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Joyce and Lawrence Lacerte Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Joyce and Lawrence Lacerte Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$135k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.4MHealth$350kAnimals$104kPublic Benefit$100kPhilanthropy$95kHuman Services$53kYouth Development$10kArts & Culture$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $125k
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$779k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
URSULINE ACADEMY OF DALLAS$75,000
PARISH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL$50,000
THE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION$10,000
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 (FY17–22, $5k) 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%FOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%HOPE COTTAGE: $250 → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $1k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $1k → 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.
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 14 repeat orgs$196k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
14

Total granted

$2.0M
$196k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+118%

Still filing today

50%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • SM
    SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $300k · revenue +38%
  • SM
    ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS
    2× · 2021–2022 · $203k · revenue +17%
  • PE
    PARISH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
    4× · 2021–2024 · $128k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • TG
    THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +15%
  • BF
    BUCKNER FAMILY HOPE CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $26k
  • TS
    THE SWEETHEART BALL (COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION)
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
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 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
2
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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3
Dallas Citizens Council

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

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4
Dallas Physician Medical Services for Children Inc

Provide dental, general pediatric, and pediatric sub-specialty services, including, but not limited to emergency department coverage, inpatient coverage, orthopedic surgery, and craniofacial orthodontics regardless of payor source or…

Health
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
Texas Children's Hospital Foundation

To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and research.

Health
7
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
8
Dallas Seminary Foundation

To support the mission of Dallas Theological Seminary by offering charitable planned giving and other related services to friends of the Seminary.

Education
9
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council

The mission of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council is to drive evidence-based improvement in patient care and health equity throughout the region.

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10
Criswell College

The mission of criswell college is to provide ministerial and professional higher education for men and women preparing to serve as christian leaders throughout society, while maintaining an institutional commitment to biblical inerrancy.

Education
11
Physicians for Children

To deliver primary care to children in critically under served areas of the North Central Texas community in a private physician office setting.

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12
Dallas Methodist Hospitals Foundation Inc

To raise funds to support programs of and increase the community awareness of the exempt purpose and charitable functions of the methodist health system.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Communities Foundation of Texas Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dwc Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 29 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
14/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST ANTHONY HIGH SCHOOL: $555,363 · OtherST ANTHONY HIGH SCHOOLURSULINE ACADEMY OF DALLAS: $175,000 · OtherURSULINE ACADEMY OF DALLASPARISH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $127,500 · OtherPARISH EPISCOPAL SCHOOLTHE DALLAS ZOO: $103,751 · OtherTHE DALLAS ZOOGEORGE W BUSH PRESIDENTIAL CENTER ENDOWMENT: $100,000 · OtherGEORGE W BUSH PRESIDENTIAL CENTER ENDOWMENTTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS: $93,100 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLASTHE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Other+8 more: $95,976 · Other+8 moreSOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $300,000 · EducationSOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATIONST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $203,000 · EducationST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXASHOCKADAY SCHOOL: $192,500 · EducationHOCKADAY SCHOOLTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATIONTexas Health Resources Foundation: $40,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $29,663 · PhilanthropyTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $5,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $250 · PhilanthropyFOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Human ServicesYMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesHOPE COTTAGE INC: $250 · Human ServicesDallas Museum of Art: $2,500 · Arts & CultureNORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $500 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,295,690Education$795,500Health$50,000Philanthropy$34,913Human Services$4,750Arts & Culture$3,000

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 budgetSOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $203,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOCKADAY SCHOOL: $192,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPARISH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $127,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTexas Health Resources Foundation: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $29,663 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDallas Museum of Art: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS WOMANS CLUB FOUNDATION: $750 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE COTTAGE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDWC FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.3% 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Dallas FoundationCommunities Foundatio…Texas Instruments Fou…Raymond James Charita…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Dallas FoundationTX13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dallas Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Joyce and Lawrence Lacerte Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joyce and Lawrence Lacerte Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%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 · 0–20%
    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 29 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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