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Dangerfield Family 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.

$195k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$230kHealth$186kEducation$130kHuman Services$21kEmployment$13kFood & Nutrition$500Philanthropy$500
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $107k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,004
Median grant
5
States reached
$884k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SETON FUND OF THE DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY$50,000
ST JOHN NEUMANN CATHOLIC CHURCH$20,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$20,000
SAN JUAN DIEGO CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$16,800
CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF AUSTIN$15,000
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL OF ST MARY$14,300
ST JOHN NEUMANN CATHOLIC CHURCH$11,252
ST JOHN NEUMANN CATHOLIC CHURCH$10,002
THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD$5,004
SUSAN G KOMEN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION$5,000
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSONS RESEARCH$5,000
SUSAN G KOMEN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION$5,000
ST GABRIELS CATHOLIC SCHOOL$5,000
J Eisenrich$4,200
DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $1k) 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%VICTIMS FIRST INC: $1k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
CA
MO
VA
GA
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$509k · 11 repeat orgs$71k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against -28% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
7

Total granted

$509k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
-28%

Still filing today

36%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionPhilanthropyEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TS
    The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc
    2× · 2020–2021 · $26k · revenue +38%
  • THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH
    3× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +95%
  • DF
    DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN
    5× · 2020–2024 · $13k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • SH
    SETON HEALTHCARE - SETON FUND OF THE DAUGHTERS OF
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • TG
    THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • VF
    Victims First Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue -99%
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
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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2
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
3
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
4
Blood Cancer United Inc

Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Health
5
PACS1 Syndrome Research Foundation
Health
6
The Rose

The mission of the rose is saving lives through quality breast health services, advocacy and access to care for all.

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7
International Cancer Advocacy Network

Ican's mission is two-fold: to optimize stage iv cancer patient survival and work to attain the highest possible quality of life. ican assists stage iv cancer patients with 1) direct patient navigation and customized advocacy services; 2)…

Philanthropy
8
National Multiple Sclerosis Society

We will cure ms while empowering people affected by ms to live their best lives.

Health
9
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
10
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
Health
11
Debbie's Dream Foundation

Debbie's dream foundation:curing stomach cancer is dedicated to raising awareness about stomach cancer, providing education, advocacy, and support internationally to patients, families, and caregivers affected by the disease, and advancing…

Human Services
12
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

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Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ascension Seton Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Bess the Book Bus 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

11 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. 11 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JOHN NEUMANN CATHOLIC CHURCH: $138,254 · OtherST JOHN NEUMANN CATHOLIC CHURCHCATHOLIC DIOCESE OF AUSTIN: $95,600 · OtherCATHOLIC DIOCESE OF AUSTINCATHEDRAL SCHOOL OF ST MARY: $81,950 · OtherCATHEDRAL SCHOOL OF ST MARYASCENSION SETON FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherASCENSION SETON FOUNDATIONSAN JUAN DIEGO CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $22,480 · OtherJ Eisenrich: $19,625 · OtherSUSAN G KOMEN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $16,456 · Other+5 more: $26,258 · Other+5 moreAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $70,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIET…The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $26,181 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Brea…THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $15,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUN…+2 more: $2,650 · HealthDRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN: $13,083 · Community ImprovementVictims First Inc: $1,000 · Human ServicesCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $500 · Food & NutritionBESS THE BOOK BUS INC: $500 · EducationUNITED WAY FOR GREATER AUSTIN: $500 · Philanthropy
Other$450,623Health$113,831Community Improvement$13,083Human Services$1,000Food & Nutrition$500Education$500Philanthropy$500

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 budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetASCENSION SETON FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $26,181 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN: $13,083 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTRAVIS ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVictims First Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBESS THE BOOK BUS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY FOR GREATER AUSTIN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION MSA: $150 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.

  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds ASCENSION SETON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN ↗
  • Who funds TRAVIS ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds Victims First Inc ↗
  • Who funds Central Texas Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds BESS THE BOOK BUS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY FOR GREATER AUSTIN ↗
  • Who funds MISSION MSA ↗

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.

United Way WorldwideVA17.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way Worldwide · Austin Community Foundation Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Dangerfield Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dangerfield Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Bess the Book Bus Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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.

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