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Inman Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$141k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
28
Grants FY2025
25
Organizations funded FY2024
20%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$63,500
Organizations funded a year
19 to 28
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$2.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Inman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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
EducationArts & CultureHealthCrime & LegalPublic BenefitFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving28$141k25%
FY202425$125k20%
FY202319$119k11%
FY202221$129k14%
FY202128$113k46%
FY202026$121k58%
FY201921$116kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$349kYouth Development$130kArts & Culture$77kHealth$59kPublic Benefit$58kFood & Nutrition$53kScience & Tech$47kHousing & Shelter$19kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
CA
VA
MD
KS
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Inman Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Central Texas Food Bank Inc$52,50060%
California Institute of Technology$37,50030%
Key to Change$35,00074%
Texas Tribune Inc$32,45040%
Center for Excellence in Education$22,50060%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$20,00040%
Caritas of Austin$19,37050%
Rainforest Partnership$16,00071%
Samaritan Center Inc$14,44060%
Public Agenda Inc$12,50030%
Naval Aviation Museum Foundation Inc$12,00070%
Helping Hand Home for Children Inc$11,00040%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Travis County$11,00040%
Austin Child Guidance Center$10,00010%
Central Texas Public Safety Commission$10,00027%
Tyler Junior College Foundation$10,00030%
Huston-Tillotson University$7,50020%
Southwestern University$6,50050%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$6,00020%
Claremont Graduate University$6,00050%
Saint James School$5,50040%
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute$5,00010%
Council on Foreign Relations Inc$5,00010%
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame$5,00010%
Naval Intelligence Professionals$3,50022%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$3,50020%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$2,50010%
Tadsaw Inc$2,5001n/a
The Eisenhower Foundation$2,50010%
Sound Off$2,50010%
The Lifespace Foundation$2,5001n/a
Texas State History Museum Foundation$2,00020%
Armstrong Community Music School$2,00010%
United States Naval Institute$2,00020%
The Rand Corporation$2,00020%
Council on At Risk Youth$1,50030%
Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council$1,20010%
Gerald R Ford Presidential Foundation$1,00020%
Hospice Austin$1,00010%
Concordia University Texas$1,00010%
Creative Action$1,00010%
Texas 2036$1,00010%
Humanities Texas$1,00010%
The Barack Obama Foundation$1,00010%
The American Himalayan Foundation$1,00010%
Friends of Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park$1,00012%
The Fund for American Studies$1,00010%
Wildflower Donor Inc$1,0001n/a
Junior Achievement of Central Texas Inc$1,00011%
Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($448k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Inman Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $52,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Institute of Technology: $37,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKey to Change: $35,000 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetTexas Tribune Inc: $32,450 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Excellence in Education: $22,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Foundation: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCaritas of Austin: $19,370 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRainforest Partnership: $16,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetSamaritan Center Inc: $14,440 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetPublic Agenda Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNaval Aviation Museum Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHelping Hand Home for Children Inc: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocates of Travis County: $11,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAustin Child Guidance Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCentral Texas Public Safety Commission: $10,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetTyler Junior College Foundation: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHuston-Tillotson University: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouthwestern University: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetClaremont Graduate University: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSaint James School: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCouncil on Foreign Relations Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNaval Intelligence Professionals: $3,500 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetNavy Seal Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSound Off: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTexas State History Museum Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetArmstrong Community Music School: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUnited States Naval Institute: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCouncil on At Risk Youth: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCapital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGerald R Ford Presidential Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHospice Austin: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConcordia University Texas: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCreative Action: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas 2036: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumanities Texas: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Barack Obama Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Himalayan Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park: $1,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetThe Fund for American Studies: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of Central Texas Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 47.

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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.

Austin Community Foundation IncTX20.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · St David's Foundation · Topfer Family Foundation · Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · Buena Vista Foundation · Still Water Foundation · Bernard & Audre Rapoport Foundation · Ascension Seton · Better Business Bureau · Greater Houston Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Ibm International Foundation

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.

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How do I get to Inman Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Inman 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.

About Inman Foundation

How much does Inman Foundation give?
Inman Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $141,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 28 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Inman Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (40%), Youth Development (15%), Arts & Culture (9%).
Who are Inman Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Central Texas Food Bank Inc ($53k), California Institute of Technology ($38k), Key to Change ($35k).
Does Inman Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Inman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Inman Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Austin Community Foundation Inc, St David's Foundation, Topfer Family Foundation.
Where is Inman Foundation based?
Inman Foundation is based in TX.

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 67 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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