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Dlr Trust at a glance

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Dlr Trust

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.

$44k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$70kArts & Culture$56kReligion$12kEducation$12kHuman Services$6kHousing & Shelter$4kCivil Rights$3kHealth$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$1,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$180k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY$25,000
THE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN$9,300
TEMPLE BETH SHALOM$3,643
SHALOM AUSTIN$1,500
CARITAS OF AUSTIN$1,200
Individual grant recipient$1,200
AUSTIN PBS$1,200
THE SAFE ALLIANCE$1,200
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 (FY20–23, $750) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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.

area typical 10%Open Door Preschools: $250 → 10%Open Door Preschools: $250 → 10%OPEN DOOR PRESCHOOLS: $250 → 10%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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$150k · 14 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
15

Total granted

$150k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+36%

Still filing today

71%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TC
    THE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN MUSEUM INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $38k · revenue +12%
  • SA
    SHALOM AUSTIN
    3× · 2022–2024 · $8k · revenue +50%
  • CO
    CARITAS OF AUSTIN
    4× · 2020–2024 · $4k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $13k
  • SA
    SEVEN ACRES JEWISH SENIOR CARE SERVICES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +36%
  • BF
    BLACK FRET DBA SONIC GUILD
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue -24%
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
Dallas Contemporary

Dallas contemporary presents art in a forum that cultivates artists, ignites learning and inspires the community. dallas contemporary is a non-collecting art museum presenting new and challenging ideas from regional, national and…

Arts & Culture
2
Austin Creative Alliance

The mission of Austin Creative Alliance is to advance, connect, and celebrate Austin's arts, culture, and creative communities in order to nourish and strengthen the character, quality of life, and economic prosperity of our region.

Arts & Culture
3
Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc

For austinites of every background, the long center is the community gathering place that offers the most diverse programming and stunning views of the city, so that together, everyone can experience remarkable live arts & entertainment.

Arts & Culture
4
Center for Contemporary Arts

The mission is to provide enriching and educational experiences for the communities of the region through the promotion and support of artists.

Arts & Culture
5
Witte Museum

The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.

Arts & Culture
6
Kimbell Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
7
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

CAMH presents extraordinary and thought-provoking arts programming and exhibitions.

Arts & Culture
8
Artpace Inc (Audit)

Artpace san antonio is a nonprofit residency program which supports texas, national, and international artists in the creation of new art. see schedule o for continuation.

Arts & Culture
9
Center for Austin Independent Journalism

To equip Austinites to make informed decisions through independent, in-depth reporting, diverse opinions, and civil dialogue. A strong local press is essential for a healthy community and democracy. We work to make Austin a more empowered…

Arts & Culture
10
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
11
Contemporary Art for San Antonio

Contemporary at blue star inspires the creative genius in us all by nurturing artists through innovative contemporary art.

Arts & Culture
12
Texas Cultural Trust Council

Public arts funding

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Contemporary Austin Museum Inc; the most unlike its peers is Art Produce. 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

19 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. 19 of the 33 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY: $69,460 · Community ImprovementWATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCYTHE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN MUSEUM INC: $37,675 · Arts & CultureTHE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN MUSEUM I…Center for Women and Their Work Inc: $7,500 · Arts & CultureCenter for Women and Their Work …+7 more: $7,145 · Arts & Culture+7 moreIndividual grant recipient: $12,772 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $8,500 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT …CARITAS OF AUSTIN: $4,200 · OtherCARITAS OF AUSTINTEMPLE BETH SHALOM: $3,643 · OtherTEMPLE BETH SHALOMANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE AUSTIN: $3,350 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE AUST…Individual grant recipient: $3,015 · OtherIndividual grant recipientThe University of Texas at Austin - Blanton Museum: $1,556 · Other+10 more: $7,450 · Other+10 moreSHALOM AUSTIN: $8,100 · PhilanthropySEVEN ACRES JEWISH SENIOR CARE SERVICES INC: $5,000 · HealthAIDS SERVICES OF AUSTIN INC: $250 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH: $1,900 · EducationOPEN DOOR PRESCHOOL: $750 · Human ServicesFOSTER ANGELS OF CENTRAL TEXAS FOUNDATION: $250 · Human Services
Community Improvement$69,460Arts & Culture$52,320Other$44,486Philanthropy$8,100Health$5,250Education$1,900Human Services$1,000

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 budgetWATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY: $69,460 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN MUSEUM INC: $37,675 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSHALOM AUSTIN: $8,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Women and Their Work Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSEVEN ACRES JEWISH SENIOR CARE SERVICES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARITAS OF AUSTIN: $4,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH: $1,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFUSE BOX AUSTIN: $1,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAPERTURE FOUNDATION INC: $1,646 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL OF TEXAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK FRET DBA SONIC GUILD: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SAFE ALLIANCE: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlasstire: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOPEN DOOR PRESCHOOL: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $304 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetArt Produce: $250 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFOSTER ANGELS OF CENTRAL TEXAS FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $95 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.

Better Business BureauAustin Community Foun…Alice Kleberg Reynold…Topfer Family Foundat…The Moody FoundationUnited Way WorldwideEcg FoundationStill Water FoundationShield-Ayres Foundati…The Powell FoundationThe Applied Materials…St David's Foundation
Better Business BureauTX19.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Better Business Bureau · Austin Community Foundation Inc · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800 · Topfer Family Foundation · The Moody Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Ecg Foundation · Still Water Foundation · Shield-Ayres Foundation · The Powell Foundation · The Applied Materials Foundation · St David's 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 Dlr Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dlr Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    7report 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 33 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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