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Grand Chapter of Texas Order of the Eastern Star

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$238k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$51k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$966kHealth$131kPhilanthropy$25kPublic Safety & Disaster$9kScience & Tech$7kAnimals$7k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $75,561, the rows itemized in this filing. The $238,044 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $162,483 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

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $51k
$50,561
Median grant
1
States reached
$28M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EASTERN STAR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$50,561
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY$25,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $953k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PATRIOT PAWS: $43k → 5%EASTERN STAR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $200k → 9%EASTERN STAR HOME OF TEXAS: $352k → 11%EASTERN STAR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $51k → 16%PATRIOT PAWS: $17k → 5%EASTERN STAR HOME OF TEXAS: $258k → 11%PATRIOT PAWS: $12k → 5%EASTERN STAR HOME OF TEXAS: $6k → 11%PATRIOT PAWS: $9k → 5%PATRIOT PAWS: $5k → 5%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 4 repeat orgs$99k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
8

Total granted

$1.0M
$99k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+76%
+40%

Still filing today

100%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • PP
    PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS
    5× · 2018–2023 · $86k · revenue +76%
  • TS
    TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN
    4× · 2019–2023 · $56k · revenue +106%
  • DA
    Disabled American Veterans
    2× · 2018–2021 · $12k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDRENgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $26k · revenue +120%
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR BRAIN HEALTH ADVANCES
    one grant, 2023 · $23k · revenue -72%
  • AS
    Autism Society of Texasgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +40%
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
Curepsp Inc

To raise awareness, build community, improve care and find a cure for psp, cbd and msa.

Health
2
Disabled American Veterans of Texas Service Foundation
Human Services
3
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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4
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
5
Texas Chapter Paralyzed Veterans of America

The mission of the texas chapter paralyzed veterans of america is to serve veterans with spinal cord injury/disease, and individuals with disabilities, by providing programs that build a better future for them so they may be active in the…

—
6
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
7
Baylor Research Institute

To improve the care and well being of our community, nationally and internationally, through innovative clinically relevant research that is consistent with the mission, vision and values of Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH).

Health
8
PACS1 Syndrome Research Foundation
Health
9
America's Vetdogs the Veterans K-9 Corps Inc

To assist disabled veterans, active military personnel, first responders with disabilities, and those who have served our country honorably to live with dignity and independence. america's vetdogs trains and places guide dogs for…

Public Benefit
10
Paralyzed Veterans of America

Paralyzed veterans of america (pva) was founded by a group of world war ii veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders in 1947. following decades of dedicated advocacy and service for other similarly situated veterans, pva was…

Health
11
For Veterans Sake Foundation

For veteran's sake foundation is here to provide an alternative solution to dealing with pts (post traumatic stress). we use a combination of a (non-therapeutic) neuro-traumatic resourcing, service dogs and consulting. working with the…

Health
12
CJ3 Foundation

Cj3 foundation provides services, support, and advocacy to united states military service members, veterans/disabled veterans, law enforcement, and emergency responders who need/require assistance, and then connecting them with resources…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Patriot Paws Service Dogs; the most unlike its peers is A Cause to Give Us Paws. 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

13 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EASTERN STAR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $867,256 · Human ServicesEASTERN STAR CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $86,096 · Human ServicesPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGSTEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: $56,497 · HealthTEXAS SCOT…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $26,231 · HealthSHRINERS H…Autism Society of Texas: $10,000 · HealthAutism Soc…NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $8,075 · HealthNATIONAL M…The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $7,266 · HealthThe Susan …THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR BRAIN HEALTH ADVANCES: $23,409 · PhilanthropyDisabled American Veterans: $12,309 · OtherTHE GRAND CHAPTER OF FLORIDA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR INC: $9,401 · OtherORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER: $7,450 · OtherA Cause to Give Us Paws: $7,295 · Animals
Human Services$953,352Health$108,069Philanthropy$48,409Other$29,160Animals$7,295

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 budgetEASTERN STAR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $867,256 over 5y, 61% of budgetPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $86,096 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetTEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: $56,497 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $26,231 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $12,309 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAutism Society of Texas: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTHE GRAND CHAPTER OF FLORIDA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR INC: $9,401 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $8,075 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER: $7,450 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $7,266 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Grand Chapter of Texas Order of the Eastern Star funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Grand Chapter of Texas Order of the Eastern Star. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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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Find your warmest path to Grand Chapter of Texas Order of the Eastern Star 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 13 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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