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Notley Foundation

NOTLEY'S MISSION IS TO FUND AND SUPPORT BUSINESSES, NON-PROFITS, AND PROGRAMS MAKING POSITIVE CHANGE AND SOCIAL IMPACT IN THE WORLD.

$25k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$491kCommunity Improvement$234kEducation$179kPublic Benefit$152kRecreation & Sports$123kHousing & Shelter$115kCivil Rights$97kCrime & Legal$39kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$5,104
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY$15,000
CAPITAL OF TEXAS MEDIA FOUNDATION$5,104
AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $36k) 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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION: $36k → 10%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.

46%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$545k · 9 repeat orgs$634k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
18

Total granted

$545k
$634k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+46%

Still filing today

67%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsPublic BenefitHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • P
    PHILANTHROPITCH
    3× · 2017–2021 · $166k · revenue +731%
  • CO
    CAPITAL OF TEXAS MEDIA FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2024 · $99k · revenue +24%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - AUSTIN
    3× · 2018–2020 · $25k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • D
    DIVINCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $150k · revenue +436% · 61% of their budget
  • HF
    HOMEFRONT FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $115k · revenue -53%
  • NI
    NOTLEY IMPACTgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $85k · revenue ×13
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
Leadership Austin

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

Youth Development
2
Austin Together Fund

Austin together enables sustained collaborations that strengthen the nonprofit community to create better outcomes for central texans through our unique grant and community engagement model.

Community Improvement
3
Forty First Foundation

The forty first foundation supports and advances the university of texas at austin in its pursuit of excellence. we work closely with the office of the president to identify, fund, and implement strategic initiatives that enhance the…

Education
4
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
5
Uatx

Uatx is a nonprofit dedicated to building a liberal arts university committed to freedom of inquiry, freedom of conscience, and civil discourse. to maintain these principles, the university will be fiercely independent financially,…

Education
6
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
7
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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8
Aclu Foundation of Texas Inc

The ACLU Foundation of Texas is the unyielding guardian and promoter of freedom, justice, equality and dignity of all people, particularly for those who are still fighting to secure the full exercise of their civil rights and liberties.…

Civil Rights
9
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
10
Texas Business Leadership Council

The texas business leadership council was created in 1994 as a non-partisan 501(c)(6) nonprofit corporation that provides public policy research and recommendations to our state's elected leadership. as texas' only statewide ceo based…

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11
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
12
Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce

The Chamber's mission is to provide leadership that facilitates the creation of a prosperous regional economy and results in effective advocacy for its members.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mission Capital; the most unlike its peers is Beam Founders Network. 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

26 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. 26 of the 29 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/26
Grantees still filing
12/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PHILANTHROPITCH: $166,000 · OtherPHILANTHROPITCHHOMEFRONT FUND: $115,000 · OtherHOMEFRONT FUNDBEAM FOUNDERS NETWORK: $63,805 · OtherBEAM FOUNDERS NETWORKCOLLEGE FORWARD: $49,008 · OtherCOLLEGE FORWARDUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $40,900 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXASGRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP INC: $35,849 · OtherGRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP INCOFICINA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO UNIDO INC: $35,849 · OtherOFICINA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO UNIDO INCNEW VENTURE FUND: $20,000 · Other+7 more: $54,200 · Other+7 moreAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $297,198 · PhilanthropyAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDA…+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyDIVINC: $150,000 · Community ImprovementDIVINCWATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY: $120,000 · Community ImprovementWATERLOO GREENWAY CON…+2 more: $10,000 · Community ImprovementCAPITAL OF TEXAS MEDIA FOUNDATION: $99,411 · Civil RightsCAPITAL OF…ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ORGANIZING: $35,849 · Civil RightsALLIANCE F…NOTLEY IMPACT: $85,000 · EducationNOTLEY IM…AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EducationAUSTIN PU…+2 more: $6,350 · EducationAustin Justice Coalition: $35,849 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - AUSTIN: $25,000 · Youth Development
Other$580,611Philanthropy$307,198Community Improvement$280,000Civil Rights$135,260Education$131,350Human Services$35,849Youth Development$25,000

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 budgetAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $297,198 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPHILANTHROPITCH: $166,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetDIVINC: $150,000 over 1y, 61% of budgetWATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY: $120,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHOMEFRONT FUND: $115,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetCAPITAL OF TEXAS MEDIA FOUNDATION: $99,411 over 4y, 17% of budgetNOTLEY IMPACT: $85,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetBEAM FOUNDERS NETWORK: $63,805 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetCOLLEGE FORWARD: $49,008 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetAustin Justice Coalition: $35,849 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ORGANIZING: $35,849 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP INC: $35,849 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetOFICINA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO UNIDO INC: $35,849 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - AUSTIN: $25,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENTREPRENEURS FOUNDATION OF CE: $10,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetDell Children's Medical Group: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTri-Angel Unlimited Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL TEXAS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMISSION CAPITAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTUDENT ENTERPRISE INCUBATOR: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetSEEDLING FOUNDATION: $3,350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Advocacy Project: $1,200 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.

Austin Community Foun…United Way for Greate…The Powell FoundationSt David's FoundationThe Webber Family Fou…Mfi FoundationA Glimmer of Hope Fou…Shield-Ayres Foundati…Topfer Family Foundat…Alice Kleberg Reynold…The Moody FoundationBetter Business Bureau
Austin Community Foundation IncTX34.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · United Way for Greater Austin · The Powell Foundation · St David's Foundation · The Webber Family Foundation · Mfi Foundation · A Glimmer of Hope Foundation Austin · Shield-Ayres Foundation · Topfer Family Foundation · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800 · The Moody Foundation · Better Business Bureau

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 29 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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