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Grove Family Foundation at a glance

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Grove 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.

$189k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$83k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Education$280kReligion$135kHealth$42kAnimals$27kHuman Services$25kRecreation & Sports$25kHousing & Shelter$16kEnvironment$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $85k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $83k
$2,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SMU COX REAL ESTATE IMPACT FUND$83,333
REED COLLEGE ANNUAL FUND$25,300
DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND$25,000
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$25,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$10,000
LIVING JOURNEYS$5,000
HOCKADAY SCHOOL$5,000
KINGDOWN COLLEGIATE ACADEMY$2,496
HOPE SUPPLY CO$2,000
CAMP JOHN MARC$1,950
BROADWAY DALLAS FKA DALLAS SUMMER MUSICALS$1,500
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER$500
LEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$500
YOUTH WITH A MISSION$500
SPCA$500
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 (FY23–24, $4k) 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%HOPE SUPPLY CO: $2k → 14%HOPE SUPPLY CO: $2k → 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

IL
NY
OR
PA
NJ
CO
AR
TN
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 26% of Grove Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Grove Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 17% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$397k · 11 repeat orgs$162k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
13

Total granted

$397k
$103k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+13%

Still filing today

27%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsOther
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

  • YW
    YOUTH WITH A MISSION COSTA RICA
    3× · 2020–2022 · $65k · revenue +150%
  • HS
    HOCKADAY SCHOOL
    2× · 2020–2024 · $30k · revenue +32%
  • HS
    HOPE SUPPLY CO
    2× · 2023–2024 · $4k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • TW
    THE WEZMORE PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -84%
  • FD
    FC DALLAS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +6%
  • Teach for America Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · 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
Dallas Citizens Council

To lead and serve in the moments that matter the most for the people of dallas.

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2
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
3
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
4
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
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
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
7
Dallas International University

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

Education
8
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
9
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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10
Texas Trees Foundation

The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.

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11
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
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 Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Wezmore Project Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 33 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SMU COX REAL ESTATE IMPACT FUND: $166,666 · OtherSMU COX REAL ESTATE IMPACT FUNDHIGHLAND PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $70,000 · OtherHIGHLAND PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCHREED COLLEGE ANNUAL FUND: $30,300 · OtherREED COLLEGE ANNUAL FUNDFC DALLAS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherFC DALLAS FOUNDATIONDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc: $25,000 · OtherDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc+14 more: $46,755 · Other+14 moreHOCKADAY SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationHOCKADAY SCHOOLTHE WEZMORE PROJECT INC: $25,000 · EducationTHE WEZMORE PROJ…Teach for America Inc: $20,000 · EducationTeach for Americ…UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF AR…YOUTH WITH A MISSION COSTA RICA: $64,823 · InternationalYOUTH WITH A …THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $25,000 · HealthLIVING JOURNEYS: $5,000 · Health+2 more: $200 · HealthTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $10,000 · PhilanthropyFriends of Bachman Lake: $5,000 · Environment+1 more: $100 · EnvironmentHOPE SUPPLY CO: $4,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION KINDNESS: $1,000 · Animals
Other$363,721Education$80,000International$64,823Health$30,200Philanthropy$10,000Environment$5,100Human Services$4,000Animals$1,000

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 budgetYOUTH WITH A MISSION COSTA RICA: $64,823 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetHOCKADAY SCHOOL: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WEZMORE PROJECT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetFC DALLAS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING JOURNEYS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE SUPPLY CO: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION KINDNESS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISS TEXAS SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATION INC: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Communities Foundatio…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%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 · 0–10%
    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 33 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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