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Billie and Gillis Thomas Family Foundation at a glance

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Billie and Gillis Thomas Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$878k
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$1.7MHuman Services$1.0MHousing & Shelter$485kFood & Nutrition$266kHealth$159kPublic Safety & Disaster$65kRecreation & Sports$32kReligion$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $468k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $400k
$26,465
Median grant
3
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SM WRIGHT FOUNDATION$100,000
THE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL$100,000
SHELTON SCHOOL LANDMARK FOUNDATION$50,000
WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY SCHOOL$50,000
COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF DALLAS$50,000
NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS$41,267
JUNE SHELTON SCHOOL & EVAL CENTER$39,900
DALLAS ACADEMY$35,000
TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY FOUNDATIO$31,690
JUNE SHELTON SCHOOL & EVAL CENTER$31,675
JUNE SHELTON SCHOOL & EVAL CENTER$29,175
JUNE SHELTON SCHOOL & EVAL CENTER$29,175
UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO$26,465
GREENHILL SCHOOL$25,000
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 (FY20–24, $570k) 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%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $15k → 14%SM WRIGHT FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%SM WRIGHT FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%SM WRIGHT FOUNDATION: $75k → 14%SM WRIGHT FOUNDATION: $75k → 14%COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF DALLAS: $50k → 14%COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF DALLAS: $25k → 14%DWELL WITH DIGNITY: $20k → 14%DWELL WITH DIGNITY: $20k → 14%DWELL WITH DIGNITY: $20k → 14%DWELL WITH DIGNITY: $20k → 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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 27 repeat orgs$324k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
10

Total granted

$3.6M
$200k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+10%

Still filing today

63%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $123k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TC
    THE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $500k · revenue +32%
  • JS
    JUNE SHELTON SCHOOL AND EVALUATION CENTER
    5× · 2020–2024 · $359k · revenue +69%
  • SW
    SM Wright Foundation
    4× · 2020–2024 · $350k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • LL
    LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY
    one grant, 2021 · $74k
  • SC
    SENIOR CITIZENS OF GREATER DALLAS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +10%
  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETESgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +32%
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 Christian School

Dallas Christian is a college preparatory school committed to Biblical values where students are prepared for Christ-centered lives of purpose, service and leadership.

Education
2
Dallas International University

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

Education
3
Austin Trinity School

Trinity episcopal school (trinity) is a not-for-profit independent school whose mission is to provide an enriched academic curriculum in a christian environment. trinity is not affiliated with or sponsored by any parish. we will nurture…

Education
4
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
5
Colleyville Covenant Christian

The mission is to provide a biblically based classical college preparatory education that inspires a passion for excellence a heart of grace and the character of Christ.

Education
6
La Academia de Estrellas

To teach our students to be life-long learners, who will actively participate in their own learning, remain engaged in the educational process and show mastery of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills.

Education
7
The Woodlands Christian Academy

TWCA is an independent, Christ-centered college preparatory school that integrates learning with biblical faith and challenges our students to reach their highest potential - intellectually, creatively, physically, and socially - for the…

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8
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
9
St John's School

See Schedule OSt. John's School is an independent, co-educational day school presenting a 13-year sequence of college preparatory training. A non-profit institution, it was founded in 1946 to provide the community with a school of exacting…

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10
Truth Academy Inc

Truth academy works in partnership with families to integrate high-quality education with biblical truth and discipleship in order to train students, spiritually and academically, how to operate in their god-given purpose and live out a…

Religion
11
Presbyterian School

Family, School, and Church united in the education and support of each child - this is the founding premise upon which Presbyterian School nurtures and challenges its students. The school provides an educational program of the highest…

Education
12
San Antonio Christian School

Partner with families to provide students a christ-centered education while fostering a life of faith and service. the school desires to associate with like-minded teachers, administrators, staff, parents, and students to communicate the…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greenhill School; the most unlike its peers is Parker County Miracle League. 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

27 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. 27 of the 43 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
16/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AUSTIN STREET CENTER: $400,000 · OtherAUSTIN STREET CENTERNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $205,840 · OtherNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANKTRINITY CHRISITAN ACADEMY: $158,600 · OtherTRINITY CHRISITAN ACADEMYIndividual grant recipient: $155,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDALLAS ACADEMY: $155,000 · OtherDALLAS ACADEMYSHELTON SCHOOL LANDMARK FOUNDATION: $150,000 · OtherSHELTON SCHOOL LANDMARK FOUNDATIONEDUCATION OPENS DOORS INC: $110,000 · OtherEDUCATION OPENS DOORS INCUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $80,726 · OtherEQUEST: $75,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS: $74,846 · OtherLEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY: $74,000 · Other+13 more: $294,097 · Other+13 moreJUNE SHELTON SCHOOL AND EVALUATION CENTER: $358,913 · EducationJUNE SHELTON SCHOOL AND…WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $173,000 · EducationWEST DALLAS COMMUNITY S…HIGHLAND PARK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $120,000 · EducationHIGHLAND PARK ISD EDUCA…Teach for America Inc: $40,000 · EducationTRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $31,690 · EducationPANTEGO CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $30,674 · EducationWILKINSON CENTER: $30,000 · Education+2 more: $48,307 · Education+2 moreSM Wright Foundation: $350,000 · Human ServicesSM Wright Founda…DWELL WITH DIGNITY INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesDWELL WITH DIGNI…CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesCHILD PROTECTIVE…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $65,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Nationa…THE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $500,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CRYSTAL CH…+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DALLAS: $60,000 · Community ImprovementFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentPARKER COUNTY MIRACLE LEAGUE: $12,000 · Recreation & SportsAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · Health
Other$1,933,109Education$832,584Human Services$570,000Philanthropy$505,000Community Improvement$60,000Youth Development$20,000Recreation & Sports$12,000Health$10,000

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 budgetTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $500,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetAUSTIN STREET CENTER: $400,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetJUNE SHELTON SCHOOL AND EVALUATION CENTER: $358,913 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSM Wright Foundation: $350,000 over 4y, 9.7% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $205,840 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWEST DALLAS COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $173,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetDALLAS ACADEMY: $155,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetHIGHLAND PARK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $120,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetEDUCATION OPENS DOORS INC: $110,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $80,726 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDWELL WITH DIGNITY INC: $80,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetEQUEST: $75,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $75,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DALLAS: $60,000 over 5y, 44% of budgetMI ESCUELITA PRESCHOOL INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $31,690 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPANTEGO CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $30,674 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWILKINSON CENTER: $30,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS OF GREATER DALLAS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREENHILL SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $23,307 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKER COUNTY MIRACLE LEAGUE: $12,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTON LANDMARK FOUNDATION: $5,000 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 THE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN STREET CENTER ↗
  • Who funds JUNE SHELTON SCHOOL AND EVALUATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SM Wright Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds HIGHLAND PARK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATION OPENS DOORS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds DWELL WITH DIGNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds EQUEST ↗
  • Who funds CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DALLAS ↗
  • Who funds MI ESCUELITA PRESCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PANTEGO CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds WILKINSON CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR CITIZENS OF GREATER DALLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENHILL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds PARKER COUNTY MIRACLE LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗

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…Texas Instruments Fou…The Dallas FoundationCelanese FoundationUnited Way WorldwideHillcrest FoundationHoblitzelle FoundationUnited Way of Metropo…Capital for KidsW P & Bulah Luse Foun…The Moody FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX26.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · Celanese Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Hillcrest Foundation · Hoblitzelle Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Capital for Kids · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase 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 Billie and Gillis Thomas Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Billie and Gillis Thomas Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%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
    7report 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 43 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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