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Clements 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.

$11M
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$11M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$25MArts & Culture$850kFood & Nutrition$500kHealth$255kPublic Benefit$200kPhilanthropy$100kHuman Services$55kMembership Benefit$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $300k
  • $250k+1 grant · $11M
$75,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN FOUNDATION$10,500,000
THE WILLIAMSON MUSEUM$175,000
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY$75,000
HIGHLAND PARK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION$50,000
WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY SCHOOL$15,000
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 (FY18–20, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF DALLAS: $5k → 14%CLAYTON DABNEY FOR KIDS WITH CANCER: $5k → 14%THE FAMILY PLACE: $50k → 14%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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 8 repeat orgs$12M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
12

Total granted

$15M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+24%

Still filing today

50%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CulturePublic BenefitOther
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

  • HP
    HIGHLAND PARK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    8× · 2018–2025 · $10M · revenue +90% · 66% of their budget
  • Southern Methodist University
    4× · 2022–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +3%
  • Texas 2036
    2× · 2020–2022 · $200k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • NT
    NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANKgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue +35%
  • SP
    ST PHILIPS SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $300k · revenue +24%
  • BH
    Baylor Health Care System Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue +35%
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
Center for Public Policy Priorities

At the Every Texan, we believe in a Texas that offers everyone the chance to compete and succeed in life. We envision a Texas where everyone is healthy, well educated, and financially secure. We want the best Texas, a proud state that sets…

Public Benefit
2
Dallas Christian School

Dallas Christian is a college preparatory school committed to Biblical values where students are prepared for Christ-centered lives of purpose, service and leadership.

Education
3
Episcopal Foundation of Dallas

The foundation's mission is to strengthen and support faith communities by partnering wise investments with purposeful giving.

Religion
4
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
5
Texprotects-the Texas Association for the Protection of Children

TexProtects advances public policy and local implementation to strenghten families to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Youth Development
6
Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation

To recognize the accomplishments and contributions of our outstanding Texas business leaders and to perpetuate and inspire the values of entrepreneurial spirit, personal integrity, and community leadership in all generations of Texans.

Community Improvement
7
Dallas Seminary Foundation

To support the mission of Dallas Theological Seminary by offering charitable planned giving and other related services to friends of the Seminary.

Education
8
Dallas International University

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

Education
9
Houston Independent School District Foundation

The HISD Foundation is dedicated to mobilizing the local community to support innovative priorities in HISD to improve outcomes for all students in the district. Our mission is to fund projects and programs of merit that fall outside of…

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10
Scott & White Healthcare Foundation

To foster and support the activities and purposes of Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH), to encourage broad-based public support of the healthcare system and its affiliated institutions, and to advance the medical objectives, including…

Health
11
Austin Trinity School

Trinity episcopal school (trinity) is a not-for-profit independent school whose mission is to provide an enriched academic curriculum in a christian environment. trinity is not affiliated with or sponsored by any parish. we will nurture…

Education
12
Presbyterian School

Family, School, and Church united in the education and support of each child - this is the founding premise upon which Presbyterian School nurtures and challenges its students. The school provides an educational program of the highest…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Philips School and Community Center; the most unlike its peers is Forney Cemetery 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

15 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. 15 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN FOUNDATION: $10,500,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $1,000,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINUT BOARD OF REGENTS: $850,000 · OtherUT BOARD OF REGENTSCLEMENTS CENTER AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $600,000 · OtherNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $500,000 · Other+7 more: $927,500 · Other+7 moreHIGHLAND PARK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,400,000 · EducationHIGHLAND PARK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATIONSouthern Methodist University: $1,225,000 · EducationSouthern Methodist University+1 more: $30,000 · EducationBaylor Health Care System Foundation: $250,000 · HealthADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Arts & CultureTexas 2036: $200,000 · Public BenefitTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyThe Family Place: $50,000 · Human ServicesCLAYTON DABNEY FOR KIDS WITH CANCER: $5,000 · Human ServicesCHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$14,377,500Education$11,655,000Health$250,000Arts & Culture$250,000Public Benefit$200,000Philanthropy$100,000Human Services$60,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHIGHLAND PARK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,400,000 over 8y, 66% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $1,225,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $500,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetST PHILIPS SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $300,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetBaylor Health Care System Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetTexas 2036: $200,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTaos Art Museum: $50,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetThe Family Place: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWEST DALLAS COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFORNEY CEMETERY INC: $12,500 over 1y, 54% of budgetYOUTH BELIEVING IN CHANGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $5,000 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.

The Rees-Jones Founda…Raymond James Charita…Communities Foundatio…Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Rees-Jones FoundationTX13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rees-Jones Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Clements Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Clements 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Clements Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Clements 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 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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