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Joseph and Doris Watson Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Joseph and Doris Watson Foundation Inc

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$70k
Granted FY2017
14
Grants FY2017
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k11 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTH FLORDIA SWIM TEAM$10,000
SHEPHARD OF THE WOODS LUTHERAN CHURCH BY BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$10,000
ROCKPORT-FULTON CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC$10,000
A FAMILY FOR EVERY CHILD$5,000
FULSHEAR POLICE FOUNDATION$5,000
HOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES$5,000
SMILE TRAIN$5,000
CRESWELL CHRISTIAN CHILD CARE CENTER$4,000
WILMA'S LITTLE PEOPLE'S SCHOOL$4,000
FOLDS OF HONOR$3,927
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$2,500
GRACE COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP$2,500
AMERICAN HERO ADVENTURES$2,000
HIV ALLIANCE$1,500
02The need
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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 (FY17–17, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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%HOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $5k → 15%A FAMILY FOR EVERY CHILD: $5k → 15%AMERICAN HERO ADVENTURES: $2k → 15%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 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
Christian Family Care Agency Inc

The mission of christian family care is to strengthen families and serve at-risk children in the name of jesus christ. the outcome of our work results in building flourishing families and communities focusing on three pillars: preserve,…

Human Services
2
Onward Hope Incorporated

We are committed to improving and assisting the successful transition of at-risk young people to independent adulthood and supporting resilient families, by connecting them to resources.

Human Services
3
East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc

East tennessee children's hospital is a free-standing, independent, not-for-profit pediatric health care system which serves the east tennessee region. children's hospital is certified by the state of tennessee as a comprehensive regional…

Health
4
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
5
Thompson Child & Family Focus Inc

Founded in 1886, thompson child & family focus is called to strengthen children, families, and communitiesdelivering measurable outcomes through healing, teaching, worship, and play. for more than a century, thompson has transformed lives…

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6
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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7
Hope Center for Children

Hope center for children's mission is to build stable, healthy families in the upstate of sc by providing a safe place from abuse and neglect.

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8
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
9
The Parent Child Ctr of Tulsa Inc

To prevent child abuse and neglect through education, treatment, and advocacy. the parent child center of tulsa (pcct) has been serving the tulsa community and surrounding areas since 1990. in 2024, pcct served more than 96,000 infants,…

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10
Community Family Centers Inc

To equip families with the tools they need to become self-sufficent members of the community.

Human Services
11
The Florida Center for Early Childhood Inc

The florida center supports the healthy development of young children, specializing in those with delays, disabilities or mental health challenges. our mission- "to help build and foster strong families and expand the potential of young…

Human Services
12
The District of Columbia Children's Advocacy Center

Safe shores provides survivor-centered intervention, hope and healing for children and families affected by abuse, trauma and violence in the district of columbia, and works to prevent and end child abuse and neglect through promising…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Folds of Honor Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Creswell Christian Child Care Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

11 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. 11 of the 14 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

North Florida Swim Team Inc: $10,000 · OtherNorth Florida Swim Team IncSHEPHARD OF THE WOODS LUTHERAN CHURCH BY BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $10,000 · OtherSHEPHARD OF THE WOODS LUTHERAN CHURCH BY BOY SCOUTS OF AMER…SMILE TRAIN INC: $5,000 · OtherSMILE TRAIN INCWILMA'S LITTLE PEOPLE'S SCHOOL: $4,000 · OtherWILMA'S LITTLE PEOPLE'S SCHOOLCRESWELL CHRISTIAN CHILD CARE CENTER: $4,000 · OtherCRESWELL CHRISTIAN CHILD CARE CENTERGRACE COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP INC: $2,500 · OtherGRACE COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP INCHIV ALLIANCE: $1,500 · OtherA FAMILY FOR EVERY CHILD: $5,000 · Human ServicesA FAMILY FOR EVERY …HOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesHOLT INTERNATIONAL …American Hero Adventures: $2,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Hero Adven…Rockport-Fulton Chamber Foundation: $10,000 · Arts & CultureRockport-Fulton …Fulshear Police Foundation: $5,000 · Crime & LegalFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $3,927 · EducationAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,500 · Health
Other$37,000Human Services$12,000Arts & Culture$10,000Crime & Legal$5,000Education$3,927Health$2,500

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 budgetRockport-Fulton Chamber Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA FAMILY FOR EVERY CHILD: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFulshear Police Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetHOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRESWELL CHRISTIAN CHILD CARE CENTER: $4,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $3,927 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIV ALLIANCE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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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 Joseph and Doris Watson Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph and Doris Watson Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 33%
  • Hiv Alliance: 54% of income from government
  • A Family for Every Child: 33% of income from government
  • Creswell Christian Child Care Center: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 14 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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