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Mark a Chapman 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.

$6.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
212
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$4.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$5.0MAnimals$264kHuman Services$239kYouth Development$190kPublic Safety & Disaster$145kFood & Nutrition$79kRecreation & Sports$73kHousing & Shelter$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 212 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k164 grants · $490k
  • $10k–50k37 grants · $468k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $766k
  • $250k+2 grants · $4.5M
$3,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$823k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION$4,000,000
TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION$500,000
Individual grant recipient$175,806
FAYETTEVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER$125,000
PREVENT UNWANTED PETS$100,000
TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION$100,000
CAT SPRING VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT$65,000
CAT SPRING AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY$50,000
UW OSHKOSH FOUNDATION$50,000
COLORADO COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$50,000
MARK A CHAPMAN YMCA AT KATY MAIN ST$50,000
B4RAW BOARDING FOR RESCUES & ANIMAL WELFARE$30,000
Individual grant recipient$26,432
AUSTIN HUMANE SOCIETY$25,000
CITIZENS FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION CAP$25,000
02The need
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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 (FY25–25, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%KSDS ASSISTANCE DOGS: $5k → 10%SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES: $5k → 12%COVENANT HOUSE - HOUSTON: $5k → 16%TEXAS WOMEN'S LEAGUE: $10k → 11%BOYS & GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON: $10k → 16%HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS - HOUSTON: $5k → 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

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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 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
Texas Rescue Inc
Animals
2
Allies Haven Animal Rescue

Saving unwanted, abandoned, abused and neglected dogs in Texas. Also to promote proper pet ownership, community educational programs and to support spaying/neutering as a means to control unwanted pets. We provide complete vetting prior to…

Animals
3
Pippys Pals Rescue

Pippys Pals Rescue is dedicated to saving the lives of dogs facing euthanasia in Houston. Our mission is to provide a second chance to these beloved companions by rescuing them from shelters, providing them with necessary medical care, and…

Animals
4
Poodle Rescue of Houston

Rescue of unwanted dogs

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Paws of Austin Protection of Animal Welfare Services

PAWS' purpose is to provide refuge to stray and unwanted animals. PAWS' mission is to prevent cruelty to all animals by promoting humane standards through education and example, to provide care and shelter for homeless animals, aid in the…

Animals
6
Throw a Dog a Bone Dog Rescue

Throw a Dog a Bone is an all-breed dog rescue located in Austin, TX. We focus on saving dogs primarily in the rural shelters in South Texas. Many of these shelters have no exposure and very few resources. Our mission is to rescue as many…

Animals
7
Houston Cares Animal Rescue

Houston Cares Rescue is a volunteer organization rescuing animals from the streets, and occasionally from shelters, in Houston, TX, and caring for them primarily with foster families until a loving home can be found. We operate a…

Animals
8
Chances - Dog Rescue and Relocation

Animal Rescue

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9
The Texas Ferret Lovers Rescue

Texas Ferret Lovers Rescue is a no-kill organization dedicated to providing a safe and healthy environment along with quality care until loving homes can be found. We also provide sanctuary care for ferrets that are not adoptable due to…

Animals
10
Seagoville Texas Animal Advocates

Rescue dogs that have been abused

Animals
11
Animal Friends of Port Aransas Inc

Provide veterinary and shelter services for displaced and wayward animals in the township and outlying area of port aransas, texas.

Animals
12
Sunnyside Street Dogs I

Community dog rescue focused on saving and rehoming street dogs in Houston.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Star of Hope Mission; the most unlike its peers is Columbus Historic Preservation Trust. 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

51 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. 51 of the 204 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
49/51
Grantees still filing
16/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VARIOUS RECIPIENTS: $10,452,902 · OtherVARIOUS RECIPIENTS+168 more: $1,112,138 · Other+168 moreTexas A&M Foundation: $4,600,000 · EducationTexas A&M Foundation+2 more: $68,500 · EducationPREVENT UNWANTED PETS: $100,000 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTIN & TRAVIS COUNTY INC: $25,000 · AnimalsCitizens For Animal Protection Inc: $25,000 · AnimalsFREEDOM STREET RESCUE INC: $10,000 · AnimalsBURTTSCHELL RESCUE RANCH: $10,000 · AnimalsGardenia E Janssen Animal Shelter: $10,000 · AnimalsLucies Project: $10,000 · Animals+5 more: $22,100 · AnimalsCAT SPRING VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMEN: $65,000 · Public Safety & DisasterCAJUN NAVY 2016: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTEXAS EQUUSEARCH MOUNTED SEARCH AND RECOVERY: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterUnited Cajun Navy: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterBOYS AND GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesNEW LIFE REFUGE MINISTRIES: $10,000 · Human ServicesTEXAS WOMENS LEAGUE: $10,000 · Human ServicesSAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesKSDS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesHEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS-HOUSTON: $5,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $5,000 · Human ServicesLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $2,000 · Human ServicesCat Spring Agricultural Society: $50,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $1,500 · Food & NutritionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $20,000 · ReligionMTN2SEA MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 · Religion
Other$11,565,040Education$4,668,500Animals$212,100Public Safety & Disaster$95,000Human Services$52,000Food & Nutrition$51,500Religion$30,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $4,600,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPREVENT UNWANTED PETS: $100,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetCAT SPRING VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMEN: $65,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH FOUNDATION INC: $63,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTIN & TRAVIS COUNTY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCitizens For Animal Protection Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMTN2SEA MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW LIFE REFUGE MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBURTTSCHELL RESCUE RANCH: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMemorial Hermann Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGardenia E Janssen Animal Shelter: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTEXAS WOMENS LEAGUE: $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADAM'S ANGELS MINISTRY: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetSAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAggieland Humane Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKSDS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CHAMPION VALLEY INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTwin City Mission: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $2,000 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.

Shell USA Company Fou…Greater Houston Commu…Strake FoundationBaker Hughes Foundati…The Marie M and James…Stephen & Mary Birch …Albert & Ethel Herzst…The Brown Foundation …The Community Foundat…Celanese FoundationRaymond James Charita…Enterprise Holdings F…
Shell USA Company FoundationTX24× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Strake Foundation · Baker Hughes Foundation · The Marie M and James H Galloway Foundation · Stephen & Mary Birch Foundation Inc · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Celanese Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Enterprise Holdings 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 Mark a Chapman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mark a Chapman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%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
    0get 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.
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    How do I get to Mark a Chapman Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Mark a Chapman 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 204 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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