· Public charity
Foundation for Community Empowerment
Serves as a catalyst for change in distressed neighborhoods.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Media Projects for Relationships dba Heartbeat | $50,000 |
| Heritage 21 Inc | $20,000 |
| Light of the World Church of Christ | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MPMEDIA PROJECTS FOR RELATIONSHIPS DBA HEARTBEAT3× · 2022–2024 · $150k · revenue +81%
- LALEGAL AID OF NORTHWEST TEXAS3× · 2020–2022 · $30k · revenue +35%
- AAAFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM3× · 2020–2022 · $15k · revenue +53%
Funded once
- ANA New Dallasone grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -83% · 64% of their budget
- BTBIG THOUGHTone grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +5%
- SASKILLMAN AVENUE CHURCH OF CHRISTone grant, 2022 · $13k
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.
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.
The Dallas Innovation Alliance (DIA) is a 501(c)(3) public-private consortium of public, private, civic and academia to support smart city initiatives in Dallas. Our definition of a Smart City is one at the intersection of community, data…
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.
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…
Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.
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.…
Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.
The Austin Economic Development Corporation stewards public and private real estate assets to create inclusive community benefits and equitable economic outcomes for Austin.
Urban Arts Collective (UAC) is a Dallas-based nonprofit advancing equity in the arts by creating access to high-quality arts education, performance opportunities, and platforms for cultural storytelling rooted in Black and Brown…
Through innovative solutions, community engagement, and strategic partnerships, we strive to reduce crime, improve police performance, and give Dallas citizens the tools they need to hold city leaders accountable.
The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.
Preserving and promoting African American culture and heritage in Dallas, Texas
How this is measured
8 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. 8 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
Open a dossier: The Dallas Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Foundation for Community Empowerment funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Foundation for Community Empowerment. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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