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McElfatrick Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$144k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Arts & Culture$184kAnimals$155kEducation$117kHuman Services$117kEmployment$47kReligion$37kPublic Benefit$20kFood & Nutrition$16kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $110k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Colonial Theatre$27,500
Brookwood in Georgetown$20,000
Texas Tech Foundation$12,000
Dripping Springs Helping Hands$10,000
The SAFE Alliance$10,000
St Thomas Moore Newman Center$10,000
40 Day for Life$10,000
National Council US Society St Vin$10,000
Missouri Military Academy$8,000
Austin PBS$7,000
Southwest Autism Research Resourc$6,000
East Texas Food Bank$6,000
Austin Theater Alliance Paramount$5,000
East Texas Crisis Center$2,500
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 (FY17–25, $137k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 66% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Brookwood in Georgetown: $20k → 6%EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER: $15k → 12%East Texas Crisis Center: $3k → 13%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $5k → 26%Brookwood in Georgetown: $15k → 6%EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER: $15k → 12%BROOKWOOD IN GEORGETOWN: $12k → 6%EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER: $15k → 12%EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER: $12k → 12%EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER: $5k → 12%EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER: $5k → 12%EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER: $5k → 12%East Texas Crisis Center: $10k → 12%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.

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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$640k · 13 repeat orgs$88k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
3

Total granted

$640k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+539%

Still filing today

54%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k 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
Human ServicesEducationAnimalsArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther

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

  • MF
    MUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $85k · revenue +376%
  • ET
    EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $85k · revenue +73%
  • TH
    THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF EAST TEXAS
    6× · 2017–2022 · $70k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • F
    FUN4SENIORS
    one grant, 2023 · $12k
  • TP
    The Paramount Theatre
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • CA
    CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +143%

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
Texas Ballet Theater Inc

Texas ballet theater creates, presents, and tours world class ballet, from classical to cutting edge, and promotes its appreciation, accessibility, and technical mastery among students, pre-professionals, and audiences of all ages.

Arts & Culture
2
Texas Tech Alumni Association

The organization cultivates loyalty, tradition, service, and lifelong relationships. supporting and assisting in the development and increasing of the facilities of texas tech university through (1) encourage & establish scholarships, (2)…

Education
3
Humane Society of Central Texas

As an advocate for the community goal of maintaining its no kill status, the humane society provides adoption, rescue and foster opportunities for the homeless animals at the city of waco animal shelter, as well as community education…

Animals
4
Texas Pharmacy Association

The association's purpose is to promote the role of the pharmacist and the practice of pharmacy in the state of texas.

5
Hospice of South Texas Inc

Hospice care of terminally ill patients

6
The Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc

The austin humane society (ahs) offers comprehensive, humane, life-saving animal services, transforming the lives of animals and those who love them. because we believe homeless animals deserve a chance to thrive in a loving environment,…

Animals
7
The Contemporary Austin Museum Endowment Fund Inc

To operate exclusively to support charitable, literary and educational purposes of the contemporary austin museum, inc. by receiving, investing and managing contributions received by the endowment fund.

8
Humane Society of San Antonio (Audit)

To protect and improve the lives of dogs and cats by providing shelter, care, adoption, rescue, spay & neuter programs and community education.

Animals
9
Witte Museum

The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.

Arts & Culture
10
Central Texas Spca

Rescue neglected, unwanted homeless dogs and cats nurture and provide shelter until they are placed with a forever family strive to reduce animal overpopulation prevent cruelty to animals teach responsible pet ownership through an outreach…

Animals
11
Austin Theatre Alliance

We're here to inspire generations. we connect people and strengthen community by showcasing unforgettable performances across genres, providing life-changing arts education programs, and dreaming up magical experiences in iconic venues…

Arts & Culture
12
One Tail At a Time West Texas

One tail at a time west texas otat wtx serves the rural communities of west texas by supporting animal shelter operations rescuing and sheltering homeless unwanted companion animals dogs and cats primarily arranging their veterinary care…

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Christian Appalachian Project Inc and the most unlike its peers is Dripping Springs Helping Hands 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

13 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. 13 of the 24 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER — $72,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLERTHE COLONIAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION INC — $69,500 · OtherTHE COLONIAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION INCThe Colonial Theatre — $39,500 · OtherThe Colonial TheatreIndividual grant recipient — $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST THOMAS MORE NEWMAN CENTER — $22,000 · OtherST THOMAS MORE NEWMAN CENTERNational Council US Society St Vin — $20,000 · OtherNational Council US Society St VinTHE SAFE ALLIANCE — $20,000 · OtherTHE SAFE ALLIANCE+6 more — $42,000 · Other+6 moreMUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC — $85,000 · AnimalsMUTTNATION FOUNDATION IN…THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF EAST TEXAS — $70,000 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF EA…EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER INC — $84,500 · Human ServicesEAST TEXAS CRISIS CEN…BROOKWOOD IN GEORGETOWN VOCATIONAL INC — $47,000 · Human ServicesBROOKWOOD IN GEORGETO…CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesTYLER MUSEUM OF ART — $57,500 · Arts & CultureTYLER MUSE…CAPITAL OF TEXAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL — $7,000 · Arts & CultureCAPITAL OF…MISSOURI MILITARY ACADEMY — $23,000 · EducationTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC — $12,000 · Education40 DAYS FOR LIFE — $10,000 · EducationFUN4SENIORS — $12,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$315,000Animals$155,000Human Services$136,500Arts & Culture$64,500Education$45,000Recreation & Sports$12,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC — $85,000 over 6y, 6.5% of budgetEAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER INC — $84,500 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF EAST TEXAS — $70,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetTYLER MUSEUM OF ART — $57,500 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetBROOKWOOD IN GEORGETOWN VOCATIONAL INC — $47,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMISSOURI MILITARY ACADEMY — $23,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SAFE ALLIANCE — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget40 DAYS FOR LIFE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC — $5,000 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 MUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds EAST TEXAS CRISIS CENTER INC
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF EAST TEXAS
  • Who funds TYLER MUSEUM OF ART
  • Who funds BROOKWOOD IN GEORGETOWN VOCATIONAL INC
  • Who funds MISSOURI MILITARY ACADEMY
  • Who funds THE SAFE ALLIANCE
  • Who funds FUN4SENIORS
  • Who funds TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds 40 DAYS FOR LIFE
  • Who funds DRIPPING SPRINGS HELPING HANDS INC
  • Who funds CAPITAL OF TEXAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC

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.

The Pfizer Foundation IncNY9.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 McElfatrick Charitable Foundation Inc 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 · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to McElfatrick Charitable Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to McElfatrick Charitable Foundation Inc 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 24 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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