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Keliher Family Foundation at a glance

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Keliher Family 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.

$20k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$27kCrime & Legal$25kArts & Culture$25kPhilanthropy$24kEducation$24kAnimals$18kHealth$10kPublic Benefit$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,560
Median grant
2
States reached
$456k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTER FOR AMERICAN AND INT'L LAW$5,590
YMCA$5,181
TEXAS WOMEN'S FOUNDATION$2,735
TRANSITION RESOURCE ACTION CENTER$2,575
DALLAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,560
THE DICKEY FOUNDATION$1,030
TRUSTED WORLD$515
SUSAN G KOMEN$500
CISTERCIAN PREPARATORY SCHOOL$250
CUBA TRAVEL SERVICE$170
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 (FY17–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHILDREN WITH HAIR LOSS: $100 → 10%TRANSITION RESOURCE ACTION CENTER: $5k → 14%TRANSITION RESOURCE ACTION CENTER: $3k → 14%TRUSTED WORLD: $515 → 14%WESLEY-RANKIN COMMUNITY CENTER: $250 → 14%THE DICKEY FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%DALLAS KIDS FIRST: $500 → 14%JONATHAN'S PLACE: $250 → 14%BRING THE LIGHT MINISTRIES: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
PA
CT
NM
DC
TX
FL
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$153k · 30 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
32

Total granted

$153k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
0%

Still filing today

43%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalOther
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

  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
    6× · 2019–2025 · $21k · revenue +16%
  • DC
    DALLAS CHILDRENS THEATER INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $12k · revenue +7%
  • DH
    DALLAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    6× · 2017–2025 · $9k · revenue +906%

Funded once

  • LO
    LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
    one grant, 2024 · $7k
  • TR
    TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $6k
  • MF
    METHODIST FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
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
Downtown Dallas Inc

Downtown Dallas, Inc. (DDI), is the champion of a clean and safe Downtown and of the economic development and vibrancy of this community of diverse, unique neighborhoods. DDI: Mobilizes and amplifies the services of public agencies.…

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2
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
3
Downtown Dallas Inc Foundation

Downtown Dallas, Inc. Foundation is the charitable arm of Downtown Dallas, Inc. whose purpose is to help make the area in and around Downtown Dallas a more vibrant and livable place for both daytime and permanent residents by promoting the…

Community Improvement
4
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
5
Progress Texas

Progress Texas is a non-profit media organization advocating for progressive ideals and policies in our state.

Civil Rights
6
Dallas Bar Foundation

The purpose or purposes for which the Foundation is organized are educational and charitable, and to that end the corporation is formed to sponsor and encourage research, publications, institutes and forums for the furtherance of justice…

Crime & Legal
7
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
8
Glasstire

Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.

Arts & Culture
9
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
10
Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council

Klru is a leader in public media, distinguished by its energetic engagement with the community and for the quality and creativity of content. klru illuminates the wider world of knowledge; the importance of discourse; and the many…

Arts & Culture
11
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
12
Texas Defender Service

See Schedule OTDS fights for the end of mass incarceration and excessive punishment in Texas through direct representation, policy reform, and public education. TDS stands up for the dignity and humanity of people harmed by mass…

Civil Rights
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 The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc. 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

36 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. 36 of the 68 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
21/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YMCA: $15,772 · OtherYMCAIndividual grant recipient: $10,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCISTERCIAN PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $9,000 · OtherCISTERCIAN PREPARATORY SCHOOLTexas Women's Foundation: $7,930 · OtherTexas Women's FoundationNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY: $6,600 · OtherNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETYSMU: $6,500 · OtherSMULEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS: $6,500 · OtherLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERSTRINITY RIVER AUDUBON CENTER: $6,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $5,000 · OtherAUDUBON TEXAS: $4,550 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $4,500 · Other+35 more: $35,520 · Other+35 moreTHE CENTER FOR AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: $21,240 · EducationTHE CENTER FOR …YOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARATORY NETWORK: $6,000 · EducationYOUNG WOMEN'S P…TEXAS TRIBUNE INC: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $350 · EducationDALLAS CHILDRENS THEATER INC: $11,500 · Arts & CultureDALLAS CHIL…DALLAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $9,060 · Arts & CultureDALLAS HIST…+2 more: $400 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $15,263 · Philanthropy+1 more: $100 · PhilanthropyTRANSITION RESOURCE ACTION CENTER: $7,575 · Human ServicesBRING THE LIGHT MINISTRIES: $1,250 · Human ServicesTHE DICKEY FOUNDATION: $1,030 · Human ServicesTRUSTED WORLD FOUNDATION INC: $515 · Human ServicesDALLAS KIDS FIRST: $500 · Human Services+3 more: $600 · Human ServicesSPARK: $7,000 · Recreation & SportsDIRECTIONS 12: $4,000 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,360 · HealthRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC: $500 · Health
Other$118,372Education$28,590Arts & Culture$20,960Philanthropy$15,363Human Services$11,470Recreation & Sports$7,000Health$5,860

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 budgetTHE CENTER FOR AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: $21,240 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $15,263 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS CHILDRENS THEATER INC: $11,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDALLAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $9,060 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTexas Women's Foundation: $7,930 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTRANSITION RESOURCE ACTION CENTER: $7,575 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSPARK: $7,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARATORY NETWORK: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDIRECTIONS 12: $4,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,360 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBRING THE LIGHT MINISTRIES: $1,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF DALLAS INC: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS TRIBUNE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnlocking Doors Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN STREET CENTER: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Bar Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shakespeare Festival of Dallas dba Shakespeare Dallas: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS KIDS FIRST: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCENIC TEXAS: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDREAMSPRING: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKID NET FOUNDATION JONATHANS PLACE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESLEY-RANKIN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRESERVATION DALLAS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREADERS 2 LEADERS: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN WITH HAIR LOSS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS CHILDRENS THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Texas Women's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TRANSITION RESOURCE ACTION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SPARK ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARATORY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds DIRECTIONS 12 ↗
  • Who funds The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRING THE LIGHT MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DALLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DICKEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SHARE OUR STRENGTH ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS TRIBUNE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
  • Who funds Unlocking Doors Inc ↗

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.

Communities Foundatio…The Dallas FoundationHillcrest FoundationTexas Instruments Fou…The Eugene McDermott …Hoblitzelle FoundationTheodore and Beulah B…The Addy FoundationW P & Bulah Luse Foun…United Way of Metropo…Kline Family Foundati…The Graham and Caroly…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX31.9× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Eugene McDermott Foundation · Hoblitzelle Foundation · Theodore and Beulah Beasley Foundation Inc · The Addy Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Kline Family Foundation · The Graham and Carolyn Holloway Family 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 Keliher Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Keliher Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    11report 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
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Keliher Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Keliher Family 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.

    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 68 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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