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Mentormore 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.

$113k
Granted FY2024still arriving
40
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$157kPhilanthropy$111kHousing & Shelter$64kSocial Science$55kScience & Tech$48kArts & Culture$37kHuman Services$20kRecreation & Sports$19kOther$0
02FY2024 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k34 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $70k
$1,029
Median grant
10
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW ISRAELI FUND$15,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
AMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETY$10,300
AYN RAND INSTITUTE$10,000
THE HEBREW REALI SCHOOL IN HAIFA$10,000
DALLAS URBAN DEBATE ALLIANCE$10,000
DALLAS AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$5,000
LEGACY SENIOR COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION$3,000
THE JEWISH FEDERATION - DALLAS$2,487
DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART$2,480
KAHN ACADEMY$2,082
CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT THOUGHT$2,060
THE CATO INSTITUTE$2,045
PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS$2,029
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER (JCC)$2,000
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, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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%IOWA RIVER HOSPICE: $1k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%THE INNOCENCE PROJECT: $3k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
IA
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
DC
OK
AL
TX
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$570k · 47 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

47 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
22

Total granted

$570k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+13%

Still filing today

43%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsPhilanthropySocial ScienceOther
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

  • TA
    THE AYN RAND INSTITUTE THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OBJECTIVISM
    4× · 2021–2024 · $40k · revenue +63%
  • DM
    Dallas Museum of Art
    6× · 2018–2024 · $15k · revenue +338%
  • CI
    CATO INSTITUTE
    7× · 2017–2024 · $13k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • SP
    ST PHILIP ST AUGUSTINE CATHOLIC ACADEMY
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • LH
    LEGACY HOSPICE AT HOME
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • TI
    THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -6%
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
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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2
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
3
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
4
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
5
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
6
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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7
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
8
Dallas Citizens Council

To lead and serve in the moments that matter the most for the people of dallas.

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9
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
10
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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11
Dallas International University

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

Education
12
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society 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

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 78 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/34
Grantees still filing
26/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW ISRAELI FUND: $90,000 · OtherNEW ISRAELI FUNDTHE HEBREW REALI SCHOOL IN HAIFA: $64,000 · OtherTHE HEBREW REALI SCHOOL IN HAIFADallas Area Habitat for Humanity Inc: $56,000 · OtherDallas Area Habitat for Humanity IncIndividual grant recipient: $31,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $22,500 · OtherTHE JEWISH FEDERATION - DALLAS: $17,284 · Other+59 more: $141,229 · Other+59 moreDALLAS URBAN DEBATE ALLIANCE: $70,020 · EducationDALLAS URBAN D…KHAN ACADEMY INC: $10,815 · EducationKHAN ACADEMY I…AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $4,000 · EducationTHE AYN RAND INSTITUTE THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OBJECTIVISM: $40,299 · Arts & CultureTHE AYN RA…Dallas Museum of Art: $14,940 · Arts & CultureDallas Mus…ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $3,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,058 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $44,100 · InternationalFRIENDS OF NORTHAVEN TRAIL INC: $12,500 · Recreation & SportsCOLORADO FOURTEENERS INITIATIVE: $3,600 · Recreation & SportsCATO INSTITUTE: $13,150 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR INDEPENDENT THOUGHT: $10,240 · Social Science
Other$422,013Education$84,835Arts & Culture$63,297International$44,100Recreation & Sports$16,100Public Benefit$13,150Social Science$10,240

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 budgetDALLAS URBAN DEBATE ALLIANCE: $70,020 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetDallas Area Habitat for Humanity Inc: $56,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $44,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AYN RAND INSTITUTE THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OBJECTIVISM: $40,299 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDallas Museum of Art: $14,940 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $13,150 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF NORTHAVEN TRAIL INC: $12,500 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetKHAN ACADEMY INC: $10,815 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR INDEPENDENT THOUGHT: $10,240 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVAIL MOUNTAIN RESCUE GROUP INC: $7,638 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKENT PRESENTS INC: $4,450 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLUDWIG VON MISES INSTITUTE FOR AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO FOURTEENERS INITIATIVE: $3,600 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation: $3,552 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEGACY SENIOR COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,613 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $2,575 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $2,060 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALL STARS PROJECT INC: $2,058 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $2,029 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAD IN AMERICA FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDALLAS PARKS FOUNDATION: $1,266 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $579 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS STATE TROOPERS ASSOCIATION: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $261 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Federation of Greater Houston: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $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 DALLAS URBAN DEBATE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AYN RAND INSTITUTE THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OBJECTIVISM ↗
  • Who funds Dallas Museum of Art ↗
  • Who funds CATO INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF NORTHAVEN TRAIL INC ↗
  • Who funds KHAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT THOUGHT ↗
  • Who funds VAIL MOUNTAIN RESCUE GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KENT PRESENTS INC ↗
  • Who funds LUDWIG VON MISES INSTITUTE FOR AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO FOURTEENERS INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds Travis Manion Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LEGACY SENIOR COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗

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.

Texas Instruments FoundationTX20.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Texas Instruments Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 78 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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