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· Private foundation

Prentice Farrar Brown and Alline Ford Brown

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$1.7M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Education$19MPhilanthropy$6.4MArts & Culture$972kPublic Benefit$725kFood & Nutrition$550kHuman Services$500kYouth Development$300kScience & Tech$150kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $136k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+5 grants · $3.5M
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$100M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE INC$1,666,667
PERMIAN BASIN AREA FOUNDATION$575,000
WARD COUNTY GREATER WORKS INC$550,000
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY$500,000
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION$250,000
YOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARATORY NETWORK$220,000
PANHANDLE-PLAINS HISTORICAL SOCIETY$150,000
OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL INC$150,000
MARFA PUBLIC RADIO CORPORATION$150,000
SCHLEICHER COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY$110,000
MARATHON PUBLIC LIBRARY$100,000
LEVELLAND WALLACE THEATER$100,000
TEXAS 2036$75,000
CHINATI FOUNDATION$75,000
MARFA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC$70,000
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY23–24, $510k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT CENTER OF THE PERMIAN: $10k → 14%BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: $250k → 14%BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: $250k → 14%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.

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.

04

Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 15% of Prentice Farrar Brown and Alline Ford Brown’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another.

Prentice Farrar Brown and Alline Ford Brownlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$17M · 21 repeat orgs$6.4M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +39% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

21 repeat relationships — 11 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
18

Total granted

$17M
$5.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
0%

Still filing today

76%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesPublic BenefitFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther

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

  • AH
    ABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $5.0M · revenue +131% · 27% of their budget
  • IP
    IDEA Public Schools
    3× · 2021–2023 · $1.3M · revenue +44%
  • Texas 2036
    6× · 2020–2025 · $725k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • BI
    BELIEVE IN STUDENTS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1.8M · revenue +131%
  • TU
    Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M · revenue +13%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $500k

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
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
2
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
3
Austin Community College Foundation

Making education accessible for students through philanthropic support, aligned with Austin Community College (ACC) strategic priorities.

Education
4
Austin Public Library Friends Foundation

Support and strengthen austin public libraries

Education
5
Houston Independent School District Foundation

The HISD Foundation is dedicated to mobilizing the local community to support innovative priorities in HISD to improve outcomes for all students in the district. Our mission is to fund projects and programs of merit that fall outside of…

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6
Midland County Public Library Foundation

To support and enhance the operations, acquisitions, and funding of projects and programs that encourage lifelong learning through the Midland County Public Library System.

Education
7
Texas Bar Foundation

The Foundation solicits charitable contributions and provides funding to enhance the rule of law and the system of justice in Texas, especially for programs that relate to the administration of justice; ethics in the legal profession;…

Crime & Legal
8
Abilene Chamber of Commerce Foundation

The purpose of the Organization is to provide knowledge and understanding of economics, matters of public concern, finance, education and training, and problems of minority groups therby promoting the economy and quality of life in Abilene…

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9
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
10
Texas Higher Education Foundation

The mission of the texas higher education foundation is to increase participation and success in higher education for all texans. the foundation is a support organization for the texas higher education coordinating board. it exists to…

Education
11
Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council

Klru is a leader in public media, distinguished by its energetic engagement with the community and for the quality and creativity of content. klru illuminates the wider world of knowledge; the importance of discourse; and the many…

Arts & Culture
12
The University of Texas Foundation No 1

To support the university of texas system

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Communities Foundation of Texas Inc and the most unlike its peers is Alpine Public Library Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 28 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number27%0%<5yr16%3%5–10yr19%24%10–20yr15%30%20–35yr11%24%35–55yr13%18%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value27%0%<5yr16%5%5–10yr19%27%10–20yr15%44%20–35yr11%7%35–55yr13%17%55yr+

The field is 27% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 17% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/41
the rest of the field
17%
7,884/46,902

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.

05the grantee network

40 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. 40 of the 54 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
24/40
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY — $3,500,000 · OtherTEXAS TECH UNIVERSITYBELIEVE IN STUDENTS INC — $1,760,000 · OtherBELIEVE IN STUDENTS INCUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PERMIAN BASIN — $850,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PERMIAN BASINTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC — $600,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION I…Individual grant recipient — $500,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $350,000 · Other+20 more — $2,035,750 · Other+20 moreEL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $3,412,000 · PhilanthropyEL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDA…PERMIAN BASIN AREA FOUNDATION — $2,342,500 · PhilanthropyPERMIAN BASIN AREA FOUND…COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC — $400,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION O…+3 more — $128,000 · PhilanthropyMARATHON PUBLIC LIBRARY AND HISTORY MUSEUM — $1,400,000 · EducationMARATHON PUBLIC LIBRAR…IDEA Public Schools — $1,292,000 · EducationIDEA Public SchoolsTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education — $1,000,000 · EducationTemple University - Of…YOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARATORY NETWORK — $530,000 · EducationYOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARAT…Alpine Public Library Association Inc — $325,000 · EducationAlpine Public Library …ECTOR COUNTY ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $300,000 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORG — $250,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE PERMIAN BA — $250,000 · EducationHARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY — $250,000 · Education+4 more — $325,000 · Education+4 moreABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE INC — $4,999,999 · Arts & CultureABILENE HERITAGE SQUAR…MARFA PUBLIC RADIO CORPORATION — $432,000 · Arts & CultureMARFA PUBLIC RADIO COR…THE CHINATI FOUNDATION — $225,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more — $250,000 · Arts & CultureTexas 2036 — $725,000 · Public BenefitWard County Greater Works Inc — $550,000 · Food & NutritionBUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC — $500,000 · Human Services+1 more — $10,000 · Human Services
Other$9,595,750Philanthropy$6,282,500Education$5,922,000Arts & Culture$5,906,999Public Benefit$725,000Food & Nutrition$550,000Human Services$510,000

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 budgetABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE INC — $4,999,999 over 3y, 27% of budgetEL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $3,412,000 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetPERMIAN BASIN AREA FOUNDATION — $2,342,500 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetMARATHON PUBLIC LIBRARY AND HISTORY MUSEUM — $1,400,000 over 3y, 49% of budgetIDEA Public Schools — $1,292,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education — $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTexas 2036 — $725,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC — $600,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARATORY NETWORK — $530,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetBUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC — $500,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMARFA PUBLIC RADIO CORPORATION — $432,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC — $400,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAlpine Public Library Association Inc — $325,000 over 2y, 43% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA — $300,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetECTOR COUNTY ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $300,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetTHE AMARILLO COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG — $250,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE PERMIAN BA — $250,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetHARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY — $250,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CHINATI FOUNDATION — $225,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetMIDLAND ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $220,250 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetOPPORTUNITY SCHOOL INC — $150,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetFriends of the Jeff Davis County Library — $130,000 over 5y, 31% of budgetSCHLEICHER COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY — $110,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetABILENE LIBRARY CONSORTIUM — $100,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetMARFA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $95,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ABILENE INC — $75,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetThe Shumla School Inc — $55,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetThe Leaders Readers Network — $50,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetMIDLAND COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWACO FOUNDATION — $48,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ABILENE — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Nonprofit Management Center of the Permian Basin Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

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…Wayne & Jo Ann Moore …Fmh FoundationPermian Basin Area Fo…Rea Charitable TrustTocker FoundationStill Water FoundationScharbauer Foundation…The Summerlee Foundat…Texas Mutual Insuranc…Helen Greathouse Char…Carl B & Florence E K…
Abell-Hanger FoundationTX34.3× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Abell-Hanger Foundation · Wayne & Jo Ann Moore Charitable Foundation · Fmh Foundation · Permian Basin Area Foundation · Rea Charitable Trust · Tocker Foundation · Still Water Foundation · Scharbauer Foundation Inc · The Summerlee Foundation · Texas Mutual Insurance Company · Helen Greathouse Charitable Trust · Carl B & Florence E King 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 Prentice Farrar Brown and Alline Ford Brown 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 · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 54 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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