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Webber Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$16k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$751kReligion$62kArts & Culture$62kHealth$58kEducation$45kHuman Services$24kEnvironment$16kMembership Benefit$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$163k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHESAPEAKE ACADEMY$5,000
HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL$5,000
MFAH-BAYOU BEND COLLECTION$2,500
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS$2,500
RICE UNIVERSITY$1,000
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 (FY17–23, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%BOYS & GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON: $600 → 16%BOYS & GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON: $500 → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDRENS CENTER: $10k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDRENS CENTER: $3k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDRENS CENTER: $2k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDRENS CENTER: $1k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDRENS CENTER: $1k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDRENS CENTER: $1k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDRENS CENTER: $500 → 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.
$261k · 20 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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27

Total granted

$261k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+16%

Still filing today

60%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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
Arts & CultureHealthEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther
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 METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2023 · $28k · revenue +92%
  • DC
    DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER
    7× · 2017–2023 · $18k · revenue +30%
  • THE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $14k · revenue +89%

Funded once

  • HB
    Houston Botanic Garden
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • SP
    ST PAULS CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
Trees for Houston

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

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2
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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3
The Heritage Society

The Heritage Society (THS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1954 whose mission is to tell the stories of the diverse history of Houston and Texas through collections, exhibits, the arts, educational programs, film, video, and other…

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4
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
5
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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6
Houston Academy of Medicine

The mission of the Houston Academy of Medicine is to support the community service, education, scientific, and charitable programs for physicians, their patients, and the community at large in Harris County.

Education
7
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
8
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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9
The Houston Audubon Society

To advance the conservation of birds and their habitats in the Greater Houston Gulf Coast region by acquiring and maintaining critical habitat as bird sanctuaries, providing education programs and nature experiences, and advocating policy…

Environment
10
American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter

American Leadership Forum (ALF) brings together, in classes, leaders with diverse perspectives so they can build relationships, learn to dialogue and respectfully differ, and work together for the good of our community.

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11
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
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Houston Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is William Marsh Rice University. 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

24 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. 24 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $750,100 · PhilanthropyGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $44,500 · OtherMUSEUM OF FINE ARTSST MARTINS CHURCH: $35,800 · OtherST MARTINS CHURCHEPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL: $29,000 · OtherEPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOLHOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL: $25,000 · OtherHOUSTON METHODIST HOS…ST JOHN DIVINE CHURCH: $21,200 · OtherST JOHN DIVINE CHURCHGLENWOOD CEMETERY FOUNDATION: $12,900 · OtherGLENWOOD CEMETERY FOU…+29 more: $31,450 · Other+29 moreTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $28,100 · HealthTHE HUB HOUSTON INC: $2,500 · HealthTexas Children's Hospital: $2,400 · HealthDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $18,300 · Human ServicesBOYS AND GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON INC: $1,100 · Human ServicesHouston Arboretum & Nature Center: $7,750 · EnvironmentHouston Botanic Garden: $5,250 · EnvironmentRiver Oaks Garden Club: $2,900 · EnvironmentTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $14,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $600 · Arts & CultureChesapeake Academy Inc: $9,500 · EducationWilliam Marsh Rice University: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $200 · Education
Philanthropy$750,100Other$199,850Health$33,000Human Services$19,400Environment$15,900Arts & Culture$14,600Education$10,700

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 budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $750,100 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $28,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $18,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChesapeake Academy Inc: $9,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHouston Arboretum & Nature Center: $7,750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHouston Botanic Garden: $5,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FORGE FOR FAMILIES: $3,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRiver Oaks Garden Club: $2,900 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HUB HOUSTON INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $2,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON INC: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKick Drugs Out of America Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetForum of Civics Foundation: $600 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Hospice: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Museum of Natural Science: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE 100 CLUB INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $100 over 1y, 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 GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION ↗
  • Who funds Chesapeake Academy Inc ↗
  • Who funds Houston Arboretum & Nature Center ↗
  • Who funds Houston Botanic Garden ↗
  • Who funds THE FORGE FOR FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds The W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation ↗
  • Who funds River Oaks Garden Club ↗
  • Who funds THE HUB HOUSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds Texas Children's Hospital ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds William Marsh Rice University ↗
  • Who funds Kick Drugs Out of America Foundation ↗
  • Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds Forum of Civics Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds The Brookwood Community Inc ↗
  • Who funds Houston Hospice ↗

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…Tll Temple FoundationThe Brown Foundation …Sterling-Turner Found…The William Stamps Fa…Albert & Ethel Herzst…Mize Family FoundationBrazelton Family Foun…Vivian L Smith Founda…The Elkins FoundationStrake FoundationShell USA Company Fou…
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX22× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Tll Temple Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Sterling-Turner Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Mize Family Foundation · Brazelton Family Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · Strake Foundation · Shell USA Company 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 Webber Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Webber Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Webber Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Webber 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 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-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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