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Gaston & Edith Hallam Foundation at a glance

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Gaston & Edith Hallam Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$67k
Granted FY2021
4
Grants FY2021
2
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Arts & Culture$346kEducation$206kHuman Services$69kHealth$50kCommunity Improvement$50kPhilanthropy$31kCrime & Legal$10kPublic Safety & Disaster$5k
02FY2021 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k2 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $56k
$28,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AUSTIN COLLEGE$28,284
LUMIN EDUCATION$28,000
SAMMONS CENTER FOR THE ARTS$5,615
THE SALVATION ARMY$5,331
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 (FY17–19, $119k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%American Red Cross: $5k → 14%JUBILEE PARK AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $50k → 14%SM Wright Foundation: $10k → 14%SM WRIGHT FOUNDATION: $4k → 14%YMCA OF METRO DALLAS: $50k → 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 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
Dallas Contemporary

Dallas contemporary presents art in a forum that cultivates artists, ignites learning and inspires the community. dallas contemporary is a non-collecting art museum presenting new and challenging ideas from regional, national and…

Arts & Culture
2
Dallas County Medical Society

The mission of the dallas county medical society is to promote public health and advocate for physicians and their relationship with patients, while upholding professionalism in the practice of medicine.

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3
Dallas Symphony Association

To inspire and change lives through musical excellence.

Arts & Culture
4
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
5
Dallas Regional Chamber

Together, with our business leaders and community partners, we will help lead the dallas region to become the best place in the united states for all people to live, work, and do business.

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6
Kimbell Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
7
Dallas Chamber Symphony

Increase community involvement to advance music and art through education events and our TechNotes curriculum, group collaborations, film and instrument competitions, performance jobs, and general public concerts

Arts & Culture
8
Broadway Dallas Inc

To educate the public in music appreciation and fine arts, including the presentation of musical theater and other shows with educational value.

Arts & Culture
9
The Shakespeare Festival of Dallas dba Shakespeare Dallas

Using Shakespeare's works as a cornerstone, Shakespeare Dallas serves the Southwest region with fun and accessible indoor and outdoor theatre, integrated school programs, and cultural enrichment for people of all ages and backgrounds.

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10
Dallas Wind Symphony

The Dallas Winds, a Grammy-nominated wind ensemble, stands as a cultural cornerstone of Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1985, the Dallas Winds has grown into one of the worlds premier wind bands, renowned for its extraordinary artistry and…

Arts & Culture
11
Dallas Theater Center

Dtc will engage, entertain, and inspire our diverse community by creating experiences that stimulate new ways of thinking and living and by producing plays, educational programs, and other initiatives that are of the highest quality and…

Arts & Culture
12
Dallas College Foundation Inc

Dallas college foundation enhances the level of achievement and excellence of dallas college by providing scholarships, eliminating barriers that prevent students from attending and graduating, and supporting innovation.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sammons Center for the Arts; the most unlike its peers is Sm Wright Foundation. 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

12 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. 12 of the 18 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DALLAS SYMPHONY FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Arts & CultureDALLAS SYMPHONY FOUNDATIONTHE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTERFINE ARTS CHAMBER PLAYERS: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,615 · Arts & CultureTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $100,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXASMODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH: $50,000 · OtherMODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT W…UNITED WAY: $11,000 · OtherUNITED WAYUNITED WAY JACQUEVILLE SOCIETY: $10,000 · OtherUNITED WAY JACQUEVILLE SOCI…United Way Jacquiville Society: $10,000 · OtherUnited Way Jacquiville Soci…+1 more: $5,331 · OtherYMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF METROPOLITA…JUBILEE PARK & COMMUNITY CENTER CORPORATION: $50,000 · Human ServicesJUBILEE PARK & COMM…SM Wright Foundation: $14,000 · Human ServicesSM Wright Foundatio…THE BRIDGE: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRIDGEAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 · Human ServicesAUSTIN COLLEGE: $78,284 · EducationAUSTIN COLLEGELUMIN EDUCATION: $28,000 · EducationLUMIN EDUCATIONMomentous Institute: $50,000 · Youth Development
Arts & Culture$295,615Other$186,331Human Services$129,000Education$106,284Youth Development$50,000

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 budgetDALLAS SYMPHONY FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetAUSTIN COLLEGE: $78,284 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMomentous Institute: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUBILEE PARK & COMMUNITY CENTER CORPORATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLUMIN EDUCATION: $28,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSM Wright Foundation: $14,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BRIDGE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSAMMONS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $5,615 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 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.

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.

The Howard Hallam Fam…Ben E Keith Foundatio…Communities Foundatio…Texas Instruments Fou…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Howard Hallam Family FoundationTX13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Howard Hallam Family Foundation · Ben E Keith Foundation Trust Xxxxx0005 · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · 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 Gaston & Edith Hallam Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gaston & Edith Hallam Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 18 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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