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Form Communities Inc

Form communities serves adults that suffer severe and persistant mental illness.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$95k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Health$510kHuman Services$180kHousing & Shelter$106kRecreation & Sports$73k
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $552,632, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,304,877 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $752,245 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

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $166k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $387k
$54,905
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PLAN CLUBHOUSE$94,536
BRAIN INJURY NETWORK DALLAS$86,578
HOPE FORT BEND CLUBHOUSE$78,378
COWTOWN CLUBHOUSE$72,572
SAN ANGELO CLUBHOUSE$54,905
ST JOSEPH CLUBHOUSE$47,481
SMITH COUNTY CLUBHOUSE$38,469
PHEONIX HOUSE$32,405
REAL CLUBHOUSE$27,133
GALVESTON CLUBHOUSE$20,175
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 (FY23–24, $180k) 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%PLAN CLUBHOUSE: $95k → 14%REAL CLUBHOUSE: $27k → 25%PLAN CLUBHOUSE: $58k → 14%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.
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$579k · 5 repeat orgs$289k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
1

Total granted

$579k
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+106%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $231k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $153k · revenue +52%
  • MH
    Magnificat Houses Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $106k · revenue +109%
  • SC
    SMITH COUNTY CLUBHOUSE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $63k · revenue +51% · 26% of their budget

Funded once

  • AC
    Austin Clubhouse Incgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $58k · revenue +106%
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
Polaris House

Polaris House Clubhouse, like all clubhouse model programs, is dedicated to the recovery of men and women with mental illness by providing opportunities for members to work and learn, while contributing their talents through a community of…

Health
2
California Clubhouse Dba Aspire House

Work, education and programs for members whose lives have been disrupted by mental illness with a daytime place to stay and programs to participate in social activities, engage in meaningful work, enjoy healthy meals, and prepare for…

Health
3
Well Community

The Well Community provides hope and stability to adults living with mental illnesses through healthy relationships, essential services and meaningful activities.

Religion
4
Crossroads Inc

The mission of Crossroads Clubhouse is to be a community of support and hope for adults diagnosed with mental illness by providing choices and opportunities for meaningful employment, housing, education, wellness, and social interaction.

Health
5
How Center

The H.O.W. Center provides a safe and structured living environment for individuals recovering from alcoholism and addiction while they gain the skills they need to live independently and successfully.

—
6
Tarry House Inc

Tarry House operates group homes to provide shelter, food and,services to adults with severe mental disorders

Unclassified
7
Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers

Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers, Inc. serves the community behavioral health needs of nine counties of Southern Oklahoma. Lighthouse offers integrated care through their outpatient and Health Home programs to adults and children.…

Health
8
Iris House Inc

The mission of Iris Clubhouse is to save lives, remove barriers and build success stories for people with mental illness. This is accomplished through meaningful work, employment opportunities, education and access to effective services…

Health
9
Texas Community Counseling

When care is within reach, lives change. Texas Community Counseling is a faith-based nonprofit committed to bringing hope and healing through mental health care to the communities that need it the most. We empower individuals to heal,…

Human Services
10
Nami Central Texas

The mission of NAMI Central Texas is to improve the lives of all persons affected by serious mental illness by providing support, education and advocacy through a grassroots network.

—
11
Coryell Autism Center

Provide supportive living services to adults with autism.

Health
12
Pathway to Hope Inc

Our mission is to provide a supportive community for people living with mental illness, so they can find purpose, support, connection, and opportunities to achieve their full potential.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope Fort Bend Clubhouse; the most unlike its peers is Rural Economic Assistance League 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

10 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. 10 of the 11 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
5/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BIND- Brain Injury Network of Dallas: $144,614 · HealthBIND- Brain Injury Network of DallasCONCHO VALLEY CENTER FOR HUMAN ADVANCEMENT: $112,940 · HealthCONCHO VALLEY CENTER FOR HUMAN ADVANCEMENTMagnificat Houses Inc: $105,517 · HealthMagnificat Houses IncHope Fort Bend Clubhouse: $78,378 · HealthHope Fort Bend ClubhouseSMITH COUNTY CLUBHOUSE: $63,469 · HealthSMITH COUNTY CLUBHOUSEAustin Clubhouse Inc: $58,036 · HealthAustin Clubhouse IncGALVESTON COUNTY CLUBHOUSE INC: $20,175 · HealthJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $152,572 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE O…RURAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE LEAGUE INC: $27,133 · Human ServicesRURAL ECONOMIC ASSISTAN…TARRANT COUNTY CLUBHOUSE: $72,572 · Recreation & SportsTARRANT C…PHOENIX ICCD CLUBHOUSE INCORPORATED: $32,405 · Other
Health$583,129Human Services$179,705Recreation & Sports$72,572Other$32,405

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $152,572 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBIND- Brain Injury Network of Dallas: $144,614 over 2y, 15% of budgetCONCHO VALLEY CENTER FOR HUMAN ADVANCEMENT: $112,940 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMagnificat Houses Inc: $105,517 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetHope Fort Bend Clubhouse: $78,378 over 1y, 24% of budgetTARRANT COUNTY CLUBHOUSE: $72,572 over 1y, 14% of budgetSMITH COUNTY CLUBHOUSE: $63,469 over 2y, 26% of budgetAustin Clubhouse Inc: $58,036 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetRURAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE LEAGUE INC: $27,133 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGALVESTON COUNTY CLUBHOUSE INC: $20,175 over 1y, 10% 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.

American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
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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 Form Communities Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Form Communities Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–10%
    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.

    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 11 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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