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Permian Basin Area Foundation

Permian Basin Area Foundation exists to partner with donors in creating permanent charitable funds to enrich the quality of life in West Texas communities.

$13M
Granted FY2024still arriving
162
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$25MHealth$12MCommunity Improvement$10MArts & Culture$9.5MHuman Services$9.1MYouth Development$5.6MReligion$4.2MHousing & Shelter$3.8MOther$0
02FY2024 · 162 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 162 grants below total $12,076,575 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $13,262,885 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $1,186,310 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.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $135k
  • $10k–50k85 grants · $2.1M
  • $50k–250k48 grants · $4.8M
  • $250k+9 grants · $5.0M
$35,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$331M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Historic Cane Hill Inc$1,227,000
Trinity School of Midland$1,071,965
Alpine Independent School District$732,000
Midland Memorial Foundation$363,599
St Johns Episcopal Church$345,834
Manor Park Inc$336,000
Midland Childrens Rehabilitation Center$322,500
Communities In Schools of the Permian Basin$300,000
Texas A and M University 12th Man Foundation$300,000
Safe Place of the Permian Basin$225,881
Senior Life Midland$207,213
Buckner Children and Family Services$203,075
Frio Canyon EMS$200,000
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center$200,000
West Texas Food Bank$199,226
02The need
03

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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $8.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%West Texas Opportunities: $100k → 22%The World Orphan Fund: $350k → 8%Mobile Comunidad: $80k → 13%Manor Park: $394k → 12%Manor Park Inc: $336k → 12%Manor Park: $288k → 12%Odessa Family YMCA: $65k → 16%Manor Park: $235k → 12%Odessa Family YMCA: $50k → 16%American National Red Cross and Its Constituent Chapters: $50k → 10%Manor Park: $201k → 12%Odessa Family YMCA: $50k → 16%Odessa Family YMCA: $50k → 16%Manor Park: $132k → 12%Permian Basin Mission Center: $100k → 16%The HORSE Center: $125k → 12%Midland Community Development Corporation: $300k → 12%Catholic Charities Community Services of Odessa: $51k → 16%Midland Community Development Corporation: $150k → 12%Midland Community Development Corporation: $150k → 12%The Springboard Center: $316k → 14%Buckner Children and Family Services: $203k → 14%Springboard Center: $203k → 14%Buckner Children and Family Services: $178k → 14%The Springboard Center: $166k → 14%United Way of Midland: $95k → 12%Buckner Children and Family Services: $138k → 14%Share Sharing Hands A Respite Experience: $121k → 14%Nonprofit Management Center of the Permian Basin: $100k → 14%Nonprofit Management Center of the Permian Basin: $97k → 14%Greater Ideal Family Life Center: $60k → 12%United Way of Midland: $58k → 12%Buckner Children and Family Services: $88k → 14%SHARE: $85k → 14%Nonprofit Management Center of the Permian Basin: $77k → 14%Greater Ideal Family Life Center: $50k → 12%Midland Community Development Corporation: $50k → 12%SHARE: $68k → 14%The Springboard Center: $67k → 14%SHARE: $60k → 14%Buckner Children and Family Services: $53k → 14%Buckner Children and Family Services: $52k → 14%Nonprofit Management Center of the Permian Basin: $50k → 14%Centers for Children and Families Inc: $191k → 12%Centers for Children and Families Inc: $172k → 12%Centers for Children and Families: $148k → 12%Centers for Children and Families Inc: $117k → 12%Centers for Children and Families: $59k → 12%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.

Which US states your grants reach

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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 edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$77M · 243 repeat orgs$14M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +29% since the first grant, against +10% for the ones you funded once.

243 repeat relationships — 130 still active in FY2024, 113 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

243
122

Total granted

$77M
$13M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+10%

Still filing today

84%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyReligionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TS
    TRINITY SCHOOL OF MIDLAND TEXAS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.5M · revenue +118%
  • EC
    ECTOR COUNTY ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2023 · $3.3M · revenue +189%
  • MP
    MANOR PARK INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • PB
    PERMIAN BASIN QUALITY OF PLACE CONSERVANCY
    one grant, 2022 · $8.1M · 89% of their budget
  • PB
    PERMIAN BASIN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M · revenue -84%
  • ME
    Monahans Economic Development Corporation
    one grant, 2021 · $425k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your 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.

1
Center for 20TH Century Texas Studies
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2
Midwestern State University Foundation Inc

To receive contributions by means of donations, gifts, and bequests and to expend such funds for the advancement of the literary, scientific, and other educational endeavors of Midwestern State University, a tax exempt institution of…

Education
3
Food Bank of West Central Texas

To procure and distribute nutritional food to qualified agencies that feed the hungry of West Central Texas.

Food & Nutrition
4
Permian Basin Area Foundation

Permian Basin Area Foundation exists to partner with donors in creating permanent charitable funds to enrich the quality of life in West Texas communities.

Philanthropy
5
Meals On Wheels of Odessa Inc

Meals on Wheels of Odessa enables people to live with dignity by offering community support and sustenance through coordinated services and enable older adults to live in their own homes safely and independently as long as they are able.

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6
The Museum of North Texas History

To collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret the history of the North Texas Area to inspire an interest in the past for the education and enrichment of people of all ages.

Arts & Culture
7
Texas Prairieland Foundation
Philanthropy
8
Texas College

To ensure that the student body experiences balanced intellectual, psychological, social and spiritual development, aimed at enabling them to become active productive members of society where they live and work.

Education
9
Progress Texas Institute

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

Civil Rights
10
Texas a&M University-Central Tx Foundati

Operated exclusively for educational purposes specifically including to further educational activities at texas a& m university-central texas within the meaning of 501(c)(3).

Education
11
Midland Energy Library Inc

To collect, preserve, catalog and exhibit scientific, geological and engineering data gathered by the petroleum industry - to be a working library for use by industry professionals, educators, students and other members of the interested…

Education
12
Childrens Advocacy Center of West Texas Inc

The Organizations mission is to bring unity and efficiency to investigations of child abuse through the use of a multi-disciplinary team and, thereby, to provide the best possible services to victims of child abuse and their families.

Crime & Legal

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Permian Basin Community Centers for Mhmr and the most unlike its peers is Caesar Kleberg Foundation for Wildlife Conservation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyAffordable Housing Developm…Crisis Support & Basic NeedsProfessional Association Ne…Youth Sports ProgramsChristian Missionary Organi…Healthcare Systems and Rese…Family FoundationsPrivate Member ClubsEducation Foundations and S…Community Health CentersDevelopmental Disability Se…Ethnic & Faith Community Ce…K-12 Schools and Student Su…Texas Policy & Legal Advoca…Early Childhood and K-12 Sc…High School Booster Clubs
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 31 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number27%4%<5yr16%7%5–10yr19%19%10–20yr16%25%20–35yr10%23%35–55yr12%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value27%1%<5yr16%2%5–10yr19%21%10–20yr16%28%20–35yr10%17%35–55yr12%31%55yr+

The field is 27% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%9/392
the rest of the field
16%
10,554/64,098

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

313 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. 313 of the 392 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

28
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
88
Early backer (in before they grew)
296/313
Grantees still filing
191/313
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Stanton ISD — $2,835,246 · OtherStanton ISDUniversity of Texas of the Permian Basin — $2,763,630 · OtherUniversity of Texas of the Permian BasinMIDLAND MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — $2,400,585 · OtherMIDLAND MEMORIAL FOUNDATION+104 more — $31,079,709 · Other+104 moreTRINITY SCHOOL OF MIDLAND TEXAS — $3,543,809 · EducationTRINITY SCHOOL OF MI…ECTOR COUNTY ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $3,268,710 · EducationECTOR COUNTY ISD EDU…COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE PERMIAN BA — $1,176,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOO…BYNUM SCHOOL — $990,603 · EducationBYNUM SCHOOLTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC — $692,000 · EducationODESSA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $609,775 · EducationMIDLAND COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $591,050 · EducationSUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $536,150 · Education+21 more — $4,190,646 · Education+21 moreMANOR PARK INC — $1,585,200 · Human ServicesMANOR PARK I…THE SPRINGBOARD CENTER — $820,647 · Human ServicesTHE SPRINGBO…CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC — $765,384 · Human ServicesCENTERS FOR …BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC — $758,353 · Human ServicesBUCKNER CHIL…MIDLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP — $675,000 · Human ServicesMIDLAND COMM…SAMARITAN CENTER INC — $452,849 · Human ServicesSENIOR LIFE MIDLAND INC — $400,452 · Human ServicesSharing Hands A Respite Experience Inc — $364,782 · Human ServicesThe World Orphan Fund Inc — $350,000 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF MIDLAND INC — $348,986 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Midland Texas — $333,000 · Human ServicesThe Nonprofit Management Center of the Permian Basin Inc — $330,722 · Human Services+16 more — $2,363,611 · Human Services+16 morePERMIAN BASIN QUALITY OF PLACE CONSERVANCY — $8,122,475 · Recreation & SportsPERMIAN BAS…CITY OF MIDLAND AQUATICS INC — $381,715 · Recreation & Sports+1 more — $143,500 · Recreation & SportsPERMIAN BASIN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER — $1,000,000 · HealthMIDLAND CHILDRENS REHABILITATION CENTER INC — $815,000 · HealthHIGH SKY CHILDRENS RANCH INC — $655,352 · HealthPERMIAN BASIN WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER INC — $486,554 · HealthPERMIAN BASIN REHABILITATION CENTER — $405,298 · HealthTEEN CHALLENGE-ADULT CENTERS OF TEXAS INC — $259,782 · HealthMarathon Primary Care Services INC — $230,000 · HealthFRIO CANYON EMS INC — $200,000 · HealthPERMIAN BASIN COMMUNITY CENTERS FOR MHMR — $200,000 · Health+11 more — $1,276,000 · HealthHISTORIC CANE HILL INC — $3,436,000 · Community ImprovementTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF MIDLAND INC — $498,305 · Community ImprovementMIDLAND SHARED SPACES INC — $237,000 · Community Improvement+1 more — $85,000 · Community ImprovementTHE GRACE FOUNDATION — $2,000,000 · PhilanthropyPARTNERS RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT — $676,300 · PhilanthropyAfrican Childrens Schools — $310,000 · PhilanthropyAMY BELL CHARITIES INC — $252,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK — $224,572 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF ODESSA INC — $213,125 · PhilanthropyARCHWAY OUTREACH INC — $135,000 · Philanthropy+2 more — $159,059 · Philanthropy
Other$39,079,170Education$15,598,743Human Services$9,548,986Recreation & Sports$8,647,690Health$5,527,986Community Improvement$4,256,305Philanthropy$3,970,056

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetPERMIAN BASIN QUALITY OF PLACE CONSERVANCY — $8,122,475 over 1y, 89% of budgetTRINITY SCHOOL OF MIDLAND TEXAS — $3,543,809 over 8y, 7.4% of budgetHISTORIC CANE HILL INC — $3,436,000 over 5y, 78% of budgetECTOR COUNTY ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $3,268,710 over 5y, 20% of budgetTHE GRACE FOUNDATION — $2,000,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetMANOR PARK INC — $1,585,200 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE PERMIAN BA — $1,176,000 over 7y, 18% of budgetMARC INC — $1,035,993 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetPERMIAN BASIN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER — $1,000,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBYNUM SCHOOL — $990,603 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetREFLECTION MINISTRIES OF TEXAS INC — $924,550 over 6y, 17% of budgetYOUNG LIFE — $860,013 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMIDLAND FAIR HAVENS — $841,076 over 8y, 23% of budgetWard County Greater Works Inc — $834,824 over 5y, 25% of budgetWEST TEXAS FOOD BANK — $833,227 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetTHE SPRINGBOARD CENTER — $820,647 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetMIDLAND CHILDRENS REHABILITATION CENTER INC — $815,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetCENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC — $765,384 over 8y, 4.9% of budgetBUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC — $758,353 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetBUFFALO TRAIL COUNCIL INC BSA 567 — $732,930 over 8y, 15% of budgetSAFE PLACE OF THE PERMIAN BASIN — $700,980 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC — $692,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMidland-Odessa Symphony & Chorale Inc — $682,461 over 8y, 12% of budgetPARTNERS RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT — $676,300 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetMIDLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP — $675,000 over 5y, 44% of budgetHIGH SKY CHILDRENS RANCH INC — $655,352 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetODESSA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $609,775 over 8y, 11% of budgetMIDLAND COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $591,050 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetMARFA PUBLIC RADIO CORPORATION — $584,750 over 8y, 10.0% of budgetMARTIN COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC — $580,830 over 4y, 24% of budgetCHRISTMAS IN ACTION INC — $579,249 over 8y, 15% of budgetSUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $536,150 over 6y, 17% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE SOUTHWEST — $509,705 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetARISE AFRICA INC — $504,250 over 7y, 28% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ODESSA — $503,324 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetTexas A&M University 12th Man Foundation — $500,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF MIDLAND INC — $498,305 over 7y, 28% of budgetMIDLAND ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $486,618 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetPERMIAN BASIN WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER INC — $486,554 over 8y, 7.9% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF MIDLAND TEXAS INC — $472,043 over 7y, 7.6% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation — $467,306 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN CENTER INC — $452,849 over 7y, 19% of budgetSunshine House Inc — $435,000 over 6y, 18% of budgetBUSH TENNIS CENTER — $428,540 over 5y, 19% of budgetEVERGREEN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION INC — $421,286 over 7y, 34% of budgetMARTIN COUNTY COMMUNITY FUND INC — $420,000 over 4y, 56% of budgetMIDLAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $405,580 over 7y, 8.0% of budgetPERMIAN BASIN REHABILITATION CENTER — $405,298 over 6y, 3.0% 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.

  • Who funds PERMIAN BASIN QUALITY OF PLACE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY SCHOOL OF MIDLAND TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC CANE HILL INC ↗
  • Who funds ECTOR COUNTY ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE GRACE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MANOR PARK INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE PERMIAN BA ↗
  • Who funds MARC INC ↗
  • Who funds PERMIAN BASIN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BYNUM SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds REFLECTION MINISTRIES OF TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds MIDLAND FAIR HAVENS ↗
  • Who funds Ward County Greater Works Inc ↗
  • Who funds WEST TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds THE SPRINGBOARD CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MIDLAND CHILDRENS REHABILITATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO TRAIL COUNCIL INC BSA 567 ↗
  • Who funds SAFE PLACE OF THE PERMIAN BASIN ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Midland-Odessa Symphony & Chorale Inc ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds MIDLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
  • Who funds HIGH SKY CHILDRENS RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds ODESSA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MIDLAND COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MARFA PUBLIC RADIO CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds MARTIN COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTMAS IN ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Abell-Hanger Foundati…Scharbauer Foundation…Fmh FoundationHelen Greathouse Char…Wayne & Jo Ann Moore …Beal FoundationThe Henry FoundationPevehouse Family Foun…Yarborough FoundationWarren Charitable Fou…The Fasken FoundationJames a Buddy Davidso…
Abell-Hanger FoundationTX202.4× affinity109 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Abell-Hanger Foundation · Scharbauer Foundation Inc · Fmh Foundation · Helen Greathouse Charitable Trust · Wayne & Jo Ann Moore Charitable Foundation · Beal Foundation · The Henry Foundation · Pevehouse Family Foundation · Yarborough Foundation · Warren Charitable Foundation · The Fasken Foundation · James a Buddy Davidson Charitable 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 Permian Basin Area Foundation 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
36report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 392 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.

Source object · view filing

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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