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Gregory a and Laura E Bird Foundation at a glance

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Gregory a and Laura E Bird Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$501k
Granted FY2022
3
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$251k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.

Education$681kYouth Development$251kHuman Services$238kArts & Culture$175kHousing & Shelter$75kFood & Nutrition$23k
02FY2022 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • $50k–250k2 grants · $250k
  • $250k+1 grant · $251k
$150,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL LONGHORN COUNCIL BSA$250,688
NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION$150,000
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY$100,000
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 (FY20–21, $138k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $25k → 11%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $15k → 11%SAFEHAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $15k → 11%SAFEHAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $10k → 11%Lena Pope Home: $73k → 11%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.

43%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$615k · 8 repeat orgs$826k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2022, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
9

Total granted

$615k
$426k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+18%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $401k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • FW
    FORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $275k · revenue +37%
  • TC
    TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2021–2022 · $115k · revenue +31%
  • RA
    RIVERTREE ACADEMY
    2× · 2020–2021 · $50k · revenue +133%

Funded once

  • Vanderbilt Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +65%
  • UG
    Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County
    one grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue -23%
  • LP
    LENA POPE HOME INC
    one grant, 2021 · $73k · revenue -5%
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
Fort Worth Cradle to Career

To bring collaborative, systemic change for students in order to improve overall quality of life and to position tarrant county as a leading producer of high-quality talent.

Youth Development
2
The Woodlands Christian Academy

TWCA is an independent, Christ-centered college preparatory school that integrates learning with biblical faith and challenges our students to reach their highest potential - intellectually, creatively, physically, and socially - for the…

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3
Texas Wesleyan University

Texas wesleyan university, guided by its deep methodist heritage, provides transformational learning experiences and research opportunities to a diverse group of students to develop their full potential as individuals and as members of the…

Education
4
The Royal School System

The mission of Royal Public Schools is to spark students' natural curiosity and love of learning while providing the knowledge and skills they need to lead successful and fulfilling lives.

Education
5
Austin Trinity School

Trinity episcopal school (trinity) is a not-for-profit independent school whose mission is to provide an enriched academic curriculum in a christian environment. trinity is not affiliated with or sponsored by any parish. we will nurture…

Education
6
Taylor University

The mission of Taylor University is to develop servant-leaders marked with a passion to minister Christ's redemptive love, grace, and truth to a world in need.

Education
7
Trinity Charter School

The trinity charter schools system has 11 campuses in texas. all 11 campuses work with youth who have emotional difficulties, and need active engagement in planning and guiding their own academic careers through student led credit…

Education
8
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
9
Early Years Inc

Early years leads efforts to strengthen accessible and affordable quality early care and education by providing support for families, communities and the workforce. early years 's primary purpose is to provide services, research and…

—
10
Trinity School of Midland Texas

The mission of trinity school is to be a college preparatory community that provides a nurturing environment to enrich the mind, strengthen the body, enliven the soul, and inspire servant leadership.

Education
11
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
12
Communities in Schools of Central Texas

Communities in schools of central texas (cisct) ensures students have holistic support, removing academic and nonacademic barriers to their success in school.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Teach for America Inc; the most unlike its peers is Preserve International. 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

19 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $275,000 · EducationFORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INCTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $115,000 · EducationTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITYVanderbilt University: $100,000 · EducationVanderbilt UniversityEDUCATIONAL FIRST STEPS: $55,000 · EducationEDUCATIONAL FIRST STEPSFOUNDATION FOR THE YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $33,000 · EducationUPLIFT EDUCATION: $32,652 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationSCOUTING AMERICA LONGHORN COUNCIL: $250,688 · OtherSCOUTING AMERICA LONGHORN COUNCILUnion Gospel Mission of Tarrant County: $75,000 · OtherUnion Gospel Mission of Tarrant C…CHILD CARE ASSOCIATES: $50,000 · OtherCHILD CARE ASSOCIATESACH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $50,000 · OtherACH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICESNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $150,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL MEDA…FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $25,000 · Arts & CultureFORT WORTH MU…LENA POPE HOME INC: $72,560 · Human ServicesLENA POPE …CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $40,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR…SAFEHAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $25,000 · Human ServicesSAFEHAVEN …RIVERTREE ACADEMY: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentPRESERVE INTERNATIONAL: $22,500 · InternationalTARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Education$620,652Other$425,688Arts & Culture$175,000Human Services$137,560Youth Development$50,000International$22,500Philanthropy$10,000

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 budgetFORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $275,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSCOUTING AMERICA LONGHORN COUNCIL: $250,688 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $115,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnion Gospel Mission of Tarrant County: $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLENA POPE HOME INC: $72,560 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEDUCATIONAL FIRST STEPS: $55,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCHILD CARE ASSOCIATES: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERTREE ACADEMY: $50,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $33,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetUPLIFT EDUCATION: $32,652 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAFEHAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $10,000 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.

Bird Family FoundationThomas M Helen McKee …Bnsf Railway Foundati…Paul E Andrews Jr Fou…Helen Irwin Littauer …Sid W Richardson Foun…The Morris FoundationWm & Catherine Bryce …R4 FoundationThe Rees-Jones Founda…Rainwater Charitable …America's Charities
Bird Family FoundationTX24.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bird Family Foundation · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Paul E Andrews Jr Foundation · Helen Irwin Littauer Educational Trust · Sid W Richardson Foundation · The Morris Foundation · Wm & Catherine Bryce Memorial Fund Xxxxx3001 · R4 Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · Rainwater Charitable Foundation · America's Charities

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 Gregory a and Laura E Bird Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gregory a and Laura E Bird Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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
    0get no government money at all
    1report 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.
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    How do I get to Gregory a and Laura E Bird Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Gregory a and Laura E Bird 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 19 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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