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Cary Brown Family Foundation

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$963k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$362k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Philanthropy$8.5MEducation$3.0MInternational$749kReligion$526kHuman Services$305kCrime & Legal$181kYouth Development$177kHealth$128kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $183k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $410k
  • $250k+1 grant · $362k
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST PRIORITY OF AMERICA INC$362,339
KWO MINISTRIES$225,000
URBAN HOPE INC$80,000
TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION$54,900
UNLOCK MINISTRIES DBA OPPORTUNITY TRIBE$50,000
TIMBERVIEW FARMSTEAD INC$37,587
FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE$25,000
K-LIFE MINISTRIES$25,000
MARBLE FALLS CHURCH OF CHRIST$25,000
ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY$25,000
UNLOCKED MINISTRIES$20,000
MIDLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$15,458
OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY$10,000
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 (FY18–24, $160k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNLOCKED MINISTRIES: $20k → 11%HELPING HANDS OF MIDLAND: $20k → 12%HELPING HANDS OF MIDLAND: $20k → 12%UNITED WAY OF MIDLAND: $10k → 12%HELPING HANDS OF MIDLAND: $20k → 12%UNITED WAY OF MIDLAND: $10k → 12%CASA DE AMIGOS: $10k → 12%UNITED WAY OF MIDLAND: $10k → 12%HELPING HANDS OF MIDLAND: $10k → 12%CASA DE AMIGOS OF MIDLAND TEXAS INCORPORATED: $10k → 12%HELPING HANDS OF MIDLAND: $10k → 12%UNITED WAY OF MIDLAND: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
CA
CO
MO
KS
TN
DC
OK
GA
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.4M · 24 repeat orgs$665k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
14

Total granted

$9.4M
$473k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
0%

Still filing today

83%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $192k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesReligionHealthPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • MF
    MORIAH FOUNDATION
    5× · 2018–2023 · $4.8M · revenue +139% · 52% of their budget
  • FP
    FIRST PRIORITY OF AMERICA INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +420% · 26% of their budget
  • KM
    KWO MINISTRIES
    6× · 2018–2024 · $689k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SEED FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $117k · revenue -36%
  • UL
    Unite Life
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -96%
  • VC
    VILLAGE CREEK ACADEMY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · 81% 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
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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2
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
3
Alliance for Transformational Ministry

Enable christian organizations worldwide to initiate and strenghten ministries that lead people to become followers of jesus and transform communities out of cycles of poverty and disease.

Religion
4
Serving Alongside Ministry

The mission of the organization is to provide ministry leaders, such as pastors, lay ministers and misionaires with individual, marriage and crisis counseling in the untied states and around the world

Religion
5
Uncharted Ministries

Uncharted ministries informs, inspires and challenges the christian church to serve the people of the middle east and in uncharted lands.

Religion
6
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
7
Freedom That Lasts Ministries

Ftlm seeks to equip churches to minister to those who are suffering from addiction and equip christians with the resources needed to facilitate spiritual growth in christlike character and biblical wisdom.

Human Services
8
Kingdom Advisors Inc

Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…

Religion
9
The Urban Alternative

The Urban Alternative is a Christian Ministry that seeks to equip, empower, and unite Christians to impact individuals, families, churches, and communities for the rebuilding of lives from the inside out.

Religion
10
Kingdom Global Ministries

Christian services including missions efforts, humanitarian aide, mentoring/discipleship, establishment and covering of churches, licensing/ordaining ministers, pastoral support, all domestically and internationally.

Religion
11
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
12
Peacemaker Ministries

To equip and assist christians and their churches to respond to conflict biblically.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Christian Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Redirectional Outreach Program Efforts for Youth. 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

37 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. 37 of the 46 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
27/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MORIAH FOUNDATION: $4,774,908 · PhilanthropyMORIAH FOUNDATIONCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,257,826 · PhilanthropyCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC+2 more: $304,900 · PhilanthropyFIRST PRIORITY OF AMERICA INC: $1,485,589 · EducationFIRST PRIORITY OF AMERI…Oklahoma Christian University: $523,500 · EducationOklahoma Christian Univ…MIDLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $450,532 · EducationMIDLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOO…UNLOCK MINISTRIES INC DBA OPPORTUNITY TRIBE: $177,200 · EducationUNLOCK MINISTRIES INC D…THE SEED FOUNDATION: $116,666 · EducationVILLAGE CREEK ACADEMY INC: $100,000 · Education+1 more: $80,000 · EducationABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $324,666 · OtherABILENE CH…MARBLE FALLS CHURCH OF CHRIST: $175,000 · OtherMARBLE FAL…K-LIFE MINISTRIES: $100,500 · OtherK-LIFE MIN…HELPING HANDS OF MIDLAND INC: $80,000 · OtherHELPING HA…WATERSTONE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION TRUST 1: $151,944 · OtherWATERSTONE…FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $125,000 · OtherFIRST LIBE…+17 more: $369,798 · Other+17 moreKWO MINISTRIES: $688,800 · International+1 more: $10,000 · InternationalUnite Life: $100,000 · ReligionPERMIAN BASIN FIRST PRIORITY: $65,000 · ReligionKanakuk Ministries: $50,000 · ReligionServant Foundation: $25,000 · ReligionElam Ministries: $10,000 · ReligionMIDLAND FAIR HAVENS: $180,000 · Housing & ShelterREFLECTION MINISTRIES OF TEXAS INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterPERMIAN BASIN WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER INC: $95,250 · HealthHIGH SKY CHILDRENS RANCH INC: $45,000 · HealthMIDLAND CHILDRENS REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $33,000 · Health
Philanthropy$8,337,634Education$2,933,487Other$1,326,908International$698,800Religion$250,000Housing & Shelter$190,000Health$173,250

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 budgetMORIAH FOUNDATION: $4,774,908 over 5y, 52% of budgetCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,257,826 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetFIRST PRIORITY OF AMERICA INC: $1,485,589 over 7y, 26% of budgetKWO MINISTRIES: $688,800 over 6y, 19% of budgetOklahoma Christian University: $523,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMIDLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $450,532 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $324,666 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetIMPACT INVESTING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMIDLAND FAIR HAVENS: $180,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetUNLOCK MINISTRIES INC DBA OPPORTUNITY TRIBE: $177,200 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetWATERSTONE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION TRUST 1: $151,944 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $125,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SEED FOUNDATION: $116,666 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetK-LIFE MINISTRIES: $100,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetUnite Life: $100,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetVILLAGE CREEK ACADEMY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 81% of budgetPERMIAN BASIN WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER INC: $95,250 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetHELPING HANDS OF MIDLAND INC: $80,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetPERMIAN BASIN FIRST PRIORITY: $65,000 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $54,900 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKanakuk Ministries: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHIGH SKY CHILDRENS RANCH INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MIDLAND INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTIMBERVIEW FARMSTEAD INC: $37,587 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRedirectional Outreach Program Efforts for Youth: $35,961 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetMIDLAND CHILDRENS REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $33,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetServant Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA DE AMIGOS OF MIDLAND TEXASINC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT HOPE OF GUNNISON VALLEY: $20,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElam Ministries: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFree the Oppressed: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetREFLECTION MINISTRIES OF TEXAS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Christian Community F…Moriah FoundationPermian Basin Area Fo…Warren Charitable Fou…Abell-Hanger Foundati…Scharbauer Foundation…The Henry FoundationCommunities Foundatio…The Fasken FoundationHelen Greathouse Char…Pevehouse Family Foun…Je and le Mabee Found…
Christian Community Foundation IncCO42.7× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Moriah Foundation · Permian Basin Area Foundation · Warren Charitable Foundation · Abell-Hanger Foundation · Scharbauer Foundation Inc · The Henry Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Fasken Foundation · Helen Greathouse Charitable Trust · Pevehouse Family Foundation · Je and le Mabee Foundation 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 Cary Brown Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cary Brown Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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
    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 Cary Brown Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Cary Brown 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 46 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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