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Esping Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$376k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Education$665kEmployment$365kHealth$300kHuman Services$163kHousing & Shelter$153kYouth Development$80kCrime & Legal$75kArts & Culture$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $128k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $248k
$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$9.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Lumin Education$100,000
Dwell with Dignity$97,500
The Center for Integrative Couselin$50,000
Young Women's Preparatory Network$30,000
Family Gateway$30,000
Dallas CASA$25,000
The Family Place$25,000
Family Compass$18,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $408k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Dwell with Dignity: $98k → 14%Dallas Children's Advocacy Center: $50k → 14%Dallas Children's Advocacy Center: $25k → 14%Dwell With Dignity: $15k → 14%Dwell with Dignity: $10k → 14%For Oak Cliff: $100k → 14%The Family Place: $35k → 14%The Family Place: $25k → 14%The Family Place: $25k → 14%The Family Place: $25k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.2M · 9 repeat orgs$755k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
16

Total granted

$1.2M
$620k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+46%

Still filing today

78%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TT
    Tackle Tomorrow
    2× · 2021–2023 · $130k · revenue +54%
  • DW
    DWELL WITH DIGNITY INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $123k · revenue +107%
  • MI
    Momentous Institute
    2× · 2022–2023 · $100k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • FO
    FOR OAK CLIFF
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -11%
  • AC
    AGAPE CLINICgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +73%
  • AA
    AFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -12%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
2
COMMIT2DALLAS

Our mission is that by 2040, at least half of all 25 to 34 year old residents of Dallas County, irrespective of race, will earn a living wage. Together, we cultivate a collaborative educational ecosystem with school systems, higher…

Education
3
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
4
Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center

To engage and educate communities to prevent sexual violence and to support survivors and their loved ones as they heal and thrive.

Human Services
5
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council

The mission of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council is to drive evidence-based improvement in patient care and health equity throughout the region.

—
6
Downtown Dallas Inc

Downtown Dallas, Inc. (DDI), is the champion of a clean and safe Downtown and of the economic development and vibrancy of this community of diverse, unique neighborhoods. DDI: Mobilizes and amplifies the services of public agencies.…

—
7
Safe City Commission

Support law enforcement and promote public safety awareness and crime prevention in Fort Worth.

Crime & Legal
8
Texas Trees Foundation

The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.

—
9
Head Start of Greater Dallas Inc

Head start of greater dallas, inc. provides children with the foundation of skills and knowledge they need to be successful in school and life and fosters self-reliant families and communities.

Education
10
Dallas County Medical Society

The mission of the dallas county medical society is to promote public health and advocate for physicians and their relationship with patients, while upholding professionalism in the practice of medicine.

—
11
Raise Texas

RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…

Human Services
12
Trinity Charter School

The trinity charter schools system has 11 campuses in texas. all 11 campuses work with youth who have emotional difficulties, and need active engagement in planning and guiding their own academic careers through student led credit…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dallas Children's Advocacy Center and the most unlike its peers is Methodist Hospitals of Dallas. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%5%<5yr17%5%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr15%24%20–35yr9%43%35–55yr14%10%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%8%<5yr17%4%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr15%19%20–35yr9%45%35–55yr14%10%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 8% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 18% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/22
the rest of the field
18%
2,549/14,180

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
13/22
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep — $300,000 · OtherCristo Rey Dallas College PrepJubilee Park Community Center — $100,000 · OtherJubilee Park Community CenterAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS — $50,000 · OtherAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARSShelton School — $50,000 · OtherShelton SchoolThe Center for Integrative Couselin — $50,000 · OtherThe Center for Integrative CouselinAdvisory Board-Booker T Washington — $30,000 · OtherCarch Up and Read — $25,000 · OtherFAMILY GATEWAY INC — $30,000 · OtherDALLAS CASA — $25,000 · Other+3 more — $55,000 · Other+3 moreLUMIN EDUCATION — $200,000 · EducationLUMIN EDUCATIONTackle Tomorrow — $130,000 · EducationTackle TomorrowYEAR UP INC — $50,000 · EducationYEAR UP INCKIPP Texas Inc — $50,000 · EducationKIPP Texas IncYOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARATORY NETWORK — $30,000 · EducationYOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARATORY N…DWELL WITH DIGNITY INC — $122,500 · Human ServicesDWELL WITH DIGNITY INCThe Family Place — $110,000 · Human ServicesThe Family PlaceFOR OAK CLIFF — $100,000 · Human ServicesFOR OAK CLIFFDALLAS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER — $75,000 · Human ServicesDALLAS CHILDREN'S ADVOC…Momentous Institute — $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentMERCY STREET — $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentAGAPE CLINIC — $50,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $30,000 · HealthNexus Recovery Center Incorporated — $25,000 · HealthMethodist Hospitals of Dallas — $25,000 · HealthSOUTHERN GATEWAY PUBLIC GREEN FOUNDATION — $50,000 · Community ImprovementFAMILY COMPASS — $33,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$715,000Education$460,000Human Services$407,500Youth Development$130,000Health$130,000Community Improvement$50,000Crime & Legal$33,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetLUMIN EDUCATION — $200,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTackle Tomorrow — $130,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetDWELL WITH DIGNITY INC — $122,500 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetThe Family Place — $110,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFOR OAK CLIFF — $100,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetMomentous Institute — $100,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDALLAS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER — $75,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAGAPE CLINIC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYEAR UP INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIPP Texas Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY COMPASS — $33,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFAMILY GATEWAY INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMERCY STREET — $30,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARATORY NETWORK — $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNexus Recovery Center Incorporated — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMethodist Hospitals of Dallas — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS CASA — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MAGDALEN HOUSE — $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSCHOLARSHOT — $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Dallas FoundationCommunities Foundatio…Hoblitzelle FoundationTexas Women's Foundat…United Way of Metropo…The Addy FoundationW P & Bulah Luse Foun…The Perot FoundationThe Eugene McDermott …Hillcrest FoundationTexas Instruments Fou…Harry Bass Foundation
The Dallas FoundationTX29.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dallas Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Hoblitzelle Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · The Addy Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · The Perot Foundation · The Eugene McDermott Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Harry Bass Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Esping Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Year Up Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Esping Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Esping 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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