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Arnold 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.

$396k
Granted FY2025still arriving
71
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Health$622kHousing & Shelter$352kFood & Nutrition$341kHuman Services$333kEducation$225kAnimals$224kInternational$157kCrime & Legal$141kOther$0
02FY2025 · 71 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k60 grants · $159k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $238k
$2,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES$35,000
CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK$35,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL$35,000
VOL HEALTHCARE CLINIC$30,000
SAFE ALLIANCE$25,000
Better ATX$25,000
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$12,500
PROJECT HOPE$10,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$10,000
Community Foundation TX Hill Country$10,000
AUSTIN CLASSICAL GUITAR$10,000
SALVATION ARMY$7,500
CARE$7,500
UMCOR$7,500
ANY BABY CAN$7,500
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 (FY17–25, $146k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 16% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $3k → 10%DOWN HOME RANCH: $3k → 12%CAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $2k → 20%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $3k → 10%DOWN HOME RANCH: $3k → 12%DOWN HOME RANCH: $3k → 12%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $2k → 10%DOWN HOME RANCH: $3k → 12%DOWN HOME RANCH: $3k → 12%DOWN HOME RANCH: $3k → 12%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $2k → 10%DOWN HOME RANCH: $2k → 12%DOWN HOME RANCH: $2k → 12%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $2k → 10%DOWN HOME RANCH: $2k → 12%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $2k → 10%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $2k → 10%AGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $3k → 10%AGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $3k → 10%AGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $3k → 10%AGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $2k → 10%AGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $2k → 10%THERAPY PET PALS OF TEXAS: $2k → 10%THERAPY PET PALS OF TEXAS: $2k → 10%THERAPY PET PALS OF TEXAS: $2k → 10%THERAPY PET PALS OF TEXAS: $2k → 10%THERAPY PET PALS OF TEXAS: $2k → 10%THERAPY PET PALS OF TEXAS: $2k → 10%THERAPY PET PALS OF TEXAS: $2k → 10%THERAPY PET PALS OF TEXAS: $2k → 10%FAMILY ELDERCARE: $6k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $5k → 10%FAMILY ELDERCARE: $5k → 10%FAMILY ELDERCARE: $5k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $4k → 10%FAMILY ELDERCARE: $5k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $4k → 10%FAMILY ELDERCARE: $5k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $4k → 10%FAMILY ELDERCARE: $5k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $4k → 10%FAMILY ELDERCARE: $5k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $4k → 10%FAMILY ELDERCARE: $5k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $4k → 10%FAMILY ELDERCARE: $4k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $4k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $4k → 10%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

ME
NY
MA
IA
OH
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 99 repeat orgs$118k to everyone else

99 repeat relationships: 67 still active in FY2025, 32 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

99
12

Total granted

$2.6M
$99k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+94%

Still filing today

61%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalEnvironmentCivil 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

  • FC
    FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $237k · revenue +99%
  • Central Texas Food Bank Inc
    7× · 2019–2025 · $232k · revenue +11%
  • VH
    Volunteer Healthcare Clinic Inc
    8× · 2017–2025 · $140k · revenue +154%

Funded once

  • VH
    VOL HEALTHCARE CLINIC
    one grant, 2019 · $65k
  • CI
    COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2021 · $12k
  • SJ
    ST JUDES HOSPITAL
    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
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

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2
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
3
Center for Public Policy Priorities

At the Every Texan, we believe in a Texas that offers everyone the chance to compete and succeed in life. We envision a Texas where everyone is healthy, well educated, and financially secure. We want the best Texas, a proud state that sets…

Public Benefit
4
Austin Habitat for Humanity Inc

Through faith in action, austin habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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5
Texas Trees Foundation

The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.

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6
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
7
Texas Alliance for Patient Access

Preserve access to quality healthcare for all texans

Community Improvement
8
Cook Children's Health Plan

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
9
Cook Children's Medical Center

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
10
Cook Children's Physician Network

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
11
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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12
Texprotects-the Texas Association for the Protection of Children

TexProtects advances public policy and local implementation to strenghten families to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Planned Parenthood. 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

70 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. 70 of the 116 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)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
69/70
Grantees still filing
59/70
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HUMANE SOCIETY (AUSTIN): $207,600 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY (AUSTIN)COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL: $151,000 · OtherCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLVolunteer Healthcare Clinic Inc: $140,000 · OtherVolunteer Healthcare Clinic IncTHE SAFE ALLIANCE: $138,000 · OtherTHE SAFE ALLIANCEVOL HEALTHCARE CLINIC: $65,000 · OtherPROJECT H O P E INC: $61,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY: $55,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $53,500 · Other+71 more: $692,000 · Other+71 moreTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $83,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL…THE SETTLEMENT CLUB: $57,800 · HealthTHE SETTLEM…PEOPLE'S COMMUNITY CLINIC INC: $20,500 · HealthPEOPLE'S CO…PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $19,500 · HealthPLANNED PAR…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $16,500 · HealthST JUDE CHI…TRAVIS ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND: $12,750 · HealthIndependent Identity: $12,500 · HealthTexas Children's Hospital: $12,000 · Health+9 more: $28,500 · Health+9 moreFOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC: $237,000 · Housing & ShelterFOUNDATIO…Central Texas Food Bank Inc: $231,500 · Food & NutritionCentral T…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $65,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $45,500 · InternationalWater to Thrive: $32,000 · InternationalAustin Plastic Surgery Foundation Austin Smiles: $25,500 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $9,500 · International+2 more: $9,500 · InternationalFAMILY ELDERCARE INC: $44,500 · Human ServicesMEALS ON WHEELS: $36,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $22,500 · Human ServicesDOWN HOME RANCH INC: $21,500 · Human ServicesHOSPICE AUSTIN: $17,500 · Human ServicesTHERAPY PET PALS OF TEXAS: $15,000 · Human ServicesAUSTIN GROUPS FOR THE ELDERLY: $11,000 · Human ServicesPARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN: $11,000 · Human Services+2 more: $7,500 · Human ServicesBetter ATX: $32,000 · Community Improvement
Other$1,563,600Health$263,050Housing & Shelter$237,000Food & Nutrition$231,500International$187,000Human Services$187,000Community Improvement$32,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC: $237,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $231,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetVolunteer Healthcare Clinic Inc: $140,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetTHE SAFE ALLIANCE: $138,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $83,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $65,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SETTLEMENT CLUB: $57,800 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $45,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY ELDERCARE INC: $44,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCARITAS OF AUSTIN: $37,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS: $36,500 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetBetter ATX: $32,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetWater to Thrive: $32,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetAUSTIN CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY: $32,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetAustin Plastic Surgery Foundation Austin Smiles: $25,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetOFICINA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO UNIDO INC: $23,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDOWN HOME RANCH INC: $21,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $21,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE'S COMMUNITY CLINIC INC: $20,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $19,500 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetHOSPICE AUSTIN: $17,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH TEXAS INC: $17,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $16,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHERAPY PET PALS OF TEXAS: $15,000 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetTRAVIS ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND: $12,750 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetIndependent Identity: $12,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $11,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN GROUPS FOR THE ELDERLY: $11,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN: $11,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $10,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMANOS DE CRISTO INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCASA of Central Texas Inc: $7,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWOMENS MICROFINANCE INITIATIVE: $7,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetEarthworks: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $6,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKEEP AUSTIN BEAUTIFUL INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS TRIBUNE INC: $4,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $4,500 over 5y, 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 FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Central Texas Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds Volunteer Healthcare Clinic Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE SAFE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SETTLEMENT CLUB ↗
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY ELDERCARE INC ↗
  • Who funds CARITAS OF AUSTIN ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds Better ATX ↗
  • Who funds Water to Thrive ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Austin Plastic Surgery Foundation Austin Smiles ↗
  • Who funds OFICINA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO UNIDO INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds DOWN HOME RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE'S COMMUNITY CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE AUSTIN ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THERAPY PET PALS OF TEXAS ↗

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.

Austin Community Foun…St David's FoundationUnited Way for Greate…The Moody FoundationTopfer Family Foundat…Better Business BureauRwh FoundationDonald D Hammill Foun…Harry E and Eda L Mon…Shield-Ayres Foundati…Carl C Anderson Sr an…Alice Kleberg Reynold…
Austin Community Foundation IncTX43.4× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · St David's Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · The Moody Foundation · Topfer Family Foundation · Better Business Bureau · Rwh Foundation · Donald D Hammill Foundation · Harry E and Eda L Montandon Charitable Tr · Shield-Ayres Foundation · Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
14report 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.

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 116 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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