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Ballengee Family Foundation Trust at a glance

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Ballengee Family Foundation Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7k
Granted FY2020
4
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Crime & Legal$62kArts & Culture$43kHealth$22kYouth Development$14kEducation$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kEnvironment$500Other$0
02FY2020 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$3k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHREVEPORT REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL$2,250
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA$1,500
THE ROBINSON FILM CENTER$1,500
GINGERBREAD HOUSE$1,500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $17k → 14%THE BARBARA BUSH LITERACY FOUNDATION: $3k → 16%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $5k → 19%GIRLS ON THE RUN OF SHREVEPORT: $8k → 22%GIRLS ON THE RUN OF SHREVEPORT: $5k → 22%FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SCHOOL: $3k → 22%THE CINDERELLA PROJECT: $500 → 22%GINGERBREAD HOUSE: $20k → 22%GINGERBREAD HOUSE: $20k → 22%GINGERBREAD HOUSE: $20k → 22%SHREVEPORT REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL: $13k → 22%THE ROBINSON FILM CENTER: $5k → 22%SHREVEPORT REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL: $5k → 22%THE ROBINSON FILM CENTER: $5k → 22%THE ROBINSON FILM CENTER: $5k → 22%JUNIOR FILM PRIZE: $5k → 22%FILM PRIZE FOUNDATION: $3k → 22%ONWARD INC: $3k → 22%FILM PRIZE FOUNDATION: $3k → 22%SHREVEPORT REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL: $2k → 22%SHREVEPORT SYMPHONY GALA: $2k → 22%THE ROBINSON FILM CENTER: $2k → 22%VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA: $2k → 22%VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA: $2k → 22%GINGERBREAD HOUSE: $2k → 22%DRESS FOR SUCCESS: $1k → 22%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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$140k · 7 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +83% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2020, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
8

Total granted

$140k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+83%
+5%

Still filing today

71%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • GH
    GINGERBREAD HOUSE BOSSIERCADDO CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $62k · revenue +118%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    2× · 2017–2019 · $22k · revenue +33%
  • SR
    SHREVEPORT REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL
    3× · 2018–2020 · $20k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • OI
    ONWARD INC
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • FB
    FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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
Lsu Research Foundation
Community Improvement
2
Laura Center for Creole Heritage
Arts & Culture
3
Createlouisiana

#CreateLouisiana champions Southern talent in the film + media space, supports the entertainment industries that are integral to the region, and fosters a sustainable creative economy for a homegrown cultural workforce. Through…

Arts & Culture
4
Lyrica Baroque

The mission of lyrica baroque is to support a diverse community of students, teachers, artists, institutions and audiences of all ages through education, collaboration and performance. lyrica baroque seeks to promote the extraordinary…

Arts & Culture
5
Houston Latino Film Festival

Mission to promotote hispanic and latino culture through art and film from both local and international artists

Arts & Culture
6
Highland Area Partnership Inc

The Highland Area Partnership is an arts and culture nonprofit organization that is dedicated to cultivating and connecting our community through music, food, and the arts. The purpose of this festival is to give the community access to…

Arts & Culture
7
Covington Louisiana Actors Playhouse System
Arts & Culture
8
Bayou Playhouse Inc

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Arts & Culture
9
Teche Center for the Arts

Present classes, workshops, programs with a focus on highlighting the talents and culture of breaux bridge st martin parish and surrounding regions of louisiana

Arts & Culture
10
Heart of Texas Film Society

Enriching our Waco community through the art, business, creation, education and exhibition of Independent Film.

Arts & Culture
11
Capital Region Industry for Sustainable Infrastructure Solutions

Infrastructure Solutions

Community Improvement
12
Louisiana Swamp Watch Inc

Educate public on special interest in Louisiana

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shreveport Regional Arts Council; the most unlike its peers is Pace. 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

9 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. 9 of the 15 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/9
Grantees still filing
6/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GINGERBREAD HOUSE BOSSIERCADDO CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $61,500 · HealthGINGERBREAD HOUSE BOSSIERCADDO CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER IN…American Heart Association Inc: $21,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association IncSHREVEPORT REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL: $19,750 · Arts & CultureSHREVEPORT REGIONAL ARTS COUNCI…Red River Film Society Inc: $16,500 · Arts & CultureRed River Film Society IncFILM PRIZE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureFILM PRIZE FOUNDATION INCSHREVEPORT SYMPHONY INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureGIRLS ON THE RUN OF SHREVEPORT: $12,500 · OtherGIRLS ON THE RUN OF…Individual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant re…VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA: $3,000 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERI…ONWARD INC: $2,500 · OtherONWARD INCFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SCHOOL: $2,500 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURC…DRESS FOR SUCCESS: $1,000 · Other+2 more: $1,000 · OtherBARBARA BUSH HOUSTON LITERACY FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Philanthropy
Health$83,000Arts & Culture$43,250Other$27,500Philanthropy$2,500

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 budgetGINGERBREAD HOUSE BOSSIERCADDO CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $61,500 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $21,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHREVEPORT REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL: $19,750 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetRed River Film Society Inc: $16,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF SHREVEPORT: $12,500 over 2y, 13% of budgetFILM PRIZE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBARBARA BUSH HOUSTON LITERACY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHREVEPORT SYMPHONY INC: $2,000 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.

Community Foundation …The Powers Foundation…Grayson Foundation IncCarolyn W & Charles T…Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of North LouisianaLA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of North Louisiana · The Powers Foundation Inc · Grayson Foundation Inc · Carolyn W & Charles T Beaird Family Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Ballengee Family Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ballengee Family Foundation Trust. 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Ballengee Family Foundation Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Ballengee Family Foundation Trust 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 15 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 2020, released 2020. 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 no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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