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Fort Worth Airpower Foundation

Raising funds to assist in welfare and morale at the Naval Airstation/Joint Reserve base in Fort Worth, Texas Other US Military units and Veterans organizations

$97k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$28k
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, FY2022 to 2025.

Human Services$393kFood & Nutrition$40kRecreation & Sports$24kEducation$10kReligion$10kAnimals$5k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $68,584, the rows itemized in this filing. The $97,254 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $28,670 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $58k
$12,184
Median grant
1
States reached
$563k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Tarrant Area Food Bank$27,500
ESPN Productions Inc$18,000
Medal Of Honor Musuem Legends$12,184
Navy League of the US Fort Worth Council$5,900
Hounds and Heroes$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $232k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%America Mighty Warriors: $35k → 11%Robert Irvine Foundation: $100k → 13%Shadow Warrior Project: $30k → 9%Armed Services YMCA: $10k → 7%Robert Irvine Foundation: $50k → 13%Holidays and Heroes: $7k → 11%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

NV
CA
CO
VA
AZ
NC
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.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$253k · 5 repeat orgs$229k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
12

Total granted

$253k
$161k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-1%
0%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $69k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationPhilanthropyReligionOther
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

  • RI
    ROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $150k · revenue -1%
  • AM
    AMERSON MUSIC MINISTRIES
    2× · 2023–2024 · $45k · revenue +10%
  • NT
    North Texas Military Foundation
    3× · 2022–2024 · $38k · revenue -95%

Funded once

  • AM
    AMERICA'S MIGHTY WARRIORS
    one grant, 2024 · $35k · revenue 0%
  • SI
    SWP INC dba SHADOW WARRIORS
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue -45%
  • NC
    Nam-Pows Corporation
    one grant, 2023 · $19k · revenue -94%
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
Texas Marines Medal of Honor Fund

The texas marines medal of honor fund is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focused on the remembrance of the sixteen texas marines and one navy corpsman who received the medal of honor; the maintenance of the texas marine medal of honor…

Arts & Culture
2
American Heroes Foundation

Raises funds and provides support to military veteran and first responder organizations, focusing on their physical, mental, and emotional well-being

Human Services
3
State Guard Association of Texas

Provide financial assistance to soldiers

Public Benefit
4
Texas Wounded Warriors

The mission of the texas wounded warrior foundation is to raise awareness, to honor, and to empower our wounded united state military warriors, enabling them to assimilate back to daily life upon their return from combat. we seek to…

Public Benefit
5
Homes for Heroes Foundation
Housing & Shelter
6
Texas State Rifle Association Foundation Inc
—
7
The Veterans and First Responders
Human Services
8
Soldiers of America
Human Services
9
Lead the Way Fund Inc

Army ranger lead the way fund is an active duty, casualty assistance, recovery, transition and veterans organization that provides financial support to u.s. army rangers and the families of those who have died, have been disabled or who…

Human Services
10
Texas Team Foundation

To help navy seal veterans and first responders

Philanthropy
11
National Memorial Ladies

The National Memorial Ladies is a volunteer military funeral service for the purpose of ensuring that no soldier is buried alone. In addition, we supply monuments and flowers for each gravesite. We honorably attend the services for of our…

Public Benefit
12
Disabled American Veterans of Texas Service Foundation
Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is America's Mighty Warriors; the most unlike its peers is Texas Christian University. 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

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 22 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
5/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION INCAMERICA'S MIGHTY WARRIORS: $35,000 · Human ServicesAMERICA'S MIGHTY WARRIORSSWP INC dba SHADOW WARRIORS: $30,000 · Human ServicesSWP INC dba SHADOW WARRIORSARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $6,750 · Human ServicesTarrant Area Food Bank: $27,500 · OtherTarrant Area Food BankNam-Pows Corporation: $18,550 · OtherNam-Pows CorporationESPN PRODUCTIONS INC: $18,000 · OtherESPN PRODUCTIONS INCWounded Warrior Club: $13,000 · OtherWounded Warrior ClubMedal Of Honor Musuem Legends: $12,184 · OtherMedal Of Honor Musuem Legen…THE GREATER FORT WORTH AREA CIVIC LEADER: $8,000 · OtherTHE GREATER FORT WORTH AREA…NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS: $5,900 · OtherHOUNDS AND HEROES INC: $5,000 · OtherAll Veteran Group: $5,000 · OtherIRVING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: $5,000 · OtherNorth Texas Military Foundation: $37,500 · PhilanthropyNorth Texas Mi…TERRY FATOR FOUNDATION: $17,000 · PhilanthropyTERRY FATOR FO…THE BEN HOGAN FOUNDATION: $7,500 · PhilanthropyTHE BEN HOGAN …AMERSON MUSIC MINISTRIES: $45,000 · ReligionAMERSON MU…TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationROEVER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationTEXAS RANGERS BASEBALL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Education
Human Services$231,750Other$118,134Philanthropy$62,000Religion$45,000Education$25,000

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 budgetROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetAMERSON MUSIC MINISTRIES: $45,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetNorth Texas Military Foundation: $37,500 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetAMERICA'S MIGHTY WARRIORS: $35,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSWP INC dba SHADOW WARRIORS: $30,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank: $27,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNam-Pows Corporation: $18,550 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetTERRY FATOR FOUNDATION: $17,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROEVER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BEN HOGAN FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHOLIDAYS & HEROES: $6,750 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetTEXAS RANGERS BASEBALL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Network for GoodMorgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Network for GoodDC6.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Fort Worth Airpower Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fort Worth Airpower Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    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.
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    How do I get to Fort Worth Airpower Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Fort Worth Airpower 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 22 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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