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Pinon Foundation

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.

$680k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
50
Grants FY2024
53
Organizations funded FY2023
60%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
23 to 61
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$15M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Pinon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $421k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthReligionCivil RightsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving50$680k32%
FY202353$881k60%
FY202223$413k22%
FY202123$425k13%
FY202051$612k41%
FY201961$947kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$2.5MHuman Services$523kHealth$192kYouth Development$139kReligion$116kInternational$65kHousing & Shelter$63kCrime & Legal$55kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
NY
UT
WV
VA
AZ
TN
OK
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chi Omega Foundation$1,450,00055%
Infant Crisis Services Inc$197,50052%
Sunbeam Family Services Inc$96,35030%
First Response Ministry Inc$75,000223%
Hearts for Hearing Foundation$65,00030%
The Compass School of Texas$65,00021%
Children's Medical Center Foundation$56,00010%
Young Women's Preparatory Network$50,00021%
Council for Life$41,00031%
Midland College$32,1715n/a
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All grantees of Pinon Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chi Omega Foundation$1,450,00055%
Infant Crisis Services Inc$197,50052%
Sunbeam Family Services Inc$96,35030%
First Response Ministry Inc$75,000223%
Hearts for Hearing Foundation$65,00030%
The Compass School of Texas$65,00021%
Children's Medical Center Foundation$56,00010%
Young Women's Preparatory Network$50,00021%
Council for Life$41,00031%
Midland College$32,1715n/a
Crossings Community Church$30,0002n/a
Buckner International$30,00030%
Amarillo Area Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc$30,00022%
Frontier Casa$30,000119%
Friends of the Katy Trail Inc$25,00531%
Center for Child Protection$25,00530%
Children & Family Institute Inc$25,00011%
Buckner Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Perot Museum of Nature & Science$25,00010%
KIPP Texas Inc$25,00020%
University of Texas at El Paso$20,4475n/a
Genesis Womens Shelter & Support$20,00020%
Pivot Inc$20,00020%
Open Arms Inc Bryans House$20,00011%
Trusted World Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Cornerstone Christian School$20,00011%
Poetic$20,00021%
Care Center-Child Abuse Response and Evaluation Inc DBA The CARE Center$20,00011%
Veteran Outdoors Inc$17,80413%
Artist Outreach Inc$15,00023%
Texas Tech Foundation Inc$15,00010%
Autism Foundation of Oklahoma$15,00012%
Dallas Leadership Foundation$15,00020%
A Chance to Change Foundation$13,62011%
The Warren Center Inc$12,50020%
Beacon Hill Preparatory Institute$12,50020%
Young Life$12,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County Inc$10,71110%
Bethany College$10,12030%
Buckner Children & Family Services Inc$10,00010%
Child Protective Services Community Partners Inc$10,00030%
Drug Prevention Resources Inc$10,00011%
Wipe Out Kids' Cancer Inc$10,00011%
Bachman Lake Together$10,00020%
Hope Supply Co$10,00020%
Teach for America Inc$10,00010%
Hardin-Simmons University$7,70030%
North Texas Food Bank$7,50020%
Clayton Dabney for Kids With Cancer$7,00020%
New York University$6,15030%
William Marsh Rice University$5,94020%
3 to 1 Foundation$5,00012%
The Family Place$5,00010%
Help Out Center Inc$5,00010%
Rise Adventures Inc$5,00011%
Touchdown Club$5,00019%
The Genesis Project$5,00010%
Smile Squad Inc$5,0001n/a
Catch Up & Read Inc$5,00010%
The Crystal Charity Ball$5,00010%
Citysquare$5,00010%
Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Inc$5,00010%
Central Texas Food Bank Inc$5,00010%
Minnies Food Pantry Inc$5,00010%
Sam Houston State University$4,3002n/a
Brigham Young University$3,7402n/a
Southern Virginia University$3,20020%
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc$3,13720%
Chase's Place Inc$2,50010%
Home Point$2,50010%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor$2,20010%
St Mary's University$2,12710%
Southwest Texas Junior College$2,0003n/a
Hope Choice Inc$2,00010%
Parker University$1,43010%
West Texas A&M University$1,0001n/a
Baylor University$1,00010%
Weatherford College$9003n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 60 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pinon Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChi Omega Foundation: $1,450,000 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetInfant Crisis Services Inc: $197,500 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetSunbeam Family Services Inc: $96,350 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFirst Response Ministry Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetHearts for Hearing Foundation: $65,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Compass School of Texas: $65,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetChildren's Medical Center Foundation: $56,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Women's Preparatory Network: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCouncil for Life: $41,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBuckner International: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmarillo Area Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetFrontier Casa: $30,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetFriends of the Katy Trail Inc: $25,005 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCenter for Child Protection: $25,005 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChildren & Family Institute Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBuckner Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPerot Museum of Nature & Science: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIPP Texas Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGenesis Womens Shelter & Support: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPivot Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOpen Arms Inc Bryans House: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTrusted World Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCornerstone Christian School: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPoetic: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCare Center-Child Abuse Response and Evaluation Inc DBA The CARE Center: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetVeteran Outdoors Inc: $17,804 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetArtist Outreach Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetTexas Tech Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAutism Foundation of Oklahoma: $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetDallas Leadership Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetA Chance to Change Foundation: $13,620 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Warren Center Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBeacon Hill Preparatory Institute: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Life: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County Inc: $10,711 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBethany College: $10,120 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBuckner Children & Family Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChild Protective Services Community Partners Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDrug Prevention Resources Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWipe Out Kids' Cancer Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBachman Lake Together: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHope Supply Co: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHardin-Simmons University: $7,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Texas Food Bank: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetClayton Dabney for Kids With Cancer: $7,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNew York University: $6,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $5,940 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 69.

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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.

The Dallas FoundationTX35.2× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dallas Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Dallas Stars Foundation Inc · The Addy Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · Elizabeth Toon Charities

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.

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About Pinon Foundation

How much does Pinon Foundation give?
Pinon Foundation reported 50 grants totaling $680,132 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 61 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Pinon Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (64%), Human Services (13%), Health (5%).
Who are Pinon Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Chi Omega Foundation ($1.4M), Infant Crisis Services Inc ($198k), Sunbeam Family Services Inc ($96k).
Does Pinon Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Pinon Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Pinon Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dallas Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc.
Where is Pinon Foundation based?
Pinon Foundation is based in TX.

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 140 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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