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Caris Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$2.7M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$18MEducation$17MYouth Development$603kPhilanthropy$389kPublic Benefit$200kHuman Services$163kReligion$155kHealth$26kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $134k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $307k
  • $250k+2 grants · $5.3M
$35,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CARIS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL$2,747,576
ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY$2,550,000
GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION$100,000
FORTRESS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER$91,001
BANDS MINISTRIES$65,786
CL - CHANGING LIVES$50,000
TOUCH A LIFE FOUNDATION INC$35,000
NEW YORK CANCER FOUNDATION$25,100
VAN ZANDT-GUINN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$21,467
MCKINNEY NELL BURKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$20,942
LAKE CITIES CHURCH OF CHRIST$11,168
HEALTH TALENTS INTERNATIONAL$10,125
YMCA OF METROPOLITAN FT WORTH$10,000
PROSPER HIGH SCHOOL BASS FISHING CLUB$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–24, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%SUPPORT OUR TROOPS: $5k → 8%CL - CHANGING LIVES: $50k → 8%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN FORT WORTH: $10k → 11%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN FT WORTH: $10k → 11%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN FORT WORTH: $10k → 11%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN FORT WORTH: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
AZ
AR
NC
GA
TX
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 15 repeat orgs$229k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
13

Total granted

$19M
$154k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+143%

Still filing today

60%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k 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
InternationalHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • FY
    FORTRESS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $558k · revenue +72%
  • TG
    THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $200k · revenue +15%
  • HT
    HEALTH TALENTS INTERNATIONAL INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $125k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • ZP
    ZOIES PLACE
    one grant, 2017 · $35k · revenue -42%
  • SP
    SHILOH PLACE MCKINNEYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +199%
  • TG
    THE GATHERING PLACE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +17%
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.

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Christ's Hospital
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2
Christian Ministries International
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3
Christian Foundation
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4
Gilchrist Foundation
Philanthropy
5
The Life of Christ Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
6
Capital Christian Ministries

Capital christian ministries is a non-profit organization committed to transforming lives on the continent of africa. we are doing this through leadership programs, education assistance, partnering with capital christian worship centers…

Religion
7
Triumph in Christ Ministrie

Ticmi was founded by helen melahouris with a passion to bring hope and healing to the world. the focus of the ministry is three-fold: 1. igniting passion through intercession and the teaching of the word to set god's children around the…

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8
New Life Foundation
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9
Partners in Christ

Collaborating with latin american grantees to identify and address their specific challenges through active listening and question driven understanding, nurturing their goals and objectives.

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10
God's Gift Foundation
Philanthropy
11
Global Commission Partners Inc

Global commission partners is an evangelical missionary not for profit organization dedicated to evaluate and support native ministries who are planting the gospel of jesus christ among unreach people groups in poor countries.

Philanthropy
12
Christ for Humanity Inc

Christ for humanity (cfh) is a christian humanitarian relief organization whose purpose is to glorify god by enabling the church to advance the gospel of jesus christ to the needy. cfh's goal is to provide christian field workers with the…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Touch-a-Life; the most unlike its peers is Caris Foundation International. 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

21 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. 21 of the 32 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $16,484,500 · OtherABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY+17 more: $504,972 · OtherCARIS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL: $16,653,024 · InternationalCARIS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL+2 more: $85,000 · InternationalGLOBAL HEALTH CORPS INC: $850,000 · HealthHEALTH TALENTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $125,125 · Health+1 more: $25,100 · HealthFORTRESS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $557,676 · Youth DevelopmentTOUCH A LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentBANDS MINISTRIES: $379,187 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $200,000 · EducationCL - CHANGING LIVES: $50,000 · Human ServicesYMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth: $35,000 · Human ServicesSUPPORT OUR TROOPS INC: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$16,989,472International$16,738,024Health$1,000,225Youth Development$602,676Philanthropy$389,187Education$200,000Human Services$90,000

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 budgetCARIS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL: $16,653,024 over 8y, 56% of budgetABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $16,484,500 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetGLOBAL HEALTH CORPS INC: $850,000 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetFORTRESS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $557,676 over 8y, 12% of budgetBANDS MINISTRIES: $379,187 over 8y, 32% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHEALTH TALENTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $125,125 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetTOUCH-A-LIFE: $75,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetCL - CHANGING LIVES: $50,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetTOUCH A LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetZOIES PLACE: $35,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetYMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHILOH PLACE MCKINNEY: $25,400 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetNew York Cancer Foundation: $25,100 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe LV Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HENDERSON COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRANT FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUPPORT OUR TROOPS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $1,000 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 CARIS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS INC ↗
  • Who funds FORTRESS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BANDS MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH TALENTS INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds TOUCH-A-LIFE ↗
  • Who funds CL - CHANGING LIVES ↗
  • Who funds TOUCH A LIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ZOIES PLACE ↗
  • Who funds YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth ↗
  • Who funds SHILOH PLACE MCKINNEY ↗
  • Who funds New York Cancer Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE GATHERING PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds The LV Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HENDERSON COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds GRANT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SUPPORT OUR TROOPS INC ↗
  • Who funds PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE 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…Halbert Harmon Founda…Rainwater Charitable …Community Foundation …Natl Christian Charit…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX18.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Halbert Harmon Foundation · Rainwater Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment 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 Caris Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Caris Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report 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 32 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home