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Denman 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.

$270k
Granted FY2024still arriving
54
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$814kInternational$306kHuman Services$135kEducation$98kHealth$81kPhilanthropy$69kSocial Science$63kYouth Development$46kOther$0
02FY2024 · 54 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k47 grants · $140k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $129k
$2,500
Median grant
14
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Park Cities Presbyterian Church$35,000
East West Ministries International$31,093
Discovery Institute$15,000
Reformed Theological Seminary$14,000
Campus Crusade for Christ$13,000
Family Legacy Missions International$11,144
First Liberty Institute$10,000
Young Life$9,500
Equipping Leaders International$9,000
SIM$7,500
Equipnet$7,500
Mission to the World$5,500
New Hope Foundation$5,263
Asia Connect$5,000
Wycliffe Bible Translators$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $128k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Behind Every Door Ministries: $5k → 14%Neighbor for Neighbor: $3k → 15%Behind Every Door Ministries: $3k → 14%Neighbor to Neighbor: $1k → 15%Neighbor for Neighbor: $1k → 15%Avail NYC: $3k → 17%Sheperd's call: $1k → 11%Behind Every Door: $2k → 14%Neighbor for Neighbor: $1k → 15%Avail NYC: $2k → 17%Avail NYC: $1k → 17%Men of Nehemiah: $5k → 14%Our Callings: $5k → 14%Men of Nehemiah: $5k → 14%Men of Nehemiah: $5k → 14%Our Callings: $3k → 14%Men of Nehemiah: $2k → 14%Men of Nehemiah: $2k → 14%Men of Nehemiah: $2k → 14%The Men of Nehemiah: $1k → 14%Behind Every Door Ministries: $5k → 14%Behind Every Door Ministries: $5k → 14%Behind Every Door Ministries: $5k → 14%NonPareil Institute: $13k → 14%NonPareil Institute: $10k → 14%Livada Orphan Care Inc: $200 → 5%Council for Life: $12k → 14%Council for Life: $6k → 14%Council for Life: $5k → 14%Council for Life: $5k → 14%Council for Life: $4k → 14%Council for Life: $3k → 14%Council for Life: $1k → 14%Council for Life: $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

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
CA
CO
MO
VA
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
AL
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 70 repeat orgs$72k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

70 repeat relationships: 45 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

70
45

Total granted

$1.7M
$51k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+3%

Still filing today

54%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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
ReligionHuman ServicesEducationHealthInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • DI
    DISCOVERY INSTITUTE
    7× · 2018–2024 · $62k · revenue +44%
  • DL
    DALLAS LIFE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $43k · revenue +71%
  • CF
    COUNCIL FOR LIFE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $37k · revenue +257%

Funded once

  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $8k · revenue -16%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF THE NATIONS KONA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue -100%
  • YW
    Youth with a Mission
    2× · 2023–2024 · $5k
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
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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2
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
3
Dallas International University

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

Education
4
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
5
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
6
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
7
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
8
The King's University

The King's University integrates Biblical education and practical ministry to shape Spirit-formed individuals who follow Jesus, serve His Church, and are sent to impact the world.

Education
9
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
10
Entrust

Entrust's mission is to multiply church leaders through accessible, locally owned, reproducible training systems. this is accomplished through facilitated learning, assisting christians in gaining solid understanding of scripture, and…

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11
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
12
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; the most unlike its peers is New Hope 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

60 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. 60 of the 124 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/60
Grantees still filing
41/60
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PARK CITIES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $229,871 · OtherPARK CITIES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHCampus Crusade for Christ: $104,175 · OtherCampus Crusade for ChristMission to the World: $71,200 · OtherMission to the WorldDISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $62,300 · OtherDISCOVERY INSTITUTEFamily Legacy Missions International: $61,774 · OtherSIM: $61,500 · OtherRUF: $46,350 · OtherDALLAS LIFE INC: $42,500 · OtherOMF INTERNATIONAL INC: $40,000 · OtherReformed Theological Seminary: $39,000 · Other+72 more: $400,273 · Other+72 moreEast-West Ministries International: $174,193 · ReligionEast-West Ministr…EQUIPNET: $36,000 · ReligionEQUIPNETAsia Connect: $30,000 · ReligionAsia ConnectKIDS ACROSS AMERICA: $16,176 · ReligionKIDS ACROSS AMERI…+7 more: $25,450 · Religion+7 moreCOUNCIL FOR LIFE: $37,360 · Human ServicesBEHIND EVERY DOOR MINISTRIES INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesNONPAREIL INSTITUTE: $22,500 · Human ServicesMEN OF NEHEMIAH INC: $22,000 · Human ServicesOURCALLING INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesAVAIL NYC: $6,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR INC: $6,000 · Human Services+2 more: $1,200 · Human ServicesWEST DALLAS COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $31,500 · EducationPROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $28,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF THE NATIONS KONA INC: $12,500 · EducationKAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $2,800 · Education+3 more: $1,500 · EducationFor the Nations Refugee Outreach: $36,350 · InternationalONE COLLECTIVE: $15,000 · InternationalInternational Xchange Organization: $13,100 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $8,056 · International+2 more: $1,300 · InternationalYOUNG LIFE: $31,600 · Youth DevelopmentMERCY STREET: $8,564 · Youth DevelopmentTHE ROOT CAUSE INC: $13,750 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $8,000 · HealthCaringBridge: $1,750 · HealthHAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Health+3 more: $400 · Health
Other$1,158,943Religion$281,819Human Services$127,560Education$76,300International$73,806Youth Development$40,164Health$25,400

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 budgetEast-West Ministries International: $174,193 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $62,300 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Legacy Missions International: $61,774 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDALLAS LIFE INC: $42,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR LIFE: $37,360 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetFor the Nations Refugee Outreach: $36,350 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetEQUIPNET: $36,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $31,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWEST DALLAS COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $31,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetAsia Connect: $30,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION: $28,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetPROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $28,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBEHIND EVERY DOOR MINISTRIES INC: $25,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $24,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNONPAREIL INSTITUTE: $22,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMEN OF NEHEMIAH INC: $22,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCHINA EVANGELISTIC MISSION INC: $17,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetKIDS ACROSS AMERICA: $16,176 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetONE COLLECTIVE: $15,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROOT CAUSE INC: $13,750 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetInternational Xchange Organization: $13,100 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE NATIONS KONA INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HOPE FOUNDATION: $10,263 over 2y, 96% of budgetEXODUS MINISTRIES: $9,200 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetEquipping Leaders International Inc: $9,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $8,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY STREET: $8,564 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $8,056 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOURCALLING INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAVAIL NYC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE NATIONS KONA FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE GEORGIA INC: $4,560 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $4,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOperation 220: $3,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBROTHER BILLS HELPING HAND: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGod's World Publications Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $2,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDESIRING GOD MINISTRIES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaringBridge: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetMISSION EMANUEL: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIGHLAND PARK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARISE AFRICA INC: $1,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW FRIENDS NEW LIFE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHEPHERDS CALL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCOLTON PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 5.1% 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.

  • Who funds East-West Ministries International ↗
  • Who funds DISCOVERY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Family Legacy Missions International ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL FOR LIFE ↗
  • Who funds For the Nations Refugee Outreach ↗
  • Who funds EQUIPNET ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Asia Connect ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds BEHIND EVERY DOOR MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds NONPAREIL INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds MEN OF NEHEMIAH INC ↗
  • Who funds CHINA EVANGELISTIC MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS ACROSS AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds ONE COLLECTIVE ↗
  • Who funds THE ROOT CAUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds International Xchange Organization ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF THE NATIONS KONA INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW HOPE FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Communities Foundatio…The Dallas FoundationChristian Community F…Servant FoundationPrairie Creek Partner…Merrick Family Founda…The Rees-Jones Founda…The Dan and Martha Lo…Hillcrest FoundationCommunity Foundation …The Signatry Charitab…Texas Instruments Fou…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX45× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · Prairie Creek Partners Charitable Foundation · Merrick Family Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · The Dan and Martha Lou Beaird Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Texas Instruments 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 Denman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Denman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 124 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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