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· Public charity

Dynamo and Dash Charities Inc

To promote educational and recreational opportunities for youths.

$649k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$100k
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 2024.

Youth Development$205kEnvironment$168kFood & Nutrition$157kRecreation & Sports$134kHealth$93kHuman Services$75kHousing & Shelter$56kPublic Safety & Disaster$28kOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 25 grants below total $546,729, the rows itemized in this filing. The $648,932 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $102,203 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $272k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $251k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$842k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
US SOCCER FOUNDATION$100,000
SCIENCE OF SPORT$51,120
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$50,000
BLUE ANGELS FOUNDATION$50,000
FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES IN HOUSTON$40,654
HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION$35,605
REBUILDING TOGETHER HOUSTON$25,000
BAKERRIPLEY$21,000
ONE TREE PLANTED INC$15,000
TREES FOR HOUSTON$12,500
MEMORIAL PARK CONSERVANCY$12,500
LEARN FRESH$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HOUSTON$10,000
HOUSTON FOOD BANK$10,000
A MIND TO WORK$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $91k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON HOUSTON: $10k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES: $5k → 16%A MIND TO WORK: $10k → 16%BAKERRIPLEY: $21k → 16%KIDS' MEALS INC: $15k → 16%KIDS' MEALS INC: $10k → 16%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

VT
NY
MA
CA
CO
AZ
DC
LA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$354k · 9 repeat orgs$573k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
9

Total granted

$354k
$182k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
-6%

Still filing today

100%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $391k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’23’24
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterHealthCrime & LegalOther
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

  • RT
    Rebuilding Together Houston
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +18%
  • KM
    KIDS' MEALS INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $25k · revenue +106%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • HP
    Houston Parks Boardgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $124k · revenue +25%
  • GS
    GOOD SPORTS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -1%
  • TA
    The American Legion
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -6%
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
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
2
Breakthrough Houston

The mission of Breakthrough Houston (BTH) is to work with highly motivated students to achieve post-secondary success and empower aspiring leaders to become the next generation of educational advocates.

Education
3
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston's mission is to inspire and enable all youth, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.

Youth Development
4
Houston Local Information Initiative Inc

The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.

Arts & Culture
5
The Houston Parks Board Foundation

The Houston Parks Board Foundation provides the Houston Parks Board with financial assistance to support operations and park projects.

Environment
6
Houston Bar Foundation

The Houston Bar Foundation supports programs that help provide legal representation to the indigent, promote community understanding of our legal system, and foster the administration of justice.

Crime & Legal
7
Houston Christian Foundation dba National Christian Foundation Houston

As the Houston affiliate of the National Christian Foundation (NCF), our mission is to serve and encourage givers to grow as faithful stewards who give wisely to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

—
8
The Women's Resource of Greater Houston

See Schedule OThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston helps women and girls make choices toward becoming independent, productive, and financially stable. We fulfill our mission by recruiting volunteer instructors to deliver our programs in…

Philanthropy
9
Houston Museum of Natural Science

The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…

Arts & Culture
10
American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter

American Leadership Forum (ALF) brings together, in classes, leaders with diverse perspectives so they can build relationships, learn to dialogue and respectfully differ, and work together for the good of our community.

—
11
Good Reason Houston Inc

Good Reason Houston strives to grow and sustain great schools while advocating for families and communities.

Education
12
Houston Area Parkinson Society

The mission of the Houston Area Parkinson Society is to use a whole-human approach to community building, which reduces the fear and isolation associated with a Parkinson's diagnosis.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Good Sports Inc; the most unlike its peers is Angel By Nature. 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

31 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. 31 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
10/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Houston Independent School District Foundation: $100,605 · OtherHouston Independent School District F…UTMD ANDERSON: $50,000 · OtherUTMD ANDERSONThe Houston Food Bank: $25,015 · OtherThe Houston Food BankTrees For Houston: $12,500 · OtherSurviveHER: $13,150 · OtherMemorial Park Conservancy Inc: $18,500 · OtherMemorial Park Conservancy Inc+10 more: $85,000 · Other+10 moreHouston Parks Board: $124,000 · PhilanthropyHouston Parks BoardBLUE ANGELS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyBLUE ANGELS FOUNDATION IN…ONE TREE PLANTED INC: $36,035 · PhilanthropyONE TREE PLANTED INCKIDS' MEALS INC: $25,015 · Human ServicesKIDS' MEALS …BakerRipley: $21,000 · Human ServicesBakerRipleyAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Nat…A MIND TO WORK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesA MIND TO WO…BIG LOVE CANCER CARE SERVICES: $10,000 · Human ServicesBIG LOVE CAN…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON: $10,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHA…PURSUIT FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesUNITED STATES SOCCER FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATE…SCIENCE OF SPORT: $51,120 · Youth DevelopmentSCIENCE OF…GOOD SPORTS INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentGOOD SPORT…ACCESS U INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentACCESS U I…LEARN FRESH EDUCATION CO: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentLEARN FRES…GIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: $8,200 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUT…Families Helping Families in Houston: $65,654 · Food & NutritionRebuilding Together Houston: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterHouston Habitat for Humanity Inc: $6,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$304,770Philanthropy$210,035Human Services$101,015Recreation & Sports$100,000Youth Development$89,320Food & Nutrition$65,654Housing & Shelter$56,000

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 budgetHouston Parks Board: $124,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHouston Independent School District Foundation: $100,605 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetUNITED STATES SOCCER FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFamilies Helping Families in Houston: $65,654 over 2y, 21% of budgetSCIENCE OF SPORT: $51,120 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetBLUE ANGELS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetRebuilding Together Houston: $50,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetONE TREE PLANTED INC: $36,035 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC: $25,015 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $25,015 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBakerRipley: $21,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMemorial Park Conservancy Inc: $18,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSurviveHER: $13,150 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetTrees For Houston: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetA MIND TO WORK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetGOOD SPORTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe American Legion: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG LOVE CANCER CARE SERVICES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetACCESS U INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetNATIONAL PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEARN FRESH EDUCATION CO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: $8,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ST BERNARD PROJECT INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Habitat for Humanity Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANGEL BY NATURE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Greater Houston Commu…Houston Endowment IncShell USA Company Fou…Halliburton Charitabl…The Brown Foundation …Centerpoint Energy Fo…Baker Hughes Foundati…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Enterprise Holdings F…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX18.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Halliburton Charitable Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Baker Hughes Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Dynamo and Dash Charities Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dynamo and Dash Charities Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 Dynamo and Dash Charities Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Dynamo and Dash Charities 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.

    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 35 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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