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Magnolia Foundation

$53k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Housing & Shelter$923kReligion$647kInternational$584kCommunity Improvement$174kFood & Nutrition$143kHealth$114kEducation$104kHuman Services$86kOther$0
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$337
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Salvation Army Waco$50,000
Waco Goodfellas Inc$2,500
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 (FY19–22, $98k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COVENANT HOUSE: $65k → 17%CMTM-CHILDREN MATTER THE MOST - FAMILY LIFE CENTER: $3k → 7%FAITHBUILDERS INC: $1k → 16%CASA OF MCLENNAN COUNTY: $30k → 16%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

ID
MN
MI
NY
MA
NJ
KS
TN
NC
SC
OK
GA
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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 14 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
47

Total granted

$2.1M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+40%

Still filing today

71%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23
EducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureReligionOther
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

  • WC
    WACO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    5× · 2017–2022 · $100k · revenue +63%
  • TT
    TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $65k · revenue +862%
  • COMPASSION MINISTRIES OF WACO
    2× · 2018–2019 · $29k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • SJ
    ST JUDE HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2017 · $255k
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TEXAS
    one grant, 2021 · $165k
  • HO
    HEART OF CENTRAL TEXAS INDEPENDENT LIVING
    one grant, 2018 · $107k
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
Greater Waco Collective Impact Initiative

To establish a measureable agenda for improving the community and support the implementation of interventions in the community to address the goals contained in this agenda.

Community Improvement
2
Waco Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Collaborative Inc

Start up waco is a texas nonprofit organization formed via collaboration of cross-sector partnerships that aspire to lead waco's entrepreneurial support efforts and elevate waco as a hub for business innovation.

Community Improvement
3
Historic Waco Foundation Inc

To collect, maintain, preserve, publish and interpret the heritage and history of waco, mclennan county, texas

Arts & Culture
4
Waco Shepherd's Heart Inc

We feed, clothe, empower and advocate for families in need throughout our community.

Human Services
5
Waco Civic Theatre

The mission of the waco civic theatre, a non-profit organization, is to provide the heart of texas community with quality live theatre, to create an outlet for community education and participation in all aspects of productions, and to…

Arts & Culture
6
Waco Downtown Farmers Market

To create opportunities for individuals to make healthy food choices, for the poor to have access to fresh local produce, to participate in a vibrant local food system and create a farmers market in city of waco, texas.

Food & Nutrition
7
Waco Chamber of Commerce Community Dev

Educational

Community Improvement
8
United Way of Waco-Mclennan County

United way of waco-mclennan county strengthens the community by mobilizing resources to measurably improve lives.

Philanthropy
9
Leaders of Texas Foundation Inc

To provide housing and training for troubled children.

Human Services
10
West Texas Food Bank

The WTFB exists to collect, purchase, and distribute food to feed the hungry in 19 counties in West Texas in partnership with volunteers and community organizations and to educate these partners and the public at large about the real face…

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11
Lubbock Family Outreach Center Inc Dba Family Guidance & Outreach Center

The Family Guidance & Outreach Center of Lubbock is dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and neglect and supporting, mentoring, and educating parents.

Human Services
12
UnBound North Texas

Unbound North Texas exists to support survivors and resource the community to fight human trafficking through Survivor Advocacy, a 24/7 Drop-In Center, and Prevention and Awareness.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Compassion Ministries of Waco; the most unlike its peers is Kyle Lake 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

33 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. 33 of the 63 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
23/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JUDE: $552,593 · OtherST JUDEIndividual grant recipient: $512,494 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST JUDE HOSPITAL: $255,193 · OtherST JUDE HOSPITALTHE COVE: $205,217 · OtherTHE COVEHABITAT FOR HUMANITY TEXAS: $165,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY TEXASHEART OF CENTRAL TEXAS INDEPENDENT LIVING: $107,067 · OtherWACO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $100,000 · Other+34 more: $577,499 · Other+34 moreRestoration Development Foundation Inc: $583,527 · PhilanthropyRestoration Developme…TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $65,000 · PhilanthropyTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION …+1 more: $15,000 · PhilanthropyFEEDING TEXAS: $105,000 · Community ImprovementCOMPASSION MINISTRIES OF WACO: $28,800 · Community Improvement+2 more: $5,000 · Community ImprovementCOVENANT HOUSE: $64,817 · Human ServicesCASA OF MCLENNAN COUNTY: $30,000 · Human Services+2 more: $3,500 · Human ServicesGOOD SPORTS INC: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOSS CLUB FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentWACO GOODFELLAS INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentUNBOUND NOW: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentMISSION WACO MISSION WORLD INC: $40,000 · ReligionLEGACY FAMILY MINISTRIES: $10,000 · ReligionFUZZY FRIENDS RESCUE: $4,000 · ReligionKINDNESS FOR KIDS INC: $25,000 · EducationADVOCACY CENTER FOR CRIME VICTIMS AND CHILDREN: $10,000 · EducationBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $9,500 · EducationLIVE OAK CLASSICAL SCHOOL: $8,000 · Education
Other$2,475,063Philanthropy$663,527Community Improvement$138,800Human Services$98,317Youth Development$57,500Religion$54,000Education$52,500

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 budgetRestoration Development Foundation Inc: $583,527 over 3y, 24% of budgetFEEDING TEXAS: $105,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWACO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $100,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $65,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $64,817 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISSION WACO MISSION WORLD INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGOOD SPORTS INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCASA OF MCLENNAN COUNTY: $30,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetCOMPASSION MINISTRIES OF WACO: $28,800 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetNATIONAL MPS SOCIETY INC: $26,610 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetKYLE LAKE FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetBOSS CLUB FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetWACO FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNSHINE RECOVERY HOUSE: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetADVOCACY CENTER FOR CRIME VICTIMS AND CHILDREN: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $9,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIVE OAK CLASSICAL SCHOOL: $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCREATIVE WACO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGB LINDSEY FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND: $5,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetDR PEPPER MUSEUM AND FREE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWACO GOODFELLAS INC: $5,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCEN-TEX AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetFUZZY FRIENDS RESCUE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS MUSEUMS & HALLS OF FAME FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCMTM-CHILDREN MATTER THE MOST - FAMILY LIFE CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetUNBOUND NOW: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAITHBUILDERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWACO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DBA GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds Restoration Development Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds WACO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
  • Who funds TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds MISSION WACO MISSION WORLD INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SPORTS INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF MCLENNAN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds COMPASSION MINISTRIES OF WACO ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MPS SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds KINDNESS FOR KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE REMODELED ↗
  • Who funds KYLE LAKE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOSS CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WACO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LEGACY FAMILY MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds THE V FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SUNSHINE RECOVERY HOUSE ↗

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.

Cooper FoundationBaylor UniversityWaco FoundationClifton FoundationBernard & Audre Rapop…Ascension ProvidenceChristian Mission Con…Margaret Cb & S Spenc…The Fentress Foundati…United Way of Waco-Mc…Once Upon a Time Foun…Paul & Jane Meyer Fam…
Cooper FoundationTX26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cooper Foundation · Baylor University · Waco Foundation · Clifton Foundation · Bernard & Audre Rapoport Foundation · Ascension Providence · Christian Mission Concerns · Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc · The Fentress Foundation · United Way of Waco-McLennan County · Once Upon a Time Foundation · Paul & Jane Meyer 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 Magnolia Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Magnolia Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 Magnolia Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Magnolia 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 63 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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