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Austin Coming Together

To increase the collective impact of our member organization on improving education economic development outcomes within the Austin Community.

$7.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$7.0M
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Employment$7.0MHuman Services$691kCommunity Improvement$493kHousing & Shelter$345kReligion$301kYouth Development$247kFood & Nutrition$219kEducation$148kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $36k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $244k
  • $250k+1 grant · $7.0M
$94,080
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation$7,038,121
Jehovah Jireh #1 Outreach Ministry$150,390
Forty Acres Fresh Market LLC$94,080
One Earth Collective$23,550
Austin Community Food Co-OP$12,919
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 (FY19–24, $7.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Austin Childcare Providers' Network: $175k → 14%Austin Childcare Providers' Network: $117k → 14%Austin Childcare Providers' Network: $60k → 14%New Moms: $45k → 14%Austin Childcare Providers' Network: $39k → 14%Austin Childcare Provider's Network: $30k → 14%New Moms Inc: $13k → 14%New Moms: $13k → 14%Bethel New Life Inc: $12k → 14%Bethel New Life Inc: $12k → 14%Life Changing Community Outreach: $6k → 14%Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation: $7.0M → 14%Jehovah Jireh #1 Outreach Ministry: $135k → 14%Jehovah Jireh #1 Outreach Ministry: $58k → 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.
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.

25%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 18 repeat orgs$7.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
7

Total granted

$2.4M
$187k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+14%

Still filing today

83%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7.1M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterEmploymentEnvironmentOther
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

  • AC
    Austin Childcare Providers Network
    5× · 2019–2023 · $422k · revenue +561% · 46% of their budget
  • WH
    WESTSIDE HEALTH AUTHORITY
    2× · 2021–2022 · $270k · revenue +155%
  • BI
    BUILD INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $178k · revenue +332%

Funded once

  • OP
    OAK PARK REGIONAL HOUSING CENTER INC
    one grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue -26%
  • TP
    THE PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $70k · revenue +80%
  • CS
    CATALYST SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2022 · $11k · revenue +14%
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
Chicago United for Equity

Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.

Civil Rights
2
Community Desk Chicago

Community Desk Chicago ("the Desk") is an Illinois 501 (C)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to advance equitable economic prosperity in collaboration with historically under-resourced communities. The Organization serves as a help desk and…

Community Improvement
3
Chicago Vibrant Neighborhoods Collective

Chicago vibrant neighborhoods collective (cvnc) works to build healthy, vibrant communities in historically disinvested neighborhoods by strengthening small and medium homegrown community-based organizations (cbos) with a suite of tools,…

Community Improvement
4
Heal Chicago

To strengthen communities through educational dialogue, leadership development, emotional resilience, and intercultural competence programs that help people bridge differences and build trust.

Public Benefit
5
A Better Chicago

A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.

Human Services
6
Together Chicago Inc

Together chicago exists to be a catalyst for lasting change by reducing gun violence and increasing thriving communities in our city. we catalyze faith, business, community, and government leaders to inspire hope and affect peace and…

Community Improvement
7
Austin Career Education Center Ltd

The center provides young adults in the austin district and other areas of chicago with the basic education necessary to increase the employability of those who have dropped out of the standard school system.

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8
Circle Urban Ministries

To inspire, equip and empower urban youth to develop a godly character, to reach their full potential and to transform lives and communities on the west side of chicago.

Human Services
9
Enlace Chicago

Enlace Chicago convenes, organizes, and builds the capacity of little village stakeholders to confront systemic inequities and barriers to economic and social access. Enlace Chicago is dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives…

Community Improvement
10
Westside Neighborhood Developm

Community development via home ownership and home repair programs. financial literacy education

Community Improvement
11
Alianza Leadership Institute

The Alliance of the SouthEast (ASE) builds the capacity of leaders, organizers, and associations that carry out community and social change. We envision a powerful grassroots base that impacts decision makers and wins real improvements in…

Human Services
12
Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership

The partnerships mission is to create, promote, and effectively manage a network of workforce development organizations that designs innovative solutions to address business needs and prepares individuals for, and connects them to, career…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Moms Inc; the most unlike its peers is Jehovah Jireh #1 Outreach Ministry. 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

24 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. 24 of the 27 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ASPIRE CENTER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION NFP: $7,038,121 · Human ServicesASPIRE CENTER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION NFPAustin Childcare Providers Network: $421,636 · Human ServicesAustin Childcare Providers Network+4 more: $293,093 · Human ServicesVESSELS TO HONOR MINISTRY INC: $300,780 · OtherVESSELS TO HO…FORTY ACRES FRESH MARKET: $218,580 · OtherFORTY ACRES F…BUILD INC: $177,625 · OtherBUILD INCSOUTH AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: $94,959 · OtherSOUTH AUSTIN …ST JOSEPH SERVICES INC: $80,000 · OtherST JOSEPH SER…MANUFACTURING RENAISSANCE FKA CENTER FOR LABOR AND COMMUN: $78,782 · OtherMANUFACTURING…THE PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP INC: $69,545 · OtherTHE PREVENTIO…ONE EARTH COLLECTIVE: $62,060 · OtherONE EARTH COL…+2 more: $45,405 · OtherWESTSIDE HEALTH AUTHORITY: $269,693 · Housing & ShelterOAK PARK REGIONAL HOUSING CENTER INC: $75,000 · Housing & ShelterWHAT ABOUT US CHARITABLE ENTERPRISES INC: $101,575 · EducationAustin Coming Together: $12,919 · EducationCATALYST SCHOOLS: $11,200 · EducationJANE ADDAMS RESOURCE CORPORATION: $93,000 · EmploymentWEST SIDE FORWARD: $30,000 · EmploymentInstitute for Nonviolence Chicago: $98,000 · Crime & LegalHELPING OUR PEOPLE EXCEL COMMUNITY DEVEL: $53,618 · Community ImprovementNORTHWEST AUSTIN COUNCIL: $10,000 · Community ImprovementIFF: $5,133 · Community Improvement
Human Services$7,752,850Other$1,127,736Housing & Shelter$344,693Education$125,694Employment$123,000Crime & Legal$98,000Community Improvement$68,751

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 budgetASPIRE CENTER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION NFP: $7,038,121 over 1y, 90% of budgetAustin Childcare Providers Network: $421,636 over 5y, 46% of budgetWESTSIDE HEALTH AUTHORITY: $269,693 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetJEHOVAH JIREH #1 OUTREACH MINISTRY: $193,100 over 2y, 46% of budgetBUILD INC: $177,625 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetInstitute for Nonviolence Chicago: $98,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetJANE ADDAMS RESOURCE CORPORATION: $93,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetST JOSEPH SERVICES INC: $80,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetMANUFACTURING RENAISSANCE FKA CENTER FOR LABOR AND COMMUN: $78,782 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetOAK PARK REGIONAL HOUSING CENTER INC: $75,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetNEW MOMS INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP INC: $69,545 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetONE EARTH COLLECTIVE: $62,060 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetHELPING OUR PEOPLE EXCEL COMMUNITY DEVEL: $53,618 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetVocel Viewing our Children as Emerging Leaders: $35,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetWEST SIDE FORWARD: $30,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetAustin Coming Together: $12,919 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCATALYST SCHOOLS: $11,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE CHANGING COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $5,993 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetIFF: $5,133 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.

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.

United Way of Metropo…The Chicago Community…Circle of Service Fou…Wells Fargo FoundationJohn D and Catherine …Lloyd a Fry FoundationRobert R McCormick Fo…Polk Bros Foundation …Local Initiatives Sup…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…Network for Good
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago IncIL27.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Circle of Service Foundation · Wells Fargo Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Local Initiatives Support Corporation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good

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

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 Austin Coming Together?

    Find your warmest path to Austin Coming Together 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 27 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $764k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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