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William Eand Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable at a glance

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William Eand Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$155k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$355kHealth$95kHuman Services$81kReligion$40kCrime & Legal$35kYouth Development$30kEducation$25kCivil Rights$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $150k
$10,800
Median grant
2
States reached
$6.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOUSTON THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS$15,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE$15,000
ADORE MINISTRIES INC$15,000
FAMILY HOUSTON$15,000
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA ASSOCIATION INC$15,000
HOUSTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY$14,000
MAIN STREET THEATER HOUSTON$10,800
MAGNOLIA CITY BRASS BAND$10,538
ALLEY THEATRE$10,000
THE HAVEN$10,000
CHILD ADVOCATES INC$10,000
HOUSTON BALLET FOUNDATION$10,000
CANCARE INC$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PROYECTO DESARROLLO HUMANO: $2k → 27%RAISE UP FAMILIES: $5k → 16%RAISE UP FAMILIES: $5k → 16%HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER: $15k → 16%REACH UNLIMITED: $10k → 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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$382k · 14 repeat orgs$321k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
21

Total granted

$382k
$245k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+34%

Still filing today

79%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationReligionHealthCrime & 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

  • HS
    Houston Symphony Society
    4× · 2020–2024 · $52k · revenue +47%
  • HG
    Houston Grand Opera Association Inc
    3× · 2020–2024 · $45k · revenue +42%
  • CANCARE INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $35k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • MT
    MILLER THEATRE ADVISORY
    one grant, 2023 · $21k
  • HC
    HOUSTON CHAMBER CHOIRgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +135%
  • Camp For All Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -3%
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
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
Harmonia Stellarum Houston

Harmonia Stellarum is an ensemble of professional vocalists and instrumentalists specialized in historically informed performance practice who seek to inspire, entertain, and enlighten audiences with meaningful, historically informed…

Arts & Culture
3
Houston Arts Alliance

See Schedule OHouston Arts Alliance (HAA) is a local arts and culture organization whose principal work is implementing the City of Houston's vision, values, and goals for its arts grantmaking and civic art investments. HAA conducts work…

Arts & Culture
4
Trees for Houston

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

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5
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
6
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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7
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
8
Arts Connect Houston

Arts Connect Houston unites with the greater Houston community to ensure access to high-quality arts education in creative writing, dance, music, theater, and the visual arts for every student, beginning with Houston ISD.

Arts & Culture
9
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

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

Arts & Culture
10
Rebuilding Together Houston

Rebuilding Together Houston is the only organization in Houston and Harris County providing free home repairs to hundreds of families each year. We employ licensed contractors to restore homes to safe, livable conditions, extending each…

Housing & Shelter
11
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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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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Houston Ballet Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Adore Ministries Inc. 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

28 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. 28 of the 41 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOUSTON THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $40,000 · OtherHOUSTON THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTSHOUSTON BALLET: $25,000 · OtherHOUSTON BALLETCASA DE ESPERANZA: $24,000 · OtherCASA DE ESPERANZAMILLER THEATRE ADVISORY: $21,000 · OtherMILLER THEATRE ADVISORYSAN JOSE CLINIC: $15,000 · OtherKATY ART-REACH: $15,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE: $15,000 · OtherInterfaith Ministries for Greater Housto: $15,000 · OtherMERCURY ORCHESTRA INC: $14,208 · OtherMAGNOLIA CITY BRASS BAND: $10,538 · OtherINTERFAITH MINISTRIES: $10,000 · OtherTHE HAVEN: $10,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR LIFE: $20,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR LIFECamp For All Foundation: $20,000 · OtherCamp For All FoundationWITHMERCI FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherGIRLSTART: $10,000 · Other+3 more: $12,000 · OtherHouston Symphony Society: $52,079 · Arts & CultureHouston Symphony SocietyHouston Grand Opera Association Inc: $45,000 · Arts & CultureHouston Grand Opera Association IncALLEY THEATRE: $30,000 · Arts & CultureALLEY THEATRETHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTONHOUSTON CHAMBER CHOIR: $20,000 · Arts & CultureHOUSTON CHAMBER CHOIRHouston Ballet Foundation: $15,000 · Arts & CultureHouston Ballet FoundationHouston Museum of Natural Science: $15,000 · Arts & CultureHouston Museum of Natural ScienceMain Street Theater Houston: $10,800 · Arts & CultureRiver Oaks Chamber Orchestra: $7,970 · Arts & CultureFamily Service Center of Houston and Harris County: $15,000 · Human ServicesHouston Area Women's Center: $15,000 · Human ServicesREACH UNLIMITED INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesRAISEUP FAMILIES: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesCANCARE INC: $35,000 · ReligionAdore Ministries Inc: $15,000 · ReligionCHILD ADVOCATES INC: $35,000 · Crime & LegalUniversity of St Thomas: $15,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $10,000 · EducationYOUNG AUDIENCES INC OF HOUSTON: $3,000 · EducationEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC: $15,465 · HealthChrist Clinic: $10,000 · Health
Other$291,746Arts & Culture$220,849Human Services$51,500Religion$50,000Crime & Legal$35,000Education$28,000Health$25,465

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 budgetHouston Symphony Society: $52,079 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Grand Opera Association Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCANCARE INC: $35,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetALLEY THEATRE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON CHAMBER CHOIR: $20,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR LIFE: $20,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetCamp For All Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC: $15,465 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAdore Ministries Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Ballet Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Museum of Natural Science: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Service Center of Houston and Harris County: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHouston Area Women's Center: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMain Street Theater Houston: $10,800 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetChrist Clinic: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGIRLSTART: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetREACH UNLIMITED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRAISEUP FAMILIES: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE HAVEN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRiver Oaks Chamber Orchestra: $7,970 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHouston Botanic Garden: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG AUDIENCES INC OF HOUSTON: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPROYECTO DESARROLLO HUMANO: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Strake FoundationShell USA Company Fou…Greater Houston Commu…Harry S & Isabel C Ca…The Brown Foundation …The Elkins FoundationThe Powell FoundationAlbert & Ethel Herzst…The Cullen Trust for …Charity Guild of Cath…The Methodist HospitalThe William Stamps Fa…
Strake FoundationTX23.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Strake Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · The Brown Foundation Inc · The Elkins Foundation · The Powell Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts · Charity Guild of Catholic Women of Harris County Inc · The Methodist Hospital · The William Stamps Farish Fund

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 William Eand Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William Eand Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 41 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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