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Joni Elaine Templeton Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$153k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Health$318kFood & Nutrition$98kEducation$98kAnimals$93kHuman Services$83kHousing & Shelter$70kPhilanthropy$65kCrime & Legal$28kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $113k
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES$30,000
COMMUNITY FDN OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY$25,000
AUSTIN PETS ALIVE$17,500
HOSPICE AUSTIN$10,000
RUTLEDGE CANCER FOUNDATION$10,000
ARC OF THE CAPITAL AREA$10,000
CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK INC$10,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL TEXAS$7,500
MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC$5,000
AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC$5,000
AUSTIN CLUBHOUSE INC$5,000
BOOKSPRING$5,000
ST EDWARDS UNIVERSITY$5,000
SEEDLING FOUNDATION$5,000
AUSTIN DIAPER BANK$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 (FY17–25, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $10k → 10%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $5k → 11%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $10k → 10%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $5k → 11%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $10k → 10%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $5k → 11%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $10k → 10%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $10k → 10%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $10k → 10%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $10k → 10%AUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $3k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $3k → 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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$775k · 24 repeat orgs$78k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
14

Total granted

$775k
$75k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+54%

Still filing today

92%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationAnimalsHealthFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther

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

  • TA
    THE ARC OF THE CAPITAL AREA
    7× · 2017–2025 · $70k · revenue +17%
  • HA
    HOSPICE AUSTIN
    7× · 2017–2025 · $70k · revenue +45%
  • RC
    RUTLEDGE CANCER FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +153%

Funded once

  • CI
    COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • CJ
    CARLEY J RUTLEDGE SARCOMA FDN
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • CI
    COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL
    one grant, 2020 · $10k

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
Austin Street Center

The mission of austin street center is to provide emergency shelter and related services to the homeless. programs provide crisis intervention, substance abuse awareness information and opportunities to improve present life situations to…

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2
Any Baby Can of Austin Inc

Any baby can, an austin-based nonprofit, partners with parents so children reach their full potential. with programs that meet clients where they are at home, work or school any baby can provides in-home therapy, parent education, mental…

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3
Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
4
Feeding Texas

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

Community Improvement
5
Central Texas Spca

Rescue neglected, unwanted homeless dogs and cats nurture and provide shelter until they are placed with a forever family strive to reduce animal overpopulation prevent cruelty to animals teach responsible pet ownership through an outreach…

Animals
6
Texprotects-the Texas Association for the Protection of Children

TexProtects advances public policy and local implementation to strenghten families to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Youth Development
7
Center for Austin Independent Journalism

To equip Austinites to make informed decisions through independent, in-depth reporting, diverse opinions, and civil dialogue. A strong local press is essential for a healthy community and democracy. We work to make Austin a more empowered…

Arts & Culture
8
HomeAid Austin Inc

Engage in building procted to provide emergency shelters, transitional housing, and permanent housing while offering job skills training and support to help residents move toward self-sufficiency.

Employment
9
Keep Austin Fed

Reduce hunger and help the environment by connecting surplus food with our neighbors in need.

Food & Nutrition
10
Raise Texas

RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…

Human Services
11
Austin Affordable Housing Corporation

To ensure and preserve quality, affordable housing opportunities for low- to moderate-income families in austin as well as provide financial literacy and homeownership opportunities.

Housing & Shelter
12
Central Texas Children's Home

To provide family services and to provide residential child care for dependent children where there is a need to assist children and families disrupted by problems.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for Child Protection and the most unlike its peers is Meals On Wheels. 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 41 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number27%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr18%17%10–20yr15%17%20–35yr12%55%35–55yr12%10%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value27%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr18%19%10–20yr15%16%20–35yr12%51%35–55yr12%14%55yr+

The field is 27% 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 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/32
the rest of the field
16%
3,667/23,121

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

32 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. 32 of the 40 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
25/32
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE ARC OF THE CAPITAL AREA — $70,000 · OtherTHE ARC OF THE CAPITAL AREATHE AUSTIN CENTER FOR GRIEF AND LOSS — $60,000 · OtherTHE AUSTIN CENTER FOR GRIEF AND LOSSAUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $30,100 · OtherAUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCCARITAS OF AUSTIN — $30,000 · OtherCARITAS OF AUSTINHUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS — $27,500 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTIN AND TRAVISJUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH — $25,000 · OtherJUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCHBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL TEXAS INC — $17,500 · OtherMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC — $30,000 · OtherMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC+13 more — $85,300 · Other+13 moreRUTLEDGE CANCER FOUNDATION — $60,000 · HealthRUTLEDGE CANCER…BREAKTHROUGH T1D — $55,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1…Austin Clubhouse Inc — $7,500 · HealthAustin Clubhous…St Edwards University — $35,000 · EducationSt Edwards Un…COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS — $30,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES I…SEEDLING FOUNDATION — $25,000 · EducationSEEDLING FOUN…BookSpring — $12,500 · EducationBookSpringHOSPICE AUSTIN — $70,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE AUS…THE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION — $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE GLADNEY…+2 more — $5,100 · Human Services+2 moreAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC — $42,500 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTIN & TRAVIS COUNTY INC — $15,000 · AnimalsHILL COUNTRY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $5,000 · AnimalsSHADOW CATS RESCUE — $2,500 · AnimalsRONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC — $40,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC — $25,000 · PhilanthropyCentral Texas Food Bank Inc — $50,100 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE INC — $7,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$375,400Health$122,500Education$102,500Human Services$90,100Animals$65,000Philanthropy$65,000Food & Nutrition$57,600

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 budgetTHE ARC OF THE CAPITAL AREA — $70,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetHOSPICE AUSTIN — $70,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRUTLEDGE CANCER FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetTHE AUSTIN CENTER FOR GRIEF AND LOSS — $60,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $55,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc — $50,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC — $42,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC — $40,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSt Edwards University — $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $30,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCARITAS OF AUSTIN — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC — $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSEEDLING FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL TEXAS INC — $17,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTIN & TRAVIS COUNTY INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION — $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBookSpring — $12,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHOME POINT — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNAMI NORTH TEXAS — $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTER — $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAustin Clubhouse Inc — $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE INC — $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAustin Child Guidance Center — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHILL COUNTRY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE SAFE ALLIANCE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION — $2,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHADOW CATS RESCUE — $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAUSTIN DIAPER BANK — $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

St David's FoundationThe Moody FoundationTopfer Family Foundat…Austin Community Foun…Shield-Ayres Foundati…United Way for Greate…Better Business BureauDonald D Hammill Foun…Harry E and Eda L Mon…Charles Schwab Founda…Impact Austin Foundat…Mr and Mrs Nelson Rus…
St David's FoundationTX28.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St David's Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Topfer Family Foundation · Austin Community Foundation Inc · Shield-Ayres Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · Better Business Bureau · Donald D Hammill Foundation · Harry E and Eda L Montandon Charitable Tr · Charles Schwab Foundation · Impact Austin Foundation · Mr and Mrs Nelson Rusche Foundation

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 Joni Elaine Templeton Charitable 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report 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

    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 40 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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