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Forrest Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$61kEducation$58kHuman Services$28kFood & Nutrition$20kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kArts & Culture$11kAnimals$10kHealth$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$500k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHALLOWATER EDUCATION FOUNDATION$5,000
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, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 16% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%CAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $1k → 20%EASTER SEALS EL MIRADOR: $3k → 12%CAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $1k → 20%EASTER SEALS EL MIRADOR: $2k → 12%SANTA MARIA EL MIRADOR: $2k → 12%EASTER SEALS EL MIRADOR: $2k → 12%EASTER SEALS EL MIRADOR: $2k → 12%EASTER SEALS EL MIRADOR: $2k → 12%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
NY
AZ
NM
TN
DC
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$189k · 26 repeat orgs$48k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +2% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
25

Total granted

$189k
$43k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
0%

Still filing today

38%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’24’25
EducationAnimalsHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionPublic BenefitOther
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

  • SM
    SANTA MARIA EL MIRADOR
    6× · 2017–2024 · $11k · revenue +42%
  • SP
    SOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $4k · revenue +46%
  • TS
    TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS HONOR FLIGHT
    3× · 2017–2019 · $4k · revenue +92%

Funded once

  • FC
    FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH PRESCOT
    one grant, 2024 · $4k
  • FB
    FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SLATON
    one grant, 2021 · $4k
  • ST
    ST THOMAS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
    one grant, 2024 · $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
Hospice of South Texas Inc

Hospice care of terminally ill patients

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2
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
3
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
4
Scott & White Hospital-Marble Falls

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
5
Santafe Senior Living Foundation Inc

To enrich the life of each senior we serve.

Housing & Shelter
6
Feeding Texas

To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free texas.

Community Improvement
7
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas

Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation (TPWF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization thatadvances Texas proud outdoor traditions through meaningful, high-impact programs,partnerships, and a wide range of projects that conserve and enhance our…

Environment
8
South Plains Rural Health Services Inc

To provide comprehensive community-oriented primary health care to the residents of the western south plains, in a manner that is linguistically, culturally and financially accessible.

Health
9
San Antonio Metropolitan Ministries Inc

Provides short term shelter, housing and other services for the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless in bexar county.

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10
West Texas Food Bank

The WTFB exists to collect, purchase, and distribute food to feed the hungry in 19 counties in West Texas in partnership with volunteers and community organizations and to educate these partners and the public at large about the real face…

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11
SantaFe Healthcare Inc

The mission of santafe healthcare, inc. is to serve as the not-for-profit system parent for its family of not-for-profit, mission-driven, affiliate organizations. see schedule o for continuation of the organization's mission. santafe…

Health
12
Hospice of East Texas

Hospice of east texas seeks to enhance the quality of life for individuals and families dealing with life-limiting illness and to assist bereaved family members by providing comprehensive, coordinated care and support.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Star of Hope Mission; the most unlike its peers is Wildlife Conservation Society. 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

22 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. 22 of the 52 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)
22/22
Grantees still filing
8/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEEKEND SNACK SACK PROGRAM: $15,500 · OtherWEEKEND SNACK SACK PROGRAMFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $15,500 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCHFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $12,500 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHSLATON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $10,500 · OtherSLATON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPTSOUTHCREST BAPTIST CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherSOUTHCREST BAPTIST CHURCHJONI & FRIENDS: $10,000 · OtherJONI & FRIENDSTHE SALVATION ARMY: $8,500 · OtherTX TECH UNIV COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $8,000 · OtherT E A M: $7,000 · OtherST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $6,000 · Other+28 more: $63,450 · Other+28 moreWAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationWAYLAND BAPTIST U…LITERACY LUBBOCK: $14,500 · EducationLITERACY LUBBOCKSHALLOWATER EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationSHALLOWATER EDUCA…SLATON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · EducationSANTA MARIA EL MIRADOR: $10,500 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HOME OF LUBBOCK AND FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesCAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $2,000 · Human ServicesK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $2,000 · AnimalsJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $1,500 · AnimalsWildlife Conservation Society: $1,500 · AnimalsHAVEN ANIMAL CARE INC: $1,000 · AnimalsSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $5,500 · Housing & ShelterSOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INC: $4,000 · Food & NutritionTEXAS SOUTH PLAINS HONOR FLIGHT: $3,600 · Public Benefit
Other$166,950Education$36,000Human Services$14,500Animals$6,000Housing & Shelter$5,500Food & Nutrition$4,000Public Benefit$3,600

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 budgetWAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY LUBBOCK: $14,500 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetSANTA MARIA EL MIRADOR: $10,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INC: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS SOUTH PLAINS HONOR FLIGHT: $3,600 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWOODLANDS RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME OF LUBBOCK AND FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMENS CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSLATON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTSCRA DISASTER RELIEF FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAVEN ANIMAL CARE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCOVENANT HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY LUBBOCK ↗
  • Who funds SANTA MARIA EL MIRADOR ↗
  • Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds SHALLOWATER EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS HONOR FLIGHT ↗
  • Who funds WOODLANDS RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOME OF LUBBOCK AND FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMENS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds K9S FOR WARRIORS INC ↗
  • Who funds CAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH ↗
  • Who funds JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION ↗
  • Who funds VILLA THERESE CATHOLIC CLINIC SISTERS OF CIINCINNATI ↗

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.

Community Foundation …HDS FoundationCh Foundation IncXcel Energy FoundationMary L Livermore Foun…Helen Jones Foundatio…Texas Instruments Fou…Arthur J Gallagher Fo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Renaissance Charitabl…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…
Community Foundation of West TexasTX26.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of West Texas · HDS Foundation · Ch Foundation Inc · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mary L Livermore Foundation · Helen Jones Foundation Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment 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 Forrest Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Forrest Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • K9S for Warriors 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 52 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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