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Mary L Livermore Foundation at a glance

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Mary L Livermore Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$122k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$79kEducation$55kHealth$34kHuman Services$28kRecreation & Sports$27kAnimals$17kArts & Culture$10kFood & Nutrition$9kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CASC Foundation$100,000
Immaculate Conception$15,000
Junior League of Springfield Founde$5,000
Texas Tech Foundation$1,800
Grayce Enhanced Hospice Care$100
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 (FY17–21, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Early Learning Centers of Lubbock: $1k → 17%Hospice of Lubbock: $1k → 17%HOSPICE OF LUBBOCK: $200 → 17%HOSPICE OF LUBBOCK: $100 → 17%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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$221k · 29 repeat orgs$151k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
36

Total granted

$221k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+7%

Still filing today

41%
19%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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

  • TT
    TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $37k · revenue +27%
  • CF
    COVENANT FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $12k · revenue +904%
  • BL
    BALLET LUBBOCK
    6× · 2017–2022 · $10k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • PA
    POST ANIMAL REFUGE CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +1%
  • LA
    Lubbock Animal Shelter
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
  • AL
    ACS-HOPE LODGE OF LUBBOCK
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
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
Lubbock Christian School

Lubbock christian school is dedicated to providing a quality environment in which each student will grow in wisdom and stature and in favor with god and man. lcs strives for excellence spiritually, personally, and professionally among…

Education
2
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce

The lubbock chamber of commerce provides promotion of business and community growth and development as well as preserving the competitive business enterprise system in the lubbock and surrounding area.

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3
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
4
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Foundation
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5
Cook Children's Medical Center - Prosper

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
6
Lubbock Christian University Foundation

Raising funds to support the activities of lubbock christian university and to fund capital projects for instructional facilities for lubbock christian university.

Education
7
Cook Children's Medical Center

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
8
Lubbock Area United Way Inc

Giving people hope. working to address the root issues of the significant challenges facing our south plains communities to create lasting, positive change.

Philanthropy
9
Cook Children's Health Plan

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
10
Labette County Medical Center

We are dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare - centered around you.

Health
11
ContinueCare Hospital of Tyler Inc

It is the mission of longview continuecare hospital and continuecare hospital of tyler, inc. to enhance community health through service with compassion, care, accountability, respect and empathy.

Health
12
Cook Children's Physician Network

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Health Center of Lubbock Inc; the most unlike its peers is Covenant Foundation 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

20 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. 20 of the 69 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CASC Foundation: $100,000 · OtherCASC FoundationRED RAIDER CLUB: $26,500 · OtherRED RAIDER CLUBSOUTHCREST BAPTIST CHURCH: $23,150 · OtherSOUTHCREST BAPTIST CHURCHScottish Rite for Children: $20,000 · OtherScottish Rite for ChildrenYoung Women's Christian Assoc: $18,200 · OtherYoung Women's Christian AssocImmaculate Conception: $15,000 · OtherImmaculate ConceptionTexas Tech University: $10,300 · Other+44 more: $49,132 · Other+44 moreTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $37,000 · EducationTEXAS TECH …+1 more: $100 · EducationCOVENANT HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $13,000 · HealthTEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: $8,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF LUBBOCK INC: $6,200 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthCOVENANT FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $100 · PhilanthropyPOST ANIMAL REFUGE CENTER: $10,000 · AnimalsHAVEN ANIMAL CARE INC: $1,100 · Animals+1 more: $100 · AnimalsBALLET LUBBOCK: $10,000 · Arts & CultureLUBBOCK MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $3,500 · Food & NutritionSOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INC: $3,100 · Food & NutritionWOMEN'S PROTECTIVE SERVICES: $2,500 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF LUBBOCK INC: $1,300 · Human ServicesEARLY LEARNING CENTERS OF LUBBOCK INC: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human Services
Other$262,282Education$37,100Health$27,300Philanthropy$12,100Animals$11,200Arts & Culture$10,000Food & Nutrition$6,600Human Services$4,900

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 TECH FOUNDATION INC: $37,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $13,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetBALLET LUBBOCK: $10,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPOST ANIMAL REFUGE CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetTEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF LUBBOCK INC: $6,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLUBBOCK CHILDRENS HEALTH CLINIC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLUBBOCK MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INC: $3,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S PROTECTIVE SERVICES: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF LUBBOCK INC: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHAVEN ANIMAL CARE INC: $1,100 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPLAINS COTTON GROWERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEARLY LEARNING CENTERS OF LUBBOCK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME OF LUBBOCK AND FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WEST TEXAS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUBBOCK CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $100 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.

  • Who funds TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BALLET LUBBOCK ↗
  • Who funds POST ANIMAL REFUGE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF LUBBOCK INC ↗
  • Who funds LUBBOCK CHILDRENS HEALTH CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds LUBBOCK MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S PROTECTIVE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF LUBBOCK INC ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN ANIMAL CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds PLAINS COTTON GROWERS INC ↗
  • Who funds EARLY LEARNING CENTERS OF LUBBOCK INC ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Diekemper Family Foun…HDS FoundationCh Foundation IncSouth Plains Foundati…Kuykendall FoundationWelborn-Payne Endowme…Helen Jones Foundatio…Garrison Family Found…Texas Instruments Fou…Rushing Family Founda…Alliance Credit Union…
Community Foundation of West TexasTX32.4× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of West Texas · Diekemper Family Foundation Inc · HDS Foundation · Ch Foundation Inc · South Plains Foundation · Kuykendall Foundation · Welborn-Payne Endowment Trust · Helen Jones Foundation Inc · Garrison Family Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Rushing Family Foundation · Alliance Credit Union 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 Mary L Livermore Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mary L Livermore 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%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 Mary L Livermore Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Mary L Livermore 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 69 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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