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Dene Anton Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$25k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$157kRecreation & Sports$39kEducation$10kHuman Services$8kReligion$7kHealth$2kEnvironment$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$846k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RISE 2 GREATNESS FOUNDATION$25,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WALDEN WOODS PROJECT: $1k → 8%INTERNATIONAL MYELOMA FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CHARITIES: $10k → 17%TEXAS SONGWRITERS HERITAGE: $4k → 10%UNABLE TO IDENTIFY: $10k → 16%SHERIDAN AVE UMC: $150 → 15%NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION: $1k → 14%RISE 2 GREATNESS FOUNDATION: $25k → 9%MUSIC HEALTH ALLIANCE: $1k → 14%ROBERT WOODARD: $6k → 16%SHERIDAN AVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $100 → 15%BRITE STAR COMMUNITY CENTER: $2k → 16%LAKEWOOD CHURCH: $5k → 16%HARRIS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $105 → 16%ASTRODOME CONSERVANCY: $145k → 16%ASTRODOME CONSERVANCY: $11k → 16%NABOR HOUSE COMMUNITY: $5k → 16%SEG SER: $5k → 16%ST MARTIN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $1k → 16%CY HOPE: $5k → 16%HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO: $3k → 16%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

NY
MA
IA
CA
TN
DC
OK
MS
TX
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
National Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum Inc

To collect, preserve, and research bowling's history. the organization proudly exhibits the sport's major hall of fame and encourages the use of this heritage by all parties globally for education, promotion, and entertainment.

Arts & Culture
2
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
3
National Housing Conference Inc

The national housing conference has been defending the american home since 1931. we believe everyone in america should have equal opportunity to live in a quality, affordable home in a thriving community. nhc convenes and collaborates with…

Housing & Shelter
4
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Inc

The national baseball hall of fame and museum is a not-for-profit educational institution dedicated to fostering an appreciation of the historical development of the game of baseball and its impact on our culture by collecting, preserving,…

Arts & Culture
5
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc

The multiple myeloma research foundation (mmrf) is the largest nonprofit in the world solely focused on accelerating acurefor multiple myeloma patient. we drive the development and delivery of next-generation therapies, leverage data to…

Health
6
National Association of Home Builders of the United States

Nahb exists to represent the home building industry by serving its members and affiliated state and local builders associations, who are involved in all aspects of a diversified building industry, create jobs for millions of people and…

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7
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
8
National Negro Leagues Family Alliance

To collectively preserve legacy history and intellectual property of the Negro Leagues while contributing to the education and uplift of baseball and sports.

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9
International Tennis Hall of Fame Incorporated

The international tennis hall of fame (ithf) is a non-profit organization that preserves the history of tennis and celebrates to inspire excellence across generations globally. founded in 1954 in newport, ri, the ithf honors tennis'…

Recreation & Sports
10
National Thoroughbred Racing Association Inc

The ntra is a broadly defined membership association that is charged with increasing the popularity, welfare and integrity of thoroughbred racing.

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11
The Leadership Foundation

The leadership foundation, inc. (the foundation), established in 1990, is the mechanism by which iwf members advance the next generation of women leaders. the foundation accelerates the careers of top-performing women by offering…

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12
Big Thicket Natural Heritage Trust

We acquire properties to be donated to the National Park Service and state entities and advocate for protection of Big Thicket natural resources.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Major League Baseball Charities Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Myeloma 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

10 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. 10 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
9/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Astrodome Conservancy: $156,000 · Arts & CultureAstrodome Conservancy+2 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant…Individual grant recipient: $5,500 · OtherIndividual grant…LAKEWOOD CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherLAKEWOOD CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant…Individual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant…BRITE STAR COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $2,000 · OtherBRITE STAR COMMU…+7 more: $3,355 · Other+7 moreRISE 2 GREATNESS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsRISE 2 GREATN…HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC: $3,000 · Recreation & SportsHOUSTON LIVES…Major League Baseball Charities Inc: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCY-HOPE INC: $5,000 · EducationNABOR HOUSE COMMUNITY: $5,000 · EducationMUSIC HEALTH ALLIANCE INC: $1,000 · Health
Arts & Culture$158,000Other$34,855Recreation & Sports$28,000Philanthropy$10,000Education$10,000Health$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 budgetAstrodome Conservancy: $156,000 over 2y, 84% of budgetRISE 2 GREATNESS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetMajor League Baseball Charities Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCY-HOPE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNABOR HOUSE COMMUNITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WALDEN WOODS PROJECT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSIC HEALTH ALLIANCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MYELOMA FOUNDATION: $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.

Shell USA Company Fou…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Shell USA Company FoundationTX13.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Dene Anton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dene Anton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Walden Woods Project: 6% 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
⤢ 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.

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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