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Cl Rowan Charitable & Educational Fund Inc at a glance

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Cl Rowan Charitable & Educational Fund Inc

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.

$25k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
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01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$81kPhilanthropy$35kHealth$28kHuman Services$8kAnimals$6kEducation$3kFood & Nutrition$2kCivil Rights$2k
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$357k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CLIBURN$20,000
SINACA STUDIOS$5,000
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 (FY20–23, $5k) 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%CHILD HELP: $2k → 11%COMO LION'S HEART INC: $3k → 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.
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 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
Cook Children's Physician Network

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
2
Cook Children's Medical Center

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
3
Child Study Center

The child study center (csc) provides children with complex developmental and behavioral disabilities the highest quality diagnosis, treatment and education to help them achieve their full potential.

Education
4
Texas Children's Hospital

Texas children's hospital, headquartered in houston, texas, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and…

Health
5
Cook Children's Health Care System

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
6
Cook Children's Medical Center - Prosper

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
7
Cook Children's Health Plan

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
8
Memorial Hermann Community Benefit Corporation

To implement solutions that promote good health for the individual, the health system and the community. we collaborate with others as well as create signature, evidence-based ways to improve the communities where people live, work, learn…

Social Science
9
Art League of Houston

The mission of art league houston is to connect the community through diverse, dynamic, and creative experiences that bring people together to see, make, and talk about contemporary visual art.

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10
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children

To provide the highest quality care to improve the lives of children with orthopedic and related conditions and specific learning disabilities. texas scottish rite hospital for children focuses on patient care, research and education.

Health
11
Texas Christian University

Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…

Education
12
Houston Health Foundation

Houston health foundation (hhf) has the mission of creating private/public partnerships for sustainable health and wellness initiatives and programs in our communities.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Childhelp Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Brent Rowan Hyder Foundation. 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

12 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. 12 of the 22 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
5/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Van Cliburn Foundation Inc: $64,000 · Arts & CultureVan Cliburn Foundation IncSINACA STUDIOS - SCHOOL OF GLASS AND GALLERY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSINACA STUDIOS - SCHOOL OF GLASS AND GALLERY+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureALSACST JUDES CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $7,500 · OtherALSACST JUDES CHILDRENS RES…SOCIETY FOR PRESERVATION OF TEXAS MUSIC: $5,000 · OtherSOCIETY FOR PRESERVATION OF…SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN INC: $5,000 · OtherSHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILD…Individual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE WARM PLACE INC: $3,000 · OtherTHE WARM PLACE INCHISTORIC COMO CITY OF FORT WORTH TX: $3,000 · OtherHISTORIC COMO CITY OF FORT …JDRF FOUNDATION: $3,000 · OtherJDRF FOUNDATIONPRESERVATION HALL FOUNDATION: $2,500 · OtherPRESERVATION HALL FOUNDATIO…ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION: $2,500 · OtherALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATIONTarrant Area Food Bank: $2,000 · Other+1 more: $1,000 · OtherTHE BRENT ROWAN HYDER FOUNDATION: $34,650 · PhilanthropyTHE BRENT ROWAN HYDER FO…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $7,500 · HealthWI Cook Foundation Inc: $2,150 · HealthCOMO LIONS HEART: $3,000 · Human ServicesCHILDHELP INC: $1,850 · Human ServicesStar Sponsorship Program Inc: $2,000 · EducationALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $1,850 · Civil RightsHumane Society of North Texas: $1,000 · Animals
Arts & Culture$70,000Other$39,500Philanthropy$34,650Health$9,650Human Services$4,850Education$2,000Civil Rights$1,850Animals$1,000

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 budgetVan Cliburn Foundation Inc: $64,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BRENT ROWAN HYDER FOUNDATION: $34,650 over 1y, 43% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSINACA STUDIOS - SCHOOL OF GLASS AND GALLERY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOMO LIONS HEART: $3,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWI Cook Foundation Inc: $2,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStar Sponsorship Program Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDHELP INC: $1,850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $1,850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of North Texas: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUBILEE PLAYERS INC: $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.

Bnsf Railway Foundati…R4 FoundationSid W Richardson Foun…Ann L Rhodes and Caro…The Alcon Foundation …Amon G Carter Foundat…Thomas M Helen McKee …Community Foundation …Textron Charitable Tr…Communities Foundatio…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…
Bnsf Railway FoundationTX17.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bnsf Railway Foundation · R4 Foundation · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Ann L Rhodes and Carol Greene Rhodes · The Alcon Foundation Inc · Amon G Carter Foundation · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Cl Rowan Charitable & Educational Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cl Rowan Charitable & Educational Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s 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 · 0–10%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Cl Rowan Charitable & Educational Fund Inc 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 22 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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