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Dsc Foundation Inc

To serve the mission and vision of the dallas safari club and to promote, establish and conduct science based research supporting sustainable use wildlife conservation and the role of well regulated hunting. To create and maintain a library of primary and secondary research relating to wildlife conservation made available to the public.…

$1.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
13
Itemized grants FY2024
15
Organizations funded FY2023
47%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$419k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$22,590
Largest grant, FY2024
$117,303
Organizations funded a year
1 to 17
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$2.7M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 47% of the organizations Dsc Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’22’23
AnimalsEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationInternationalCommunity 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving13$419k31%
FY202315$326k47%
FY202216$636k56%
FY20201$8k0%
FY201917$668k47%
FY201816$656k63%
FY201710$315kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Animals$1.6MEnvironment$882kCrime & Legal$250kRecreation & Sports$147kYouth Development$88kEducation$51kFood & Nutrition$20kCommunity Improvement$10k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
ND
NY
OR
WY
IA
PA
UT
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
TN
SC
DC
LA
MS
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of Dsc Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Conservation Force Inc$645,05389%
Dallas Ecological Foundation$317,303317%
Dallas Safari Club$251,28014%
NRA Foundation Inc$250,00030%
The Ivan Carter Wildlife Conservation Alliance Inc$160,0002n/a
The Origins Foundation Inc$113,93427%
Wild Sheep Foundation$113,50041%
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas$106,57550%
The Wildlife Society$96,00071%
Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation$82,59041%
Luwire Wildlife Conservancy Foundation$70,0003n/a
Texas A&M Foundation$61,22530%
Tanzania Lion Illumination Project$60,0003n/a
Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation Inc$54,59041%
DEF - Outdoor Tomorrow Foundation$50,0001n/a
Friends of the Peace Parks Inc$50,00017%
Eco Defense Group$48,00033%
Dallas Safari Club New Mexico$40,000258%
Philmont Staff Association Inc$35,00024%
Bobwhite Brigade$33,00025%
Foundation for Tx Wildlife$31,00031%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$30,00010%
Boy Scouts of America$28,00010%
Taking Care of Texas$22,50012%
Wyoming Game & Fish Department$21,9701n/a
Borderlands Research Foundation$20,00021%
Delta Waterfowl Foundation$20,00020%
River Deep Foundation$20,0001n/a
Feeding Texas$20,00010%
Georgia Department of Natural Resources$15,0001n/a
Speak Out for Animals$12,500112%
Texas Bighorn Society$10,00011%
Mule Deer Foundation$10,0002n/a
Texas 4-H Youth Development Foundation I$10,00011%
Iowa West Foundation$10,0001n/a
Texas Tech Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Chiredzi River African Wildlife Trust$10,00029%
The Kids Outdoors Zone Inc$10,00022%
Save Valley Conservancy Fund$10,00012%
Arizona Deer Association Inc$10,00013%
Pass It on - Outdoor Mentors Inc$10,00012%
South Carolina Waterfowl Association$10,00010%
Texas Conservation Alliance$6,0001n/a
National Parks Traveler$5,59413%
Gallatin Wildlife Association$5,0001n/a
Wildlife Society Inc$5,0001n/a

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($18k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Dsc Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetConservation Force Inc: $645,053 over 8y, 8.6% of budgetDallas Ecological Foundation: $317,303 over 3y, 17% of budgetDallas Safari Club: $251,280 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetNRA Foundation Inc: $250,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Origins Foundation Inc: $113,934 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetWild Sheep Foundation: $113,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetParks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas: $106,575 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Wildlife Society: $96,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCongressional Sportsmen's Foundation: $82,590 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $61,225 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetScholastic Shooting Sports Foundation Inc: $54,590 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFriends of the Peace Parks Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetEco Defense Group: $48,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetDallas Safari Club New Mexico: $40,000 over 2y, 58% of budgetPhilmont Staff Association Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetBobwhite Brigade: $33,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetFoundation for Tx Wildlife: $31,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetThe Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoy Scouts of America: $28,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTaking Care of Texas: $22,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetBorderlands Research Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetDelta Waterfowl Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding Texas: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSpeak Out for Animals: $12,500 over 1y, 12% of budgetTexas Bighorn Society: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTexas 4-H Youth Development Foundation I: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTexas Tech Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChiredzi River African Wildlife Trust: $10,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetThe Kids Outdoors Zone Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetSave Valley Conservancy Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetArizona Deer Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetPass It on - Outdoor Mentors Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSouth Carolina Waterfowl Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNational Parks Traveler: $5,594 over 1y, 2.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 34.

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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.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor FundMO23.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund · Safari Club International Foundation · The Bwana's Club Inc Dba Dsc South Tex · Houston Safari Club Foundation · Safari Club International West Texas Chapter Inc · Weatherby Foundation International Inc · Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Cabela Family Foundation · International Order of T Roosevelt · San Angelo Chapter of Safari Club International · Cabelas Outdoor 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.

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How do I get to Dsc Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Dsc Foundation Inc 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.

About Dsc Foundation Inc

How much does Dsc Foundation Inc give?
Dsc Foundation Inc reported 13 itemized grants totaling $419,175, out of $1,219,309 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Dsc Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (52%), Environment (29%), Crime & Legal (8%).
Who are Dsc Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Conservation Force Inc ($645k), Dallas Ecological Foundation ($317k), Dallas Safari Club ($251k).
Does Dsc Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Dsc Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund, Safari Club International Foundation, The Bwana's Club Inc Dba Dsc South Tex.
Where is Dsc Foundation Inc based?
Dsc Foundation Inc is based in TX.

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 48 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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