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Philip T Bee Charitable Trust at a glance

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Philip T Bee Charitable Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$366k
Granted FY2024still arriving
40
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$25k
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.

Arts & Culture$598kHealth$535kFood & Nutrition$521kHuman Services$421kEnvironment$359kPublic Safety & Disaster$175kEducation$175kAnimals$120kOther$0
02FY2024 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k24 grants · $131k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $235k
$7,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART$25,000
SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION$20,000
UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER$20,000
CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
AGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS$15,000
THE FOOD DEPOT$15,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$15,000
PEROT MUSEUM$15,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
THE OPEN ARTS FOUNDATION$10,000
NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY$10,000
CHILDREN FIRST COUNSELING CENTER$10,000
LIFELINE SHELTER FOR FAMILIES$10,000
CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $355k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%AGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $15k → 10%AGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $15k → 10%AGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $10k → 10%AGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $10k → 10%AGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $10k → 10%AGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $10k → 10%AGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $10k → 10%AGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $10k → 10%COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF DALLAS: $20k → 14%THE FOOD DEPOT: $15k → 12%COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF DALLAS: $20k → 14%THE FOOD DEPOT: $15k → 12%COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF DALLAS: $20k → 14%THE FOOD DEPOT: $15k → 12%THE FOOD DEPOT: $15k → 12%THE FOOD DEPOT: $10k → 12%FOOD DEPOT: $3k → 12%TEWA WOMEN UNITED: $6k → 12%TEWA WOMEN UNITED: $5k → 12%TEWA WOMEN UNITED: $5k → 12%TEWA WOMEN UNITED: $5k → 12%TEWA WOMEN UNITED: $5k → 12%TEWA WOMEN UNITED: $5k → 12%TEWA WOMEN UNITED: $5k → 12%TEWA WOMEN UNITED: $5k → 12%MEALS ON WHEELS: $15k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $15k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $12k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $12k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $10k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $10k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $10k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $7k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NY
MA
CA
VA
AZ
NM
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.
$3.2M · 60 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

60 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

60
21

Total granted

$3.2M
$110k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+59%

Still filing today

72%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth 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

  • CF
    CHILDREN FIRST INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $150k · revenue +18%
  • DM
    Dallas Museum of Art
    8× · 2017–2024 · $150k · revenue +396%
  • TL
    THE LAMPLIGHTER SCHOOL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $105k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • DE
    DON'T EVER GIVE UP INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +145%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • HC
    HEMISFAIR CONSERVANCYgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $7k · revenue +59%
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
Witte Museum

The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.

Arts & Culture
2
Glasstire

Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.

Arts & Culture
3
Site Santa Fe

Guided by artists, rooted in new mexico, site santa fe celebrates contemporary creative expression.

Arts & Culture
4
Dallas Contemporary

Dallas contemporary presents art in a forum that cultivates artists, ignites learning and inspires the community. dallas contemporary is a non-collecting art museum presenting new and challenging ideas from regional, national and…

Arts & Culture
5
Tucson Audubon Society

Inspire people to enjoy and protect birds through recreation, education, conservation, and restoration of the environment, upon which we all depend.

Animals
6
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas

Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation (TPWF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization thatadvances Texas proud outdoor traditions through meaningful, high-impact programs,partnerships, and a wide range of projects that conserve and enhance our…

Environment
7
Cuenca Los Ojos

Cuenca los ojos works to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the us/mexican borderlands through land protection, habitat restoration and wildlife reintroduction.

Environment
8
Conservation X Labs Inc

To improve the efficacy, speed, cost, sustainability, and scaling of conservation solutions through harnessing exponential technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship to prevent human-induced extinction.

Animals
9
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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10
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
11
Dallas Zoological Society

Support of the dallas zoo as an outstanding center of education, entertainment and wildlife conservation through fundraising, volunteerism, promoting public awareness and participation, and enhancing the visitor experience.

Animals
12
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Foundation At Shield Ranch. 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

62 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. 62 of the 84 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/62
Grantees still filing
51/62
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION: $240,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $220,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER: $185,000 · OtherUT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTERCHILDREN FIRST INC: $150,000 · OtherCHILDREN FIRST INCIndividual grant recipient: $80,000 · OtherSUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTER: $64,000 · OtherLIFELINE FOR FAMILIES INC: $80,000 · Other+41 more: $750,400 · Other+41 moreDallas Museum of Art: $150,000 · Arts & CultureDallas Museum o…PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE: $75,000 · Arts & CulturePEROT MUSEUM OF…Austin Jazz Workshop: $48,000 · Arts & CultureAustin Jazz Wor…Center for Women and Their Work Inc: $41,000 · Arts & CultureCenter for Wome…THE SANTA FE OPERA: $40,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SANTA FE OP…ALLISON ORR DANCE INC: $33,500 · Arts & CultureALLISON ORR DAN…THE OPEN ARTS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Arts & CultureTHE OPEN ARTS F…DALLAS WIND SYMPHONY: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $32,500 · Arts & Culture+4 moreMEALS ON WHEELS: $91,000 · Human ServicesMEALS ON WHE…AUSTIN GROUPS FOR THE ELDERLY: $90,000 · Human ServicesAUSTIN GROUP…THE FOOD DEPOT: $72,500 · Human ServicesTHE FOOD DEP…CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesCHILD PROTEC…TEWA WOMEN UNITED: $41,000 · Human ServicesTEWA WOMEN U…Texas Land Conservancy: $61,500 · EnvironmentWestcave Outdoor Discovery Center: $58,000 · EnvironmentHarpswell Heritage Land Trust: $54,000 · EnvironmentDALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $33,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF CASCO BAY: $30,000 · EnvironmentSANTA FE CONSERVATION TRUST: $17,500 · Environment+1 more: $5,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $135,000 · HealthTHE V FOUNDATION: $60,000 · HealthDON'T EVER GIVE UP INC: $30,000 · HealthVISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS: $20,000 · HealthTHE LAMPLIGHTER SCHOOL: $105,000 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH: $20,000 · Education+3 more: $7,000 · EducationAUSTIN YOUTH & COMMUNITY FARM INC DBA URBAN ROOTS: $58,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE FOUNDATION AT SHIELD RANCH: $48,000 · Youth DevelopmentLIGHTNING BOY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,769,400Arts & Culture$470,000Human Services$354,500Environment$259,000Health$245,000Education$132,000Youth Development$111,000

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 budgetCHILDREN FIRST INC: $150,000 over 8y, 8.1% of budgetDallas Museum of Art: $150,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $135,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LAMPLIGHTER SCHOOL: $105,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS: $91,000 over 8y, 12% of budgetAUSTIN GROUPS FOR THE ELDERLY: $90,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetLIFELINE FOR FAMILIES INC: $80,000 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetPEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE: $75,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOOD DEPOT: $72,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTER: $64,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTexas Land Conservancy: $61,500 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWestcave Outdoor Discovery Center: $58,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetAUSTIN YOUTH & COMMUNITY FARM INC DBA URBAN ROOTS: $58,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetHarpswell Heritage Land Trust: $54,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetCenter for Maximum Potential Building Systems Inc: $48,500 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetAustin Jazz Workshop: $48,000 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION AT SHIELD RANCH: $48,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $42,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Women and Their Work Inc: $41,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetTEWA WOMEN UNITED: $41,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetTEXAS CAVE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 over 8y, 21% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SANTA FE OPERA: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH: $35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetALLISON ORR DANCE INC: $33,500 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetDALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $33,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CASCO BAY: $30,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetDON'T EVER GIVE UP INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE OPEN ARTS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $27,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSIKH DHARMA EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL: $26,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetVISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDALLAS WIND SYMPHONY: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCASA MARIANELLA INC: $18,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSANTA FE CONSERVATION TRUST: $17,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC: $12,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $10,800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Early Music Project: $10,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUSA FILM FESTIVAL: $9,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetTEXAS DISCOVERY GARDENS: $8,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHEMISFAIR CONSERVANCY: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $5,000 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.

  • Who funds CHILDREN FIRST INC ↗
  • Who funds Dallas Museum of Art ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE LAMPLIGHTER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN GROUPS FOR THE ELDERLY ↗
  • Who funds LIFELINE FOR FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE ↗
  • Who funds THE FOOD DEPOT ↗
  • Who funds SUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Texas Land Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds THE V FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN YOUTH & COMMUNITY FARM INC DBA URBAN ROOTS ↗
  • Who funds Harpswell Heritage Land Trust ↗
  • Who funds Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems Inc ↗
  • Who funds Austin Jazz Workshop ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION AT SHIELD RANCH ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB ↗
  • Who funds Center for Women and Their Work Inc ↗
  • Who funds TEWA WOMEN UNITED ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS CAVE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SANTA FE OPERA ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds ALLISON ORR DANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF CASCO BAY ↗
  • Who funds DON'T EVER GIVE UP 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.

Better Business BureauCommunities Foundatio…Austin Community Foun…Texas Instruments Fou…The Dallas FoundationThe Eugene McDermott …The Addy FoundationMeadows Foundation IncShield-Ayres Foundati…Hillcrest FoundationAlice Kleberg Reynold…The Powell Foundation
Better Business BureauTX27.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Better Business Bureau · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Austin Community Foundation Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · The Eugene McDermott Foundation · The Addy Foundation · Meadows Foundation Inc · Shield-Ayres Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800 · The Powell 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 Philip T Bee Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Philip T Bee Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    22report 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
    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 84 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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