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Byers 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.

$785k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$663k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Health$751kHuman Services$310kEducation$283kArts & Culture$53kPhilanthropy$46kCommunity Improvement$36kYouth Development$10kFood & Nutrition$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $88k
  • $250k+1 grant · $663k
$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER TYLER$662,500
CHRISTUS TRINITY MOTHER FRANCES$20,000
EAST TEXAS COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION$20,000
NASA LITTLE LEAGUE$15,000
BETHESDA HEALTH CLINIC$12,500
CRISIS CENTER OF ANDERSON AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES$10,000
EAST TEXAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
R DON COWAN CENTER FINE & ARTS CENTER$5,000
PATH$5,000
ALZHEIMERS ALLIANCE$3,500
HEART GALLERY EAST TEXAS$2,500
CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF SMITH COUNTY$2,500
KOURAGE HEALTH$1,200
STARBRITE EQUESTRIAN CENTER$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $67k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%EAST TEXAS SHELTERING AMS COALITION: $1k → 17%PATH: $25k → 12%PATH: $10k → 12%PATH: $5k → 12%EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER: $20k → 12%EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER: $3k → 12%MIRACLE LEAGUE OF TYLER: $1k → 12%EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER: $1k → 12%YOUNG AUDIENCES OF NORTHEAST TEXAS: $1k → 12%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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 18 repeat orgs$380k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
19

Total granted

$1.8M
$346k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-3%
0%

Still filing today

61%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • BH
    BETHESDA HEALTH CLINIC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $126k · revenue +59%
  • ET
    EAST TEXAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $45k · revenue +12%
  • ET
    EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $24k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • RC
    RUSK CARES
    one grant, 2023 · $188k
  • JE
    Jacksonville Education Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue -79%
  • TJ
    TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $26k · revenue +55%
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
Tyler Economic Development Council Inc

Support economic development of greater tyler area.

Community Improvement
2
Spca of East Texas Inc

1.serving the city of tyler, smith county, and surrounding areas in the rescue and adoption of homeless animals. 2. promoting and educating our community regarding the serious need for reduction of local pet overpopulation and lowering…

Animals
3
Historic Tyler Inc

To promote preservation and protection of historic structures

—
4
Texas Clean Energy Coalition
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5
East Texas Community Clinic Inc

To provide comprehensive primary care and preventive care to all persons regardless of their ability to pay.

—
6
Texas Trust Gives
Philanthropy
7
Texana Arts Council

The texana arts council is dedicated to preserving and restoring the edna theatre while promoting the growth of the arts, entertainment and special events to enhance the cultural richness of jackson county and its surrounding communities.

—
8
Art Museum of Southeast Texas

Through unique collections, exhibitions, public programs and outreach in the visual arts, the mission of the Art Museum of Southeast Texas is to provide education, inspiration and creative visions throughout Southeast Texas.

Arts & Culture
9
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
10
South Taylor Emergency Medical Serv

To provide efficient, effective, and professional prehospital emergency care and transportation to those living in the unincorporated areas of Taylor County, Texas and as requested by municipalities in Taylor County

—
11
The Sherman Museum

Preservation and education of history and historical items of interest for the citizens and visitors of sherman, tx.

Arts & Culture
12
Tapestry Counseling of East Texas Inc

Faith-based counseling and community education

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Empowerment Community Development Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Jacksonville Education Foundation 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

30 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. 30 of the 49 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
11/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UTHSC TYLER: $1,150,000 · OtherUTHSC TYLERRUSK CARES: $187,500 · OtherRUSK CARESUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER MEDICAL SCHOOL: $151,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER MEDICAL SCHOOLCHRISTUS TRINITY MOTHER FRANCES: $145,000 · OtherCHRISTUS TRINITY MOTHER FRANCES+24 more: $140,040 · Other+24 moreST PAUL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $55,000 · Human ServicesCRISIS CENTER OF ANDERSON & CHEROKEE CO: $50,000 · Human ServicesPATH - PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO HELP: $40,000 · Human ServicesEAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER INC: $23,500 · Human Services+3 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesBETHESDA HEALTH CLINIC: $126,000 · Health+2 more: $2,200 · HealthJacksonville Education Foundation Inc: $30,000 · EducationTYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $26,000 · EducationLITERACY COUNCIL OF TYLER DBA PAVE EAST TEXAS: $25,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationEAST TEXAS COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $65,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,000 · PhilanthropyEAST TEXAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY PLACE INC DBA THE DISCOVERY SCIENCE PLACE INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF SMITH COUNTY: $7,500 · Crime & LegalSMITH COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,773,540Human Services$171,500Health$128,200Education$82,000Philanthropy$67,000Arts & Culture$56,000Crime & Legal$8,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBETHESDA HEALTH CLINIC: $126,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetEAST TEXAS COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST PAUL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetCRISIS CENTER OF ANDERSON & CHEROKEE CO: $50,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetEAST TEXAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC: $45,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetPATH - PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO HELP: $40,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetJacksonville Education Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $26,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLITERACY COUNCIL OF TYLER DBA PAVE EAST TEXAS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetEAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER INC: $23,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHOSPICE OF EAST TEXAS: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDISCOVERY PLACE INC DBA THE DISCOVERY SCIENCE PLACE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF SMITH COUNTY: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWomens Symphony League of Tyler Inc: $2,040 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMENTORING ALLIANCE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SMITH COUNTY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetElijah's Retreat Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPROMISE ACADEMY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAST TEXAS SHELTERING ARMS COALITION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE ARC OF SMITH COUNTY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYoung Audiences of Northeast Texas Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF TYLER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSMITH COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANGEL LAYETTES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMIRACLE LEAGUE OF TYLER: $1,000 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.

Ben and Maytee Fisch …A S Genecov FoundationJames I Perkins Famil…East Texas Communitie…Hibbs Family Foundati…The Louis and Peaches…The Rogers FoundationRiter Family Foundati…Bob L Herd FoundationT B Butler FoundationThe Junior League of …Hoeffner Foundation
Ben and Maytee Fisch FoundationTX41.1× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation · A S Genecov Foundation · James I Perkins Family Foundation · East Texas Communities Foundation · Hibbs Family Foundation · The Louis and Peaches Owen Family Foundation · The Rogers Foundation · Riter Family Foundation · Bob L Herd Foundation · T B Butler Foundation · The Junior League of Tyler Inc · Hoeffner 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 Byers Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Byers Family 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Byers Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Byers 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 49 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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