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Community Foundation of Abilene

To empower people to make a lasting charitable impact on our community.

$29M
Granted FY2025still arriving
281
Grants FY2025still arriving
18
States reached
$8.2M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$32MArts & Culture$24MReligion$12MHuman Services$10MHealth$8.4MAnimals$4.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$4.0MPhilanthropy$3.3MOther$0
02FY2025 · 281 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 281 grants below total $27,352,769 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $28,764,370 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $1,411,601 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k60 grants · $441k
  • $10k–50k153 grants · $3.4M
  • $50k–250k57 grants · $6.5M
  • $250k+11 grants · $17M
$20,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$220M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE$8,166,390
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT$3,000,000
ABILENE IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION$1,067,500
THE GRACE MUSEUM$1,016,543
PARAMOUNT THEATRE$790,369
ST JOHN'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL$778,581
ALL KIND ANIMAL INITIATIVE$618,185
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ABILENE$486,857
ALBANY ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION$436,000
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$400,000
KENLEY SCHOOL$281,943
HOSPICE OF THE BIG COUNTRY$247,858
ABILENE YOUTH SPORTS AUTHORITY$235,550
BELTWAY MINISTRY CENTER$224,720
BCFS ABILENE TRANSITION CENTER$216,750
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $5.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HEART OF TEXAS FOUNDATION: $400k → 15%THE PARC: $75k → 20%NARROW GATE FOUNDATION: $153k → 15%HELPING HANDS MINISTRIES INC: $46k → 13%HEART OF TEXAS FOUNDATION: $110k → 15%HEART OF TEXAS FOUNDATION: $40k → 15%BCFS ABILENE TRANSITION CENTER: $217k → 16%ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $63k → 22%ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $56k → 22%SAM'S PLACE FOUNDATION: $55k → 22%SAFE FAMILIES ABILENE: $53k → 22%ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $51k → 22%SAM'S PLACE FOUNDATION: $50k → 22%ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $47k → 22%ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $46k → 22%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $45k → 22%CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER: $44k → 22%ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $39k → 22%CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER: $39k → 22%GLO GOD'S LITTLE ONES DAYCARE: $38k → 22%ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $37k → 22%ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $36k → 22%LOVE & CARE MINISTRIES: $127k → 16%CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER OF ABILENE INC: $103k → 16%LOVE & CARE MINISTRIES: $98k → 16%LOVE & CARE MINISTRIES: $89k → 16%LOVE & CARE MINISTRIES: $84k → 16%CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER OF ABILENE INC: $77k → 16%CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER OF ABILENE INC: $76k → 16%LOVE & CARE MINISTRIES: $75k → 16%LOVE & CARE MINISTRIES: $61k → 16%LOVE & CARE MINISTRIES: $45k → 16%CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER OF ABILENE INC: $44k → 16%CITYSQUARE ABILENE: $42k → 16%CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER OF ABILENE INC: $37k → 16%BELTWAY MINISTRY CENTER: $225k → 16%BCFS ABILENE TRANSITION CENTER: $73k → 16%BCFS ABILENE TRANSISTION CENTER: $70k → 16%BCFS ABILENE TRANSITION CENTER: $53k → 16%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ABILENE: $37k → 16%CAMP ABLE: $334k → 16%CAMP ABLE: $237k → 16%CAMP ABLE: $173k → 16%CAMP ABLE: $165k → 16%CAMP ABLE: $149k → 16%CAMP ABLE: $145k → 16%CAMP ABLE: $88k → 16%ADVOCATES FOR CAMP ABLE: $50k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
AZ
KS
AR
TN
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HI
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AL
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TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$110M · 352 repeat orgs$5.6M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +24% since the first grant, against +3% for the ones you funded once.

352 repeat relationships — 215 still active in FY2025, 137 since wound down; 63 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

352
182

Total granted

$110M
$2.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+3%

Still filing today

68%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.1M 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureInternationalReligionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • Southern Methodist University
    8× · 2017–2025 · $15M · revenue +57%
  • GM
    GRACE MUSEUM INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $5.2M · revenue +5% · 45% of their budget
  • HU
    HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $4.1M · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • VO
    VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF TEXAS
    one grant, 2023 · $125k
  • NC
    NOLAN COUNTY
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • TT
    TEXAS TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -3%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
West Texas Food Bank

The WTFB exists to collect, purchase, and distribute food to feed the hungry in 19 counties in West Texas in partnership with volunteers and community organizations and to educate these partners and the public at large about the real face…

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2
Shalom of Texas Ministries

To reach the texas capitol community for christ

Religion
3
Central Texas Children's Home

To provide family services and to provide residential child care for dependent children where there is a need to assist children and families disrupted by problems.

Human Services
4
Texas Reach Out Inc

Provides housing and spiritual development for Christians reintegrating into society upon exiting the criminal justice system.

Health
5
Texas Christian Foundation

Texas Christian Foundations mission is to mobilize resources by inspiring biblical generosity and educating Texans on ways their generosity can impact their community, Texas and the world.

Philanthropy
6
UnBound North Texas

Unbound North Texas exists to support survivors and resource the community to fight human trafficking through Survivor Advocacy, a 24/7 Drop-In Center, and Prevention and Awareness.

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7
North Texas Christian Foundation

National Christian Foundation North Texas (NCFNT) was created to facilitate smarter Christian giving with sophisticated charitable techniques.

Philanthropy
8
Raise Texas

RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…

Human Services
9
Hospice of Wichita Falls Inc

Care, hope, and support for all when illness threatens life.

Human Services
10
Texas Girls and Boys Ranch

Sharing jesus, healing hearts, transforming lives.

Human Services
11
Adult and Teen Challenge of Texas

Our mission is to provide adults and families with an effective and comprehensive faith based solution to life-controlling drug and alcohol problems in order for them to become productive members of society. By applying biblical…

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12
Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County

A local united christian organization and ministry dedicated to providing love, hope, respect and a new beginning for the homeless, offering a holistic care program that leads to true lasting healing.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bcfs Health and Human Services and the most unlike its peers is Kingdom Project 7 Billion. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsPublic Library OperationsAnimal Rescue and ShelterCommunity College Foundatio…Youth Sports ProgramsVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Faith-Based Social ServicesYouth Development ServicesEquine Therapy ProgramsAffordable Housing Developm…Immigrant Worker SupportJewish Community Organizati…Christian Youth CampsAffordable Housing Construc…Addiction Recovery ServicesEnvironmental Conservation …Military Veterans SupportYouth Development CentersFood Banks and PantriesChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Health Access Advocacy and …Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Developmental Disabilities …Community Arts CentersWomen & Girls Leadership De…Pregnancy Support ServicesChristian Missionary Organi…Cancer Support ServicesFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…United Way AffiliatesSchool District FoundationsDomestic Violence ServicesIndependent K-12 SchoolsLocal History Museums
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 26 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%7%<5yr16%10%5–10yr20%18%10–20yr16%24%20–35yr10%23%35–55yr13%17%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%2%<5yr16%6%5–10yr20%9%10–20yr16%18%20–35yr10%23%35–55yr13%42%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.7% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.7%4/602
the rest of the field
15%
20,229/136,202

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

392 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 392 of the 604 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

55
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
86
Early backer (in before they grew)
376/392
Grantees still filing
242/392
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Southern Methodist University — $14,810,250 · EducationSouthern Methodist Universi…HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY — $4,067,281 · EducationHARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITYKenley School Inc — $1,756,908 · EducationKenley School IncALBANY ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $1,197,005 · EducationTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC — $885,723 · Education+14 more — $3,782,510 · Education+14 moreEleemosynary St Johns Episcopal School — $3,153,869 · OtherEleemosynary St Johns Episcopal SchoolFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ABILENE — $2,787,529 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ABILENEUNITED WAY OF ABILENE INC — $1,834,384 · OtherCHURCH OF THE HEAVENLY REST EPISCOPAL — $1,583,510 · Other+108 more — $28,844,966 · Other+108 moreABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE INC — $9,789,556 · Arts & CultureABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE…GRACE MUSEUM INC — $5,245,567 · Arts & CultureGRACE MUSEUM INCHistoric Paramount Theatre Inc — $1,367,457 · Arts & CultureHistoric Paramount Thea…ABILENE ARTS ALLIANCE — $1,179,214 · Arts & CultureNational Center for Childrens Illustrated Literat — $1,117,851 · Arts & CultureTaylor County History Center — $783,389 · Arts & CultureCenter for Contemporary Arts — $758,412 · Arts & Culture+10 more — $2,315,160 · Arts & Culture+10 moreAdvocates for Camp Able Camp Able of Buffalo Gap — $1,359,196 · Human ServicesAdvocates…Abilene Boys Ranch Inc — $1,006,781 · Human ServicesAbilene B…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $855,555 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN…Love & Care Ministries — $639,981 · Human ServicesLove & Ca…HEART OF TEXAS FOUNDATION COLLEGE OF MINISTRY — $625,000 · Human ServicesHEART OF …Regional Crime Victim Crisis Center — $573,988 · Human ServicesRegional …BCFS Health and Human Services — $537,550 · Human ServicesBCFS Heal…Christian Service Center of Abilene — $474,610 · Human ServicesChristian Homes of Abilene Inc — $413,539 · Human ServicesAlliance for Women and Children — $410,262 · Human Services+18 more — $2,334,697 · Human Services+18 moreThe West Texas Rehabilitation Center — $2,281,966 · HealthAbilene Restoration Ministries dba Nehemiah Abilene — $767,921 · HealthHendrick Medical Center Foundation — $372,309 · HealthSerenity Foundation of Texas — $315,534 · HealthHOUSES FOR HEALING INC — $233,513 · Health+5 more — $499,410 · HealthGROVER NELSON PARK ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION — $1,112,660 · AnimalsAll Kind Animal Initiative — $1,050,452 · AnimalsRescue the Animals Inc — $744,932 · AnimalsAbilene Zoological Society — $651,967 · AnimalsTAYLOR JONES HUMANE SOCIETY — $267,453 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY — $202,253 · AnimalsABILENE YOUTH SPORTS AUTHORITY — $1,375,123 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR — $790,367 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $126,146 · Youth DevelopmentYou Can Mentor Inc — $107,600 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH VOICE INC — $99,518 · Youth DevelopmentJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA — $98,290 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE — $96,133 · Youth DevelopmentMENTORING ALLIANCE — $93,265 · Youth Development
Education$26,499,677Other$38,204,258Arts & Culture$22,556,606Human Services$9,231,159Health$4,470,653Animals$4,029,717Youth Development$2,786,442

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSouthern Methodist University — $14,810,250 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE INC — $9,789,556 over 6y, 57% of budgetGRACE MUSEUM INC — $5,245,567 over 9y, 45% of budgetHARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY — $4,067,281 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetEleemosynary St Johns Episcopal School — $3,153,869 over 9y, 32% of budgetThe West Texas Rehabilitation Center — $2,281,966 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ABILENE INC — $1,834,384 over 9y, 10% of budgetKenley School Inc — $1,756,908 over 9y, 39% of budgetABILENE YOUTH SPORTS AUTHORITY — $1,375,123 over 8y, 51% of budgetHistoric Paramount Theatre Inc — $1,367,457 over 4y, 38% of budgetAdvocates for Camp Able Camp Able of Buffalo Gap — $1,359,196 over 9y, 33% of budgetALBANY ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $1,197,005 over 5y, 62% of budgetABILENE ARTS ALLIANCE — $1,179,214 over 9y, 19% of budgetNational Center for Childrens Illustrated Literat — $1,117,851 over 9y, 33% of budgetGROVER NELSON PARK ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION — $1,112,660 over 3y, 25% of budgetDay Nursery of Abilene Inc — $1,078,258 over 9y, 7.7% of budgetTexas Trails Council Inc — $1,070,624 over 9y, 37% of budgetABILENE IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION — $1,067,500 over 1y, 67% of budgetAll Kind Animal Initiative — $1,050,452 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetUNITED RESCUE ALLIANCE INC — $1,050,191 over 5y, 28% of budgetAbilene Boys Ranch Inc — $1,006,781 over 9y, 11% of budgetUNITED WAY FOUNDATION OF ABILENE — $965,363 over 7y, 41% of budgetABILENE LIBRARY CONSORTIUM — $908,193 over 8y, 26% of budgetTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC — $885,723 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $855,555 over 9y, 31% of budgetBIG COUNTRY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC — $809,979 over 9y, 12% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR — $790,367 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetMeals on Wheels Plus Incorporated — $788,432 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetTaylor County History Center — $783,389 over 5y, 70% of budgetFood Bank of West Central Texas — $780,118 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetAbilene Restoration Ministries dba Nehemiah Abilene — $767,921 over 5y, 59% of budgetAbilene Education Foundation — $766,171 over 9y, 31% of budgetCenter for Contemporary Arts — $758,412 over 9y, 37% of budgetMCMURRY UNIVERSITY — $749,257 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetRescue the Animals Inc — $744,932 over 9y, 24% of budgetAbilene Zoological Society — $651,967 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetLove & Care Ministries — $639,981 over 9y, 6.9% of budgetHEART OF TEXAS FOUNDATION COLLEGE OF MINISTRY — $625,000 over 6y, 53% of budgetPregnancy Resources of Abilene Inc — $622,708 over 8y, 10.0% of budgetNOAH PROJECT INC — $618,091 over 9y, 7.3% of budgetAbilene Hope Haven Inc — $613,552 over 9y, 30% of budgetABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY — $594,666 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetRegional Crime Victim Crisis Center — $573,988 over 9y, 9.0% of budgetSanctuary Home for Children Inc — $565,620 over 6y, 63% of budgetGlobal Samaritan Resources Inc — $565,353 over 9y, 8.9% of budgetOklahoma State University Foundation — $545,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCancer Services Network Inc — $540,228 over 9y, 17% of budgetBCFS Health and Human Services — $537,550 over 9y, 0.8% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Southern Methodist University ↗
  • Who funds ABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE INC ↗
  • Who funds GRACE MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Eleemosynary St Johns Episcopal School ↗
  • Who funds The West Texas Rehabilitation Center ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF ABILENE INC ↗
  • Who funds Kenley School Inc ↗
  • Who funds ABILENE YOUTH SPORTS AUTHORITY ↗
  • Who funds Historic Paramount Theatre Inc ↗
  • Who funds Advocates for Camp Able Camp Able of Buffalo Gap ↗
  • Who funds ALBANY ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ABILENE ARTS ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds National Center for Childrens Illustrated Literat ↗
  • Who funds GROVER NELSON PARK ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Day Nursery of Abilene Inc ↗
  • Who funds Texas Trails Council Inc ↗
  • Who funds ABILENE IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds All Kind Animal Initiative ↗
  • Who funds UNITED RESCUE ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Abilene Boys Ranch Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY FOUNDATION OF ABILENE ↗
  • Who funds ABILENE LIBRARY CONSORTIUM ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds BIG COUNTRY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR ↗
  • Who funds Meals on Wheels Plus Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds Taylor County History Center ↗
  • Who funds Food Bank of West Central Texas ↗
  • Who funds Abilene Restoration Ministries dba Nehemiah Abilene ↗
  • Who funds Abilene Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Center for Contemporary Arts ↗
  • Who funds MCMURRY UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Rescue the Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds Abilene Zoological Society ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Dian Graves Owen Foun…Shelton Family Founda…The Legett FoundationBarber FoundationGreathouse FoundationKickapoo Springs Foun…The Karakin FoundationFood Bank of West Cen…United Way of Abilene…Abilene Christian Uni…The Robison Excelsior…The Massey Family Cha…
Dian Graves Owen FoundationTX135.6× affinity76 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dian Graves Owen Foundation · Shelton Family Foundation · The Legett Foundation · Barber Foundation · Greathouse Foundation · Kickapoo Springs Foundation · The Karakin Foundation · Food Bank of West Central Texas · United Way of Abilene Inc · Abilene Christian University · The Robison Excelsior Foundation · The Massey Family Charitable Trust

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Community Foundation of Abilene funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • United Way Suncoast Inc — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
38report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 604 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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