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Dunagan Family Foundation at a glance

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Dunagan Family Foundation

$26k
Granted FY2020
11
Grants FY2020
6
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Religion$58kEducation$9kInternational$5kCrime & Legal$4kHuman Services$3kEnvironment$1kHousing & Shelter$1kPublic Safety & Disaster$1kOther$0
02FY2020 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LYDIA DISCIPLESHIP MINISTRIES$9,000
DEEPER WALK INTERNATIONAL$5,000
WOODMEN VALLEY CHAPEL$4,500
WEST END ASSEMBLIES OF GOD$2,000
REIGNING GRACE RANCH$1,200
LIVING IN POWER MINISTRIES$1,000
COLORADO CONNECTION REPEATERS INC$1,000
PURE HOPE FOUNDATION$1,000
GREATER EUROPE MISSION$1,000
COLORADO SPRINGS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$200
COMPASSION$100
02The need
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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 (FY19–19, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BEAUTIFUL REDEMPTION: $2k → 9%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
IN
PA
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
AZ
KS
AR
DC
HI
TX
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Dunagan Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 47% of the giving stays in CO; by stated purpose, 42%.

Dunagan Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.0% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

41%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$33k · 5 repeat orgs$48k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2020, 2 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
19

Total granted

$33k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+75%

Still filing today

60%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
ReligionEducationInternationalHuman ServicesAnimalsHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • DW
    DEEPER WALK INTERNATIONAL INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $20k · revenue +73%
  • GE
    GREATER EUROPE MISSION
    2× · 2019–2020 · $2k · revenue +12%
  • CS
    Colorado Springs Christian Schools
    4× · 2017–2020 · $800 · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • HA
    HEAL AND THRIVE GLOBAL
    one grant, 2017 · $4k · revenue -8%
  • EL
    ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
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
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
Mission Without Borders International

The organization is dedicated to reaching people for christ through an international network of christians who journey with the poor and marginalized, bringing practical and spiritual support with hope of a better future,(continued on…

International
3
Serving Beyond Borders

Serving and pastoring overseas workers on their own turf and equipping nationals by training and empowering them in their work of advancing the gospel.

Human Services
4
Reconciliation Ministries International Inc

Reconciliaton Ministries Intl. is a Christian evangelical organization preaching and teaching the Word of God in over 60 countries. The ministry equips and encourages Christians everywhere to be saved, healed, and delivered according to…

Religion
5
Biblica Inc

To provide the bible in accurate, contemporary translations and formats so that more people around the world will have the opportunity to be transformed by jesus christ.

Religion
6
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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7
Redeem International

Redeem's mission is to protect widows and orphans from violent abuse and exploitation.

International
8
Dynamic Church Planting International

Equipping leaders to plant dynamic churches worldwide.

Human Services
9
With God All Things Are Possible

To reach people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Youth Development
10
Peacemaker Ministries

To equip and assist christians and their churches to respond to conflict biblically.

International
11
T4 Global Inc

Spokens Mission is Deliver Truth...Where Written Words Cant Go. Most missiologists will agree that 2/3 of the world is populated with oral learners. Among this population, a person learns best by listening and interacting with stories,…

Human Services
12
Global Outreach Inc

To share Christian compassion and love in an effort to alleviate spiritual, physical, emotional and mental suffering around the world. We help care for orphans and vulnerable children, teens and women in need. We provide training and…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Reigning Grace Ranch; the most unlike its peers is Beautiful Redemption. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 32 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/16
Grantees still filing
11/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Lydia Discipleship Ministries Inc: $9,000 · OtherLydia Discipleship Ministries IncACTS ONE EIGHT INC: $7,000 · OtherACTS ONE EIGHT INCIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWOODMEN VALLEY CHAPEL: $4,500 · OtherWOODMEN VALLEY CHAPELIndividual grant recipient: $3,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUTE: $3,000 · OtherENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUTEWEST END ASSEMBLIES OF GOD: $2,000 · Other+11 more: $7,650 · Other+11 moreDEEPER WALK INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 · ReligionDEEPER WALK INTERNATIONAL INCCHRISTIAN RESOURCE CENTER: $2,500 · ReligionCHRISTIAN RESOURCE CENTERGREATER EUROPE MISSION: $2,000 · ReligionGREATER EUROPE MISSION+2 more: $1,300 · ReligionUNIVERSITY OF THE NATIONS KONA INC: $3,000 · EducationAZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · EducationColorado Springs Christian Schools: $800 · EducationHEAL AND THRIVE GLOBAL: $4,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $200 · International+1 more: $100 · InternationalBEAUTIFUL REDEMPTION: $2,000 · Human ServicesReigning Grace Ranch: $1,200 · AnimalsPURE HOPE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$41,650Religion$25,800Education$5,800International$4,300Human Services$2,000Animals$1,200Housing & Shelter$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDEEPER WALK INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetLydia Discipleship Ministries Inc: $9,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetHEAL AND THRIVE GLOBAL: $4,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHRISTIAN RESOURCE CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBEAUTIFUL REDEMPTION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReigning Grace Ranch: $1,200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPURE HOPE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Springs Christian Schools: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORSHIPLANET INC: $800 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPastorServe Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $200 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.

Christian Community F…Natl Christian Charit…The Independent Chari…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Christian Community Foundation IncCO14× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Independent Charitable Gift Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Dunagan Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dunagan Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Dunagan Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Dunagan Family 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 32 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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