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Gene & Jerry Jones Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$7.8M
Granted FY2021
65
Grants FY2021
9
States reached
$3.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$3.9MHealth$3.1MArts & Culture$2.1MHuman Services$2.0MRecreation & Sports$1.2MPhilanthropy$210kPublic Benefit$181kYouth Development$85kOther$0
02FY2021 · 65 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 65 grants below total $7,679,885, the rows itemized in this filing. The $7,843,885 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $164,000 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 · FY2021

  • Under $10k32 grants · $95k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $321k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $563k
  • $250k+7 grants · $6.7M
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Gatehouse$3,300,000
Austin Street Centre$775,000
Crystal Charity Ball$657,664
Shelton School$625,000
Mesquite Poteet High School$500,000
The National Medal of Honor Museum$471,478
CARTI Foundation$371,429
The Salvation Army$128,000
EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS$125,000
Junior Achievement of Arkansas$100,000
FRISCO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS$60,000
Texas A&M University$50,000
Family Place$50,000
American Indian Cultural Center Fou$50,000
Villa Academy$45,000
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 (FY18–20, $66k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOPE LANDING: $5k → 19%HOPE LANDING: $5k → 19%GRIDIRON GREATS ASSISTANCE FUND: $1k → 14%CITY OF FRISCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATI: $4k → 5%BRIGHTER OUTLOOK INC: $5k → 11%BRIGHTER OUTLOOK INC: $4k → 11%BRIGHTER OUTLOOK INC: $3k → 11%FAMILY PLACE: $10k → 14%FAMILY PLACE: $10k → 14%FAMILY PLACE: $5k → 14%4WORD: $5k → 14%CONNECTING POINT OF PARK CITIES: $5k → 14%4WORD: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MT
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
UT
KY
VA
MD
AR
TN
SC
DC
OK
GA
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 71 repeat orgs$2.3M to everyone else

71 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2021, 44 since wound down; 38 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

71
121

Total granted

$19M
$655k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+44%

Still filing today

44%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21
EducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TG
    THE GATEHOUSE CORPORATION
    3× · 2018–2021 · $3.3M · revenue +24% · 34% of their budget
  • BH
    Baylor Health Care System Foundation
    3× · 2018–2020 · $2.3M · revenue +57%
  • PM
    PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE
    3× · 2018–2020 · $1.5M · revenue +300%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY WOMEN'S AUXILIAR
    one grant, 2019 · $75k
  • DC
    DALLAS CONTEMPORARY
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -16%
  • AP
    AMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +214%
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
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
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
Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation

To recognize the accomplishments and contributions of our outstanding Texas business leaders and to perpetuate and inspire the values of entrepreneurial spirit, personal integrity, and community leadership in all generations of Texans.

Community Improvement
4
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
5
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
6
The Association of Former Students of Texas a&M University

To strengthen the association of former students, promote the interests and welfare of texas a&m university, perpetuate ties of affection and esteem formed in university or college days, and serve the student body.

Education
7
Episcopal Foundation of Dallas

The foundation's mission is to strengthen and support faith communities by partnering wise investments with purposeful giving.

Religion
8
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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9
Downtown Dallas Inc Foundation

Downtown Dallas, Inc. Foundation is the charitable arm of Downtown Dallas, Inc. whose purpose is to help make the area in and around Downtown Dallas a more vibrant and livable place for both daytime and permanent residents by promoting the…

Community Improvement
10
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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11
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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12
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Dallas Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Foundation for Aids Research. 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

86 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. 86 of the 232 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
83/86
Grantees still filing
62/86
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE GATEHOUSE CORPORATION: $3,312,500 · OtherTHE GATEHOUSE CORPORATIONSMU: $2,191,000 · OtherSMUTHE SALVATION ARMY: $1,420,968 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYCATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $1,139,286 · OtherCATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLAUSTIN STREET CENTER: $775,000 · OtherAUSTIN STREET CENTERShelton School: $635,000 · OtherTHE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC: $516,000 · OtherMesquite Poteet High School: $503,000 · OtherThe National Medal of Honor Museum: $471,478 · Other+146 more: $2,639,164 · Other+146 moreBaylor Health Care System Foundation: $2,325,000 · HealthBaylor Health C…CARTI Foundation Inc: $391,429 · HealthCARTI Foundatio…THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $126,000 · Health+4 more: $23,500 · HealthPEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE: $1,512,500 · Arts & CulturePEROT MUSE…Dallas Museum of Art: $230,500 · Arts & CultureDallas Mus…ARKANSAS SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC: $64,736 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $85,000 · Arts & CultureRAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC: $800,000 · EducationTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $181,000 · EducationVILLA ACADEMY: $45,000 · EducationHIGHLAND PARK SPORTS CLUB: $38,400 · Education+10 more: $53,260 · EducationTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $813,464 · PhilanthropyPro Players Foundation Inc: $62,500 · PhilanthropyEL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $51,075 · Philanthropy+9 more: $118,400 · PhilanthropyJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF ARKANSAS INC: $130,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $25,000 · InternationalOrphan Outreach: $10,000 · InternationalJASON WITTEN S C O R E FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · Crime & LegalUnlocking Doors Inc: $37,500 · Crime & LegalYOUTH CONVERSION INC: $6,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$13,603,396Health$2,865,929Arts & Culture$1,892,736Education$1,117,660Philanthropy$1,045,439International$165,000Crime & Legal$143,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE GATEHOUSE CORPORATION: $3,312,500 over 3y, 34% of budgetBaylor Health Care System Foundation: $2,325,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetPEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE: $1,512,500 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $813,464 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetRAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC: $800,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetAUSTIN STREET CENTER: $775,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC: $516,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCARTI Foundation Inc: $391,429 over 3y, 14% of budgetDallas Museum of Art: $230,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $181,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF ARKANSAS INC: $130,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $126,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Family Place: $75,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetARKANSAS SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC: $64,736 over 3y, 16% of budgetPro Players Foundation Inc: $62,500 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetEL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $51,075 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDALLAS CONTEMPORARY: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetVILLA ACADEMY: $45,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnlocking Doors Inc: $37,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTexas Cultural Trust Council: $33,400 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetMINNIES FOOD PANTRY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Stallings Award Foundation: $30,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetAMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOFFEEN LAND TRUST INC: $20,000 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetThe Dallas Opera: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVolunteerNow: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLYON COLLEGE: $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTERSEALS ARKANSAS: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBrighter Outlook Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budget4WORD: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetOrphan Outreach: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE LANDING INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COOPER INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER DALLAS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS OF ARKANSAS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF COLLIN COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGenYOUTH Incorporated: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWoodall Rodgers Park Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAT LAST: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRITZ POLLARD ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.6% 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 THE GATEHOUSE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Baylor Health Care System Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE ↗
  • Who funds THE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL ↗
  • Who funds RAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN STREET CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds CARTI Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Dallas Museum of Art ↗
  • Who funds THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF ARKANSAS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds JASON WITTEN S C O R E FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Family Place ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC ↗
  • Who funds Pro Players Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds EL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS CONTEMPORARY ↗
  • Who funds VILLA ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds HIGHLAND PARK SPORTS CLUB ↗
  • Who funds Unlocking Doors Inc ↗
  • Who funds Texas Cultural Trust Council ↗

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.

Communities Foundatio…The Dallas FoundationThe Rosewood Foundati…Texas Instruments Fou…Dallas Jewish Communi…Hegi Family FoundationArkay Foundation IncThe Perot FoundationCommunity Foundation …The Patricia Dedman F…The Pauline and Austi…The Howard Hallam Fam…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX29.2× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · The Rosewood Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Dallas Jewish Community Foundation · Hegi Family Foundation · Arkay Foundation Inc · The Perot Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · The Patricia Dedman Family Foundation · The Pauline and Austin Neuhoff Foundation · The Howard Hallam Family 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 Gene & Jerry Jones Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gene & Jerry Jones Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Gene & Jerry Jones Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Gene & Jerry Jones Family 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 232 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $8.3M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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