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Herbert Kenneth and Janet Cleaves Acord 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.

$65k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0162% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2024.

Human Services$61kEducation$47kEnvironment$25kArts & Culture$20kReligion$20kFood & Nutrition$12kPhilanthropy$10kHealth$5kPublic Benefit$1kOther$124k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE$20,000
HAYS-CALDWELL WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER$10,000
WIMBERLEY VALLEY WATERSHED ASSOCIATION$10,000
WIMBERLEY PLAYERS$5,000
NATIONAL GHOST RANCH FOUNDATION$5,000
GIVEWELL$5,000
LIFEWORKS AUSTIN$5,000
BREAST CANCER RESOURCE CENTER$2,500
HILL COUNTRY ALLIANCE$2,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOMEN'S HOME: $5k → 16%MISSION OF MERCY: $10k → 17%YMCA OF AUSTIN: $5k → 10%WOMEN'S HOME: $5k → 16%LIFEWORKS AUSTIN: $5k → 10%LIFEWORKS AUSTIN: $5k → 10%LIFEWORKS AUSTIN: $5k → 10%HAYS CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER: $10k → 10%HAYS CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER: $10k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$241k · 14 repeat orgs$85k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
15

Total granted

$241k
$67k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+36%

Still filing today

71%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 ServicesEducationArts & CultureReligionEnvironmentHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TEXAS TRIBUNE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $31k · revenue +22%
  • HC
    Hill Country Alliance
    3× · 2022–2024 · $23k · revenue +61%
  • YA
    YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • MO
    MISSION OF MERCY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +53%
  • SS
    ST STEPHENS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • SA
    SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2020 · $7k · revenue +18%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Food Bank of West Central Texas

To procure and distribute nutritional food to qualified agencies that feed the hungry of West Central Texas.

Food & Nutrition
2
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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3
Texas Water Foundation

Texas water foundation is a statewide nonprofit that provides educational resources and educational services on water in texas for decision makers, water professionals, and everyday texans. texas water foundation works in the areas of…

Environment
4
Feeding Texas

To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free texas.

Community Improvement
5
American Water Works Association- Texas Section

To advance public health, safety and welfare by uniting the efforts of the full spectrum of the water community.

Public Benefit
6
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas

Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation (TPWF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization thatadvances Texas proud outdoor traditions through meaningful, high-impact programs,partnerships, and a wide range of projects that conserve and enhance our…

Environment
7
Women's Health and Family Planning Association of Texas dba Every Body Tx

Women's Health and Family Planning Association of Texas ("WHFPT") is dedicated to the belief that all Texans deserve the right to determine the number, timing, and spacing of their children through access to affordable, confidential,…

Health
8
Texans for Lawsuit Reform

See Schedule OTLR works to shape policy primarily in the Texas civil justice and court system through public education, legislative advocacy and building broad public support for a fair, competent and honest judiciary as well as a fair,…

Crime & Legal
9
Texas Food & Wine Alliance fka Austin F&W Alliance

Texas Food & Wine Alliance is dedicated to fostering awareness and innovation in the Texas culinary community through grants, educational programing, and events.

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10
Texas Water Trade

Creating markets for innovative water resiliency projects.

Environment
11
United Way of Brazoria County

To educate, unite and focus our community's resources in order to efficiently address the most critical needs of Brazoria County

Philanthropy
12
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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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hays-Caldwell Women's Center and the most unlike its peers is Wimberley Valley Radio. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number29%0%<5yr16%5%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr17%24%20–35yr10%43%35–55yr9%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value29%0%<5yr16%1%5–10yr20%26%10–20yr17%24%20–35yr10%37%35–55yr9%12%55yr+

The field is 29% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 17% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/24
the rest of the field
17%
5,196/31,409

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 32 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
15/22
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

WIMBERLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — $35,000 · OtherWIMBERLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCHWIMBERLEY COMMUNITY CHORUS INC — $20,000 · OtherWIMBERLEY COMMUNITY CHORUS INCKLRU — $10,000 · OtherKLRULIFEWORKS — $10,000 · OtherLIFEWORKSST STEPHENS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL — $10,000 · OtherST STEPHENS EPISCOPAL SCHOOLHAYS-CALDWELL WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER — $10,000 · OtherHAYS-CALDWELL WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTERSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK — $7,000 · OtherFOSNA FRIENDS OF SABEEL — $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $5,000 · OtherGRAND COUNTY FOUNDATION — $5,000 · OtherTHE CLEAR FUND — $10,000 · OtherTHE CLEAR FUND+4 more — $8,000 · Other+4 moreHAYS-CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER — $20,000 · Human ServicesHAYS-CALDWELL WOMEN'S…YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE — $15,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH AND FAMILY ALLI…THE WOMEN'S HOME — $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE WOMEN'S HOMEMISSION OF MERCY INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesMISSION OF MERCY INCYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN — $5,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN…+1 more — $1,000 · Human ServicesTEXAS TRIBUNE INC — $31,000 · EducationTEXAS TRIBUNE IN…Wimberley Valley Watershed Association — $15,000 · EducationWimberley Valley…+1 more — $1,000 · EducationHill Country Alliance — $22,500 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC — $2,500 · EnvironmentWimberley Valley Radio — $15,000 · Arts & CultureWimberley Players Inc — $5,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL GHOST RANCH FOUNDATION — $15,000 · ReligionJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC — $5,000 · ReligionCentral Texas Food Bank Inc — $12,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$140,000Human Services$61,000Education$47,000Environment$25,000Arts & Culture$20,000Religion$20,000Food & Nutrition$12,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTEXAS TRIBUNE INC — $31,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHill Country Alliance — $22,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHAYS-CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetYOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWimberley Valley Radio — $15,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetWimberley Valley Watershed Association — $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL GHOST RANCH FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc — $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S HOME — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMISSION OF MERCY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND — $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK — $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWimberley Players Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREAST CANCER RESOURCE CENTER — $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPINK WARRIOR ADVOCATES — $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBookSpring — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Austin Community Foun…The Burdine Johnson F…United Way for Greate…St David's FoundationAbundant Grace Founda…Harry L Willett Found…Shield-Ayres Foundati…The Moody FoundationGreater Houston Commu…United Way WorldwideThe Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…
Austin Community Foundation IncTX21.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · The Burdine Johnson Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · St David's Foundation · Abundant Grace Foundation · Harry L Willett Foundation C O Boyd Ryan · Shield-Ayres Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Herbert Kenneth and Janet Cleaves Acord Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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