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Parks Family Foundation at a glance

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Parks Family Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4.2M
Granted FY2021
1
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$4.2M
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 2021.

Philanthropy$4.2MEmployment$580kReligion$435kEducation$263kYouth Development$210kHealth$140kHuman Services$130kEnvironment$125kOther$0
02FY2021 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$4,156,345
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND(PARKS FAMILY GIVING FUNDACCOUNT NO1224694)$4,156,345
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 (FY17–20, $150k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%COMMUNITY HOMES FOR ADULTS INC: $10k → 14%SOUPMOBILE: $10k → 14%SOUPMOBILE: $10k → 14%SOUPMOBILE: $10k → 14%SOUPMOBILE: $10k → 14%IT'S A SENSORY WORLD: $10k → 14%IT'S A SENSORY WORLD: $10k → 14%IT'S A SENSORY WORLD: $10k → 14%IT'S A SENSORY WORLD: $10k → 14%HEART HOUSE: $10k → 14%HEART HOUSE: $5k → 14%HEART HOUSE: $5k → 14%ASSOCIATION FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $10k → 14%ASSOCIATION FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $10k → 14%ASSOCIATION FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $10k → 14%ASSOCIATION FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $10k → 14%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

MA
OH
CO
NE
MO
TN
OK
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 25% of Parks Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 26% of the giving stays in TX; by stated purpose, 19%.

Parks Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

31%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 28 repeat orgs$4.3M to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2021, 28 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
9

Total granted

$1.9M
$125k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+99%

Still filing today

46%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.2M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Human ServicesEducationEnvironmentHealthRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther
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

  • TU
    THE UNITED WAY INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $50k · revenue +3%
  • DA
    DALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $45k · revenue +13%
  • RS
    RIVERVIEW SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $40k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • GC
    GROVE CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF KC
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • CP
    CHASE'S PLACE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +54%
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
Abilitypath Housing

Abilitypath housing advances affordable, accessible housing projects that promote independence and inclusive communities for adults with developmental disabilities. through partnerships and innovative program designs, abilitypath housing…

Human Services
2
Via Rehabilitation Services Inc

Our mission is to empower people with disabilities and their families to grow, develop, and thrive by providing essential skill-building, therapeutic, and recreational programs.

Health
3
Abilitypath

Empower people with special needs to achieve their full potential through innovative, inclusive programs and community partnerships.

Employment
4
Connectability

ConnectAbility's mission is to empower those with life altering disabilities and their caregivers to reach their fullest potential.

Human Services
5
Homeward Bound Inc

Providing innovative and life-enriching services for children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities.

Human Services
6
Disability Rights Washington

Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.

Human Services
7
Dakotabilities Inc

Together, we create a warm and welcoming community enriching the lives of those we support.

Human Services
8
Dallas International University

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

Education
9
Spectrum for Living Development Inc

To enable individuals who have developmental and/or physical disabilities to have the opportunity to attain their highest level of skills, purpose and independence.

Human Services
10
Opportunity Partners

Mission: together we advance the quality of life for people with disabilities. vision: people of all abilities thrive in the world. values: impact- generate solutions that make a difference. choice - create opportunities for people to lead…

Employment
11
Residential Opportunities Inc

We partner with children and adults with disabilities and their families so they may live more meaningful, healthy, and independent lives in their homes and communities.

Human Services
12
Quality Living Inc

Deliver life-changing rehabilitation and care. protect dignity, instill purpose and create hope. commit to excellence.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Riverview School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hugs Cafe Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 39 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND(PARKS FAMILY GIVING FUNDACCOUNT NO1224694): $4,156,345 · OtherFIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND(PARKS FAMILY GIVING FUNDACCOUNT NO1224694)MY POSSIBILITIES: $510,000 · OtherMY POSSIBILITIESHPUMC: $385,000 · OtherHPUMC+20 more: $767,610 · Other+20 moreTHE ASSOCIATION FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $40,000 · Human ServicesIts a Sensory World Inc: $40,000 · Human ServicesSOUPMOBILE INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesHEART HOUSE: $20,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY HOMES FOR ADULTS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesDALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $45,000 · EnvironmentPARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS: $40,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE KATY TRAIL INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentRIVERVIEW SCHOOL INC: $40,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationCHASE'S PLACE INC: $10,000 · EducationTHE SUMMIT FOUNDATION: $40,000 · PhilanthropyTEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: $30,000 · HealthAGAPE CLINIC: $10,000 · HealthRISE ADVENTURES INC: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsSPCA of Texas: $15,000 · Animals
Other$5,818,955Human Services$150,000Environment$90,000Education$70,000Philanthropy$40,000Health$40,000Recreation & Sports$30,000Animals$15,000

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 budgetMY POSSIBILITIES: $510,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SUMMIT FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetRIVERVIEW SCHOOL INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $40,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetIts a Sensory World Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetSOUPMOBILE INC: $40,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetPARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRISE ADVENTURES INC: $30,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEART HOUSE: $20,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHASE'S PLACE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetLaunchAbility Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOMES FOR ADULTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAGAPE CLINIC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUGS CAFE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE KATY TRAIL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 MY POSSIBILITIES ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SUMMIT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RIVERVIEW SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ASSOCIATION FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING ↗
  • Who funds Its a Sensory World Inc ↗
  • Who funds SOUPMOBILE INC ↗
  • Who funds PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds RISE ADVENTURES INC ↗
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HEART HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds SPCA of Texas ↗
  • Who funds CHASE'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds LaunchAbility Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HOMES FOR ADULTS INC ↗
  • Who funds AGAPE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds HUGS CAFE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE KATY TRAIL INC ↗

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.

Communities Foundatio…Texas Instruments Fou…The Moody FoundationThe Dallas FoundationThe Jordan Spieth Fam…Dallas Mavericks Foun…The Perot FoundationThe Rees-Jones Founda…Hillcrest FoundationCelanese FoundationThe Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX21.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Moody Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · The Jordan Spieth Family Foundation · Dallas Mavericks Foundation · The Perot Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Celanese Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation

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 Parks Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Parks Family 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Riverview School Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 39 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home