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Greathouse Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$767k
Granted FY2024still arriving
73
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$138k
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 2024.

Human Services$1.5MEducation$1.1MRecreation & Sports$881kHealth$711kYouth Development$383kFood & Nutrition$379kArts & Culture$290kAnimals$232kOther$0
02FY2024 · 73 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k55 grants · $184k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $307k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $277k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$9.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$138,000
WEST TEXAS REHAB CENTER$89,000
GROVER NELSON PARK ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION$50,000
BEN RICHEY BOYS RANCH$31,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ABILENE$30,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$25,700
ABILENE YOUTH SPORTS AUTHORITY$25,000
MEALS ON WHEELS$20,000
PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CARE MISS$20,000
BREAKFAST ON BEECH STREET$20,000
LAKE BROWNWOOD CHRISTIAN RETREAT$20,000
CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER$20,000
CAMP ABLE$20,000
LOVE & CARE MINISTRIES$20,000
NOROC INC$20,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%STEAK TEAM MISSION: $5k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $5k → 16%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $5k → 16%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $5k → 16%MEALS ON WHEELS: $23k → 22%MEALS ON WHEELS: $20k → 22%MEALS ON WHEELS: $20k → 22%MEALS ON WHEELS: $20k → 22%MEALS ON WHEELS: $20k → 22%MEALS ON WHEELS: $20k → 22%MEALS ON WHEELS: $20k → 22%MEALS ON WHEELS: $13k → 22%LOVE & CARE MINISTRIES: $25k → 16%DISABILITY RESOURCES: $10k → 22%LOVE & CARE MINISTRIES: $20k → 16%LOVE & CARE MINISTRIES: $20k → 16%LOVE & CARE MINISTRIES: $20k → 16%LOVE & CARE MINISTRIES: $20k → 16%LOVE & CARE MINISTRIES: $20k → 16%LOVE & CARE MINISTRIES: $20k → 16%ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN: $8k → 22%YMCA OF ABILENE: $14k → 16%YMCA OF ABILENE: $14k → 16%LOVE & CARE MINISTRIES: $13k → 16%CAMP ABLE: $38k → 16%CAMP ABLE: $25k → 16%CAMP ABLE: $20k → 16%CAMP ABLE: $20k → 16%CAMP ABLE: $17k → 16%CAMP ABLE: $15k → 16%CAMP ABLE: $14k → 16%CAMP ABLE: $10k → 16%BEN RICHEY BOYS RANCH: $64k → 16%BEN RICHEY BOYS RANCH: $58k → 16%BEN RICHEY BOYS RANCH: $54k → 16%BEN RICHEY BOYS RANCH: $38k → 16%BEN RICHEY BOYS RANCH: $31k → 16%BEN RICHEY BOYS RANCH: $31k → 16%BEN RICHEY BOYS RANCH: $28k → 16%BEN RICHEY BOYS RANCH: $26k → 16%NOROC INC: $35k → 16%NOROC INC: $20k → 16%NOROC INC: $20k → 16%NOROC INC: $20k → 16%NOROC INC: $20k → 16%NOROC INC: $20k → 16%NOROC INC: $20k → 16%NOROC INC: $18k → 16%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

NY
OH
NE
VA
MD
AZ
TN
OK
GA
TX
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.8M · 97 repeat orgs$119k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

97 repeat relationships: 70 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

97
28

Total granted

$5.8M
$109k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
-4%

Still filing today

61%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsAnimalsHealthEducationOther
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

  • AB
    Abilene Boys Ranch Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $329k · revenue +3%
  • BA
    Boys and Girls Club of Abilene Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $242k · revenue +45%
  • NI
    NOROC INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $173k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • AY
    ABILENE YOUTH BASEBALL LEAGUE
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • VO
    VETERAN OUTDOORS INC
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -38%
  • TA
    The Abilene Womans Club
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
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
Pregnancy Resources of Abilene Inc

Pregnancy Resources' mission is to inspire hope and unconditionally love everyone we serve by empowering them to thrive through compassionate support and positive solutions.

Civil Rights
2
Abilene Christian School Inc

The mission of Abilene Christian School, Inc. is to equip students to excel academically, serve meaningfully, and walk faithfully with God.

Education
3
Habitat for Humanity Abilene Inc

Construct and/or rehabilitate houses for sale to low- and moderate-income families who qualify for home ownership. Homes are sold for an affordable mortgage.

Housing & Shelter
4
Abigail's Place

Committed to supporting displaced single mothers in Fort Bend County by providing housing assistance and wraparound services.

Housing & Shelter
5
Abilene Opera Association

The organization produces an opera or other musical production every year or every other year, and offers related Master Classes and other educational opportunities for elementary school through college.

Arts & Culture
6
All Blind Children of Texas

To promote the advancement of the optimal physical, mental, emotional, and social development of children who are blind and visually impaired.

Human Services
7
Abilene Boys Ranch Foundation

Support operation of Abilene Boys Ranch, Inc.

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8
Abilene Hope Haven Inc

To provide basic needs and services to homeless individuals who are willing to commit to improving their lifestyle.

Housing & Shelter
9
Adult Protective Services Partners Inc

Provide support and financial resources to clients of Adult Protective Services, an agency of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services; to raise public awareness of the need for such services; and to advocate on behalf of…

—
10
Abilene Restoration Ministries dba Nehemiah Abilene

To operate a residential mental health and substance abuse facility that will serve men with addictive disorders by providing residential accomodations, substance abuse treatment including individual, group, and family counseling,…

Health
11
Historic Paramount Theatre Inc

Our mission is to manage and promote the Historic Paramount Theatre to benefit the citizens of Abilene, Texas and the surrounding area.

Arts & Culture
12
West Texas Food Bank

The WTFB exists to collect, purchase, and distribute food to feed the hungry in 19 counties in West Texas in partnership with volunteers and community organizations and to educate these partners and the public at large about the real face…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Christian Homes of Abilene Inc; the most unlike its peers is House of Prayer for All Nations. 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

81 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 81 of the 129 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
75/81
Grantees still filing
56/81
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $686,500 · OtherOKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONWEST TEXAS REHAB CENTER: $325,500 · OtherWEST TEXAS REHAB CENTERBoys and Girls Club of Abilene Inc: $242,000 · OtherBoys and Girls Club of Abilene IncFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $229,700 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETESUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA: $200,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMAPRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CARE MISS: $166,480 · OtherCHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER: $163,500 · OtherLAKE BROWNWOOD CHRISTIAN RETREAT: $162,500 · Other+81 more: $1,500,250 · Other+81 moreAbilene Boys Ranch Inc: $328,999 · Human ServicesAbilene Boys Ranch IncNOROC INC: $172,500 · Human ServicesNOROC INCAdvocates for Camp Able Camp Able of Buffalo Gap: $159,000 · Human ServicesAdvocates for Camp Abl…Love & Care Ministries: $157,500 · Human ServicesLove & Care MinistriesMEALS ON WHEELS: $155,500 · Human ServicesMEALS ON WHEELSDisability Resources Inc: $42,500 · Human ServicesNEW BEGINNINGS BIG COUNTRY: $40,000 · Human Services+9 more: $140,000 · Human Services+9 moreABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE INC: $250,000 · Arts & CultureCenter for Contemporary Arts: $20,000 · Arts & CultureFRONTIER TEXAS INC: $18,750 · Arts & CultureABILENE COMMUNITY THEATRE INC: $17,500 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $34,450 · Arts & CultureGROVER NELSON PARK ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $155,000 · AnimalsTADSAW INC: $35,000 · AnimalsAbilene Zoological Society: $31,000 · Animals+2 more: $10,000 · AnimalsKenley School Inc: $123,965 · EducationFaithworks of Abilene Inc: $39,500 · EducationAbilene Education Foundation: $14,000 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationBREAKFAST ON BEECH STREET: $149,785 · Food & NutritionFood Bank of West Central Texas: $27,500 · Food & NutritionABILENE YOUTH SPORTS AUTHORITY: $155,000 · Youth Development+2 more: $8,500 · Youth Development
Other$3,676,430Human Services$1,195,999Arts & Culture$340,700Animals$231,000Education$182,465Food & Nutrition$177,285Youth Development$163,500

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 budgetAbilene Boys Ranch Inc: $328,999 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE INC: $250,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Abilene Inc: $242,000 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetNOROC INC: $172,500 over 8y, 17% of budgetAdvocates for Camp Able Camp Able of Buffalo Gap: $159,000 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetLove & Care Ministries: $157,500 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS: $155,500 over 8y, 17% of budgetGROVER NELSON PARK ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $155,000 over 4y, 77% of budgetABILENE YOUTH SPORTS AUTHORITY: $155,000 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetBREAKFAST ON BEECH STREET: $149,785 over 8y, 28% of budgetKenley School Inc: $123,965 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetNEW HORIZONS RANCH & CENTER INC: $120,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDay Nursery of Abilene Inc: $64,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetNOAH PROJECT INC: $45,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetDisability Resources Inc: $42,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTEXAS RAMP PROJECT: $40,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetNEW BEGINNINGS BIG COUNTRY: $40,000 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetFaithworks of Abilene Inc: $39,500 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetBIG COUNTRY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC: $37,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC: $37,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTADSAW INC: $35,000 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetEXPO CENTER OF TAYLOR COUNTY TEXAS: $35,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $33,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetAbilene Zoological Society: $31,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGlobal Samaritan Resources Inc: $31,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetHONOR VETERANS NOW: $30,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetSerenity Foundation of Texas: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS FOR LIFE: $27,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFood Bank of West Central Texas: $27,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAbilene Philharmonic Guild: $27,050 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetSTICK HORSES AND CAPES INC: $25,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ABILENE: $24,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAbilene Back the Badge Foundation: $22,500 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $22,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAbilene Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $20,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetCenter for Contemporary Arts: $20,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetAlliance for Women and Children: $20,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHENDRICK HOME FOR CHILDREN: $19,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFRONTIER TEXAS INC: $18,750 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetABILENE COMMUNITY THEATRE INC: $17,500 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetCancer Services Network Inc: $17,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetAbilene Industrial Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetAbilene Education Foundation: $14,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBIG COUNTRY ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME: $10,700 over 7y, 6.1% of budgetVETERAN OUTDOORS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetABILENE CRIME STOPPERS INC: $9,500 over 5y, 3.6% 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 Abilene Boys Ranch Inc ↗
  • Who funds ABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE INC ↗
  • Who funds Boys and Girls Club of Abilene Inc ↗
  • Who funds NOROC INC ↗
  • Who funds Advocates for Camp Able Camp Able of Buffalo Gap ↗
  • Who funds Love & Care Ministries ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds GROVER NELSON PARK ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ABILENE YOUTH SPORTS AUTHORITY ↗
  • Who funds BREAKFAST ON BEECH STREET ↗
  • Who funds Kenley School Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW HORIZONS RANCH & CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Day Nursery of Abilene Inc ↗
  • Who funds NOAH PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Disability Resources Inc ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS RAMP PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds NEW BEGINNINGS BIG COUNTRY ↗
  • Who funds Faithworks of Abilene Inc ↗
  • Who funds BIG COUNTRY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds TADSAW INC ↗
  • Who funds EXPO CENTER OF TAYLOR COUNTY TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Abilene Zoological Society ↗
  • Who funds Global Samaritan Resources Inc ↗
  • Who funds HONOR VETERANS NOW ↗
  • Who funds Serenity Foundation of Texas ↗

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.

Shelton Family Founda…Dian Graves Owen Foun…Community Foundation …Barber FoundationThe Legett FoundationKickapoo Springs Foun…The Karakin FoundationThe Massey Family Cha…Moss Adamson Spalding…The Robison Excelsior…Claude & Mae Moss Cha…United Way of Abilene…
Shelton Family FoundationTX99.5× affinity45 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Shelton Family Foundation · Dian Graves Owen Foundation · Community Foundation of Abilene · Barber Foundation · The Legett Foundation · Kickapoo Springs Foundation · The Karakin Foundation · The Massey Family Charitable Trust · Moss Adamson Spalding Charities · The Robison Excelsior Foundation · Claude & Mae Moss Charities · United Way of Abilene Inc

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 Greathouse Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Greathouse Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
19report 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 Greathouse Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Greathouse 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 129 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home