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Flora Cameron Foundation at a glance

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Flora Cameron Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$2.8M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$3.8MPublic Benefit$2.4MEducation$815kRecreation & Sports$376kReligion$301kHealth$101kScience & Tech$28kHuman Services$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+2 grants · $3.3M
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ART CENTER OF WACO$2,772,250
GEORGE & BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION$500,000
ART CENTER OF WACO$50,000
MCCLENNEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE$30,000
TRINITY UNIVERSITY$15,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–21, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $11k → 16%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $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

MN
KY
VA
AZ
NM
DC
HI
TX
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.3M · 10 repeat orgs$711k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
21

Total granted

$7.3M
$681k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+32%

Still filing today

60%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthSocial ScienceRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • WC
    WACO CREATIVE ART CENTER
    4× · 2021–2025 · $3.8M · revenue +468%
  • TG
    THE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $2.4M · revenue +154%
  • SB
    SWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE
    5× · 2018–2024 · $535k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • TE
    THE EPISCOPAL DIOSCESE OF WEST TEXAS
    one grant, 2022 · $250k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $150k
  • MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ATTN CHRISTOPHER QUALLS
    one grant, 2022 · $60k · 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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
3
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
4
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
5
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
6
Maryland Institute

Degree granting college-maryland institute college of art is a private college dedicated to the education of professional artists and the further advancement of art in the community.

Education
7
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
8
Westminster College

The mission of westminster college is to help students develop competencies, commitments, and characteristics which have distinguished human beings at their best. see continuation on schedule o.the liberal arts tradition is the foundation…

Education
9
Museum of Arts and Design

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

Arts & Culture
10
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
11
Art Center College of Design

Our mission is to educate, inspire, and empower creative and design leaders.

Education
12
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The George and Barbara Bush Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Inc. 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

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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WACO CREATIVE ART CENTER: $3,752,250 · Arts & CultureWACO CREATIVE ART CENTER+4 more: $55,400 · Arts & CultureTHE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION: $2,400,000 · EducationTHE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATIONSWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE: $535,300 · EducationSWEET BRIAR INSTITUTETrinity University: $115,000 · Education+2 more: $85,000 · EducationTHE EPISCOPAL DIOSCESE OF WEST TEXAS: $250,000 · OtherTHE EPISC…Individual grant recipient: $150,000 · OtherIndividua…MAYO CLINIC: $100,000 · OtherMAYO CLIN…TARRYTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $50,000 · OtherTARRYTOWN…Individual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividua…MCCLENNEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $30,000 · OtherTRINITY UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN SCIENCE PROGRAM: $27,500 · Other+10 more: $27,450 · OtherHEMISFAIR CONSERVANCY: $376,000 · Recreation & SportsChristian Assistance Ministry: $21,208 · Human ServicesSCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH: $5,000 · Social ScienceTEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $1,000 · HealthEASTER SEALS REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $100 · Health
Arts & Culture$3,807,650Education$3,135,300Other$684,950Recreation & Sports$376,000Human Services$21,208Social Science$5,000Health$1,100

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWACO CREATIVE ART CENTER: $3,752,250 over 4y, 20% of budgetTHE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION: $2,400,000 over 5y, 9.4% of budgetSWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE: $535,300 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetHEMISFAIR CONSERVANCY: $376,000 over 4y, 9.0% of budgetTrinity University: $115,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ATTN CHRISTOPHER QUALLS: $60,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY LITERACY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCENTRE COLLEGE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Assistance Ministry: $21,208 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF ART: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $100 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.

The McClane Brown Fam…The Marshall Steves F…San Antonio Area Foun…Greater Houston Commu…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
The McClane Brown Family FoundationTX13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The McClane Brown Family Foundation · The Marshall Steves Foundation · San Antonio Area Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Flora Cameron Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Flora Cameron Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Flora Cameron Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Flora Cameron 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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