The Hope Initiative for a Better Life
EIN 263933586 Private FoundationTotal Given 2017–2024
$308K
46 grants · $39K avg/year
based on 8 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
<$100K/yr
micro funder
capacity
$2K
typical micro grants · $1K–$8K
grant size
18%
balanced · 6/34 multi-year
repeat
$377K
Assets (2024)
34
Distinct Recipients
Application Information
Accepts Unsolicited Proposals
No. Preselected Only
Phone
(281) 610-2429
Financial Trends
Giving Over Time
Total Assets Over Time
View financial data as table
| Year | Total Giving | Total Assets | Revenue | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $40K | $350K | $425K | 5 |
| 2019 | N/A | $442K | $207K | N/A |
| 2020 | $46K | $469K | $125K | 12 |
| 2021 | $70K | $466K | $130K | 5 |
| 2022 | $46K | $483K | $160K | 12 |
| 2024 | $106K | $377K | $138K | 12 |
Grant Size Distribution
Based on 46 grants on record
Minimum
$100
25th Pctl
$1K
Median
$2K
Average
$7K
75th Pctl
$8K
Maximum
$45K
Geographic Distribution
Texas Counties Served
41.9% of US grants
· Rank #1 of 8 states
$58K across
18 grants
1 of 254 counties
Top 1 counties
- 1 Harris
Officers & Directors
Grants Awarded (46 total)
| Purpose | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The American Friends of Versailles | Chicago, IL | $44,625 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2021 |
| American Friends of Louvre | New York, NY | $40,000 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2024 |
| Saving Venice | New York, NY | $29,500 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2022 |
| American Friends of the Verbier Festival | $22,300 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2024 | |
| Friends of Venice Italy Inc | New York, NY | $22,000 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2021 |
| The American Friends of Versailles | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2024 |
| American Friends of Vaux-Le-Vicomte | $13,250 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2024 | |
| Virtuosi | Houston, TX | $13,000 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2017 |
| Gaston Lenotre Scholarship Inc | Houston, TX | $12,300 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2020 |
| Les Amis De Louvre - American International Friends of the Louvre | Paris, None | $12,000 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2017 |
| Venitian Heritage Foundation | New York, NY | $12,000 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2017 |
| The Food Bank of Houston | Houston, TX | $8,513 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2020 |
| International Red Cross | Washington, DC | $7,500 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2024 |
| San Francisco Symphony | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2020 |
| Texan French Alliance for the Arts | Houston, TX | $5,000 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2020 |
| Patron for Notre Dame | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2020 |
| Amercian Friends of Louvre | New York, NY | $5,000 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2022 |
| Gaston Lenotre Scholarship Inc | Houston, TX | $4,000 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2024 |
| Amercian Friends of Louvre | New York, NY | $3,500 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2020 |
| Salvation Army | Houston, TX | $2,500 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2020 |
| King Baudouin Foundation | New York, NY | $2,266 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2022 |
| International Red Cross | Houston, TX | $2,000 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2020 |
| The American Friends of Versailles | Chicago, IL | $2,000 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2022 |
| Texan French Alliance for the Arts | Houston, TX | $2,000 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2017 |
| Texan French Alliance for the Arts | Houston, TX | $1,600 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | 2024 |
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