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McBrayer Family Foundation F/K/A KSW Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$25k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 41% of McBrayer Family Foundation F/K/A KSW Foundation’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$180k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Baylor BSU Ministry$5,000
Community Foundation of Texas Hill Country$5,000
Pasadena Humane Society$5,000
ARISE AFRICA$5,000
Blue River Horse Center DBA Summit Valley Horse$3,000
CRU$1,000
Kerrville Pets Alive$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Hope For Justice: $1k → 14%Hope For Justice: $1k → 14%Hope For Justice: $1k → 14%Hope For Justice: $1k → 14%Refuge City: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

04

Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 100% of McBrayer Family Foundation F/K/A KSW Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another.

McBrayer Family Foundation F/K/A KSW Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$144k · 14 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +81% since the first grant, against +16% for the ones you funded once.

14 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
23

Total granted

$144k
$63k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+81%
+16%

Still filing today

57%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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
AnimalsHuman ServicesReligionHealthEducationCivil RightsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TM
    THE MCCALLIE SCHOOL
    5× · 2019–2023 · $52k · revenue +22%
  • TE
    THE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue +20%
  • AA
    ARISE AFRICA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $19k · revenue +244%

Funded once

  • BR
    BLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue +26%
  • SC
    SALESMAN CLUB OF DALLAS
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • SC
    SALESMAN CLUB CHARITY
    one grant, 2017 · $10k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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.

2
Fsi-Freedom Seekers International

Freedom seekers international is a christian organization that exists to rescue the most severely persecuted for their religious faith in hostile and restrictive countries. through collaborative partnerships we deliver those who are…

Human Services
3
Redemption Ridge

Redemption Ridge is dedicated to bringing hope and healing to young girls rescued from the horrendous world of sex trafficking. We are committed to redeeming lives, restoring dignity and placing purpose in hearts of these precious children.

4
Divine Canines

Divine canines therapy encourages smiles and brightens lives. to accomplish this, we recruit and train teams of dogs and their owners and organize and facilitate regular, frequent visits to residents of special care facilities.

Animals
5
The Freedom Collective Inc

To glorify god by bringing hope to victims of sexual exploitation, empowering them to live free, and ultimately abolishing sex trafficking.

Housing & Shelter
6
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
7
Alongside Inc

Restore hope, purpose, passion and relationships among Christian leaders who are making an impact around the world.

Religion
8
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

9
Embracing Freedom Ministry

Embracing freedom ministry is a christ-based non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded to respond to the heart breaking epidemic of child sex trafficking. we hope to provide a safe environment for rehabilitation and healing for adolescent…

Crime & Legal
10
Hope for Paws

Hope for paws rescues dogs and all other animals who are suffering on the streets and in shelters. our goal is to educate people on the importance of companion animals in our society, to reduce euthanasia rates at shelters, (continued on…

Animals
11
Thrive Rescue

Providing care to rescue children from sex slavery, and to build a loving home environment for children to recover.

12
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Canine Companions for Independence Inc and the most unlike its peers is Grit Ministries Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

05the grantee network

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 43 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC — $20,250 · OtherTHE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INCSALESMAN CLUB OF DALLAS — $10,000 · OtherSALESMAN CLUB OF DALLASSALESMAN CLUB CHARITY — $10,000 · OtherSALESMAN CLUB CHARITYConcerned Women For America — $5,000 · OtherCommunity Foundation of Texas Hill Country — $5,000 · OtherBaylor BSU Ministry — $5,000 · OtherNorth Dallas Young Life — $5,000 · OtherJH Ranch Giving Tree — $4,400 · OtherJT Ranch Giving Tree — $4,300 · OtherFirst Liberty Institute — $4,000 · Other+20 more — $27,130 · Other+20 moreTHE MCCALLIE SCHOOL — $51,500 · EducationTHE MCCALLIE SCHOOLBLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER INC — $15,000 · AnimalsBLUE RIVER…PASADENA HUMANE — $5,000 · AnimalsPASADENA H…KERRVILLE PETS ALIVE — $1,000 · Animals+1 more — $250 · AnimalsVERTICAL MINISTRIES — $19,000 · ReligionVERTICAL M…GRIT Ministries Inc — $1,000 · Religion+1 more — $130 · ReligionARISE AFRICA INC — $19,365 · InternationalARISE AFR…CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesHope for Justice Inc — $4,000 · Human ServicesREFUGE CITY — $1,000 · Human Services22KILL — $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$100,080Education$51,500Animals$21,250Religion$20,130International$19,365Human Services$10,000Philanthropy$5,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE MCCALLIE SCHOOL — $51,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC — $20,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARISE AFRICA INC — $19,365 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetVERTICAL MINISTRIES — $19,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetBLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER INC — $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budget22KILL — $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Justice Inc — $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE — $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTWLOHA INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNBOUND NOW — $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRIT Ministries Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetREFUGE CITY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRESTORE INTERNATIONAL DBA LOVE DOES — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAIM AT MELANOMA — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROTHER BILLS HELPING HAND — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRECONCILIATION OUTREACH MINISTRIES INC — $130 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE MCCALLIE SCHOOL
  • Who funds THE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC
  • Who funds ARISE AFRICA INC
  • Who funds VERTICAL MINISTRIES
  • Who funds BLUE RIVER HORSE CENTER INC
  • Who funds PASADENA HUMANE
  • Who funds 22KILL
  • Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC
  • Who funds Hope for Justice Inc
  • Who funds FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE
  • Who funds CENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION
  • Who funds TWLOHA INC
  • Who funds UNBOUND NOW
  • Who funds GRIT Ministries Inc
  • Who funds REFUGE CITY
  • Who funds RESTORE INTERNATIONAL DBA LOVE DOES
  • Who funds KERRVILLE PETS ALIVE
  • Who funds AIM AT MELANOMA
  • Who funds BROTHER BILLS HELPING HAND

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX17.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · AbbVie Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization McBrayer Family Foundation F/K/A KSW Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s 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 · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to McBrayer Family Foundation F/K/A KSW Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to McBrayer Family Foundation F/K/A KSW 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 43 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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