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Plinth

· Public charity

Mission Capital

The organization's vision is a central texas where all have access to opportunity and can thrive.

$61k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
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What you funded, over time

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

Health$116kEducation$82kCommunity Improvement$60kYouth Development$43kPhilanthropy$20kHousing & Shelter$20kHuman Services$20k
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 3 grants below total $60,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $61,250 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $1,250 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEREMIAH PROGRAM$20,000
ENDING COMMUNITY HOMELESSNESS COALITION (ECHO)$20,000
ALLIANCE FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN HEALTH IN CENTRAL TEXAS$20,000
02The need
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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.

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Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ENDING COMMUNITY HOMELESSNESS COALITION (ECHO): $20k → 10%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 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.

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Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
2
TogetherAustin

To connect Central Texans to resources by reducing barriers expanding access and filling gaps in service.

Education
3
Austin Justice Coalition

Austin Justice Coalition educates, organizes, and empowers communities in Austin to build racial equity and dismantle systems of oppression through advocacy, policy change, and community programs.

Human Services
4
Good Work Austin

Good Work Austin's mission is to foster healthy careers in the local food and beverage industry through professional development and advocacy for more equitable practices.

Public Benefit
5
Eqtx Equality Texas dba Equality Texas

EQTX Equality Texas dba Equality Texas works to secure full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Texans through political action, education, community organizing, and collaboration.

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6
Raise Texas

RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…

Human Services
7
HousingWorks Austin

To provide research, education and advocacy related to affordable housing

Housing & Shelter
8
Center for Public Policy Priorities

At the Every Texan, we believe in a Texas that offers everyone the chance to compete and succeed in life. We envision a Texas where everyone is healthy, well educated, and financially secure. We want the best Texas, a proud state that sets…

Public Benefit
9
Integrated Care Collaboration

ICC (dba Connxus) is a nonprofit alliance of health care providers in Central Texas dedicated to collecting, analyzing and sharing health information to improve healthcare quality and cost efficiency across the continuum of care.

Health
10
Center for Austin Independent Journalism

To equip Austinites to make informed decisions through independent, in-depth reporting, diverse opinions, and civil dialogue. A strong local press is essential for a healthy community and democracy. We work to make Austin a more empowered…

Arts & Culture
11
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

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12
Austin Coming Together

To increase the collective impact of our member organization on improving education economic development outcomes within the Austin Community.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Austin Community Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Hill Country Ride for Aids 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

14 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Measure Austin — $50,000 · EducationMeasure AustinCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS — $32,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF…TEXAS STATE INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL — $30,000 · HealthTEXAS STATE INDEPEND…Alliance for African American Health in Central Texas — $20,000 · HealthAlliance for African…Hill Country Ride for AIDS Inc — $15,750 · HealthHill Country Ride fo…Texas Appleseed — $50,000 · Community ImprovementTexas AppleseedSVP AUSTIN INC — $10,000 · Community ImprovementSVP AUSTIN INCAFFECT CHANGE INC — $30,000 · OtherAFFECT CHANGE I…Children's Optimal Health — $20,000 · OtherChildren's Opti…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY INC — $22,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRL…LATINITAS INC — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentLATINITAS INCJEREMIAH PROGRAM — $20,000 · Housing & ShelterEnding Community Homelessness Coalition Inc — $20,000 · Human ServicesAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · Philanthropy
Education$82,000Health$65,750Community Improvement$60,000Other$50,000Youth Development$42,500Housing & Shelter$20,000Human Services$20,000Philanthropy$20,000

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 budgetTexas Appleseed — $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMeasure Austin — $50,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS — $32,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTEXAS STATE INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL — $30,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetAFFECT CHANGE INC — $30,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY INC — $22,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEnding Community Homelessness Coalition Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Optimal Health — $20,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetLATINITAS INC — $20,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetAlliance for African American Health in Central Texas — $20,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHill Country Ride for AIDS Inc — $15,750 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetSVP AUSTIN INC — $10,000 over 1y, 7.4% 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.

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.

Austin Community Foun…St David's FoundationGreater Houston Commu…Texas Instruments Fou…Shell USA Company Fou…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Austin Community Foundation IncTX23.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · St David's Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Mission Capital 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
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no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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.

    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 14 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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