· Private foundation
Pinki and Dennis Meals Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k18 grants · $36k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ARLINGTON HEIGHTS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $15,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS | $5,000 |
| TARRANT AREA FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
| PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER | $5,000 |
| DRC - COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS TO END HOMELESSNESS | $5,000 |
| THE WOMEN'S CENTER | $3,280 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES | $1,500 |
| CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK | $1,500 |
| SAVING HOPE FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
| SECOND CHANCE FARMS | $1,500 |
| KAKENYAS DREAM | $1,500 |
| SPAY AND NEUTER NETWORK | $1,000 |
| AUSTIN PETS ALIVE | $1,000 |
| NORTHSIDE INTER-COMMUNITY AGENCY | $1,000 |
| SPOTLIGHT CAST AND CREW | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TPTHE PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY6× · 2020–2025 · $26k · revenue +81%
- MOMEALS ON WHEELS6× · 2020–2025 · $26k · revenue +16%
- TWTHE WOMEN'S CENTER OF TARRANT COUNTY INC6× · 2020–2025 · $18k · revenue +11%
Funded once
- FWFORT WORTH REPORTone grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +13%
- MAMODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTHone grant, 2020 · $1k
- SLST LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHone grant, 2023 · $1k
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.
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.
The austin humane society (ahs) offers comprehensive, humane, life-saving animal services, transforming the lives of animals and those who love them. because we believe homeless animals deserve a chance to thrive in a loving environment,…
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…
To close the hunger gap in north texas by working through over 500 feeding partners to provide access to nutritious food and address the root causes of hunger.
Houston Pets Alive!s (HPA!) mission is to save the lives of at-risk companion cats and dogs and find them loving homes.
The mission of Target Hunger is to alleviate hunger and its root causes in the Houston neighborhoods we serve. Target Hunger is on the front lines of hunger every day through its food distribution system that includes multiple food…
Rescue neglected, unwanted homeless dogs and cats nurture and provide shelter until they are placed with a forever family strive to reduce animal overpopulation prevent cruelty to animals teach responsible pet ownership through an outreach…
To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free 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.
To prevent the suffering and death of companion animals and to enrich the human-animal bond by providing excellent, accessible, and affordable spay/neuter and veterinary care.
Tarrant County Homeless Coalition leads the community solution to homelessness in greater Tarrant and Parker counties by serving as a catalyst for community transformation.
Paws chicago is a national leader in the no kill animal welfare movement, helping more than 23,842 homeless and at-risk pets each year through comprehensive spay/neuter, medical, and adoption programs.
Pleasant Grove Food Pantry provides nutritious food to qualified residents of Pleasant Grove in southeast Dallas who are food insecure. Fighting food insecurity is the mission and intent of the organization. Services are provided by…
How this is measured
21 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. 21 of the 32 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
- Who funds THE WOMEN'S CENTER OF TARRANT COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds THE MAGELLAN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Tarrant Area Food Bank ↗
- Who funds SAVING HOPE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SECOND CHANCE FARM ↗
- Who funds NORTHSIDE INTERCOMMUNITY AGENCY INC ↗
- Who funds KAKENYA CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC ↗
- Who funds SPOTLIGHT CAST & CREW ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES ↗
- Who funds FORT WORTH REPORT ↗
- Who funds RONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC ↗
- Who funds Central Texas Food Bank Inc ↗
- Who funds AUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC ↗
- Who funds FORT WORTH AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
- Who funds CARITAS OF AUSTIN ↗
- Who funds CaringBridge ↗
- Who funds Ft Bend County Child Advocates Inc ↗
- Who funds Humane Society of North Texas ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Pinki and Dennis Meals Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pinki and Dennis Meals Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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