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Luther & Teresa King Family Foundation at a glance

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Luther & Teresa King 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.

$4.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$3.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$8.4MArts & Culture$775kReligion$93kFood & Nutrition$60kScience & Tech$55kAnimals$50kPublic Benefit$25kCommunity Improvement$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $317k
  • $250k+2 grants · $3.6M
$30,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$31M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY$3,328,500
FORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$250,000
ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS$166,667
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY$100,000
BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM$50,000
BORDERLANDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE$30,000
HIGHLAND PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$25,000
FORT WORTH OPERA$25,000
MADISON RIVER FOUNDATION$5,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS$2,000
MADISON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$1,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LAFAYETTE COLLEGE: $100k → 11%THE CLIBURN: $65k → 11%MASON COUNTY REBUILD OUR COURTHOUSE: $25k → 13%BORDERLANDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $30k → 14%ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $333k → 14%Texas Wildlife Association Foundati: $25k → 16%BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM: $50k → 10%Princeton University: $100k → 11%FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $50k → 11%ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $167k → 14%Texas Wildlife Association Foundati: $25k → 16%Princeton University: $100k → 11%FORT WORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP: $25k → 11%ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $100k → 14%Princeton Univ-Dept of Art Archaeol: $25k → 11%FORT WORTH OPERA: $25k → 11%ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $100k → 14%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $25k → 11%FORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $250k → 11%St Mark's School of Texas: $100k → 14%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $25k → 11%FORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $250k → 11%St Mark's School of Texas: $100k → 14%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM: $525k → 11%TEXAS & SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $100k → 14%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM: $25k → 11%TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $3.3M → 11%ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $50k → 14%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM: $25k → 11%Texas Christian University: $1.0M → 11%ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $50k → 14%TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $1.0M → 11%ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $25k → 14%TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $338k → 11%ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $25k → 14%TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $272k → 11%TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $224k → 11%TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $128k → 11%PROJECT HAND UP: $25k → 14%TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $23k → 11%TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $23k → 11%SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY: $100k → 14%TX and Southwestern Cattle Raisers: $60k → 11%HIGHLAND PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $25k → 14%HIGHLAND PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $25k → 14%Highland Park Presbyterian Church: $10k → 14%HIGHLAND PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $10k → 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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.0M · 12 repeat orgs$621k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
12

Total granted

$9.0M
$416k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
0%

Still filing today

58%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $205k 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
EducationArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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
    TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2018–2025 · $6.3M · revenue +47%
  • FW
    FORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2022–2025 · $500k · revenue +14%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University
    3× · 2018–2020 · $250k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • LC
    LAFAYETTE COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +28%
  • VC
    Van Cliburn Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $65k · revenue +101%
  • TA
    TX and Southwestern Cattle Raisers
    one grant, 2018 · $60k
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
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
2
Texas Wesleyan University

Texas wesleyan university, guided by its deep methodist heritage, provides transformational learning experiences and research opportunities to a diverse group of students to develop their full potential as individuals and as members of the…

Education
3
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
4
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
5
Mcmurry University

Shaped by christian principles, mcmurry university challenges students to examine our complex world from multiple perspectives in preparation for lives of leadership, service and professional success.

Education
6
Texas College

To ensure that the student body experiences balanced intellectual, psychological, social and spiritual development, aimed at enabling them to become active productive members of society where they live and work.

Education
7
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
8
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
9
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
11
Marietta College

Marietta college (mc) provides a strong foundation for a lifetime of leadership, critical thinking, and problem solving. we achieve this mission by offering undergraduates a contemporary liberal arts education and graduate students an…

Education
12
Taylor University

The mission of Taylor University is to develop servant-leaders marked with a passion to minister Christ's redemptive love, grace, and truth to a world in need.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fort Worth Country Day School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mcculloch County Library Association 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

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 28 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
8/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $6,336,500 · EducationTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITYST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $1,150,002 · EducationST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXASFORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $500,000 · EducationFORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC+4 more: $455,000 · Education+4 morePRINCETON UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM: $575,000 · OtherPRINCETON U…HIGHLAND PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $80,000 · OtherHIGHLAND PA…TX and Southwestern Cattle Raisers: $60,000 · OtherTX and Sout…BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM: $50,000 · OtherTexas Wildlife Association Foundati: $50,000 · Other+7 more: $146,500 · Other+7 moreVan Cliburn Foundation Inc: $65,000 · Arts & CultureFORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureFort Worth Opera Association Inc: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTEXAS & SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS' FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFORT WORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP: $25,000 · Community ImprovementMADISON VALLEY HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · HealthMADISON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $9,000 · HealthDALLAS COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthMADISON RIVER FOUNDATION: $13,200 · Environment
Education$8,441,502Other$961,500Arts & Culture$150,000Community Improvement$25,000Health$20,000Environment$13,200

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $6,336,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $1,150,002 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetFORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $500,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $250,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLAFAYETTE COLLEGE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVan Cliburn Foundation Inc: $65,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFORT WORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFort Worth Opera Association Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMADISON RIVER FOUNDATION: $13,200 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetMADISON VALLEY HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS & SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS' FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMADISON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMCCULLOCH COUNTY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetDALLAS COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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 TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds FORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds LAFAYETTE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Southern Methodist University ↗
  • Who funds Van Cliburn Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds FORT WORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds Fort Worth Opera Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds MADISON RIVER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MADISON VALLEY HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS & SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS' FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MADISON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MCCULLOCH COUNTY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY ALLIANCE FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Frances C and William…Mary Potishman Lard T…Garvey Texas Foundati…Amon G Carter Foundat…Sid W Richardson Foun…Thomas M Helen McKee …Bnsf Railway Foundati…The Ayco Charitable F…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Frances C and William P Smallwood FoundationTX13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Frances C and William P Smallwood Foundation · Mary Potishman Lard Trust Walker C Friedman Co Trustee · Garvey Texas Foundation Inc · Amon G Carter Foundation · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Bnsf Railway Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Luther & Teresa King Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Luther & Teresa King Family 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 →median 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of 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 28 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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The unnamed billions
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home