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Arlington Rotary Foundation Inc

To provide education opportunities for youth by providing scholarships for higher education, camps, supplies, books, and other education tools to elementary and secondary level children in need.to provide other assistance for health and dental care to underprivileged members of the community.to assist unknown needs in the future of city…

$428k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$43k
Largest
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$195kArts & Culture$130kEducation$92kHousing & Shelter$87kInternational$54kCivil Rights$43kHuman Services$31kHealth$28kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 15 grants below total $276,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $427,563 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $151,563 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $247k
$12,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN$42,500
NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEU$40,000
NEHEMIAH BUILDS$38,000
AWARE FOUNDATION$35,000
THEATRE ARLINGTON$20,000
ADVOCATES FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE$15,000
ARLINGTON LIFE SHELTER$12,000
Individual grant recipient$12,000
MISSION ARLINGTON$12,000
UNITED PERFORMING ARTS GUILD$10,000
TEXAS VETERANS DAY PARADE$10,000
SHAKESPEARE LIVE$7,500
LEADERSHIP ARLINGTON$7,500
SHHS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$7,500
METROPLEX WOMENS CLINIC$7,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ADVOCATES FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE: $15k → 11%METROPLEX WOMENS CLINIC: $7k → 11%ARLINGTON LIFE SHELTER: $75k → 11%NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEU: $40k → 11%NEHEMIAH BUILDS: $38k → 11%AWARE FOUNDATION: $35k → 11%ARLINGTON LIFE SHELTER: $12k → 11%MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM: $8k → 11%SHAKESPEARE LIVE: $8k → 11%OPEN ARMS HEALTH CLINIC: $6k → 11%UNITED WAY: $8k → 11%SHHS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $8k → 11%THE TASTE PROJECT: $20k → 11%MISSION METROPLEX: $25k → 11%THEATRE ARLINGTON: $20k → 11%VETERANS PARK GRANT: $12k → 11%MISSION ARLINGTON: $12k → 11%LEVITT PAVILION: $12k → 11%ARLINGTON POLICE & FIRE DEPT: $11k → 11%DAN DIPERT CAREER CENTER-AISD: $11k → 11%VETERANS PARK GRANT: $10k → 11%VETERANS PARK GRANT: $8k → 11%LEADERSHIP ARLINGTON: $8k → 11%ARLINGTON POLICE & FIRE DEPT: $7k → 11%VETERANS PARK GRANT: $6k → 11%ARLINGTON IND SCHOOL DISTRICT: $12k → 11%ARLINGTON IND SCHOOL DISTRICT: $11k → 11%UNITED PERFORMING ARTS GUILD: $10k → 11%SALVATION ARMY: $6k → 11%ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN: $43k → 11%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.

21%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$140k · 3 repeat orgs$535k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
10

Total granted

$140k
$271k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

33%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $264k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyFood & NutritionCivil RightsOther
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

  • AL
    ARLINGTON LIFE SHELTER
    2× · 2024–2025 · $87k · revenue 0%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    4× · 2018–2022 · $35k
  • AP
    ARLINGTON POLICE & FIRE DEPT
    2× · 2018–2022 · $18k

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF ARLINGTON
    one grant, 2023 · $157k
  • MM
    MISSION METROPLEX INC
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +7%
  • AI
    ARLINGTON IND SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2021 · $23k
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
Arlington Charities Inc

The organization provides food and other supportive services to local residents in arlington, texas who are in need of assistance.

Human Services
2
Arlington Life Shelter Real Estate

The mission of the organization is to support the purposes of the arlington life shelter.

Human Services
3
The Arc of North Texas

To support and empower people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to improve their quality of life.

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4
Arlington Urban Ministries

Arlington Urban Ministries is a faith based organization that provides emergency assistance for utilities, rent and food for those in crisis in the Arlington community.

Religion
5
Pregnancy Resources of Abilene Inc

Pregnancy Resources' mission is to inspire hope and unconditionally love everyone we serve by empowering them to thrive through compassionate support and positive solutions.

Civil Rights
6
Arlington Thrive

Arlington thrive provides timely assistance to help our neighbors in need so they can develop the capacity to be stable, secure and thrive in their jobs, health and homes.

Human Services
7
UnBound North Texas

Unbound North Texas exists to support survivors and resource the community to fight human trafficking through Survivor Advocacy, a 24/7 Drop-In Center, and Prevention and Awareness.

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8
Arlington Free Clinic Inc

Arlington free clinic advances health equity by providing comprehensive whole-person healthcare to our neighbors who would otherwise lack access.

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9
Aclu Foundation of Texas Inc

The ACLU Foundation of Texas is the unyielding guardian and promoter of freedom, justice, equality and dignity of all people, particularly for those who are still fighting to secure the full exercise of their civil rights and liberties.…

Civil Rights
10
Arlington Food Assistance Center

To provide dignified access to free groceries for qualified families in Arlington, VA and surrounding counties.

Food & Nutrition
11
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Inc

Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas creates healthier communities by providing primary and reproductive healthcare services, delivering science-based education programs, and serving as a strong advocate for reproductive justice in Texas.…

Health
12
Engage Arlington

Engage arlington (the organization) exists to glorify christ by unifying christ-centered churches for the good of arlington, texas. the organization desires to see every resident in arlington, texas hear the gospel of jesus christ by 2030.…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mission Metroplex Inc; the most unlike its peers is Aware Foundation 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

13 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. 13 of the 28 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
5/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF ARLINGTON: $157,299 · OtherCITY OF ARLINGTONNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEU: $40,000 · OtherNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUIndividual grant recipient: $35,417 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAWARE FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · OtherAWARE FOUNDATION INCARLINGTON IND SCHOOL DISTRICT: $23,000 · OtherARLINGTON POLICE & FIRE DEPT: $17,953 · OtherTASTE PROJECT: $20,000 · Other+14 more: $126,500 · Other+14 moreARLINGTON LIFE SHELTER: $87,000 · Housing & ShelterARLINGTON LIF…THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $54,055 · InternationalALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $42,500 · Civil RightsNEHEMIAH BUILDS INC: $38,000 · Recreation & SportsTHEATRE ARLINGTON INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $7,500 · Arts & CultureMISSION METROPLEX INC: $25,000 · Philanthropy
Other$455,169Housing & Shelter$87,000International$54,055Civil Rights$42,500Recreation & Sports$38,000Arts & Culture$27,500Philanthropy$25,000

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 budgetARLINGTON LIFE SHELTER: $87,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $54,055 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $42,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNEHEMIAH BUILDS INC: $38,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetMISSION METROPLEX INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTASTE PROJECT: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHEATRE ARLINGTON INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN ARMS HEALTH CLINIC INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 ARLINGTON LIFE SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds NEHEMIAH BUILDS INC ↗
  • Who funds AWARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSION METROPLEX INC ↗
  • Who funds TASTE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds THEATRE ARLINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCATES FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARLINGTON PREGNANCY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds OPEN ARMS HEALTH CLINIC INC ↗

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.

Arlington Tomorrow FoundationTX22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arlington Tomorrow Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Dallas Mavericks Foundation · United Way of Tarrant County · Carmax Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Arlington Rotary Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arlington Rotary Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%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.

    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 28 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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