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Aaf Community Health Foundation

Support organization of amarillo area foundation, inc.

$159k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$814kEducation$321kHealth$310kArts & Culture$49kHuman Services$46kHousing & Shelter$30kRecreation & Sports$27kEnvironment$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 16 grants below total $149,203, the rows itemized in this filing. The $159,203 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $10,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $64k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $85k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DON HARRINGTON DISCOVERY CENTER$15,000
TURN CENTER$10,118
AMARILLO BOTANICAL GARDENS$10,000
MEALS ON WHEELS OF AMARILLO$10,000
HEMPHILL COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT$10,000
FAMILY CARE FOUNDATION$10,000
PANHANDLE BREAST HEALTH$10,000
HOPE & HEALING PLACE$10,000
MOORE COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION$9,875
TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC$9,300
AMARILLO COLLEGE FOUNDATION$9,300
WEST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$9,300
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF AMARILLO$8,910
SPECIAL OLYMPICS TEXAS$6,500
CLARENDON COLLEGE$5,450
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%AMARILLO HEARING FOUNDATION: $20k → 20%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$589k · 15 repeat orgs$244k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
11

Total granted

$589k
$204k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+51%

Still filing today

80%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureEnvironmentRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • DH
    DON HARRINGTON DISCOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $60k · revenue +102%
  • CM
    COFFEE MEMORIAL BLOOD CENTER FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2021 · $32k · revenue +77%
  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $27k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • AJ
    AMARILLO JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • AH
    AMARILLO HEARING FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • HC
    HEMPHILL COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $18k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Aaf Community Health Foundation

Support organization of amarillo area foundation, inc. to provide and support medical and health care facilities, services, and education in amarillo, texas, and the texas panhandle area.

Health
2
Medical Center League House of Amarillo Texas Inc

To serve as a home away from home for patients and their families coming to amarillo, texas for health care treatment.

Health
3
North Central Texas Medical Foundation
Health
4
Texas Trust Gives
Philanthropy
5
Hospice of Texarkana Foundation

Established for the financial support of hospice of texarkana, inc.

Human Services
6
Texas County Memorial Hospital

To engage in fundraising, philanthropic development, community education and community activities in support of the mission of texas county memorial hospital.

Health
7
Dallas County Hospital Foundation Inc

The organization was established for the purpose of engaging and conducting charitable, educational, religious and scientific activities for the benefit of its supported organization, dallas county hospital.

Philanthropy
8
Tejas Health Care

To provide primary health and dental care to the underserved of fayette and lee counties, texas.

Health
9
Hospice of East Texas Foundation

Hospice of east texas foundation operates for the benefit of hospice of east texas, a texas non-profit corporation.

Health
10
Harrington Cancer and Health Foundation

To reduce the burden of cancer and to promote and serve the healthcare needs of residents living in amarillo and surrounding communities.

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11
Hcf Supporting Organization

To support charitable and educational purposes that further the mission of harrington cancer and health foundation and other charitable healthcare organizations operating in the amarillo, texas area.

Health
12
Comanche County Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc

The mission of the comanche county memorial hospital foundation is to coordinate and encourage financial gifts and community involvement to support the mission of comanche county memorial hospital.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Amarillo Area Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dumas Area Crisis Pregnancy Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
13/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION INC: $813,546 · PhilanthropyAMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $9,875 · PhilanthropyRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF AMARILLO: $70,126 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD H…TURN CENTER: $55,206 · HealthTURN CENTERCOFFEE MEMORIAL BLOOD CENTER FOUNDATION: $32,400 · HealthCOFFEE MEMORIAL B…DALLAM-HARTLEY COUNTIES HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $25,151 · HealthDALLAM-HARTLEY CO…PANHANDLE BREAST HEALTH: $20,000 · HealthPANHANDLE BREAST …HEMPHILL COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $17,500 · HealthHEMPHILL COUNTY R…FAMILY CARE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthTHE HOPE AND HEALING PLACE INC: $10,000 · Health+3 more: $20,900 · Health+3 moreAMARILLO JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT: $100,000 · OtherAMARILLO JUNIOR COLLEG…THE AMARILLO COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $48,200 · OtherTHE AMARILLO COLLEGE F…HEMPHILL COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT: $34,860 · OtherHEMPHILL COUNTY HOSPIT…FRANK PHILLIPS COLLEGE: $31,360 · OtherFRANK PHILLIPS COLLEGEDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $30,000 · OtherDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTE…CLARENDON COLLEGE: $10,700 · OtherAMARILLO BOTANICAL GARDENS: $25,490 · OtherAMARILLO BOTANICAL GAR…TEXAS RAMP PROJECT: $15,000 · Other+3 more: $25,200 · Other+3 moreWEST TEXAS A&M UNIV FOUNDATION: $92,062 · EducationTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $26,200 · EducationDON HARRINGTON DISCOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $60,361 · Arts & CultureAMARILLO HEARING FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Human ServicesPANHANDLE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE: $5,775 · Human ServicesSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC: $26,500 · Recreation & Sports
Philanthropy$823,421Health$261,283Other$320,810Education$118,262Arts & Culture$60,361Human Services$35,775Recreation & Sports$26,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION INC: $813,546 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetWEST TEXAS A&M UNIV FOUNDATION: $92,062 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF AMARILLO: $70,126 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetDON HARRINGTON DISCOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $60,361 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetTURN CENTER: $55,206 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE AMARILLO COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $48,200 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCOFFEE MEMORIAL BLOOD CENTER FOUNDATION: $32,400 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC: $26,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $26,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMARILLO BOTANICAL GARDENS: $25,490 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetDALLAM-HARTLEY COUNTIES HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $25,151 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetAMARILLO HEARING FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetPANHANDLE BREAST HEALTH: $20,000 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetTEXAS RAMP PROJECT: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFAMILY CARE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE HOPE AND HEALING PLACE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF AMARILLO TEXAS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPANHANDLE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVICTORY TREE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetMOORE COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $9,875 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetDUMAS AREA CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER: $8,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetCOALITION OF HEALTH SERVICES INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE: $5,775 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOVE CREEK EQUINE RESCUE & SANCTUARY: $5,200 over 1y, 1.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Amarillo Area Foundation IncTX56.9× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amarillo Area Foundation Inc · Mary E Bivins Foundation · Josephine Anderson Charitable Trust · Harrington Cancer and Health Foundation · Dr Kent Roberts & Ilene Roberts Balliett Foundation · The Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation · Mays Foundation · High Plains Christian Ministries Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Kimble Foundation Trust · Cj and Syble Fowlston Charitable Trust · Amarillo Business Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Aaf Community Health Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Aaf Community Health Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Aaf Community Health Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Aaf Community Health Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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