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Make It Matter Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$218k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Community Improvement$518kReligion$314kHuman Services$276kEducation$261kFood & Nutrition$50kInternational$45kHealth$38kPhilanthropy$29kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $202k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASCENSUS GROUP LLC$40,000
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION$35,500
CONSCIOUS CAPITALISM INC$25,500
UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS$25,000
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE$25,000
STAGEN LLC$18,000
PARISH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL$12,500
GO FUND ME - RICK SAPIO$10,000
UNITED WITH LOVE OUTREACH MINISTRY$10,000
NORTHWEST BIBLE CHURCH$5,000
THE GIVE BACK COMMUNITY$4,000
COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS$2,800
SCLERODERMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION$2,500
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL$1,000
STUDENT MOBILIZATION$412
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 (FY20–22, $132k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHILDHELP: $433 → 11%ASSOCIATION FOR GROWTH AND EDUCATION: $1k → 10%NORTH TEXAS SNAP: $500 → 11%FAMILY FIRST: $75k → 13%FAMILY FIRST: $50k → 13%FAMILY FIRST: $5k → 13%NETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $40 → 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

IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
AZ
AR
TN
NC
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 14 repeat orgs$282k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
31

Total granted

$1.3M
$179k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+53%

Still filing today

71%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthInternationalPhilanthropyReligionOther
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

  • PE
    PARISH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $222k · revenue +29%
  • FF
    FAMILY FIRST INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $130k · revenue +425%
  • UW
    United with Love Outreach Ministry
    3× · 2022–2024 · $19k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • TU
    THE URBAN FOOD INITIATIVE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -24%
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEFgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $45k · revenue +46%
  • KT
    KIPP Texas Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $32k · revenue -1%
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
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
2
Dallas International University

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

Education
3
Uatx

Uatx is a nonprofit dedicated to building a liberal arts university committed to freedom of inquiry, freedom of conscience, and civil discourse. to maintain these principles, the university will be fiercely independent financially,…

Education
4
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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5
Community Information Now

Community information now (cinow) provides data, tools, analysis, and training to inform decisions to improve texas communities. cinow's vision is improved lives and decreased disparities through democratized data.

Community Improvement
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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8
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
9
Greater Austin Christian Foundation

Mobilizing resources by inspiring biblical generosity in the greater austin, texas area.

Religion
10
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
11
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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12
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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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 Friends of Northaven Trail 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

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 53 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
24/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHWEST BIBLE CHURCH: $286,734 · OtherNORTHWEST BIBLE CHURCHPARISH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $221,569 · OtherPARISH EPISCOPAL SCHOOLSTAGEN LLC: $105,000 · OtherSTAGEN LLCMAKE A WISH FOUNDATION: $75,180 · OtherMAKE A WISH FOUNDATIONASCENSUS GROUP LLC: $40,000 · Other+27 more: $123,877 · Other+27 moreCONSCIOUS CAPITALISM INC: $402,538 · InternationalCONSCIOUS CAPITALISM INCUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $45,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEFFAMILY FIRST INC: $130,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY FI…+4 more: $2,033 · Human ServicesTHE URBAN FOOD INITIATIVE INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionKIPP Texas Inc: $32,000 · EducationGRANT HALLIBURTON FOUNDATION INC: $5,250 · EducationUNITED TO LEARN: $5,000 · Education+2 more: $452 · EducationST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $12,000 · HealthTHE GIVE BACK COMMUNITY INC: $10,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $6,000 · HealthScleroderma Research Foundation: $2,500 · Health+1 more: $250 · HealthUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $3,315 · Philanthropy+1 more: $250 · Philanthropy
Other$852,360International$447,538Human Services$132,033Food & Nutrition$50,000Education$42,702Health$30,750Philanthropy$28,565

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 budgetCONSCIOUS CAPITALISM INC: $402,538 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetPARISH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $221,569 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY FIRST INC: $130,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE URBAN FOOD INITIATIVE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIPP Texas Inc: $32,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited with Love Outreach Ministry: $19,074 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetROOF ABOVE INC: $15,032 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GIVE BACK COMMUNITY INC: $10,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetGARDEN CENTER SERVICES: $7,515 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGRANT HALLIBURTON FOUNDATION INC: $5,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED TO LEARN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $3,315 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetScleroderma Research Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF NORTHAVEN TRAIL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetGrace Academy of Dallas: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR GROWTH AND EDUCATION: $1,060 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNCGA FOUNDATION: $1,053 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRETREET: $520 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALPHA SIGMA LAMBDA: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH TEXAS SNAP INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COOPER INSTITUTE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $463 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDHELP INC: $433 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIVELIKELOU FOUNDATION: $202 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $40 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.

Communities Foundatio…Texas Instruments Fou…The Aileen and Jack P…Community Foundation …The Dallas FoundationNational Philanthropi…Raymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX22.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Aileen and Jack Pratt Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · The Dallas Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Make It Matter Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Make It Matter Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 53 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home