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High-Impact Grantmaking

The Foundation’s new annual grantmaking opportunity will help address some of Houston’s most pressing social and economic challenges.

We plan to bring together the best minds, hearts, ideas, and evidence to make a collective community investment that leads to a lasting impact. This innovative annual grantmaking opportunity is led by a committee of diverse experts consisting of Houston’s philanthropic, nonprofit, civic, and business leaders who bring a unique perspective on a pressing community need, allowing our Foundation donors and partners to invest in solutions with catalytic impact.

Data will be used to identify issues, convene stakeholders and experts, and lead initiatives to positively impact our community’s greatest needs objectively, fairly, and efficiently. We will select our first issue area for collaborative action grantmaking by the end of 2023. Listening to trusted partners and community residents, we are narrowing down which issue area to focus on by exploring the Foundation’s potential for meaningful impact.

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Issue Area Criteria:

  • Compelling Community Need
  • Measurable Impact at Scale
  • Ability to Attract Resources
  • Good Fit
  • Builds on Assets and Partnerships

Prioritized Issue Areas

Early Childhood

More than 1 million neural connections are formed each second between a child’s birth and the age of 3 – a pace never to be repeated. Healthy parent/caregiving relationships and early development opportunities can meaningfully shape a child’s life trajectory.

Explore the Data

Economic Mobility: Child Poverty

Houston is a city of opportunity – we believe you can build a future and thrive here, no matter your background. However, 1 in 4 Harris County children under 18 live in poverty, severely impacting their access to resources and opportunities.

Explore the Data

Youth Mental Health

The COVID-19 pandemic urgently elevated an ongoing mental health crisis endangering youth health, life, and educational outcomes that lead to future success. In 2021, a study found that more than 1 in 5 Texas high school students had seriously considered attempting suicide and made a suicide plan.

Explore the Data
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Advantages of High-Impact Grantmaking

  • Commitment to measuring impact, learning, and adapting to ensure progress.
  • Increased transparency and accountability in our pursuit of philanthropic impact.
  • More equitable distribution of resources to reduce barriers and increase equal access to opportunities.
  • Increased diversity of perspectives and expertise, including leaders with lived experience.
  • Greater community engagement — connecting people, resources, and ideas across sectors for a greater impact.
  • Embracing promising, entrepreneurial strategies that help ignite positive change.

Calling Issue Experts!

Are you a community, nonprofit, government, philanthropic, or business leader with experience with one of the above issue areas? We want to hear from you. Please contact our Community Impact team to help us increase our diversity of perspectives.

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Support, Learn, and Engage

Contact Tyler Murphy, Senior Advisor of Charitable Solutions, to learn more about how you can give to the Community Impact Fund or attend a donor program.

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