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Chaparral 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.

$82k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
19
Grants FY2024
19
Organizations funded FY2023
37%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
18 to 31
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$2.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 37% of the organizations Chaparral Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationArts & CultureHousing & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving18$80k39%
FY202319$136k37%
FY202218$613k11%
FY202120$238k20%
FY202024$128k29%
FY201923$125k26%
FY201826$134k54%
FY201731$108kn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Health$685kEducation$355kArts & Culture$180kPhilanthropy$105kReligion$99kPublic Safety & Disaster$55kInternational$41kHuman Services$19kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WY
OH
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
AZ
AR
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of Chaparral Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Buffalo Bill Memorial Association$177,50071%
Focusing Philanthropy Inc$96,50080%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$95,00050%
The Arc Caddo-Bossier$90,20080%
Eye Samaritans International$40,500339%
Volunteers of America Inc$26,8008n/a
Centenary College of Louisiana$25,00010%
Northwest Louisiana Food Bank$11,00020%
Louisiana Tech University Foundation Inc$10,00070%
PKD Foundation$5,00010%
Positive Circle$5,000112%
Cal Farley's Boys Ranch$5,00010%
Humane World for Animals Inc$2,50010%
Clubcorp Employee Partner Assistance Fund$2,50010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas & North Louisiana Inc$2,50010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$2,10030%
University of Arkansas Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Crystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc$1,50010%
Baylor University Medical Center$1,20040%
Be the Difference Foundation$1,00020%
Best Friends Animal Society$1,00010%
Libbi Thomas Foundation$1,00011%
Breakthrough T1d$1,00010%
Arkansas Children's Hospital$60010%
Promise House Inc$50010%
The Ability Experience$50010%
Fleet Park Little League Inc$50011%
Every Warrior Network$2501n/a
Canine Companions for Independence Inc$20010%
Robinsons Rescue Inc$10010%
Holy Angels Residential Facility I$10010%
Hospice of Metro Denver Inc$10010%
YMCA of Northwest Louisiana$10010%
City of Weatherford$1001n/a
Bnai Zion Congregation$1001n/a
Adoption Guild of Southern Orange County$10010%
American Heart Association Inc$10010%
Lewy Body Dementia Association Inc$1001n/a
St Paul United Methodist Church$1001n/a
Rocky Mountain Alliance Children's Foundation$1001n/a
Park County Animal Shelter$10010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($953k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Chaparral Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBuffalo Bill Memorial Association: $177,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetFocusing Philanthropy Inc: $96,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund: $95,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arc Caddo-Bossier: $90,200 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEye Samaritans International: $40,500 over 3y, 39% of budgetCentenary College of Louisiana: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwest Louisiana Food Bank: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLouisiana Tech University Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPKD Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPositive Circle: $5,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCal Farley's Boys Ranch: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClubcorp Employee Partner Assistance Fund: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas & North Louisiana Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $2,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Arkansas Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCrystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor University Medical Center: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBe the Difference Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLibbi Thomas Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArkansas Children's Hospital: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPromise House Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ability Experience: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFleet Park Little League Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCanine Companions for Independence Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRobinsons Rescue Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHoly Angels Residential Facility I: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of Metro Denver Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA of Northwest Louisiana: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAdoption Guild of Southern Orange County: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPark County Animal Shelter: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 35.

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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.

Community Foundation of North LouisianaLA28× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of North Louisiana · The Powers Foundation Inc · The Aaron or Peggy Selber Foundation In · Willis-Knighton Medical Center · Carolyn W & Charles T Beaird Family Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · The Scott Foundation · Committee of One Hundred Inc · Leonard & Betty Phillips Foundation · Zadeck Family Foundation · Grayson Foundation Inc · Arthur J Gallagher 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.

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How do I get to Chaparral Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Chaparral 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.

About Chaparral Foundation

How much does Chaparral Foundation give?
Chaparral Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $81,900 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Chaparral Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (44%), Education (23%), Arts & Culture (11%).
Who are Chaparral Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Buffalo Bill Memorial Association ($178k), Focusing Philanthropy Inc ($97k), The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund ($95k).
Does Chaparral Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Chaparral Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Chaparral Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of North Louisiana, The Powers Foundation Inc, The Aaron or Peggy Selber Foundation In.
Where is Chaparral Foundation based?
Chaparral Foundation is based in LA.

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 80 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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