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Pate Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$200k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$351kHuman Services$140kHealth$115kYouth Development$83kHousing & Shelter$77kArts & Culture$52kFood & Nutrition$31kAnimals$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $113k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TCU HARRIS SCHOOL OF NURSING$50,000
UNT SCHOOL OF MUSIC$20,000
TRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL$17,000
PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER$15,000
UNION GOSPEL MISSION$15,000
COOKS CHILDREN HEALTH FOUNDATION$13,500
FT WORTH SPARC$12,500
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FT WORTH$10,000
PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS$10,000
ACH CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE$7,000
TARRANT AREA FOOD BANK$7,000
WINGS OF HOPE$7,000
FT WORTH ANIMAL CARE UNIT$5,000
PROJECT 4031$4,000
LITERACY UNITED$3,000
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 (FY20–24, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 15% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $15k → 5%PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $10k → 5%PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $10k → 5%PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $10k → 5%PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $10k → 5%PROJECT 4031: $4k → 11%PROJECT 4031: $3k → 11%HOPE FARM: $3k → 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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$916k · 20 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
4

Total granted

$916k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+62%

Still filing today

50%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TV
    TRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $81k · revenue +27%
  • TP
    THE PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $77k · revenue +81%
  • PP
    PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS
    5× · 2020–2024 · $55k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • US
    UNT SCHOOL OF MUSIC
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
  • HF
    HOPE FARM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue +62%
  • LU
    LITERACY UNITED INC
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue -10%
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
Texas Alliance for Patient Access

Preserve access to quality healthcare for all texans

Community Improvement
2
Visiting Nurse Association of Texas

Established in 1934, vna helps older adults live with dignity and independence at home by providing in-home care, food and friendship for the ill, hungry, and homebound.

Health
3
Feeding Texas

To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free texas.

Community Improvement
4
Operation Kindness

Our mission is to create a kinder world for pets and the people who love them by providing lifesaving care, innovative programs, and community resources.

Animals
5
Hospice of Wichita Falls Inc

Care, hope, and support for all when illness threatens life.

Human Services
6
Hospice of South Texas Inc

Hospice care of terminally ill patients

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7
Texas Defender Service

See Schedule OTDS fights for the end of mass incarceration and excessive punishment in Texas through direct representation, policy reform, and public education. TDS stands up for the dignity and humanity of people harmed by mass…

Civil Rights
8
Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More

See Schedule OFort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels provides comprehensive services, including Meals on Wheels, congregate meals, transportation, case management, health screenings, information and referral services, recreation, and more. Our…

Human Services
9
Trinity Charter School

The trinity charter schools system has 11 campuses in texas. all 11 campuses work with youth who have emotional difficulties, and need active engagement in planning and guiding their own academic careers through student led credit…

Education
10
One Tail At a Time West Texas

One tail at a time west texas otat wtx serves the rural communities of west texas by supporting animal shelter operations rescuing and sheltering homeless unwanted companion animals dogs and cats primarily arranging their veterinary care…

Animals
11
Dallas International University

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

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope Farm Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kindness Duck Project. 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

12 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. 12 of the 24 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TCU HARRIS SCHOOL OF NURSING: $240,000 · OtherTCU HARRIS SCHOOL OF NURSINGUNION GOSPEL MISSION: $77,000 · OtherUNION GOSPEL MISSIONCOOKS CHILDREN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $60,500 · OtherCOOKS CHILDREN HEALTH FOUNDATIONBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FT WORTH: $52,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FT WORTHTarrant Area Food Bank: $31,000 · OtherACH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $31,000 · OtherFT WORTH ANIMAL CARE UNIT: $30,000 · OtherGOODFELLOWS FUND: $26,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $26,000 · OtherSONS OF THE FLAG: $24,000 · Other+4 more: $44,000 · Other+4 moreTRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL: $81,000 · EducationTRINITY VALLE…Fort Worth SPARC: $27,500 · EducationFort Worth SP…THE PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY: $77,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE PRESB…PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $55,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT 4031 INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesHOPE FARM INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesWINGS OF HOPE: $36,000 · HealthREEL RECOVERY INC: $4,000 · HealthKINDNESS DUCK PROJECT: $7,500 · PhilanthropyLITERACY UNITED INC: $3,000 · Youth Development
Other$642,000Education$108,500Housing & Shelter$77,000Human Services$65,000Health$40,000Philanthropy$7,500Youth Development$3,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL: $81,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY: $77,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $55,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetWINGS OF HOPE: $36,000 over 5y, 9.4% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank: $31,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetACH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $31,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFort Worth SPARC: $27,500 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetKINDNESS DUCK PROJECT: $7,500 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetPROJECT 4031 INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetREEL RECOVERY INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE FARM INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLITERACY UNITED INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 TRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS ↗
  • Who funds WINGS OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds Tarrant Area Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds ACH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Fort Worth SPARC ↗
  • Who funds KINDNESS DUCK PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT 4031 INC ↗
  • Who funds REEL RECOVERY INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FARM INC ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY UNITED 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.

Community Foundation …Communities Foundatio…Thomas M Helen McKee …National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of North Texas (TaxTX15.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Pate Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pate Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 24 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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