: $2.3M → 16%DePelchin Childrens Center: $2.0M → 16%DePelchin Childrens Center: $1.8M → 16%Depelchin Childrens Center: $1.7M → 16%DePelchin Children's Center: $1.5M → 16%DePelchin Childrens Center: $1.1M → 16%Northwest Assistance Ministries: $2.1M → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MA
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
DC
LA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$479M · 196 repeat orgs$7.0M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +30% since the first grant, against +9% for the ones you funded once.

196 repeat relationships — 110 still active in FY2025, 86 since wound down; 28 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

196
151

Total granted

$479M
$5.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+9%

Still filing today

85%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • B
    BakerRipley
    9× · 2017–2025 · $79M · revenue +89%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON
    9× · 2017–2025 · $11M · revenue +139%
  • DC
    DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER
    7× · 2017–2025 · $11M · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • TC
    TEXAS CENTER FOR CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES
    one grant, 2021 · $350k · revenue -24%
  • FI
    Free Indeed Community Works CDC
    one grant, 2021 · $275k · revenue -61% · 79% of their budget
  • WD
    WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT
    one grant, 2021 · $250k · revenue -3%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
LifeHouse of Houston Inc

LifeHouse is a Christ-centered ministry ensuring life for unborn children by providing opportunities for housing, help, and hope for young women during their pregnancies and beyond.

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3
Houston Local Information Initiative Inc

The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.

Arts & Culture
4
South Central Houston Action Council Inc

The organization provides medical services in the form of primary and preventive care to underserved and underinsured residents of harris county.

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5
Raise Texas

RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…

Human Services
6
Trees for Houston

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

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7
Summerhouse Houston

Summerhouse Houston's supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), their familites, and our community through employment, volunterism, and partnerships to foster a culture of belonging, choice and respect.

Human Services
8
Watershed Human and Community Development Agency Inc

Assisting in the growth and development of the College Station community in the areas of employment health care housing and counseling.

Community Improvement
9
The Arc of Harris County

To promote wellness, enriching the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

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10
Central Houston Inc

See schedule ocentral houston champions a thriving downtown by connecting influential leaders through initiatives that advance the future of business and community for all.

—
11
Central Houston Civic Improvement Inc

Central houston civic improvement lnc.'s mission is to ensure the continued vitality and to support development of downtown and the central city that is critical to the continued health and growth of houston.

Community Improvement
12
Houston MediaSource

Houston MediaSource aspires to be the community media center for the City of Houston. HMS provides public access to media platforms that promote citizen engagement, protect the right to free expression, and provide opportunities to advance…

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tomball Emergency Assistance Ministries and the most unlike its peers is Sam Houston Hs Pto. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 31 years old; the field is 10. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number30%3%<5yr17%11%5–10yr21%19%10–20yr17%24%20–35yr7%25%35–55yr8%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value30%0%<5yr17%2%5–10yr21%7%10–20yr17%7%20–35yr7%27%35–55yr8%56%55yr+

The field is 30% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 19% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%8/364
the rest of the field
19%
4,248/22,947

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

293 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 293 of the 378 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

31
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
71
Early backer (in before they grew)
282/293
Grantees still filing
179/293
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BakerRipley — $78,803,079 · Human ServicesBakerRipleyFamily Service Center of Houston and Harris County — $23,031,019 · Human ServicesFamily Service Center of Houston and Harris CountyYoung Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area — $21,521,934 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston …CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON — $11,471,987 · Human ServicesDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER — $11,179,975 · Human ServicesMemorial Assistance Ministries — $9,417,475 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $8,405,633 · Human Services+51 more — $84,484,186 · Human Services+51 moreThe Salvation Army — $8,452,185 · OtherThe Salvation ArmyInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston — $7,852,552 · OtherInterfaith Ministries for Gr…VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INC — $7,467,775 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INCHOUSTON AREA URBAN LEAGUE INC — $5,657,711 · OtherSAN JOSE CLINIC — $5,642,486 · OtherALLIANCE FOR MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY SERVICES — $4,406,708 · OtherATTACK POVERTY — $7,376,659 · OtherATTACK POVERTYEvelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston — $4,897,016 · Other+90 more — $68,864,490 · Other+90 moreEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC — $9,591,089 · HealthFORT BEND FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC — $5,969,904 · HealthThe Foundation for the Council on Recovery — $4,217,349 · HealthThe Montrose Center — $2,683,074 · HealthSANTA MARIA HOSTEL INC — $2,665,530 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $2,190,233 · HealthLighthouse For The Blind Of Houston Inc — $2,076,762 · HealthLEGACY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES INC — $1,797,561 · HealthMental Health America of Greater Houston Inc — $1,294,263 · HealthFORT BEND REGIONAL COUNCIL ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE — $1,186,381 · Health+3 more — $951,292 · HealthGirl Scouts of San Jacinto Council — $8,295,171 · Youth DevelopmentBoy Scouts of America Sam Houston Area Council — $7,961,947 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR — $6,007,134 · Youth DevelopmentBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc — $4,078,583 · Youth DevelopmentTEJANO CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CONCERNS INC — $1,036,715 · Youth Development+4 more — $1,535,717 · Youth DevelopmentLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION — $7,288,499 · Community ImprovementFIFTH WARD COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $4,400,000 · Community ImprovementCOVENANT COMMUNITY CAPITAL CORPORATION — $3,637,388 · Community ImprovementWOODLANDS RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY INC — $1,185,210 · Community ImprovementEAST HARRIS COUNTY EMPOWERMENT COUNCIL — $1,060,000 · Community Improvement+3 more — $1,125,000 · Community ImprovementCAREER & RECOVERY RESOURCES INC — $5,684,138 · EmploymentSER-JOBS FOR PROGRESS OF THE TEXAS GULF COAST INC — $5,288,754 · EmploymentTHE WORKFAITH CONNECTION — $3,884,644 · EmploymentGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF HOUSTON — $2,094,377 · EmploymentHOUSTON'S CAPITAL INVESTING IN DEVELOP- MENT AND EMPLOYMENT OF ADULTS INC — $775,035 · Employment+1 more — $530,521 · EmploymentSTAR OF HOPE MISSION — $5,214,812 · Housing & ShelterHouston Habitat for Humanity Inc — $4,237,191 · Housing & ShelterCoalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County — $3,488,493 · Housing & ShelterRebuilding Together Houston — $1,377,978 · Housing & ShelterAvenue Community Development Corporation — $960,000 · Housing & ShelterMONTGOMERY COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $566,875 · Housing & Shelter+2 more — $300,475 · Housing & Shelter
Human Services$248,315,288Other$120,617,582Health$34,623,438Youth Development$28,915,267Community Improvement$18,696,097Employment$18,257,469Housing & Shelter$16,145,824

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBakerRipley — $78,803,079 over 9y, 7.8% of budgetFamily Service Center of Houston and Harris County — $23,031,019 over 9y, 68% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area — $21,521,934 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON — $11,471,987 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER — $11,179,975 over 7y, 11% of budgetEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC — $9,591,089 over 9y, 6.7% of budgetMemorial Assistance Ministries — $9,417,475 over 9y, 30% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $8,405,633 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts of San Jacinto Council — $8,295,171 over 9y, 7.1% of budgetBoy Scouts of America Sam Houston Area Council — $7,961,947 over 9y, 11% of budgetInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston — $7,852,552 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetWESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC OF HOUSTON TEXAS — $7,689,903 over 9y, 23% of budgetATTACK POVERTY — $7,376,659 over 7y, 52% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION — $7,288,499 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetNORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES — $6,859,197 over 9y, 18% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR — $6,007,134 over 9y, 6.6% of budgetFORT BEND FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC — $5,969,904 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetCAREER & RECOVERY RESOURCES INC — $5,684,138 over 9y, 25% of budgetHOUSTON AREA URBAN LEAGUE INC — $5,657,711 over 9y, 20% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE — $5,550,548 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR PURSUIT — $5,368,778 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetHouston Area Women's Center — $5,333,061 over 9y, 9.6% of budgetSER-JOBS FOR PROGRESS OF THE TEXAS GULF COAST INC — $5,288,754 over 9y, 54% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION — $5,214,812 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetEvelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston — $4,897,016 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetALLIANCE FOR MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY SERVICES — $4,406,708 over 8y, 10% of budgetFIFTH WARD COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $4,400,000 over 3y, 30% of budgetHouston Habitat for Humanity Inc — $4,237,191 over 4y, 16% of budgetThe Foundation for the Council on Recovery — $4,217,349 over 9y, 85% of budgetCHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $4,143,694 over 9y, 14% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc — $4,078,583 over 9y, 6.4% of budgetCrisis Assistance Center Inc dba Community Assistance Center — $3,948,173 over 9y, 30% of budgetTHE WORKFAITH CONNECTION — $3,884,644 over 9y, 23% of budgetCOMMUNITY FAMILY CENTERS INC — $3,800,130 over 8y, 15% of budgetCOVENANT COMMUNITY CAPITAL CORPORATION — $3,637,388 over 9y, 29% of budgetCoalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County — $3,488,493 over 9y, 7.1% of budgetFort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More — $3,170,270 over 9y, 15% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMENS CENTER — $3,121,983 over 9y, 7.7% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH — $3,094,254 over 9y, 13% of budgetTarget Hunger Inc — $3,094,046 over 9y, 8.0% of budgetThe Montrose Center — $2,683,074 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetSANTA MARIA HOSTEL INC — $2,665,530 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetHUMBLE AREA ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC — $2,639,472 over 9y, 12% of budgetDISCOVERU — $2,452,012 over 6y, 41% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES — $2,405,400 over 9y, 14% of budgetWEST HOUSTON ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC — $2,254,493 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $2,190,233 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC — $2,158,545 over 9y, 4.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds BakerRipley ↗
  • Who funds Family Service Center of Houston and Harris County ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds Memorial Assistance Ministries ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council ↗
  • Who funds Boy Scouts of America Sam Houston Area Council ↗
  • Who funds Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston ↗
  • Who funds WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC OF HOUSTON TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds ATTACK POVERTY ↗
  • Who funds LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR ↗
  • Who funds FORT BEND FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CAREER & RECOVERY RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON AREA URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR PURSUIT ↗
  • Who funds Houston Area Women's Center ↗
  • Who funds SER-JOBS FOR PROGRESS OF THE TEXAS GULF COAST INC ↗
  • Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds FIFTH WARD COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Foundation for the Council on Recovery ↗
  • Who funds CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc ↗
  • Who funds Crisis Assistance Center Inc dba Community Assistance Center ↗
  • Who funds THE WORKFAITH CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FAMILY CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT COMMUNITY CAPITAL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County ↗
  • Who funds Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Houston Endowment IncThe Methodist HospitalAlbert & Ethel Herzst…Baxter Trust Co Priva…The Brown Foundation …Greater Houston Commu…The William Stamps Fa…Harry S & Isabel C Ca…The Simmons FoundationHouston Texans Founda…Centerpoint Energy Fo…Episcopal Health Foun…
Houston Endowment IncTX118.6× affinity71 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Houston Endowment Inc · The Methodist Hospital · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · The Brown Foundation Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · The Simmons Foundation · Houston Texans Foundation · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Episcopal Health Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization United Way of Greater Houston funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    75report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 378 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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    The endowment market
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    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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