Texas · Nonprofit
HOUSTON HEALTH FOUNDATION
HOUSTON HEALTH FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,362,726 to it, the largest being GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,545,172). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $7.4M
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Houston Health Foundation does
Mission
Houston Health Foundation (hhf) has the mission of creating private/public partnerships for sustainable health and wellness initiatives and programs in our communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The reaching for success and independence through education (rise) college scholarship program supports high school seniors in pursuing post-secondary education, many of whom are the first in their families to attend college. Partner organizations help identify qualified applicants and assist with the application process.the foundation administers scholarships for students attending 2- and 4-year colleges, universities, and technical institutes. In addition to financial support, the program provides ongoing guidance through its college support component, connecting students with mentors who offer resources and presentations on topics such as time management, academic success, and personal development. This holistic approach helps students successfully transition into and persist through higher education.
$296,526 spentof which $38,793 as grants24% of program spendingThe see to succeed program provides comprehensive vision services to students in underserved communities, helping remove vision-related barriers to learning. The program delivers free eye exams and provides high-quality prescription glasses to students in need through partnerships with schools and community sites.services are provided through on-site clinics and coordinated school-based initiatives, ensuring accessibility for students who may not otherwise receive vision care. In addition to improving vision, the program helps identify potential health concerns that may impact student well-being and academic performance. By addressing unmet vision needs, the program supports student success both in and out of the classroom.
$201,263 spent16% of program spendingHhf continues to support the basics houston, a nationally recognized initiative that equips families with tools and resources to promote healthy early childhood brain development and early relational health. In fy 2025, hhf expanded implementation of the brainy clinics framework through partnerships with community organizations, healthcare providers, wic clinics, and family-serving agencies to integrate basics strategies into caregiver engagement and early childhood education efforts. Activities included distribution of keep it kits and backpacks, expansion of basics insights text messaging enrollment, family engagement activities, and interactive fun*shops and workshops designed to support caregiver-child interaction and early learning. Hhf also continued work through the texas children's hospital grant to strengthen community outreach, partner training, and cross-sector collaboration focused on improving outcomes for children and families across greater houston.
$139,473 spentof which $27,155 as grants$17,400 earned by the program11% of program spendingHouston Health Foundation (hhf) supports a variety of community health, education, and collaborative initiatives that improve outcomes for vulnerable populations across the greater houston area.hhf collaborates with local agencies and community coalitions to address the physical, emotional, and social needs of underserved populations throughout the greater houston area. These collaborations include:area agency on aging - connects approximately 65,000 senior citizens in the greater houston area to essential resources and services that support healthy aging and independent living. Hire houston youth - connects youth ages 16-24 with paid summer jobs and internship opportunities across public, private, and philanthropic sectors throughout houston. Nurse-family partnership - supports an evidence-based maternal and child health program serving first-time mothers living in poverty. Specially trained nurses provide ongoing home visitation services beginning during pregnancy and continuing through the child's second birthday. The program primarily serves mothers in the sunnyside and acres homes communities and throughout harris county. Project saving smiles - provides free dental…
$610,489 spentof which $321,987 as grants49% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,247,751.
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 2019 to 2020, from $2.0M to $5.1M (+151%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 0% · 2022 1% · 2023 59% · 2024 49% · 2025 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of HOUSTON HEALTH FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Robin Mansur
President & CEO
Board chair
William Burge Iii
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income fell $273k → $127k.
5 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 HOUSTON HEALTH FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 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
HOUSTON HEALTH FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
65% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund HOUSTON HEALTH FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 67% · 2019 56% · 2020 38% · 2021 37% · 2022 34% · 2023 40% — diversifying over time.
“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
19% of HOUSTON HEALTH FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
63% of HOUSTON HEALTH 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. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
HOUSTON HEALTH FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding HOUSTON HEALTH FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $500k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$500k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like HOUSTON HEALTH 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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HOUSTON HEALTH 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 HOUSTON HEALTH FOUNDATION?
- HOUSTON HEALTH FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,362,726 to it, the largest being GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,545,172). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOUSTON HEALTH FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $7,362,726 in grants to HOUSTON HEALTH FOUNDATION, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOUSTON HEALTH FOUNDATION?
- GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,545,172 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOUSTON HEALTH 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 37 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