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Mjr Foundation at a glance

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Mjr Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$41k
Granted FY2018
19
Grants FY2018
5
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Education$20kArts & Culture$17kPhilanthropy$11kHuman Services$8kCivil Rights$3kReligion$3kYouth Development$2kCommunity Improvement$2kOther$0
02FY2018 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k17 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $22k
$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$394k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$12,000
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL$10,000
THE JEWISH FEDERATION$6,000
BETH-EL CONGREGATION$2,450
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$1,147
GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION$1,000
NEW ORLEANS MISSION$1,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISANA$1,000
MULTICULTURAL ALLIANCE$1,000
NEW ORLEANS COVENANT HOUSE$1,000
NEW ORLEANS CATHOLIC CHARITIES$1,000
LATINO SERVICES PROGRAM AT ONE22$500
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF FORT WORTH$500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS$500
HOLE FOOD RESCUE$500
02The need
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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 (FY17–18, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $1k → 11%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $180 → 11%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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$48k · 10 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +208% since the first grant, against +82% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
11

Total granted

$48k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+208%
+82%

Still filing today

60%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
Arts & CultureCivil RightsHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • FW
    FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $15k · revenue +5%
  • NO
    NEW ORLEANS MISSION INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +208%
  • HF
    Hole Food Rescue
    2× · 2017–2018 · $1k · revenue +385%

Funded once

  • DF
    DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH INITIATIVES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +122%
  • KA
    KIMBELL ART MUSEUM
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • NO
    NEW ORLEANS PLANNED PARENTHOOD
    one grant, 2017 · $500
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
Houston Symphony Society

The mission of the Houston Symphony is to inspire and engage a large and diverse audience in Greater Houston and beyond through exceptional orchestral performances, educational programs and community activities.

Arts & Culture
2
The Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth Incorporated

To promote and present the highest quality chamber music for our city and region, reflecting innovation, creativity in programming, and selection of superior musical artists. To build an informed audience for chamber music, now and in the…

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3
The Dallas Opera

The Dallas Opera connects local and global audiences through world-class performances of both new and traditional works. We sing stories for all generations, harmonizing entertainment, education, and artistry.

Arts & Culture
4
Premier Lone Star Wind Orchestra

Music changing lives in North Texas and beyond through inspired collaborations, exceptional mentoring of musicians, unforgettable performances and inclusive community engagement.

Arts & Culture
5
Kimbell Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
6
Dallas Wind Symphony

The Dallas Winds, a Grammy-nominated wind ensemble, stands as a cultural cornerstone of Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1985, the Dallas Winds has grown into one of the worlds premier wind bands, renowned for its extraordinary artistry and…

Arts & Culture
7
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra

To shape the future of classical music by energizing, modernizing, and personalizing the concert experience.

Arts & Culture
8
Fort Worth Opera Association Inc

The mission of Fort Worth Opera is to enrich peoples lives with performances and programs that educate entertain inspire and expand the horizons of current and future audiences. Fort Worth Opera is committed to producing opera of the…

Arts & Culture
9
Houston Grand Opera Association Inc

The mission of HGO is to enrich our diverse community through the art of opera. We will do so by creating, curating, exploring, and producing outstanding experiences centered around the human voice.(Continued on Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
10
Texas Public Radio

The mission of Texas Public Radio is to engage, inspire and inform, bringing people together to better understand their community and world.

Arts & Culture
11
Ronald Mcdonald House of Fort Worth Inc

Provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

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12
The Women's Resource of Greater Houston

See Schedule OThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston helps women and girls make choices toward becoming independent, productive, and financially stable. We fulfill our mission by recruiting volunteer instructors to deliver our programs in…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Association; the most unlike its peers is Reporters Without Borders 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

17 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. 17 of the 30 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
15/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherTHE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOLJewish Federation of Greater Houston: $11,050 · OtherJewish Federation of Greater HoustonBETH-EL CONGREGATION: $2,630 · OtherBETH-EL CONGREGATIONRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $2,439 · Other+15 more: $9,680 · Other+15 moreFORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $14,500 · Arts & CultureFORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHES…YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREATER FORT WORTH: $1,000 · Arts & CultureYOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREATER…Van Cliburn Foundation Inc: $650 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $250 · Arts & CultureMulticultural Alliance: $2,500 · Civil RightsReporters Without Borders Inc: $500 · Civil RightsDOWNTOWN FORT WORTH INITIATIVES INC: $2,000 · Community ImprovementHole Food Rescue: $1,250 · Food & NutritionTHE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $1,000 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK INC: $180 · Human ServicesNEW ORLEANS WOMEN & CHILDREN'S SHELTER INC: $500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$45,799Arts & Culture$16,400Civil Rights$3,000Community Improvement$2,000Food & Nutrition$1,250Human Services$1,180Housing & Shelter$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $14,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Federation of Greater Houston: $11,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMulticultural Alliance: $2,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDOWNTOWN FORT WORTH INITIATIVES INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ORLEANS MISSION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHole Food Rescue: $1,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREATER FORT WORTH: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReporters Without Borders Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS CHARITY NEW ORLEANS: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Music Project Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $180 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.

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.

Amon G Carter Foundat…Bnsf Railway Foundati…Mary Potishman Lard T…The Roach Foundation …Sid W Richardson Foun…Thomas M Helen McKee …Once Upon a Time Foun…Bernard S and Ellen C…Fifth Avenue Foundati…James and Dorothy Dos…Ann L Rhodes and Caro…National Philanthropi…
Amon G Carter FoundationTX17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amon G Carter Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Mary Potishman Lard Trust Walker C Friedman Co Trustee · The Roach Foundation Inc · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Once Upon a Time Foundation · Bernard S and Ellen C Appel Charitable Foundation · Fifth Avenue Foundation · James and Dorothy Doss Foundation Inc · Ann L Rhodes and Carol Greene Rhodes · National Philanthropic Trust

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 30 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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