· Private foundation
Divide by Zero Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| KERA | $20,000 |
| WORLD CENTAL KITCHEN | $15,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $15,000 |
| NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK | $15,000 |
| PARISH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT | $10,000 |
| NANUBHAI EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| GREAT COMMISSION OUTREACH | $5,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA | $5,000 |
| TERLINGUA FIRE & EMS | $3,000 |
| VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION | $2,500 |
| OPERATION KINDNESS | $2,500 |
| BIG BEND NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION | $2,000 |
| AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION USA | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +93% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC9× · 2017–2025 · $125k · revenue +98%- NTNORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC9× · 2017–2025 · $110k · revenue +249%
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC6× · 2018–2025 · $70k · revenue ×34
Funded once
- FNFEEDING NORTH TEXAS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue +7%
- SASiti and Jido Park Foundation Incgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +25%
- KDKIPP DALLAS-FORT WORTH INCone grant, 2017 · $10k
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.
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.
To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…
To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.
The npr foundation (foundation) is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. (npr). the foundation supports npr through various activities (e.g., conducting…
The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.
The national forest foundation (nff), chartered by congress, turns america's love of nature into meaningful action for 193-million acre national forest system through on the ground program work and grant making activities, and accepts and…
American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…
The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…
Npr international operations, inc. supports national public radio, inc.'s international news-gathering activities through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.
Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation (TPWF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization thatadvances Texas proud outdoor traditions through meaningful, high-impact programs,partnerships, and a wide range of projects that conserve and enhance our…
Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.
Building on the proven success of texas agriculture education and the texas ffa program, our mission is distinguished by the continued development, funding, and implementation of cutting edge learning opportunities focusing on academic…
How this is measured
26 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. 26 of the 35 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC ↗
- Who funds NANUBHAI EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds PARISH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds The Kansas University Endowment Association ↗
- Who funds TERLINGUA FIRE & EMS INC ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds FEEDING NORTH TEXAS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds SPCA of Texas ↗
- Who funds Siti and Jido Park Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds KIPP DALLAS-FORT WORTH INC ↗
- Who funds EMERGENCY MEDICINE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA) ↗
- Who funds PRATHAM USA ↗
- Who funds GREAT COMMISSION OUTREACH ↗
- Who funds KIPP Inc dba Knowledge is Power Program Inc ↗
- Who funds OPERATION KINDNESS ↗
- Who funds Dallas Museum of Art ↗
- Who funds ONE TREE PLANTED INC ↗
- Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds BIG BEND NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds RECREATIONAL AVIATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE KATY TRAIL 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.
Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Divide by Zero Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Divide by Zero Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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