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Austin Startup Games Inc

Austin startup games unites high-growth startup companies in friendly competition to build great cultures while giving back to their local communities.

$153k
Granted FY2020
9
Grants FY2020
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 2020.

Animals$70kYouth Development$69kHuman Services$45kHealth$41kFood & Nutrition$39kEducation$38kCrime & Legal$26kHousing & Shelter$8kOther$0
02FY2020 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $98,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $152,572 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $54,572 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 · FY2020

  • Under $10k5 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $62k
$9,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$28k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC$19,500
AUSTIN LOST AND FOUND PETS$18,000
AUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC$12,000
NONPAREIL INSTITUTE$12,000
FOSTER ANGELS OF CENTRAL TEXAS$9,000
HACA SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC$7,500
LIFE ANEW RESTORATIVE JUSTICE$7,000
E4 YOUTH INCORPORATED$7,000
CODE2COLLEGE$6,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NONPAREIL INSTITUTE: $12k → 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.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$182k · 7 repeat orgs$170k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +117% since the first grant, against +66% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2020, 5 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
10

Total granted

$182k
$103k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+117%
+66%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
AnimalsEducationYouth DevelopmentHealthHuman ServicesReligionOther
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

  • ML
    MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $39k · revenue +218%
  • B
    BREAKTHROUGH
    2× · 2018–2019 · $27k · revenue +159%
  • AP
    AUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $26k · revenue +117%

Funded once

  • KI
    KURE IT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +97%
  • TS
    THE SAFE ALLIANCEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $19k · revenue +66%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $18k · revenue -22%
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
Leadership Austin

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

Youth Development
2
Austin Street Center

The mission of austin street center is to provide emergency shelter and related services to the homeless. programs provide crisis intervention, substance abuse awareness information and opportunities to improve present life situations to…

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3
Any Baby Can of Austin Inc

Any baby can, an austin-based nonprofit, partners with parents so children reach their full potential. with programs that meet clients where they are at home, work or school any baby can provides in-home therapy, parent education, mental…

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4
Friends of the Children - Austin

Friends of the children - austin is a texas based nonprofit with the mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years,no matter…

Youth Development
5
Citizen Schools Inc

In fiscal year 2025, the agency operated an americorps maker fellowship, placing 7 americorps vista members at 6 different education focused organizations in ca, ma, and ny. americorps members worked on capacity building projects to expand…

Education
6
Connectability

ConnectAbility's mission is to empower those with life altering disabilities and their caregivers to reach their fullest potential.

Human Services
7
Junior Achievement of South Texas Inc

Junior achievement of south texas's mission is to inspire and prepare young peopleto succeed in a global economy. the purpose is to educate and inspire young peopleto value free enterprise, business, and economics to improve the quality of…

International
8
Trinity Charter School

The trinity charter schools system has 11 campuses in texas. all 11 campuses work with youth who have emotional difficulties, and need active engagement in planning and guiding their own academic careers through student led credit…

Education
9
Community Information Now

Community information now (cinow) provides data, tools, analysis, and training to inform decisions to improve texas communities. cinow's vision is improved lives and decreased disparities through democratized data.

Community Improvement
10
AI4ALL

Ai4all's mission is to ensure that the next generation of ai leaders reflects humanity. ai4all is transforming the pipeline of ai practitioners who will shape ai for the benefit of humanity.

Youth Development
11
Lone Star Justice Alliance

Lone star justice alliance (lsja) was established in 2017 as a non-profit legal organization to boldly address systemic failures in the justice system through advocacy and innovative evidence-based programs that improve life outcomes for…

Crime & Legal
12
Austin Partners in Education

Apie provides college and career readiness support through individualized academic and mentoring programs to prepare students for success.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kure It 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

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
19/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL TEXAS INC: $33,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL TEXAS IN…THE SAFE ALLIANCE: $19,000 · OtherTHE SAFE ALLIANCEAUSTIN LOST AND FOUND PETS: $18,000 · OtherAUSTIN LOST AND FOUND PETSTHE SHELTERING ARMS INC: $14,000 · OtherTHE SHELTERING ARMS INCTEXAS HEARING & SERVICE DOGS INC: $10,000 · OtherTEXAS HEARING & SERVICE DOGS INCHACA SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · OtherHACA SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INCE4 YOUTH INCORPORATED: $7,000 · OtherCODE2COLLEGE: $6,000 · OtherANDREW S RODDICK FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 · OtherLife Anew Restorative Justice: $7,000 · OtherMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $6,000 · OtherNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN: $5,500 · OtherAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $25,500 · AnimalsAUSTIN PETS ALIV…FRIENDS OF AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER: $18,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF AUSTI…PAWS ATLANTA INCORPORATED: $8,500 · AnimalsPAWS ATLANTA INC…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $20,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILD…KURE IT INC: $20,000 · HealthKURE IT INCMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $39,000 · ReligionMOBILE LOAVE…BREAKTHROUGH: $26,500 · EducationBREAKTHROUG…COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $5,500 · EducationCOMMUNITIES…POP CULTURE CLASSROOM: $5,000 · EducationPOP CULTURE…GIRLSTART: $23,000 · Recreation & SportsNONPAREIL INSTITUTE: $12,000 · Human ServicesFOSTER ANGELS OF CENTRAL TEXAS FOUNDATION: $9,000 · Human Services
Other$138,500Animals$52,000Health$40,500Religion$39,000Education$37,000Recreation & Sports$23,000Human Services$21,000

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 budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $39,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL TEXAS INC: $33,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH: $26,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $25,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLSTART: $23,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $20,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKURE IT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER: $18,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetTHE SHELTERING ARMS INC: $14,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNONPAREIL INSTITUTE: $12,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTEXAS HEARING & SERVICE DOGS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFOSTER ANGELS OF CENTRAL TEXAS FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPAWS ATLANTA INCORPORATED: $8,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetE4 YOUTH INCORPORATED: $7,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetLife Anew Restorative Justice: $7,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCODE2COLLEGE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANDREW S RODDICK FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOP CULTURE CLASSROOM: $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…Topfer Family Foundat…The Moody FoundationTexas Mutual Insuranc…United Way for Greate…St David's FoundationCarl C Anderson Sr an…The Blackbaud Giving …Texas Instruments Fou…United Way WorldwideCharities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…
Austin Community Foundation IncTX21.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Topfer Family Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Texas Mutual Insurance Company · United Way for Greater Austin · St David's Foundation · Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Texas Instruments Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving 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 Austin Startup Games Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Austin Startup Games Inc. 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 Startup Games Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Austin Startup Games Inc 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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