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Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids Inc

DIFFA grants funds to organizations providing aid and access to healthcare for a diverse group of people impacted by HIV/AIDS, food & housing insecurities, and mental health issues.

$454k
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$2.1MHuman Services$702kPhilanthropy$507kHousing & Shelter$476kEducation$145kEmployment$135kArts & Culture$114kScience & Tech$45kOther$0
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 28 grants below total $436,600, the rows itemized in this filing. The $453,700 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $17,100 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k25 grants · $411k
$17,150
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Visual Aids for the Arts Inc$20,000
Alpha Workshops$20,000
UCSF University of California$20,000
Individual grant recipient$17,150
Childrens Medical Center ARM$17,150
Planned Parenthood of Greater$17,150
East Texas Cares$17,150
Aids Outreach Center$17,150
Legal Hospice of Texas$17,150
Legacy Counseling Center Inc$17,150
Aids Arms$17,150
Cooks Children Medical Center$17,150
Resource Center of Dallas$17,150
HELP Center Texas$17,150
Texas Health Action$17,150
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 (FY17–25, $97k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Dallas Legal Hospice: $25k → 14%Dallas Hope Charities: $20k → 14%Hetrick-Martin Institute: $15k → 17%Dallas Hope Charities: $20k → 14%Dallas Hope Charities: $17k → 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

IL
NY
PA
NJ
CA
MO
AZ
NC
LA
GA
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 52 repeat orgs$989k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.

52 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 29 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
37

Total granted

$3.5M
$908k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+46%

Still filing today

31%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k 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
HealthHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesEmploymentFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • AO
    AIDS OUTREACH CENTER
    8× · 2017–2025 · $230k · revenue +49%
  • RC
    RESOURCE CENTER OF DALLAS INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $167k · revenue +358%
  • CC
    Cook Children's Medical Center
    7× · 2017–2025 · $137k · revenue +123%

Funded once

  • NY
    New York Community Trust Com
    one grant, 2018 · $170k
  • UO
    University of California
    one grant, 2018 · $80k
  • AR
    AIDS Research InstituteUCSF
    one grant, 2017 · $40k
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
Chicago House & Social Service Agency

Provides housing and support services to individuals and families impacted by hiv/aids

Health
2
Aids Service Center of Lower Manhattan Inc

Aids service center of lower manhattan, inc., d/b/a alliance for positive change ("alliance") is a not-for-profit community organization founded in 1990 with a central mission of helping low-income new yorkers living with hiv and other…

Health
3
Aid Atlanta Inc

The mission of aid atlanta is to reduce hiv infections and improve the quality of life of its members and the community by breaking barriers and building community. we fulfill that mission by providing an array of comprehensive services…

Health
4
Argus Community Inc

Argus community's mission is to provide innovative programs which help severely disadvantaged teens and adults to free themselves from poverty and drug abuse and build new lives based on responsibility, work, and hope. argus provides a…

Health
5
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc

EMPOWERING LGBT PEOPLE, BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITY. NEW YORK CITY'S LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER EMPOWERS PEOPLE TO LEAD HEALTHY, SUCCESSFUL LIVES. The Center celebrates our community and advocates for justice and…

Human Services
6
Legacy Community Health Services Inc

The mission of legacy community health services is, "driving healthy change in our communities." our vision is, "connecting our communities to health every day, in every way."

Health
7
Aids Services of Austin Inc

Vision: vivent health envisions an end to the hiv/aids epidemic.mission: to end hiv/aids by providing integrated, personalized, judgment-free healthcare, social services, and effective prevention strategies.

Health
8
Positive Health Care Inc

Mission is to provide housing, counseling and support services to hiv infected clients and their families wherein prudent decisions are made for their well being and their communities.

Health
9
Alianza of New Mexico

Alianza's mission is to empower hard-to-reach, vulnerable, and underserved populations through education and supportive services aimed at working with everyone we serve to achieve better outcomes and higher quality of life.

Human Services
10
The Project of the Quad Citiesinc

The project of the quad cities, inc mission is to enhance the quality of life in our communities and reduce health disparities by providing a full spectrum of services including advocacy, care, testing, education, counseling, referrals and…

Community Improvement
11
Broward House Inc

Mission the mission of broward house is to improve the quality of life for individuals impacted with chronic health challenges, including hiv, by providing pathways to wellness. vision providing hope and healing to our communities,

Human Services
12
Aids Project of the East Bay

Aids project of the east bay (apeb) is focused on the prevention of the spread of hiv and supports individuals living with the virus through programs targeted at some of the most vulnerable and marginalized individuals. apeb seeks to…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Housing Works Inc; the most unlike its peers is Planned Parenthood. 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

35 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. 35 of the 95 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/35
Grantees still filing
26/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Bryans House: $176,500 · OtherBryans HouseNew York Community Trust Com: $170,000 · OtherNew York Community Trust ComEast Texas Cares: $148,180 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $128,500 · OtherLegal Hospice of Texas: $107,150 · OtherPWA COALITION OF DALLAS INC: $100,000 · OtherPrism Health North Texas: $99,650 · OtherChildrens Medical Center ARM: $99,650 · Other+57 more: $1,924,375 · Other+57 moreAIDS OUTREACH CENTER: $230,445 · HealthAIDS OUTREACH CENTERRESOURCE CENTER OF DALLAS INC: $167,150 · HealthRESOURCE CENTER OF DALLAS I…Cook Children's Medical Center: $137,150 · HealthCook Children's Medical Cen…LEGACY COUNSELING CENTER INC: $94,650 · HealthLEGACY COUNSELING CENTER IN…AIDS ARMS INC: $92,150 · HealthAIDS ARMS INCHEALTH SERVICES OF NORTH TEXAS INC: $77,850 · HealthHEALTH SERVICES OF NORTH TE…ELEVATE NORTH TEXAS: $77,150 · HealthELEVATE NORTH TEXASAIDS INTERFAITH NETWORK INC: $55,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $52,500 · HealthSonya's House Inc: $42,075 · Health+9 more: $162,150 · Health+9 moreTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $302,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ALPHA WORKSHOPS INC: $135,000 · EmploymentTARRANT COUNTY SAMARITAN HOUSING INC: $40,000 · Housing & ShelterALI FORNEY CENTER INC: $35,000 · Housing & ShelterSTATUS HOME INC F/K/A JERUSALEM HOUSE INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterPETER & PAUL COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterDALLAS HOPE CHARITIES: $57,150 · Human ServicesDALLAS LEGAL HOSPICE: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $25,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$2,954,005Health$1,188,270Philanthropy$312,000Employment$135,000Housing & Shelter$105,000Human Services$97,150Food & Nutrition$25,000

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 budgetTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $302,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAIDS OUTREACH CENTER: $230,445 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetRESOURCE CENTER OF DALLAS INC: $167,150 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCook Children's Medical Center: $137,150 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALPHA WORKSHOPS INC: $135,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetPWA COALITION OF DALLAS INC: $100,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetLEGACY COUNSELING CENTER INC: $94,650 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetAIDS ARMS INC: $92,150 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTH SERVICES OF NORTH TEXAS INC: $77,850 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetELEVATE NORTH TEXAS: $77,150 over 4y, 13% of budgetDALLAS HOPE CHARITIES: $57,150 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetAIDS INTERFAITH NETWORK INC: $55,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTARRANT COUNTY SAMARITAN HOUSING INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetALI FORNEY CENTER INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJP'S FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetDALLAS LEGAL HOSPICE: $25,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWI Cook Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetON POINT NYC INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSTATUS HOME INC F/K/A JERUSALEM HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBAILEY HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVISUAL AIDS FOR THE ARTS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetHOUSING WORKS INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOOMHEALTH: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALLIES FOR HEALTH WELLBEING: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPETER & PAUL COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBRIDGING ACCESS TO CARE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST ↗
  • Who funds AIDS OUTREACH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds RESOURCE CENTER OF DALLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds Cook Children's Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds THE ALPHA WORKSHOPS INC ↗
  • Who funds PWA COALITION OF DALLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds LEGACY COUNSELING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds AIDS ARMS INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH SERVICES OF NORTH TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds ELEVATE NORTH TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS HOPE CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds AIDS INTERFAITH NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD ↗
  • Who funds Sonya's House Inc ↗
  • Who funds TARRANT COUNTY SAMARITAN HOUSING INC ↗

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.

The Mac AIDS FundCommunities Foundatio…Broadway Caresequity …The Dallas FoundationBlack Tie Dinner IncThe Estee Lauder Comp…Hattie Mae Lesley Fou…United Way of Metropo…W P & Bulah Luse Foun…AIDS UnitedMeadows Foundation IncBnsf Railway Foundati…
The Mac AIDS FundNY28.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Mac AIDS Fund · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Black Tie Dinner Inc · The Estee Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation · Hattie Mae Lesley Foundation Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · AIDS United · Meadows Foundation Inc · Bnsf Railway 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 Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report 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 95 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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