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Advocare Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$344k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$25k
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.

Health$610kFood & Nutrition$455kHuman Services$449kYouth Development$334kEducation$220kPhilanthropy$175k
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $4k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $340k
$25,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YMCA OF METRO DALLAS$25,000
SERVICIOS DE LA RAZA$25,000
UNITED WAY OF METRO DALLAS$25,000
PARTNERSHIP FOR A HEALTHY MISSISSIP$25,000
BOYS GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER DALLAS$25,000
URBAN YOUTH IMPACT$25,000
CHOICES$25,000
LA'S BEST$25,000
VETRI COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP$25,000
IOWA HEALTHIEST STATE INITIATIVE$25,000
MISSION2MOVE$25,000
ALLIANCE FOR A HEALTHIER GENERATION$25,000
THE CONCILIO$10,000
NOTRE DAME SCHOOL OF DALLAS$10,000
NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $269k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE CONCILIO: $10k → 14%THE CONCILIO: $10k → 14%THE CONCILIO: $10k → 14%THE CONCILIO: $10k → 14%THE CONCILIO: $10k → 14%THE CONCILIO: $10k → 14%THE FAMILY PLACE: $4k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $30k → 14%YMCA OF METRO DALLAS: $25k → 14%YMCA OF METRO DALLAS: $25k → 14%YMCA OF METRO DALLAS: $25k → 14%YMCA OF METRO DALLAS: $25k → 14%YMCA OF METRO DALLAS: $25k → 14%YMCA OF METRO DALLAS: $25k → 14%YMCA METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $25k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
CA
CO
MS
GA
TX
FL
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 17 repeat orgs$59k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
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Total granted

$2.2M
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+83%

Still filing today

94%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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 ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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

  • VF
    VETRI FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN
    8× · 2017–2024 · $215k · revenue +2%
  • LB
    LA'S BEST
    8× · 2017–2024 · $210k · revenue +29%
  • YO
    YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $205k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • RS
    REAL SCHOOL GARDENS
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF COLLIN COUNTY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +83%
  • EC
    ERADICATE CHILDHOOD OBESITY FOUNDAT
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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
Ywca Metropolitan Chicago

The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

Human Services
2
Dc Bilingual Public Charter School

The mission of dc bilingual public charter school is to create a learning community that ensures high academic achievement for all students in both spanish and english, develops leadership, and values all cultures.

Education
3
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
4
Little Chefs Big Change

The mission of Little Chefs, Big Change (LCBC) is to get kids excited about food that's good for both people and the planet. We do this by teaching affordable and fun plant-focused cooking and increasing access to healthy foods in schools…

Food & Nutrition
5
Cooking With Kids Inc

Cooking with kids educates and empowers children and families to make healthy food choices through hands-on nutrition education with fresh, affordable foods.

Youth Development
6
Memorial Hermann Community Benefit Corporation

To implement solutions that promote good health for the individual, the health system and the community. we collaborate with others as well as create signature, evidence-based ways to improve the communities where people live, work, learn…

Social Science
7
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Inc

To provide club members with a safe, supportive, fun, and enriching environment that inspires and empowers them to achieve their greatest potential. bgcmd accomplishes this mission with a foundational social- emotional learning approach…

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8
Childcaregroup

To champion a strong two-generation system that teaches children and parents, trains early childhood professionals and assists families.

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9
Association House of Chicago

Association house's mission is to advance each person's full participation in the life of their families, communities, and society. since 1899, we have served a vibrant, multicultural community. we used a trauma informed, culturally…

Human Services
10
Young Men's Christian Association of the Virginia Peninsulas

Our mission is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. our focus is on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. we help kids succeed, prepare teens…

Human Services
11
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Denver

The mission of the ymca of metropolitan denver is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. the ymca of metropolitan denver is recognized as the area's largest provider of…

Human Services
12
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South Inc

To nurture strong minds, healthy bodies and community spirit through youth driven, quality programming in a safe and fun environment.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ymca of Metropolitan Dallas Inc; the most unlike its peers is Optimist Boys' Home and Ranch Inc. 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

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 22 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VETRI FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN: $215,000 · HealthVETRI FOUNDATION FOR CHILDRENThe Center Helping Obesity in Children End Successfully Inc: $200,000 · HealthThe Center Helping Obesity in Childre…THE PARTNERSHIP FOR A HEALTHY MISSISSIPPI INC: $150,334 · HealthTHE PARTNERSHIP FOR A HEALTHY MISSISS…IOWA HEALTHIEST STATE INITIATIVE: $150,000 · HealthIOWA HEALTHIEST STATE INITIATIVE+1 more: $20,000 · HealthLA RAZA SERVICES INC: $160,000 · OtherLA RAZA SERVICES …BOYS GIRLS CLUBS METRO ATLANTA: $100,000 · OtherBOYS GIRLS CLUBS …NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $40,000 · OtherNORTH TEXAS FOOD …REAL SCHOOL GARDENS: $25,000 · OtherREAL SCHOOL GARDE…+2 more: $20,000 · Other+2 moreYMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $205,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF METRO…THE CONCILIO: $60,000 · Human ServicesTHE CONCILIO+1 more: $3,627 · Human ServicesALLIANCE FOR A HEALTHIER GENERATION INC: $149,000 · Youth DevelopmentALLIANCE FOR…Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoys & Girls…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER DALLAS INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS…LA'S BEST: $210,000 · EducationLA'S BESTNOTRE DAME OF DALLAS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $175,000 · PhilanthropyMISSION2MOVE: $175,000 · Food & NutritionUrban Youth Impact Inc: $75,000 · Religion
Health$735,334Other$345,000Human Services$268,627Youth Development$249,000Education$220,000Philanthropy$175,000Food & Nutrition$175,000Religion$75,000

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 budgetVETRI FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN: $215,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetLA'S BEST: $210,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetYMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $205,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center Helping Obesity in Children End Successfully Inc: $200,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $175,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMISSION2MOVE: $175,000 over 7y, 41% of budgetLA RAZA SERVICES INC: $160,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetTHE PARTNERSHIP FOR A HEALTHY MISSISSIPPI INC: $150,334 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetIOWA HEALTHIEST STATE INITIATIVE: $150,000 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetALLIANCE FOR A HEALTHIER GENERATION INC: $149,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetUrban Youth Impact Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CONCILIO: $60,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER DALLAS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOptimist Boys' Home and Ranch Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNOTRE DAME OF DALLAS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF COLLIN COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Family Place: $3,627 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds VETRI FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds LA'S BEST ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds The Center Helping Obesity in Children End Successfully Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSION2MOVE ↗
  • Who funds LA RAZA SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PARTNERSHIP FOR A HEALTHY MISSISSIPPI INC ↗
  • Who funds IOWA HEALTHIEST STATE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR A HEALTHIER GENERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Urban Youth Impact Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CONCILIO ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER DALLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Optimist Boys' Home and Ranch Inc ↗
  • Who funds NOTRE DAME OF DALLAS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF COLLIN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds The Family Place ↗

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.

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC9.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Advocare Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Advocare Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Advocare Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Advocare 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 22 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-PF 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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