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Baron & Darlene Cass Family Foundation at a glance

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Baron & Darlene Cass Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$41k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$19k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$166kEducation$92kHuman Services$18kReligion$15kRecreation & Sports$11kArts & Culture$7kPublic Benefit$5kPhilanthropy$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $29k
$2,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$777k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL$18,500
BAYLOR HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$10,000
DALLAS CHILDREN'S THEATER$5,000
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION$2,600
Individual grant recipient$2,000
ST MONICA SCHOOL$1,250
Individual grant recipient$1,000
NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER$600
KINGDOM SERVANT$500
02The need
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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 (FY20–24, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%KINGDOM SERVANT: $1k → 14%KINGDOM SERVANT: $1k → 14%KINGDOM SERVANT: $500 → 14%KINGDOM SERVANT: $500 → 14%THE FAMILY PLACE: $10k → 14%THE FAMILY PLACE: $1k → 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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$264k · 18 repeat orgs$62k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
15

Total granted

$264k
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+35%

Still filing today

56%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • TS
    TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN
    7× · 2018–2024 · $118k · revenue +81%
  • SC
    SENIOR CITIZENS OF GREATER DALLAS INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $5k · revenue +19%
  • CF
    CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2019 · $4k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $16k · revenue -115%
  • CO
    CENTER OF SECURITY POLICY
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • SA
    SMU ATHLETIC MUSTANG CLUB
    one grant, 2018 · $8k
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
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
2
Dallas County Medical Society

The mission of the dallas county medical society is to promote public health and advocate for physicians and their relationship with patients, while upholding professionalism in the practice of medicine.

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3
Episcopal Foundation of Dallas

The foundation's mission is to strengthen and support faith communities by partnering wise investments with purposeful giving.

Religion
4
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
5
Dcms Foundation

The dcms foundation's mission is to improve the quality and distribution of health services throughout dallas county.

Health
6
Dallas College Foundation Inc

Dallas college foundation enhances the level of achievement and excellence of dallas college by providing scholarships, eliminating barriers that prevent students from attending and graduating, and supporting innovation.

Education
7
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
8
Dallas Citizens Council

To lead and serve in the moments that matter the most for the people of dallas.

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9
Dallas Seminary Foundation

To support the mission of Dallas Theological Seminary by offering charitable planned giving and other related services to friends of the Seminary.

Education
10
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
11
Dallas Physician Medical Services for Children Inc

Provide dental, general pediatric, and pediatric sub-specialty services, including, but not limited to emergency department coverage, inpatient coverage, orthopedic surgery, and craniofacial orthodontics regardless of payor source or…

Health
12
Texas Children's Hospital Foundation

To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and research.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Dallas Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Cystic Fibrosis 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

18 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. 18 of the 39 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS: $40,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXASBAYLOR HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherBAYLOR HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONBAYLOR HEALTH SYS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherBAYLOR HEALTH SYS FOUNDATIONCENTER OF SECURITY POLICY: $10,000 · OtherCENTER OF SECURITY POLICYCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $8,200 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $7,700 · OtherSMU ATHLETIC MUSTANG CLUB: $7,500 · OtherTONY EVANS MINISTRY: $6,000 · OtherCHARLES TAYLOR MINISTRY: $5,500 · Other+18 more: $30,100 · Other+18 moreTEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: $117,500 · HealthTEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED …+2 more: $5,000 · HealthUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $16,286 · EducationThe Family Place: $11,000 · Human ServicesKINGDOM SERVANTS INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesDALLAS CHILDRENS THEATER INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureDallas Museum of Art: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER: $600 · Arts & CultureTEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Public BenefitTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $1,800 · Philanthropy
Other$160,000Health$122,500Education$16,286Human Services$14,000Arts & Culture$6,600Public Benefit$5,000Philanthropy$3,800

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 budgetTEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: $117,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $16,286 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Family Place: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS OF GREATER DALLAS INC: $5,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS CHILDRENS THEATER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEQUEST: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN DIABETIC FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKINGDOM SERVANTS INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $1,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Museum of Art: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $500 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.

  • Who funds TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Family Place ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR CITIZENS OF GREATER DALLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS CHILDRENS THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EQUEST ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWESTERN DIABETIC FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KINGDOM SERVANTS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DALLAS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL ↗
  • Who funds Dallas Museum of Art ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds THE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Baron & Darlene Cass Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Baron & Darlene Cass Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%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
    2get no government money at all
    6report 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.

    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 39 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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