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Ann & Forrest Word Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$70k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$19k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$103kEducation$100kHealth$65kArts & Culture$58kRecreation & Sports$56kHousing & Shelter$25kReligion$25kCrime & Legal$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $55k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF VERSAILLE$19,000
THE CHARITY BALL ASSOCIATION$15,926
SCOUTING AMERICA ALAMO AREA COUNCIL$10,000
SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK$10,000
ROCKPORT CENTER FOR THE ARTS$5,000
SAN ANTONIO BOTANICAL GARDEN$5,000
SUNSHINE COTTAGE SCHOOL FOR DEAF CHILDREN$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%ROCKPORT FULTON GOOD SAMARITANS INC: $3k → 17%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Ann & Forrest Word Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Ann & Forrest Word Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.0% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$399k · 15 repeat orgs$54k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
5

Total granted

$399k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
0%

Still filing today

73%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHousing & ShelterCivil RightsPublic BenefitOther
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

  • SA
    SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK
    6× · 2020–2025 · $55k · revenue +18%
  • TC
    THE CHARITY BALL ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $46k · revenue +5%
  • TB
    TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $35k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • HC
    HEMISFAIR CONSERVANCY
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
  • RT
    Remember the Alamo Foundation
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
  • TT
    THE TEXAS CAVALIERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue -2%
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
San Antonio Medical Foundation

The mission of the san antonio medical foundation is to improvehealth care, advance biomedical science, and enhance communitywell-being by providing leadership & active stewardship of our landand other assets.

Health
2
San Antonio Area Foundation

To serve as your most trusted and impactful philanthropic partner.

Philanthropy
3
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
4
Greater Satx

The mission of greater:satx is to lead the developemnt and diversification of san antonio regional economy through the recruitment and expansion of qualify employers and job producing investments.

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5
The Association of Former Students of Texas a&M University

To strengthen the association of former students, promote the interests and welfare of texas a&m university, perpetuate ties of affection and esteem formed in university or college days, and serve the student body.

Education
6
Texas Academy of Medicine Engineering Science and Technology

To provide broader recognition of the state's top achievers in medicine, engineering and science, and to build a stronger identity for texas as an important destination and center of achievement in these fields.

Health
7
Texas Medical Association

The texas medical association (tma), the nation's largest and one of the oldest state medical societies, represents over 59,000 physicians and medical students dedicated to enhancing the health of all texans. in collaboration with 110…

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8
Samf Fund

The primary activity of samf fund is to support the san antonio medical foundation, a 501(c) (3) organization by managing its investments and unrelated real estate.

Philanthropy
9
San Antonio Metropolitan Ministries Inc

Provides short term shelter, housing and other services for the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless in bexar county.

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10
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
11
Texas Association of Business

As the state chamber of commerce, tab is the most influential and dominant voice for public policy issues affecting business in texas. through proven results-oriented advocacy and member services, tab develops a climate in texas which…

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12
Fiscal Index Foundation

Conduct research projects on public policy proposals addressing thoseissues that affect day-to-day lives, budgets, and quality of life ofindividuals affected. this research will be the basis for developingeducational materials. initial…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Antonio Academy of Texas; the most unlike its peers is Rockport-Fulton Good Samarinc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 24 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $55,000 · OtherSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANKSAN ANTONIO BOTANCIAL GARDEN: $45,000 · OtherSAN ANTONIO BOTANCIAL GARDENROCKPORT CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $26,000 · OtherROCKPORT CENTER FOR THE ARTSALAMO HEIGHTS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $25,000 · OtherALAMO HEIGHTS UNITED METHODIST CHURCHUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $15,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTERSAN ANTONIO ACADEMY OF TEXAS: $15,000 · OtherSAN ANTONIO ACADEMY OF TEXASSCOUTING AMERICA ALAMO AREA COUNCIL: $10,000 · OtherJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $15,000 · OtherJUDICIAL WATCH INC+5 more: $20,000 · Other+5 moreSUNSHINE COTTAGE SCHOOL FOR DEAF CHILDREN: $30,000 · EducationSUNSHINE COTTAGE SCH…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNE…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEE…TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $35,000 · HealthTEXAS BIOME…CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 · HealthCANCER RESE…THE CHARITY BALL ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $45,926 · PhilanthropyTHE CHARIT…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF VERSAILLES: $19,000 · Arts & CultureBATTLESHIP TEXAS FOUNDATION: $7,500 · Arts & CultureRemember the Alamo Foundation: $5,000 · Arts & CultureHaven for Hope of Bexar County: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterCHILD ADVOCATES SAN ANTONIO: $15,000 · Civil Rights
Other$226,000Education$85,000Health$50,000Philanthropy$45,926Arts & Culture$31,500Housing & Shelter$25,000Civil Rights$15,000

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 budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $55,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHARITY BALL ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $45,926 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $35,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSUNSHINE COTTAGE SCHOOL FOR DEAF CHILDREN: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHaven for Hope of Bexar County: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO ACADEMY OF TEXAS: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES SAN ANTONIO: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBATTLESHIP TEXAS FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEMISFAIR CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRemember the Alamo Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TEXAS CAVALIERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROCKPORT-FULTON GOOD SAMARINC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Circle Bar FoundationElizabeth Huth Coates…San Antonio Area Foun…The Nancy Wood Moorma…Mays Family FoundationGreater Houston Commu…The Marshall Steves F…Charitable Foundation…Pryor Myra Stafford C…Betty Stieren Kelso F…Nancy Smith Hurd Foun…The Bank of America C…
Circle Bar FoundationTX17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Circle Bar Foundation · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · San Antonio Area Foundation · The Nancy Wood Moorman Foundation · Mays Family Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Marshall Steves Foundation · Charitable Foundation Frost F0359600 · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · Betty Stieren Kelso Foundation · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Ann & Forrest Word Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ann & Forrest Word Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 Ann & Forrest Word Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Ann & Forrest Word Family 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 24 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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