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Brookshire Brothers Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Brookshire Brothers Charitable Foundation

To support charitable, scientific, literary, or educational organizations.

$129k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
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.

Human Services$82kAnimals$65kEducation$55kCommunity Improvement$43kArts & Culture$40kCrime & Legal$35kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kYouth Development$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $7,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $129,092 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $121,592 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Museum of East Texas$7,500
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 (FY17–20, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: $7k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 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.
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$318k · 12 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
8

Total granted

$318k
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+16%

Still filing today

75%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsCrime & LegalHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE ELLEN TROUT ZOO INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $65k · revenue +84%
  • AA
    ANGELINA ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $35k · revenue +42%
  • JL
    JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LUFKIN INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $30k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +46%
  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2020 · $8k
  • BC
    BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $7k · revenue -15%
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
Eastland County Crisis Center Inc

To provide services designed to meet the physical, social, and emotional needs of domestic violence and sexual assault victims by providing for immediate, short, and long-term needs.

Human Services
2
Angelina County Community Fund Inc

Assist in community programs.

Philanthropy
3
Humane Society of Angelina County Texas

Assist in adoption of animals, spay and neuter program, and present animal education programs through the city of lufkin and angelina county.

Animals
4
The Lullaby House

The Lullaby House missionis ot strengthen families by providing programs and services to teenage parents and familites in need which will inspire and promote generational change.

Youth Development
5
Mens Sober House of Lufkin Inc

The Men's Sober House is a Recovery Residence for Chemically Dependent adult men who have successfully completed primary treatment and are in early, but active recovery. We exist to provide quality recovery housing and bridge the gap…

Housing & Shelter
6
Center for 20TH Century Texas Studies
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7
Shelter Agencies for Families in East Texas

To provide shelter to abused families.

Human Services
8
Crisis Center of West Texas

Crisis center of west texas' mission is to respond, shelter, and educate to end domestic and sexual violence in west texas.

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9
Lone Star Casa Inc

Lone Star CASA elevates the voices of children in Kaufman and Rockwall County who have experienced abuse and neglect by providing trained volunteer advocates to work alongside children and families so they can achieve safety and stability…

Civil Rights
10
The History Center

The history center collects, preserves, and makes available the history of our region and its people for the educational use and benefit of present and future generations. geographically, this area includes but is not limited to angelina…

Arts & Culture
11
Texas Foster Care & Adoption Serv

A state of texas licensed foster care and adoption agency that identifies and provides approved healing foster homes for children.

Human Services
12
Childrens Advocacy Center of Van Zandt County Inc

The children's advocacy center of van zandt county is committed to ensuring quality services and support to those children impacted by abuse while also building a future where no child in van zandt county experiences abuse.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Junior Achievement of East Texas Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Joseph House Inc. 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

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 20 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCIL: $45,000 · Human ServicesVOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCILAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & …THE MOSAIC CENTER INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesTHE MOSAIC CENTER INCLUFKIN ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $11,000 · Human ServicesLUFKIN ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATIO…BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $6,500 · Human ServicesBUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERV…TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: $35,000 · OtherTEXAS A&M UNIVERSITYANGELINA COLLEGECENTER FOR NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP: $12,500 · OtherANGELINA COLLEGECENTER FOR…American Cancer Society: $10,000 · OtherAmerican Cancer SocietyTHE SALVATION ARMY: $7,500 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EAST TEXAS INC: $6,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EAST…Twin City Mission: $5,000 · OtherTwin City MissionJDS CENTER OF HOPE Inc: $5,000 · OtherJDS CENTER OF HOPE IncWomens Sober House of Lufkin Inc: $5,000 · OtherWomens Sober House of Lufk…+1 more: $2,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE ELLEN TROUT ZOO INC: $65,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE ELLE…ANGELINA ARTS ALLIANCE INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureANGELINA ART…Museum of East Texas: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Ea…ANGELINA ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $35,000 · Crime & LegalANGELINA A…JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LUFKIN INC: $30,000 · Community ImprovementJUNIOR LE…Boys & Girls Clubs of Deep East Texas: $16,500 · Youth Development
Human Services$100,000Other$88,500Animals$65,000Arts & Culture$40,000Crime & Legal$35,000Community Improvement$30,000Youth Development$16,500

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 budgetFRIENDS OF THE ELLEN TROUT ZOO INC: $65,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetVOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCIL: $45,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetANGELINA ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $35,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF LUFKIN INC: $30,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetANGELINA ARTS ALLIANCE INC: $25,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOSAIC CENTER INC: $17,500 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Deep East Texas: $16,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMuseum of East Texas: $15,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetLUFKIN ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetBUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EAST TEXAS INC: $6,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetJDS CENTER OF HOPE Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWomens Sober House of Lufkin Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTwin City Mission: $5,000 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.

Tll Temple FoundationThe Pineywoods Founda…The Bettye & Murphy G…Ernest L Kurth Jr Cha…Simon & Louise Hender…Mary K and Clifford G…Enterprise Holdings F…Natl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Tll Temple FoundationTX26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tll Temple Foundation · The Pineywoods Foundation · The Bettye & Murphy George Foundation · Ernest L Kurth Jr Charitable Foundation · Simon & Louise Henderson Foundation · Mary K and Clifford Grum Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Brookshire Brothers Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brookshire Brothers Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%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
    4report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Brookshire Brothers Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Brookshire Brothers Charitable 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 20 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 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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