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Coon Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$962k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$586k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Public Safety & Disaster$2.4MPhilanthropy$937kEducation$855kPublic Benefit$815kHuman Services$673kHealth$600kArts & Culture$351kCommunity Improvement$277kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $325k
  • $250k+1 grant · $586k
$50,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHARITY BUZZ$586,028
JASON MRAZ FOUNDATION$100,000
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE$75,000
UTAH FESTIVAL OPERA AND MUSICAL THEATRE$50,000
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$50,000
ENTREPRENEURS FOUNDATION$50,000
UTAH PIONEER HERITAGE ARTS$25,000
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL$15,000
AUSTIN EMERGENCY SUPPLY FOUNDATION$6,000
INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING CENTER$5,000
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 (FY18–22, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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%EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%YMCA OF AUSTIN: $12k → 10%YMCA OF AUSTIN: $12k → 10%YMCA OF AUSTIN: $12k → 10%YMCA OF AUSTIN: $12k → 10%YMCA OF AUSTIN: $12k → 10%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

MN
NY
MA
OH
CA
UT
CO
TN
HI
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.6M · 18 repeat orgs$556k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +91% since the first grant, against -19% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
15

Total granted

$6.6M
$456k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+91%
-19%

Still filing today

56%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyPublic BenefitPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • TEXAS TRIBUNE INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $415k · revenue +39%
  • Southern Methodist University
    3× · 2017–2019 · $300k · revenue +57%
  • SA
    ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
    2× · 2017–2018 · $300k · revenue +91%

Funded once

  • RE
    RepresentUs Education Fund
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue -40%
  • MC
    MAYO CLINIC
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • PO
    PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +39%
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
Uatx

Uatx is a nonprofit dedicated to building a liberal arts university committed to freedom of inquiry, freedom of conscience, and civil discourse. to maintain these principles, the university will be fiercely independent financially,…

Education
2
Forty First Foundation

The forty first foundation supports and advances the university of texas at austin in its pursuit of excellence. we work closely with the office of the president to identify, fund, and implement strategic initiatives that enhance the…

Education
3
Greater Austin Christian Foundation

Mobilizing resources by inspiring biblical generosity in the greater austin, texas area.

Religion
4
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
5
The Association of Former Students of Texas a&M University

To strengthen the association of former students, promote the interests and welfare of texas a&m university, perpetuate ties of affection and esteem formed in university or college days, and serve the student body.

Education
6
Austin Area Foundation

Support nonprofit organizations by managing & distributing charitable gifts

Philanthropy
7
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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8
Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
9
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
10
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
11
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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12
Dallas International University

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

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Austin Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Jason Mraz 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

23 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. 23 of the 36 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
14/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHARITY BUZZ: $752,028 · OtherCHARITY BUZZHELPING HAND HOME: $600,000 · OtherHELPING HAND HOMETHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $450,000 · OtherTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONENTREPRENEURS FOUNDATION: $276,700 · OtherENTREPRENEURS FOUNDATIONUTAH FESTIVAL OPERA AND MUSICAL THEATRE: $115,000 · OtherJARRELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: $105,000 · OtherMAYO CLINIC: $100,000 · Other+16 more: $302,050 · Other+16 moreAUSTIN EMERGENCY SUPPLY FOUNDATION: $2,383,400 · Public Safety & DisasterAUSTIN EMERGENCY SUPPLY FOUNDATIONTEXAS TRIBUNE INC: $415,000 · EducationTEXAS TRIBUNE INCSouthern Methodist University: $300,000 · EducationSouthern Methodis…ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $300,000 · EducationST ANDREW'S EPISC…PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $100,000 · EducationPRESIDENT-BOARD O…UNITE AMERICA INSTITUTE INC: $300,000 · Public BenefitRepresentUs Education Fund: $100,000 · Public BenefitPLEDGELING FOUNDATION: $130,000 · PhilanthropyJason Mraz Foundation: $100,000 · PhilanthropyAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyPABLOVE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC: $250,000 · Housing & ShelterMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $150,000 · Religion
Other$2,700,778Public Safety & Disaster$2,383,400Education$1,115,000Public Benefit$400,000Philanthropy$330,000Housing & Shelter$250,000Religion$150,000

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 budgetAUSTIN EMERGENCY SUPPLY FOUNDATION: $2,383,400 over 5y, 100% of budgetTEXAS TRIBUNE INC: $415,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $300,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $300,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUNITE AMERICA INSTITUTE INC: $300,000 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetFOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC: $250,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPLEDGELING FOUNDATION: $130,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRepresentUs Education Fund: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetJason Mraz Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN: $60,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPABLOVE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetUTAH PIONEER HERITAGE ARTS: $40,000 over 2y, 64% of budgetTHE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN MUSEUM INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKIMOKEO FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetINTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFOSTER ANGELS OF CENTRAL TEXAS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budget4ATX FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMDRC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL TEXAS PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION: $3,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetEMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Topfer Family Foundat…The Moody FoundationAustin Community Foun…Texas Instruments Fou…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Topfer Family FoundationTX13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Topfer Family Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Austin Community Foundation Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Coon Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Coon Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 Coon Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Coon 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 36 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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