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Beaird 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.

$157k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$91k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20182024.

Education$1.6MReligion$669kHealth$80kAnimals$29kInternational$29kRecreation & Sports$15kHuman Services$12kCommunity Improvement$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $91k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$627k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PARKWAY HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH$90,623
PARKINSON VOICE PROJECT$20,000
SHEPHERDS OF WILDLIFE SOCIETY$10,000
THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS$10,000
THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS$7,500
12TH MAN FOUNDATION$5,000
SPARK MINISTRY$5,000
MD ANDERSON CENTER$2,500
CONSERVATION FORCE$1,000
RAYS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION$1,000
FEED MY STARTING CHILDREN$1,000
P70 INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES$1,000
VFW POST 2150$1,000
HICO'S ORIGINAL STEAK COOKOFF$500
STEPHENVILLE LIONS CLUB$500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RISE CORPORATION: $1k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MT
ND
NY
NJ
MO
TN
OK
LA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.4M · 12 repeat orgs$104k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +33% since the first grant, against -12% for the ones you funded once.

12 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
20

Total granted

$2.4M
$101k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
-12%

Still filing today

58%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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
EducationAnimalsPhilanthropyReligionInternationalHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TA
    THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +51%
  • PV
    PARKINSON VOICE PROJECT INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $60k · revenue +33%
  • SM
    Spark Ministry
    6× · 2018–2024 · $30k · revenue +89%

Funded once

  • TJ
    THE JOURNEY CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $34k
  • IC
    INTERNATIONAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $22k · revenue -44%
  • DC
    DIMMIT COUNTY LIVESTOCK SHOW
    one grant, 2020 · $5k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
3
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas

Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation (TPWF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization thatadvances Texas proud outdoor traditions through meaningful, high-impact programs,partnerships, and a wide range of projects that conserve and enhance our…

Environment
4
University of Southern Mississippi Foundation

To build relationships with alumni and friends in order to secure private funds and other resources for the benefit of the university of southern mississippi (usm). the foundation receives, invests and distributes private gifts in support…

Education
5
The International Foundation
6
University of South Florida Foundation Inc

University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…

Education
7
University of Illinois Foundation

The Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is an independent and separate nonprofit entity from the University of Illinois. Our mission is to encourage and administer private gifts and serve the UI System by working closely with…

Education
8
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
9
Usd Foundation
Philanthropy
10
Texas Foundation for Conservation

Fish and wildlife conservation and outreach including public awareness. Fifteen public relations campaign on social media with over 7.5 million impressions. Twenty plus speaking engagements to a variety of conservation organizations…

Animals
11
Fauna & Flora International Usa Inc

Our mission is to act to conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take into account human needs.

Philanthropy
12
The Leadership Foundation

The leadership foundation, inc. (the foundation), established in 1990, is the mechanism by which iwf members advance the next generation of women leaders. the foundation accelerates the careers of top-performing women by offering…

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas a&M Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Moss Pieratt 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

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
9/16
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY — $1,612,861 · EducationTHE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY+2 more — $15,000 · EducationPARKWAY HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH — $601,790 · OtherPARKWAY HILLS BAPTIST CHURCHTHE JOURNEY CHURCH — $34,000 · Other+24 more — $78,250 · Other+24 morePARKINSON VOICE PROJECT INC — $60,000 · HealthSpark Ministry — $30,000 · ReligionShepherds of Wildlife Society — $15,000 · AnimalsCONSERVATION FORCE INC — $5,000 · AnimalsDelta Waterfowl Foundation — $4,000 · AnimalsMoss Pieratt Foundation — $5,000 · Community ImprovementUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $4,813 · International
Education$1,627,861Other$714,040Health$60,000Religion$30,000Animals$24,000Community Improvement$5,000International$4,813

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY — $1,612,861 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetPARKINSON VOICE PROJECT INC — $60,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSpark Ministry — $30,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — $22,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetShepherds of Wildlife Society — $15,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetTexas A&M University 12th Man Foundation — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMoss Pieratt Foundation — $5,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION FORCE INC — $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $4,813 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDelta Waterfowl Foundation — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY OAKS ENTERPRISES — $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRISE CORP — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHICO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT — $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE SUDC FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds PARKINSON VOICE PROJECT INC
  • Who funds Spark Ministry
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Shepherds of Wildlife Society
  • Who funds Texas A&M University 12th Man Foundation
  • Who funds Moss Pieratt Foundation
  • Who funds Texas A&M Foundation
  • Who funds CONSERVATION FORCE INC
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
  • Who funds Delta Waterfowl Foundation
  • Who funds TRINITY OAKS ENTERPRISES
  • Who funds RISE CORP
  • Who funds HICO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • Who funds THE SUDC FOUNDATION
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX12× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Beaird Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Beaird Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Beaird Family Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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