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Lisa and Clay Cooley Family Foundation at a glance

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Lisa and Clay Cooley 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.

$2.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$1.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Religion$5.3MArts & Culture$1.4MHuman Services$1.2MEducation$598kHealth$398kPhilanthropy$276kFood & Nutrition$106kHousing & Shelter$58kOther$0
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $184k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $550k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.4M
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$3.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PRESTON ROAD CHURCH OF CHRIST$1,350,000
COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS$199,400
CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL$121,368
SALVATION ARMY$79,200
BLOOD CANCER UNITED$50,000
COME NEAR$50,000
AFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS$50,000
ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION$34,750
MEN OF NEHEMIAH$25,000
COUNCIL FOR LIFE$25,000
EQUEST$24,260
THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION$20,000
SALVATION ARMY$15,000
PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND$10,000
WOODALL RODGERS PARK 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 (FY21–25, $200k) 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%JUST SAY YES: $3k → 5%FOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%FOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%BIRD'S EYE VIEW PROJECT: $2k → 14%FOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%FOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%FOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%MEN OF NEHEMIAH: $25k → 14%COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF DALLAS: $5k → 14%COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF DALLAS: $500 → 14%THE FAMILY PLACE: $3k → 14%THE FAMILY PLACE: $1k → 14%COUNCIL FOR LIFE: $50k → 14%COUNCIL FOR LIFE: $25k → 14%COUNCIL FOR LIFE: $25k → 14%COUNCIL FOR LIFE: $25k → 14%COUNCIL FOR LIFE: $25k → 14%GENESIS WOMENS SHELTER & SUPPORT: $1k → 14%HOPE SUPPLY: $3k → 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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.7M · 41 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

41 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
42

Total granted

$9.7M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+15%

Still filing today

85%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyCrime & 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 CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL
    5× · 2021–2025 · $639k · revenue +7%
  • TS
    TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $208k · revenue +32%
  • CF
    COUNCIL FOR LIFE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $150k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • CC
    CHRIST CHURCH IRVING INC
    one grant, 2022 · $700k
  • Southern Methodist University
    one grant, 2024 · $500k · revenue +3%
  • SB
    SWEETHEART BALL INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
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-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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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
Dcms Foundation

The dcms foundation's mission is to improve the quality and distribution of health services throughout dallas county.

Health
4
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
5
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
6
Center for Public Policy Priorities

At the Every Texan, we believe in a Texas that offers everyone the chance to compete and succeed in life. We envision a Texas where everyone is healthy, well educated, and financially secure. We want the best Texas, a proud state that sets…

Public Benefit
7
Young Texans Against Cancer Dallas

Young Texans Against Cancer is a network of motivated young professionals collectively working together to raise awareness and funds to support the local Dallas cancer community. The Dallas chapter was established in 2007, as part of a…

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8
Baylor Scott & White Holdings

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
9
Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation

To recognize the accomplishments and contributions of our outstanding Texas business leaders and to perpetuate and inspire the values of entrepreneurial spirit, personal integrity, and community leadership in all generations of Texans.

Community Improvement
10
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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11
Dallas Citizens Council

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

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12
Texas Trees Foundation

The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Dallas Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Earl Young 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

71 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. 71 of the 91 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
71/71
Grantees still filing
46/71
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PRESTON ROAD CHURCH OF CHRIST: $5,955,000 · OtherPRESTON ROAD CHURCH OF CHRISTCHRIST CHURCH IRVING INC: $700,000 · OtherCHRIST CHURCH IRVING INCSALVATION ARMY: $681,200 · OtherSALVATION ARMY+44 more: $713,525 · Other+44 moreTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $639,312 · PhilanthropyTHE CRYSTAL …COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $377,400 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITIES …TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $208,322 · PhilanthropyTEXAS STATE …Beyond The Burn Foundation: $50,000 · Philanthropy+4 more: $29,710 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ME…DALLAS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $97,840 · Arts & CultureDALLAS SYMP…Dallas Museum of Art: $72,450 · Arts & CultureDallas Muse…+5 more: $42,711 · Arts & CultureSouthern Methodist University: $500,000 · EducationTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EducationTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $24,472 · Education+4 more: $18,700 · EducationLukes FastBreaks: $113,140 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $92,000 · HealthHEALING HANDS MINISTRIES INC: $27,500 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $20,000 · HealthBaylor Health Care System Foundation: $13,000 · HealthSHARED CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $10,000 · Health+4 more: $5,250 · HealthCOUNCIL FOR LIFE: $149,500 · Human ServicesMEN OF NEHEMIAH INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesFOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $9,000 · Human Services+6 more: $16,500 · Human ServicesNEW FRIENDS NEW LIFE: $45,000 · Crime & LegalFAMILY COMPASS: $8,500 · Crime & Legal
Other$8,049,725Philanthropy$1,304,744Arts & Culture$1,213,001Education$583,172Health$280,890Human Services$200,000Crime & Legal$53,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $639,312 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $500,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $377,400 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $208,322 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR LIFE: $149,500 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetEQUEST: $142,545 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetLukes FastBreaks: $113,140 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetDALLAS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $97,840 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $92,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Museum of Art: $72,450 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS: $62,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBeyond The Burn Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetNEW FRIENDS NEW LIFE: $45,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWoodall Rodgers Park Foundation: $30,230 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHEALING HANDS MINISTRIES INC: $27,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTURTLE CREEK CONSERVANCY: $27,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetARBORETUM INC: $26,000 over 2y, 59% of budgetST PHILIPS SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $24,472 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY GATEWAY INC: $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTOGETHER WE THRIVE: $17,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetSCHOLARSHOT: $15,300 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetEARL YOUNG FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetAUSTIN STREET CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION INC: $14,666 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor Health Care System Foundation: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS OF GREATER DALLAS INC: $11,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS BALLET THEATER INC: $10,545 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKellermann Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetVolunteerNow: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSHARED CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARATORY NETWORK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOPERATION KINDNESS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDALLAS CASA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY COMPASS: $8,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetDALLAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN DIABETIC FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetONE HUNDRED SHARES DALLAS INC: $5,100 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetALL STARS PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG THOUGHT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATIONAL FIRST STEPS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKips Bay Boys & Girls Club: $5,000 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.

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…The Moody FoundationThe Rees-Jones Founda…Kline Family Foundati…The Perot FoundationJm Haggar Jr Family F…The Aileen and Jack P…The Addy FoundationHoblitzelle FoundationCraig and Kathryn Hal…
The Dallas FoundationTX39.4× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dallas Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Moody Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · Kline Family Foundation · The Perot Foundation · Jm Haggar Jr Family Foundation · The Aileen and Jack Pratt Foundation · The Addy Foundation · Hoblitzelle Foundation · Craig and Kathryn Hall 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 Lisa and Clay Cooley Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lisa and Clay Cooley Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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

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    How do I get to Lisa and Clay Cooley Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Lisa and Clay Cooley 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 91 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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