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Wcn Cares

We provide unwavering support to local non-profit charities.

$2.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
51
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$111k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through 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, FY2023 to 2024.

Health$830kHuman Services$423kYouth Development$304kFood & Nutrition$172kEducation$125kPhilanthropy$111kCrime & Legal$90kRecreation & Sports$77kOther$0
02FY2024 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 51 grants below total $2,169,444, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,272,446 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $103,002 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k27 grants · $494k
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $1.7M
$30,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROGER CLEMENS FOUNDATION$111,000
INSPIRATION RANCH$110,000
YES 2 YOUTH$100,000
THE MONARCH SCHOOL$100,000
BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF EL DORADO$100,000
INTERFAITH OF THE WOODLANDS$100,000
ANGEL REACH$100,000
THE WILL HERNDON RESEARCH FUND$100,000
ALL EARS$75,000
CASA CHILD ADVOCATES$75,000
MEALS ON WHEELS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY$75,000
ALL EAGLES$62,000
TOBY KEITH FOUNDATION$60,000
NEW DANVILLE$50,750
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER$50,000
02The need
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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 (FY23–24, $589k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 11% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TOMMY'S PLACE: $12k → 7%SHELTERING ARMS COALITION: $10k → 17%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $28k → 5%SISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER: $28k → 12%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $10k → 9%ANGEL REACH: $100k → 9%YES 2 YOUTH: $100k → 9%KIDS MEALS: $25k → 16%COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER: $50k → 9%LOVE FOSTERS HOPE: $30k → 9%INSPIRATION RANCH: $110k → 9%Love Fosters Hope: $25k → 9%Inspiration Ranch: $10k → 9%NEW DANVILLE: $51k → 9%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

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CA
CO
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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 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
Texprotects-the Texas Association for the Protection of Children

TexProtects advances public policy and local implementation to strenghten families to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Youth Development
2
Cook Children's Health Plan

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
3
Cook Children's Medical Center

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
4
Cook Children's Medical Center - Prosper

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
5
Oncology and Kids Inc

To help kids and families heal the emotional scars of childhood cancer and learn to thrive.

Human Services
6
Children's Hospital Association of Texas

To advance children's health and well-being by advocating for policies and funding that promote children's access to high-quality, comprehensive health care.

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7
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
8
FIRST3YEARS

First3years nurtures early relational and mental health of infants and toddlers in texas. working in deep collaboration with caregivers, parents, and professionals statewide, we cultivate strong early childhood systems, educate our…

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9
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
10
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston's mission is to inspire and enable all youth, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.

Youth Development
11
Cook Children's Physician Network

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
12
The Women's Resource of Greater Houston

See Schedule OThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston helps women and girls make choices toward becoming independent, productive, and financially stable. We fulfill our mission by recruiting volunteer instructors to deliver our programs in…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of the Texas Gulf Coast & Louisiana Inc; the most unlike its peers is Project Hope Uganda. 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

44 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. 44 of the 50 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
44/44
Grantees still filing
14/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INSPIRATION RANCH INC: $120,000 · Human ServicesINSPIRATION RANCH INCANGEL REACH: $100,000 · Human ServicesANGEL REACHMONTGOMERY COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES: $100,000 · Human ServicesMONTGOMERY COUNTY YOUTH SERVIC…Love Fosters Hope: $55,000 · Human ServicesLove Fosters HopeTEXAS NEW COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $50,750 · Human ServicesTEXAS NEW COMMUNITY ALLIANCECrisis Assistance Center Inc dba Community Assistance Center: $50,000 · Human ServicesCrisis Assistance Center Inc d…SISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $28,000 · Human ServicesA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $28,000 · Human ServicesKIDS' MEALS INC: $25,000 · Human Services+3 more: $32,000 · Human Services+3 moreTHE MONARCH SCHOOL: $100,000 · OtherTHE MONARCH SCHOOLTHE WILL HERNDON RESEARCH FUND: $100,000 · OtherTHE WILL HERNDON RESEARCH FUNDMEALS ON WHEELS MONTGOMERY COUNTY: $75,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS MONTGOMERY COUNTYMONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 · OtherMONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK INCMONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMENS CENTER: $50,000 · OtherMONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMENS CENTERSTEPHENVILLE PARKS AND REC: $27,194 · OtherTEXAS CASA INC: $75,000 · OtherTEXAS CASA INCWOODLANDS YOUTH RUGBY CLUB: $50,000 · OtherWOODLANDS YOUTH RUGBY CLUBPTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $50,000 · OtherPTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICAPROJECT BEACON: $50,000 · OtherPROJECT BEACON+7 more: $113,500 · Other+7 moreAll Eagles Oscar Foundation: $62,000 · HealthAll Eagles Osc…MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthMARY BRIDGE CH…American Heart Association Inc: $50,000 · HealthAmerican Heart…Memorial Hermann Foundation: $35,000 · HealthMemorial Herma…CHORDOMA FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthCHORDOMA FOUND…Texas Children's Hospital: $25,000 · HealthTexas Children…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS GULF COAST & LOUISIANA INC: $15,000 · HealthMIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthCarolina Breast Friends Inc: $10,000 · HealthTHE ROGER CLEMENS FOUNDATION: $111,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ROGER…THE TOBY KEITH FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · PhilanthropyTHE TOBY …REVOLUTION 120 INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyREVOLUTIO…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHERN SIERRA: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTH…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ST HELENA AND CALISTOGA INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GI…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PLYMOUTH: $12,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GI…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTH…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTH PUGET SOUND: $7,000 · Youth DevelopmentWOODLANDS RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY INC: $100,000 · Community ImprovementPROJECT HOPE UGANDA: $25,000 · Community ImprovementAll Ears Listening and Language Center: $75,000 · EducationWESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $28,000 · Education
Human Services$588,750Other$740,694Health$287,000Philanthropy$181,000Youth Development$179,000Community Improvement$125,000Education$103,000

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 budgetINSPIRATION RANCH INC: $120,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetTHE ROGER CLEMENS FOUNDATION: $111,000 over 1y, 59% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHERN SIERRA: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetANGEL REACH: $100,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetWOODLANDS RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES: $100,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetAll Ears Listening and Language Center: $75,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetTEXAS CASA INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS MONTGOMERY COUNTY: $75,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAll Eagles Oscar Foundation: $62,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetTHE TOBY KEITH FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLove Fosters Hope: $55,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetTEXAS NEW COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $50,750 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWOODLANDS YOUTH RUGBY CLUB: $50,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ST HELENA AND CALISTOGA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMENS CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrisis Assistance Center Inc dba Community Assistance Center: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetPROJECT BEACON: $50,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetMemorial Hermann Foundation: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHORDOMA FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $28,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $28,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT HOPE UGANDA: $25,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNueva Esperanza Inc: $22,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS GULF COAST & LOUISIANA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BUDDY PROGRAM INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLOVE146 INC: $14,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PLYMOUTH: $12,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTommy's Place Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLOVE HEALS YOUTH: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREVOLUTION 120 INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetMIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarolina Breast Friends Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetEAST TEXAS SHELTERING ARMS COALITION: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTH PUGET SOUND: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Rdm Positive Impact F…Junior League of the …Montgomery County Com…United Way of Greater…Shell USA Company Fou…Apricity FoundationThe Woodforest Charit…The Arena Energy Foun…Greater Houston Commu…Sgl FoundationThe Hillcrest Foundat…Waste Not Want Not
Rdm Positive Impact FoundationTX26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rdm Positive Impact Foundation · Junior League of the Woodlands Inc · Montgomery County Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Houston · Shell USA Company Foundation · Apricity Foundation · The Woodforest Charitable Foundation · The Arena Energy Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Sgl Foundation · The Hillcrest Foundation · Waste Not Want Not

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 Wcn Cares funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wcn Cares. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 49%
  • LOVE146 Inc: 49% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Wcn Cares?

Find your warmest path to Wcn Cares 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 50 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 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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