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Dimmitt Garrison 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.

$60k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Education$500kHuman Services$267kHealth$242kReligion$162kInternational$141kArts & Culture$90kPublic Safety & Disaster$90kYouth Development$23kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY$50,000
MOOD ELEVATOR$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–17, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CANINES FOR SERVICE: $2k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MI
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.0M · 22 repeat orgs$530k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +62% since the first grant, against +41% for the ones you funded once.

22 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
7

Total granted

$1.0M
$530k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+41%

Still filing today

55%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
AnimalsEducationPublic Safety & DisasterReligionArts & CultureHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TR
    TEAM RUBICON INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $70k · revenue +18%
  • OR
    OUR RESCUE
    5× · 2017–2021 · $70k · revenue +180%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    5× · 2017–2021 · $65k · revenue +134%

Funded once

  • BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue +11%
  • TB
    TEXAS BAPTIST MEN INC
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
  • TO
    THE ONESTAR FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue -94%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

2
Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
3
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
4
CJ3 Foundation

Cj3 foundation provides services, support, and advocacy to united states military service members, veterans/disabled veterans, law enforcement, and emergency responders who need/require assistance, and then connecting them with resources…

Human Services
5
United States War Dogs Association Inc

The mission of the corporation is to provide support for the war dogs of the united states military. the organization provides care packages to war dogs and their handlers serving overseas. the organization also provides support for…

Animals
6
Warrior Canine Connection Inc

Support recovering combat veterans & their families utilizing service dog training/placement.

Human Services
7
Patriot Paws Service Dogs

To train and provide service dogs of the highest quality at no cost to disabled american veterans and others with mobile disabilities in order to help restore their physical and emotional independence.

Human Services
8
The Veterans and First Responders
Human Services
9
Semper K9 Assistance Dogs

Combat veteran-founded and operated Semper K9s mission is to enhance the quality of life for wounded members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families by providing them with custom-trained mental health mobility service dogs. Using…

Public Benefit
10
Veterans Medical Research Foundation of San Diego

Honoring military service with science; our bench-to-bedside approach has led to breakthroughs in areas such as shingles prevention, heart disease, metabolic diseases and ground breaking work on post-traumatic stress disorder.

Health
11
Patriotic Hearts Inc

Provided part time/full time job boards in over 14 states. states that availed thousands of jobs for veterans and dependents also started up veterans in us military clean businesses

Public Benefit
12
Duty First Assistance Dogs

Providing service dogs to veterans and first responders

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Convoy of Hope and the most unlike its peers is Museum of the Bible. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 22 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%5%<5yr16%10%5–10yr20%30%10–20yr16%30%20–35yr10%20%35–55yr13%5%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%2%<5yr16%1%5–10yr20%13%10–20yr16%8%20–35yr10%75%35–55yr13%2%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/24
the rest of the field
15%
20,233/136,780

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/20
Grantees still filing
16/20
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY — $219,000 · OtherFOCUS ON THE FAMILYBAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CENTRAL TEXAS FOUNDATION — $143,000 · OtherBAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CENTRAL TEXAS FOUNDATIONBAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CENTRAL TX FOUNDATION — $77,000 · OtherBAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CENTRAL TX FOUNDATIONSOUTHERN BAPTISTS OF TEXAS CONVENTION INC — $55,000 · OtherSOUTHERN BAPTISTS OF TEXAS CONVENTION INCMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE — $48,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF THE BIBLETHE REFUGE FOR DMST — $40,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY — $35,000 · OtherSOUTHERN BAPTISTS OF TEXAS CONVENTION — $30,000 · Other+12 more — $107,500 · Other+12 moreBAYLOR UNIVERSITY — $500,000 · EducationBAYLOR UNIVERSITYHEALY-MURPHY CENTER — $23,000 · EducationTEAM RUBICON INC — $70,000 · Public Safety & DisasterBERGHEIM VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT — $25,000 · Public Safety & DisasterSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $65,000 · ReligionDr James Dobson Family Institute — $24,000 · ReligionOUR RESCUE — $70,000 · Arts & CultureREFUGE CORPORATION — $23,000 · Crime & LegalCONVOY OF HOPE — $10,000 · InternationalMercury One Inc — $6,000 · International
Other$754,500Education$523,000Public Safety & Disaster$95,000Religion$89,000Arts & Culture$70,000Crime & Legal$23,000International$16,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY — $500,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC — $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOUR RESCUE — $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $65,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE — $48,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE REFUGE FOR DMST — $40,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBERGHEIM VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT — $25,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetDr James Dobson Family Institute — $24,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetREFUGE CORPORATION — $23,000 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetHEALY-MURPHY CENTER — $23,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCONVOY OF HOPE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor Health Care System Foundation — $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC — $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ONESTAR FOUNDATION — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercury One Inc — $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT K9 HERO — $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCanines for Service Inc — $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWWWPILOTSNPAWSORG INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEASHES OF VALOR — $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds TEAM RUBICON INC
  • Who funds OUR RESCUE
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE
  • Who funds THE REFUGE FOR DMST
  • Who funds BERGHEIM VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • Who funds Dr James Dobson Family Institute
  • Who funds REFUGE CORPORATION
  • Who funds HEALY-MURPHY CENTER
  • Who funds CONVOY OF HOPE
  • Who funds Baylor Health Care System Foundation
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds TADSAW INC
  • Who funds THE ONESTAR FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Mercury One Inc
  • Who funds PROJECT K9 HERO
  • Who funds Canines for Service Inc
  • Who funds WWWPILOTSNPAWSORG INC
  • Who funds LEASHES OF VALOR

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Greater Houston Community FoundationTX12.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Dimmitt Garrison Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Dimmitt Garrison Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Dimmitt Garrison 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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