Texas · Nonprofit
Harris County Hospital District Foundation
Harris County Hospital District Foundation (Texas) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,384,792 to it, the largest being THE LESTER AND SUE SMITH FOUNDATION ($10,500,000). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 57
- Grants received
- $21M
- Net assets
- $30M
What Harris County Hospital District Foundation does
Mission
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 System.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Harris County Hospital District Foundation strives to make a difference in the lives of the patients and residents of Harris County that are served by the Harris Health System as well as the all-important doctors, nurses, and staff who care for these patients. We serve to fund and support programs that reach out into our community to provide care for the area population who need it the most. We make an impact by working hand-in-hand with the Harris Health Administration to fund projects and initiatives that have been identified under the Harris Health Strategic Plan in the community. Continued on Schedule O Our work also aims to enhance the quality of the workplace found at Harris Health facilities for all employees. Some of the Harris Health programs include (but are not limited to): Heart Health Initiative, Nursing Leadership and Education, Shattered Dreams, Trauma Prevention and Outreach Programs, School of Diagnostic Medical Imaging, Employee Disaster Relief Program, Cancer Resource Center, ACLS Training and more. The Foundation also provided support for the construction and improvement of the Ben Taub Hospital Level 1 Trauma Center (Ginni and Richard Mithoff Trauma…
$3,206,493 spentof which $3,179,236 as grants79% of program spendingThe Foundation provided support for children's health initiatives in Harris County, including mental health services, education and general health and fitness programs.
$846,247 spentof which $846,247 as grants21% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,052,740.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $81M to $43M (−47%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
38% of Harris County Hospital District Foundation’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Jeffrey Baker
Executive Director
Board chair
Kristin Blomquist
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 15 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $609k → $2.7M.
7 of 57 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Harris County Hospital District Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 57 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Harris County Hospital District Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 54% · 2019 40% · 2020 28% · 2021 56% · 2022 49% · 2023 74% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
33% of Harris County Hospital District Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
96% of Harris County Hospital District Foundation's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $686k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Harris County Hospital District Foundation's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Harris County Hospital District Foundation
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
37%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Harris Health System · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Harris County Hospital District Foundation: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Harris County Hospital District Foundation?
- Harris County Hospital District Foundation (Texas) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,384,792 to it, the largest being THE LESTER AND SUE SMITH FOUNDATION ($10,500,000). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Harris County Hospital District Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 57 organizations giving $21,384,792 in grants to Harris County Hospital District Foundation, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Harris County Hospital District Foundation?
- THE LESTER AND SUE SMITH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Harris County Hospital District Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 57 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing