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Fox Family 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.

$59k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Environment$169kHealth$165kEducation$21kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kAnimals$10kHuman Services$7kRecreation & Sports$7kFood & Nutrition$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$80k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Hill Country Conservancy$25,000
The Association of Former Students Texas A&M University$15,000
Taylor Hooton Foundation$10,000
Assist the Officers Foundation$3,000
Woodall Rogers Park Foundation$1,000
Yellowstone Forever$1,000
Dripping Springs Herlping Hands Empty Bowl Project$1,000
St Philips School$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Friends of the katy Trail$500
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 (FY20–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%Arms of Hope: $1k → 12%Arms of Hope: $1k → 12%The Family Place: $1k → 14%The Family Place: $1k → 14%The Family Place: $1k → 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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$244k · 10 repeat orgs$149k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +51% for those funded once.

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
23

Total granted

$244k
$132k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+51%

Still filing today

70%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentHealthEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
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

  • HC
    HILL COUNTRY CONSERVANCY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $145k · revenue +817%
  • TH
    TAYLOR HOOTON FOUNDATION FOR FIGHTING STEROID ABUSE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $77k · revenue +21%
  • YF
    YELLOWSTONE FOREVER
    4× · 2022–2025 · $4k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • AH
    American Heart Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +53%
  • HC
    Hill Country Conservancy (74-2948145)
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • MH
    MENGO HOSPITAL PARTNERS
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue 0%
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
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
Dallas Citizens Council

To lead and serve in the moments that matter the most for the people of dallas.

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3
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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4
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
5
Texas Trees Foundation

The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.

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6
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
7
American Health Law Association

The mission of the american health law association is to deliver authoritative educational content and serve as a professional home for all who engage with health law.

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8
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
9
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council

The mission of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council is to drive evidence-based improvement in patient care and health equity throughout the region.

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10
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
11
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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12
Texas Association of Business

As the state chamber of commerce, tab is the most influential and dominant voice for public policy issues affecting business in texas. through proven results-oriented advocacy and member services, tab develops a climate in texas which…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Taylor Hooton Foundation for Fighting Steroid Abuse. 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

14 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. 14 of the 36 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
12/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HILL COUNTRY CONSERVANCY: $145,000 · EnvironmentHILL COUNTRY CONSERVANCY+3 more: $4,700 · EnvironmentTAYLOR HOOTON FOUNDATION FOR FIGHTING STEROID ABUSE: $77,000 · HealthTAYLOR HOOTON FOUNDATION FOR …American Heart Association Inc: $25,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association In…+1 more: $100 · HealthHill Country Conservancy (74-2948145): $20,000 · OtherHill Country Conservancy (74…Alzheimer's Association of Greater Dallas (26-4220200): $11,000 · OtherAlzheimer's Association of G…David H Nickerson Foundation (61-1590201): $10,000 · OtherDavid H Nickerson Foundation…American Heart Association (13-5613797): $10,000 · OtherAmerican Heart Association (…Texas A&M Dept of Rangeland Wildlife and Fisheries: $10,000 · OtherTexas A&M Dept of Rangeland …Taylor Hooton Foundation (80-0099679): $10,000 · OtherTaylor Hooton Foundation (80…Assist the Officers Foundation: $6,000 · OtherAssist the Officers Foundati…+16 more: $23,000 · Other+16 moreTHE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationGRANT HALLIBURTON FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationMENGO HOSPITAL PARTNERS: $15,000 · InternationalThe Family Place: $3,000 · Human ServicesARMS OF HOPE: $2,000 · Human ServicesWoodall Rodgers Park Foundation: $1,100 · Recreation & Sports
Environment$149,700Health$102,100Other$100,000Education$20,000International$15,000Human Services$5,000Recreation & Sports$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 budgetHILL COUNTRY CONSERVANCY: $145,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetTAYLOR HOOTON FOUNDATION FOR FIGHTING STEROID ABUSE: $77,000 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMENGO HOSPITAL PARTNERS: $15,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetGRANT HALLIBURTON FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Family Place: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARMS OF HOPE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWoodall Rodgers Park Foundation: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $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.

  • Who funds HILL COUNTRY CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds TAYLOR HOOTON FOUNDATION FOR FIGHTING STEROID ABUSE ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds MENGO HOSPITAL PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GRANT HALLIBURTON FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds YELLOWSTONE FOREVER ↗
  • Who funds The Family Place ↗
  • Who funds NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds ARMS OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE KATY TRAIL INC ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗

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.

National Philanthropic TrustPA10.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Fox Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fox Family 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report 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 36 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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