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Dirk Nowitzki Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$145k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$451kRecreation & Sports$230kHuman Services$103kFood & Nutrition$100kArts & Culture$42kInternational$40kHealth$34kYouth Development$33kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$852k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DALLAS TENNIS ASSOCIATION$100,000
THE FAMILY PLACE$25,000
CELEBRITY GAMES FOR CHARITY$15,000
BOOKER T WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL- PERFORMING ARTS$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 (FY20–24, $88k) 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%CITYSQUARE: $25k → 14%JONATHAN'S PLACE: $3k → 14%THE FAMILY PLACE: $25k → 14%THE FAMILY PLACE: $15k → 14%THE FAMILY PLACE: $5k → 14%HOPE SUPPLY: $15k → 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.
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$752k · 7 repeat orgs$336k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
22

Total granted

$752k
$321k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+15%

Still filing today

71%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureInternationalOther
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

  • UT
    UNITED TO LEARN
    4× · 2020–2023 · $400k · revenue +162%
  • DT
    DALLAS TENNIS ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $200k · revenue +8%
  • HF
    HEROES FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $31k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • NT
    NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANKgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +35%
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEFgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $40k · revenue +46%
  • C
    CITYSQUARE
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -70%
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
Head Start of Greater Dallas Inc

Head start of greater dallas, inc. provides children with the foundation of skills and knowledge they need to be successful in school and life and fosters self-reliant families and communities.

Education
2
FIRST3YEARS

First3years nurtures early relational and mental health of infants and toddlers in texas. working in deep collaboration with caregivers, parents, and professionals statewide, we cultivate strong early childhood systems, educate our…

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3
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc

The Children's Home Society of North Carolina's mission is to promote the right of every child to a permanent, safe, and loving family.

Human Services
4
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
5
Los Angeles Universal Preschool

Child360 works to improve the quality of early learning and give children the best start in school and life. its mission is to strengthen education programs, nurture family engagement, grow a qualified workforce and advance public policy…

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6
The Children's Place Inc

Provide mental health services to promote resiliency, wellness and positive developmental outcomes through prevention, treatment, education and family support for children under the age of 9 who have experienced abuse, neglect and other…

Crime & Legal
7
United Children's Services of Bennington County Inc

Children's services

Human Services
8
Cornerhouse

The mission of cornerhouse is to partner with families, communities, and systems - entrusted with the safety of children, youth and vulnerable adults - to reduce trauma and end abuse.

Crime & Legal
9
Childs Place

The mission of Childs Place is to listen to children in a safe developmentally sensitive and legally sound manner; to unite professionals in a coordinated response to child abuse; to guide children and families toward healing through…

Human Services
10
Collaborative for Children

The mission of Collaborative for Children is to meaningfully improve the quality of early childhood education and care for Greater Houston's children through those most influential in their lives.

Human Services
11
Child Abuse Network Inc dba Child Advocacy Network

In Tulsa County there are several agencies that address prevention and treatment of child abuse, but the Child Advocacy Network (CAN) is the ONLY nonprofit that provides intervention services for children and their nonoffending…

Crime & Legal
12
The Home for Little Wanderers Inc

To help vulnerable children and their families build permanent, positive change.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dallas Casa; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United 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

20 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. 20 of the 30 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
10/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED TO LEARN: $400,000 · EducationUNITED TO LEARNEDUCATIONAL FIRST STEPS: $26,000 · EducationEDUCATIONAL FIRST STEPSNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $100,000 · OtherNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANKBOOKER T WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL- PERFORMING ARTS: $35,000 · OtherBOOKER T WASHINGTON HIGH S…Individual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFRIENDS OF KATY TRAIL: $15,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF KATY TRAILDALLAS JUNIOR POLICE YOUTH PROGRAM: $10,000 · OtherGEMS: $10,000 · OtherCELEBRITY GAMES FOR CHARITY: $15,000 · OtherCELEBRITY GAMES FOR CHARIT…DALLAS CASA: $10,000 · Other+8 more: $31,228 · Other+8 moreDALLAS TENNIS ASSOCIATION: $200,000 · Recreation & SportsDALLAS TENNIS ASSOCI…The Family Place: $45,000 · Human ServicesThe Family …CITYSQUARE: $25,000 · Human ServicesCITYSQUAREHEART HOUSE: $20,000 · Human ServicesHEART HOUSEHOPE SUPPLY CO: $15,000 · Human ServicesHOPE SUPPLY…+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesHEROES FOUNDATION INC: $31,000 · HealthMOSAIC FAMILY SERVICES INC: $10,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,500 · HealthUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $40,000 · InternationalANDREW S RODDICK FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAFE MOMENTUM: $10,000 · Youth Development
Education$426,000Other$251,228Recreation & Sports$200,000Human Services$107,500Health$43,500International$40,000Youth Development$20,000

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 budgetUNITED TO LEARN: $400,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetDALLAS TENNIS ASSOCIATION: $200,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Family Place: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEROES FOUNDATION INC: $31,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetEDUCATIONAL FIRST STEPS: $26,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCITYSQUARE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEART HOUSE: $20,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetCELEBRITY GAMES FOR CHARITY: $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHOPE SUPPLY CO: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMOSAIC FAMILY SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDALLAS CASA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANDREW S RODDICK FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAFE MOMENTUM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY GATEWAY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDallas Museum of Art: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKID NET FOUNDATION JONATHANS PLACE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER: $2,500 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.

The Dallas FoundationCommunities Foundatio…United Way of Metropo…W P & Bulah Luse Foun…Texas Women's Foundat…Meadows Foundation IncTexas Instruments Fou…Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
The Dallas FoundationTX19.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dallas Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · Meadows Foundation Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Dirk Nowitzki Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dirk Nowitzki Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 30 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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