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Austin Cops for Charities

To enhance community relations with austin police officers and the local community by supporting local charitable agencies.

$164k
Granted FY2022
4
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$20k
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, FY2017 to 2022.

Education$38kHealth$35kHuman Services$25kReligion$20kYouth Development$18kCrime & Legal$15kFood & Nutrition$15kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kOther$0
02FY2022 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $36,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $164,034 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $127,534 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 · FY2022

  • Under $10k3 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$6,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$613k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Weatherford College$20,000
Greater Austin Crime Commission$6,500
Hope for Heroes$5,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Austin$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 (FY19–19, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Testicular Cancer Foundation: $6k → 10%Partnerships for Children: $5k → 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.
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.

41%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$77k · 5 repeat orgs$108k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2022, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
13

Total granted

$77k
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+14%

Still filing today

100%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalEducationReligionFood & 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

  • DC
    DELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $15k · revenue +123%
  • COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +203%
  • PF
    PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN
    2× · 2017–2019 · $10k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • AP
    AUSTIN POLICE ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +33%
  • AP
    AUSTIN POLICE OPERATION BLUE SANTA
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +5%
  • AH
    Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation
    one grant, 2019 · $8k · revenue -89%
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
Good Work Austin

Good Work Austin's mission is to foster healthy careers in the local food and beverage industry through professional development and advocacy for more equitable practices.

Public Benefit
2
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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3
Austin Community Foundation Inc

We mobilize ideas and resources to strengthen central texas.

Philanthropy
4
Austin Cops for Charities

To enhance community relations with austin police officers and the local community by supporting local charitable agencies. in addition, to support austin police officers and their families in times of need.

Crime & Legal
5
Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
6
Center for Austin Independent Journalism

To equip Austinites to make informed decisions through independent, in-depth reporting, diverse opinions, and civil dialogue. A strong local press is essential for a healthy community and democracy. We work to make Austin a more empowered…

Arts & Culture
7
Children's Hospital Association of Texas

To advance children's health and well-being by advocating for policies and funding that promote children's access to high-quality, comprehensive health care.

—
8
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
9
Austin Justice Coalition

Austin Justice Coalition educates, organizes, and empowers communities in Austin to build racial equity and dismantle systems of oppression through advocacy, policy change, and community programs.

Human Services
10
Austin Together Fund

Austin together enables sustained collaborations that strengthen the nonprofit community to create better outcomes for central texans through our unique grant and community engagement model.

Community Improvement
11
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

—
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dell Children's Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Testicular Cancer Foundation. 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

15 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. 15 of the 20 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEATHERFORD COLLEGE: $20,000 · OtherWEATHERFORD COLLEGEDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONAUSTIN POLICE ASSOCIATION: $10,398 · OtherAUSTIN POLICE ASSOCIATIONAustin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $7,500 · OtherAustin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce FoundationAustin Child Guidance Center: $7,500 · OtherAustin Child Guidance CenterLone Star Tejano Foundation: $5,000 · OtherLone Star Tejano FoundationSUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTER: $5,000 · OtherSUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTERRP SEARCH SERVICES: $5,000 · OtherRP SEARCH SERVICESGreater Austin Chamber of Commerce: $5,000 · OtherGreater Austin Chamber of CommercePOLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE OF AUSTIN: $5,000 · OtherPOLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE OF AUSTINJZJ Foundation: $5,000 · OtherJZJ FoundationAUSTIN POLICE OPERATION BLUE SANTA: $10,000 · Human ServicesAUSTIN POLICE O…PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN: $10,000 · Human ServicesPARTNERSHIPS FO…Testicular Cancer Foundation: $5,529 · Human ServicesTesticular Canc…CENTRAL TEXAS PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION: $21,500 · Crime & LegalCENTRAL TEXAS…HOPE FOR HEROES TEXAS: $20,000 · ReligionHOPE FOR HER…African American Youth Harvest Foundation: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $10,000 · EducationCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$90,398Human Services$25,529Crime & Legal$21,500Religion$20,000Youth Development$12,500Education$10,000Food & Nutrition$5,000

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 budgetCENTRAL TEXAS PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION: $21,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHOPE FOR HEROES TEXAS: $20,000 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAUSTIN POLICE ASSOCIATION: $10,398 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAustin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetAustin Child Guidance Center: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAfrican American Youth Harvest Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTesticular Cancer Foundation: $5,529 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Austin Chamber of Commerce: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Austin Community Foun…United Way for Greate…St David's FoundationThe Moody FoundationTopfer Family Foundat…Charles Schwab Founda…United Way WorldwideAmerican Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
Austin Community Foundation IncTX19× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · United Way for Greater Austin · St David's Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Topfer Family Foundation · Charles Schwab Foundation · United Way Worldwide · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Austin Cops for Charities funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Austin Cops for Charities. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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
    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
    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 Cops for Charities?

    Find your warmest path to Austin Cops for Charities 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 20 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $119k 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 FY2022, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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