Texas · Nonprofit
HOUSTON VA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
HOUSTON VA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $48,712 to it, the largest being INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH INC ($35,400). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $962k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $49k
- Net assets
- $4.5M
What Houston Va Research & Education Foundation Inc does
Mission
The primary tax-exempt purpose of the houston va research & education foundation, inc., a 501(c)(3) research and education foundation established in accordance with title 38, united states code section 7361 through 7366, is to facilitate the conduct of the medical research and educational activities of the michael e. Debakey veterans affairs medical center by acting as a flexible funding mechanism in achieving the goals of the programs. Funds spent by the foundation directly or indirectly supports va faculty and staff in their research, education, and training endeavors to foster progress in laboratory science, clinical science, and rehabilitative and health service programs that benefit the nation's veterans and general population. The foundation supports the ongoing development of va faculty and staff through education and training activities designed to increase the breadth of knowledge used to facilitate patient care.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Clinical research to foster progress in health services programs that benefit the nation's veterans and general public and education, training, and development activities conducted on behalf of va employees.
$709,732 spent$937,349 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $709,732.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2020 to 2021, from $6.9M to $8.4M (+22%).
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.
0% of HOUSTON VA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $35k → $13k.
From the IRS filings of HOUSTON VA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 VA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
73% 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 VA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
HOUSTON VA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC draws 73% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 VA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding HOUSTON VA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $38k on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$38k
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 VA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Michael E Debakey Va Med Center · exempt
- Baylor College of Medicine · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HOUSTON VA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: 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 VA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- HOUSTON VA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $48,712 to it, the largest being INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH INC ($35,400). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOUSTON VA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $48,712 in grants to HOUSTON VA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of HOUSTON VA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH INC is the largest funder on record, with $35,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOUSTON VA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 2 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