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Berry R Cox Family Foundation at a glance

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Berry R Cox Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$460k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
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 2024.

Education$2.6MPhilanthropy$747kHealth$307kReligion$161kInternational$110kHuman Services$77kArts & Culture$62kAnimals$59kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $106k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $350k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Southern Methodist University$100,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University$100,000
University of Texas System$100,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University$50,000
Southern Methodist University$26,000
Highland Park United Methodist$25,000
Highland Park United Methodist$15,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University$10,000
Council on Foreign Relations$10,000
Southern Methodist University$10,000
Texas Park and Wildlife Foundation$10,000
United to Learn$1,500
Go Texan Henderson County$1,000
Montessori Institute of North Texas$1,000
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 (FY18–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Missisippi State University Foundation Inc: $500 → 24%Charity Global Inc: $2k → 17%S M Wright Foundation: $750 → 14%S M Wright Foundation: $750 → 14%Buckner International: $150 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
VA
KS
NC
MS
GA
TX
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 28% of Berry R Cox Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 71% of the giving stays in TX; by stated purpose, 67%.

Berry R Cox Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 8.0% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 23 repeat orgs$155k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
47

Total granted

$2.8M
$153k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+73%

Still filing today

61%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
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

  • Southern Methodist University
    9× · 2017–2025 · $922k · revenue +57%
  • AS
    ALCUIN SCHOOL
    4× · 2017–2021 · $665k · revenue +68%
  • PU
    PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2023 · $166k · revenue +637%

Funded once

  • CM
    Children's Miracle Network
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • EO
    EDUCATION OPENS DOORS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -95%
  • CF
    COMMITTEE FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue -100%
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
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
3
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
4
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
5
Trellis Foundation

We believe every texas student deserves the opportunity to earn a postsecondary credential or degree that helps them achieve the future they envision for themselves and their families. we invest in the programs, practices, and policies…

Human Services
6
Texas a&M Research Foundation

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

Education
7
Texas a&M Foundation

The texas a&m foundation builds a brighter future for texas a&m university, one relationship at a time, by uniting generosity and vision to raise support and manage endowed gifts.

Education
8
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
9
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
10
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
11
Forty First Foundation

The forty first foundation supports and advances the university of texas at austin in its pursuit of excellence. we work closely with the office of the president to identify, fund, and implement strategic initiatives that enhance the…

Education
12
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Communities Foundation of Texas Inc; the most unlike its peers is Foundation for Responsible Television. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

57 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. 57 of the 76 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/57
Grantees still filing
43/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $990,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYSouthern Methodist University: $922,350 · EducationSouthern Methodist UniversityALCUIN SCHOOL: $665,000 · EducationALCUIN SCHOOLPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $165,600 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION+15 more: $158,100 · Education+15 moreCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $745,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITIES FOUNDAT…THE SPECIAL FORCES CHARITABLE TRUST: $55,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SPECIAL FORCES …+3 more: $2,250 · PhilanthropyUniversity of Texas System: $350,000 · OtherUniversity of Texa…Highland Park United Methodist: $201,550 · OtherHighland Park Unit…Texas Park and Wildlife Foundation: $30,000 · OtherSociety For Arts Music Architecture and Sciences: $26,500 · Other+25 more: $145,825 · Other+25 moreCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $120,000 · InternationalNANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $15,000 · Arts & CultureDallas SPARK: $10,000 · Arts & CultureLYRIC STAGE INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureVan Cliburn Foundation Inc: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+10 more: $6,475 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $21,000 · HealthTHE OSTEOSARCOMA INSTITUTE: $1,500 · Health+1 more: $250 · HealthUnion Development Corporation: $15,000 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesSM Wright Foundation: $1,500 · Human Services+2 more: $650 · Human Services
Education$2,901,050Philanthropy$802,250Other$753,875International$120,000Arts & Culture$46,475Health$22,750Human Services$19,150

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 budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $990,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $922,350 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $745,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetALCUIN SCHOOL: $665,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $165,600 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $120,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $77,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SPECIAL FORCES CHARITABLE TRUST: $55,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION: $46,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetEDUCATION OPENS DOORS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR OPEN DEMOCRACY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUnion Development Corporation: $15,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetDallas SPARK: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetLYRIC STAGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY PARK SCHOOL PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $5,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUMIN EDUCATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGO TEXAN OF HENDERSON COUNTY: $4,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABERG CENTER FOR LITERACY: $2,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSM Wright Foundation: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED TO LEARN: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OSTEOSARCOMA INSTITUTE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHIGHLAND PARK PRESBYTERIAN DAY SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST DALLAS COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas 2036: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CORPS-LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJust Like You Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTask Force Dagger Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDancing Angels Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOCKADAY SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Dallas Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMississippi State University Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY GATEWAY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRESERVATION PARK CITIES: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR RESPONSIBLE TELEVISION: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $250 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.

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.

Communities Foundatio…The Dallas FoundationThe Addy FoundationAmon G Carter Foundat…Sid W Richardson Foun…The Rees-Jones Founda…Hillcrest FoundationUnited Way of Metropo…Texas Instruments Fou…W W Lynch FoundationThe Hoak FoundationGeorge E Seay III Fou…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX34.4× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · The Addy Foundation · Amon G Carter Foundation · Sid W Richardson Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · W W Lynch Foundation · The Hoak Foundation · George E Seay III 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 Berry R Cox Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Berry R Cox Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Nantucket Historical Association: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 Berry R Cox Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Berry R Cox 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 76 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home