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Bosarge Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$307k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$2.7MArts & Culture$1.5MRecreation & Sports$1.0MPublic Benefit$600kPhilanthropy$480kHuman Services$232kInternational$221kCivil Rights$100kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $204k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF THAI DAUGHTERS INC$100,000
BOOTHBAY REGION YMCA$53,500
LIFEFLIGHT OF MAINE$50,000
CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK$25,000
THE SAFE ALLIANCE$25,000
MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES$25,000
HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER$25,000
ST THERESA CATHOLIC SCHOOL$3,000
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 (FY22–24, $235k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 11% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THIRD OPTION FOUNDATION: $35k → 6%FRIENDS OF THAI DAUGHTERS INC: $100k → 9%FRIENDS OF THAI DAUGHTERS INC: $50k → 9%FRIENDS OF THAI DAUGHTERS INC: $25k → 9%HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER: $25k → 16%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

ME
MI
NY
OH
PA
CA
VA
MD
NC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 10 repeat orgs$3.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +10% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
25

Total granted

$3.3M
$3.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+5%

Still filing today

90%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationArts & CultureInternationalOther
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

  • AG
    ASTROS GOLF FOUNDATION
    5× · 2019–2023 · $1.0M · revenue +211%
  • AA
    American Association for Cancer Research Inc
    4× · 2018–2021 · $1.0M · revenue +12%
  • AC
    APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS
    2× · 2022–2023 · $200k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • CF
    CURA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $998k · revenue -96%
  • MD
    MUSIC DOING GOOD INC
    one grant, 2017 · $873k · 64% of their budget
  • TF
    TEXAS FLYING LEGENDS MUSEUM
    one grant, 2017 · $320k · 58% of their budget
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
Greater Texas Foundation
Education
2
Kimbell Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
3
Md Anderson Foundation
Philanthropy
4
The Good Foundation of Texas
Philanthropy
5
Houston Geological Society Foundation
—
6
Texas Bankers Foundation
Education
7
The Legacy Films Foundation
—
8
Lone Star Flight Museum

Lone Star Flight Museum (LSFM) celebrates flight and achievements in Texas aviation, engages youth through STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), and believes aviation inspires achievement and endless possibilities.

Arts & Culture
9
The Argosy Foundation
—
10
George Hw Bush Foundation for Us-China Relations
International
11
Aclu Foundation of Texas Inc

The ACLU Foundation of Texas is the unyielding guardian and promoter of freedom, justice, equality and dignity of all people, particularly for those who are still fighting to secure the full exercise of their civil rights and liberties.…

Civil Rights
12
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Houston Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Texas Flying Legends Museum. 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

34 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. 34 of the 41 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/34
Grantees still filing
18/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MUSIC DOING GOOD INC: $872,776 · OtherMUSIC DOING GOOD INCTEXAS FLYING LEGENDS MUSEUM: $320,000 · OtherTEXAS FLYING LEGENDS MUSEUMWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES: $300,000 · OtherWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENC…APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS: $200,000 · OtherAPOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERSGENETICS POLICY INSTITUTE: $130,000 · OtherGENETICS POLICY INSTITUTEYoung Men's Christian Association Boothbay Region: $96,500 · Other+17 more: $316,469 · Other+17 moreASTROS GOLF FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyASTROS GOLF FOUNDATIONDonors Trust Inc: $354,525 · PhilanthropyDonors Trust IncTexans for Lawsuit Reform Foundation: $100,000 · PhilanthropyTexans for Lawsuit Refor…+2 more: $75,000 · PhilanthropyCURA FOUNDATION: $997,500 · Human ServicesCURA FOUNDATIONFRIENDS OF THAI DAUGHTERS INC: $175,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THAI DAUG…+2 more: $60,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Association for Cancer Research Inc: $1,000,000 · HealthAmerican Associatio…Chopra Foundation: $113,000 · HealthChopra FoundationREGENERATIVE MEDICINE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Health+1 more: $20,000 · HealthTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $600,000 · EducationTHE GEORG…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationTRUE THE VOTE INC: $100,000 · Civil RightsSPHINX ORGANIZATION INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureARS LYRICA HOUSTON: $40,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,235,745Philanthropy$1,529,525Human Services$1,232,500Health$1,183,000Education$610,000Civil Rights$100,000Arts & Culture$80,000

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 budgetASTROS GOLF FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetAmerican Association for Cancer Research Inc: $1,000,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCURA FOUNDATION: $997,500 over 1y, 14% of budgetMUSIC DOING GOOD INC: $872,776 over 1y, 64% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $600,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDonors Trust Inc: $354,525 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS FLYING LEGENDS MUSEUM: $320,000 over 1y, 58% of budgetAPOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS: $200,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetFRIENDS OF THAI DAUGHTERS INC: $175,000 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetChopra Foundation: $113,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetTRUE THE VOTE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetTexans for Lawsuit Reform Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 91% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association Boothbay Region: $96,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHelping a HeroOrg: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLifeFlight of Maine LLC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $48,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $48,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSPHINX ORGANIZATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetARS LYRICA HOUSTON: $40,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetTHIRD OPTION FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMAGINENATIONS GROUP INC: $25,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetTHE SAFE ALLIANCE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Area Women's Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetA GLIMMER OF HOPE FOUNDATION: $23,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE EXUMA FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetTexas Heart Institute: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetELLIS ISLAND HONORS SOCIETY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSOUTH FORK NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANNED SPACE FLIGHT EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOOTHBAY HARBOR ONE DESIGN ASSN: $200 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.

Greater Houston Commu…Shell USA Company Fou…Texas Instruments Fou…The Chicago Community…Jewish Communal FundMorgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…Donor Advised Charita…
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX16.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 Bosarge Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Bosarge 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 41 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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