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Brogdon Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$35k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Education$128kScience & Tech$100kEmployment$75kArts & Culture$50kRecreation & Sports$40kYouth Development$21kEnvironment$20kHuman Services$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE FORT WORTH CLUB$25,000
CRISTO REY FORT WORTH$9,525
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JDRF: $1k → 17%THE FORT WORTH CLUB: $50k → 11%SKY RANCH: $10k → 14%NORTH AMERICAN MISSION BOARD: $5k → 13%D'EVELYN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL: $3k → 7%THE FORT WORTH CLUB: $25k → 11%SKY RANCH: $5k → 14%DAVEY O'BRIEN FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%THE SALVATION ARMY: $5k → 11%FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW SYNDICATE: $5k → 11%THE SALVATION ARMY: $5k → 11%FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW SYNDICATE: $4k → 11%FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW SYNDICATE: $3k → 11%FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW SYNDICATE: $3k → 11%FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW SYNDICATE: $3k → 11%FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW SYNDICATE: $3k → 11%CRISTO REY FORT WORTH: $10k → 11%CRISTO REY FORT WORTH: $9k → 11%CRISTO REY FORT WORTH: $9k → 11%CRISTO REY FORT WORTH: $8k → 11%CRISTO REY FORT WORTH: $8k → 11%CRISTO REY FORT WORTH: $8k → 11%FORT WORTH REPORT: $1k → 11%MONCRIEF CANCER INSTITUTE: $7k → 11%BOY'S & GIRL'S CLUB OF FORT WORTH: $1k → 11%BOY'S & GIRL'S CLUB OF FORT WORTH: $1k → 11%TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $600 → 11%TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $25k → 11%INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $10k → 11%TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $10k → 11%BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC: $100k → 11%TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $5k → 11%FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $50k → 11%TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $5k → 11%BOBBY BRAGAN YOUTH FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $5k → 11%BOBBY BRAGAN YOUTH FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $3k → 11%BOBBY BRAGAN YOUTH FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%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.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$237k · 8 repeat orgs$226k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +103% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
15

Total granted

$237k
$226k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+103%
+4%

Still filing today

63%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationHealthScience & TechYouth DevelopmentArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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
    TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2024 · $53k · revenue +60%
  • CR
    CRISTO REY FORT WORTH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $52k · revenue +495%
  • FW
    FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW SYNDICATE
    6× · 2017–2024 · $19k · revenue +264%

Funded once

  • BR
    BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • FW
    FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +1%
  • DO
    DAVEY OBRIEN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -2%
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
Fort Worth Country Day School Inc

The mission of fort worth country day school is to foster the intellectual, physical, emotional and ethical development of capable students through an academically rigorous college preparatory program that integrates the arts and athletics.

Education
2
Whitworth University

Since 1890, whitworth has held fast to its founding mission of providing "an education of mind and heart" through rigorous intellectual inquiry guided by dedicated christian scholars.

Education
3
Baylor University

The mission of baylor university is to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and christian commitment within a caring community.

Education
4
Fort Worth Christain School Inc

Fort worth christian school is a christ-centered community where every child is loved, valued, taught excellence in and out of the classroom, and empowered by a biblical worldview for a lifetime of faith and service.

Education
5
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
6
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
7
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
8
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
9
Baylor All Saints Medical Center

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
10
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

Stanford university is one of a select group of american universities that have achieved eminence in both undergraduate and graduate education and research - cont'd sch o.

Education
11
Baylor University Medical Center

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
12
Nebraska Wesleyan University

Nebraska wesleyan university is an academic community dedicated to intellectual and personal growth within the context of a liberal arts education and in an environment of christian concern.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fort Worth Museum of Science and History; the most unlike its peers is Breakthrough T1D. 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

14 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. 14 of the 23 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE FORT WORTH CLUB: $75,000 · OtherTHE FORT WORTH CLUBDAVEY OBRIEN FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherDAVEY OBRIEN FOUNDATIONSKY RANCHES INC: $15,000 · OtherSKY RANCHES INCTCU ENERGY INSTITUTE: $10,000 · OtherTCU ENERGY INSTITUTEINSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $10,000 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIESTHE SALVATION ARMY: $10,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYNORTHWEST LION CLUB: $6,000 · Other+4 more: $10,500 · Other+4 moreTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $52,731 · EducationTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITYCRISTO REY FORT WORTH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL INC: $52,435 · EducationCRISTO REY FORT WORTH CATHOLI…BOBBY BRAGAN YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 · EducationBOBBY BRAGAN YOUTH FOUNDATION…COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $600 · EducationBOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC: $100,000 · Science & TechBOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTI…FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $50,000 · Arts & CultureFORT WORTH M…FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW SYNDICATE: $19,016 · Youth DevelopmentUT SOUTHWESTERN MONCRIEF CANCER CENTER MONCRIEF CANCER INSTITUTE: $6,500 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,000 · HealthGARY PATTERSON FOUNDATION: $2,500 · PhilanthropyFORT WORTH REPORT: $1,000 · Public Benefit
Other$161,500Education$121,766Science & Tech$100,000Arts & Culture$50,000Youth Development$19,016Health$7,500Philanthropy$2,500Public Benefit$1,000

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 budgetBOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $52,731 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCRISTO REY FORT WORTH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL INC: $52,435 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetDAVEY OBRIEN FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetFORT WORTH STOCK SHOW SYNDICATE: $19,016 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSKY RANCHES INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOBBY BRAGAN YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetUT SOUTHWESTERN MONCRIEF CANCER CENTER MONCRIEF CANCER INSTITUTE: $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARY PATTERSON FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORT WORTH REPORT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $600 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.

Amon G Carter Foundat…Community Foundation …Communities Foundatio…The Morris FoundationThe Roach Foundation …Thomas M Helen McKee …Bnsf Railway Foundati…Rainwater Charitable …Robert D and Catherin…William E Scott Found…AllianceTexas Foundat…Nicholas Martin Jr Fa…
Amon G Carter FoundationTX22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amon G Carter Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Morris Foundation · The Roach Foundation Inc · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Rainwater Charitable Foundation · Robert D and Catherine R Alexander Foundation · William E Scott Foundation · AllianceTexas Foundation · Nicholas Martin Jr Family 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 Brogdon Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brogdon Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 23 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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