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R David and Sherri M Jones Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

R David and Sherri M Jones Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$38k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$62kHuman Services$47kRecreation & Sports$17kFood & Nutrition$14kHealth$7kArts & Culture$5kHousing & Shelter$1kCivil Rights$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$27,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$639k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE SAVING HOPE FOUNDATION$27,500
IOG$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%FREEDOM HOUSE: $10k → 8%FREEDOM HOUSE: $2k → 8%FREEDOM HOUSE: $1k → 8%SAFE HAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $2k → 11%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.
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$192k · 12 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
12

Total granted

$192k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+52%

Still filing today

75%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentCivil RightsHealthOther
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

  • FH
    FREEDOM HOUSE
    3× · 2019–2021 · $13k · revenue +60%
  • SC
    SECOND CHANCE FARM
    3× · 2020–2022 · $12k · revenue +12%
  • AW
    A WISH WITH WINGS INC
    3× · 2017–2022 · $7k · revenue +77%

Funded once

  • FH
    FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +23%
  • SO
    SAFEHAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +40%
  • UG
    Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant Countygraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +52%
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
Safe City Commission

Support law enforcement and promote public safety awareness and crime prevention in Fort Worth.

Crime & Legal
3
One Tail At a Time West Texas

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…

Animals
4
The Bair Foundation of Texas

To provide services to children, youth, and families along with a child-placing agency. to provide therapeutic foster care.

Human Services
5
Winding Branch Ranch

Winding branch ranch's mission is to rescue, revive, and rehome farm animals in need while educating communities about humane, ethical, and sustainable farming practices.

Animals
6
Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show

The corporation is organized and is to be operated exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes. the corporation is organized to hold agricultural fairs and encourage agricultural pursuits. particularly, the corporation…

Food & Nutrition
7
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers' Foundation

Texas & southwestern cattle raisers' foundation (foundation) will build platforms to preserve the history and advance the future of the livestock industry in the southwest through cattle raisers museum exhibits, education initiatives and…

Arts & Culture
8
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
9
Heart of Texas Goodwill Industries Inc

For over 66 years, heart of texas goodwill industries has been committed to changing lives through the power of work. since 1955, heart of texas goodwill has grown into the leading non-profit provider of employment readiness services and…

Employment
10
Conservation Farms & Ranches

Preserving and enhancing the habitat of wildlife, such as sandhill cranes, waterfowl, raptors, which habitat expenses are supported by agricultural activities.

Housing & Shelter
11
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Inc

The national cowgirl museum and hall of fame honors and celebrates women, past and present, whose lives exemplify the courage, resilience and independence that helped shape the west, and fosters an appreciation of the ideals and spirit of…

Arts & Culture
12
Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation

To recognize the accomplishments and contributions of our outstanding Texas business leaders and to perpetuate and inspire the values of entrepreneurial spirit, personal integrity, and community leadership in all generations of Texans.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fisher House Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kimbell Art Foundation. 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

20 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. 20 of the 25 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IOG: $53,000 · OtherIOGSPEEDYWAY CHILDREN'S CHARITIES: $18,886 · OtherSPEEDYWAY CHILDREN'S CHARITIESA WISH WITH WINGS INC: $7,136 · OtherA WISH WITH WINGS INCFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · OtherSpeedway Children's Charities: $3,500 · Other+10 more: $10,272 · Other+10 moreSAVING HOPE FOUNDATION: $56,189 · AnimalsSAVING HOPE FOUNDATIONSECOND CHANCE FARM: $11,750 · AnimalsSECOND CHANCE FARMTHE FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $6,000 · AnimalsTHE FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONPAIUTE ATV TRAIL COMMITTEE INC: $17,000 · EnvironmentPAIUTE AT…FREEDOM HOUSE: $13,136 · Human ServicesSAFEHAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $2,000 · Human ServicesAMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART: $2,000 · Arts & CultureKimbell Art Foundation: $1,000 · Arts & CultureFort Worth Airpower Foundation: $2,136 · Public BenefitALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $1,136 · Civil Rights
Other$97,794Animals$73,939Environment$17,000Human Services$15,136Arts & Culture$3,000Public Benefit$2,136Civil Rights$1,136

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAVING HOPE FOUNDATION: $56,189 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetPAIUTE ATV TRAIL COMMITTEE INC: $17,000 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetFREEDOM HOUSE: $13,136 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetSECOND CHANCE FARM: $11,750 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetA WISH WITH WINGS INC: $7,136 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAFEHAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnion Gospel Mission of Tarrant County: $1,136 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $1,136 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S CENTER OF TARRANT COUNTY INC: $1,136 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC OF TARRANT COUNTY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKimbell Art Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF FORT WORTH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT FUND: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC: $1,000 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.

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.

Thomas M Helen McKee …Bnsf Railway Foundati…Sid W Richardson Foun…The Morris FoundationAmon G Carter Foundat…Rainwater Charitable …Community Foundation …Communities Foundatio…The National Leadersh…Leo Potishman Foundat…The Alcon Foundation …Once Upon a Time Foun…
Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation IncTX30.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Sid W Richardson Foundation · The Morris Foundation · Amon G Carter Foundation · Rainwater Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The National Leadership Foundation · Leo Potishman Foundation Xxxxx3002 · The Alcon Foundation Inc · Once Upon a Time 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 R David and Sherri M Jones Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from R David and Sherri M Jones Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's 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
    7report 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
    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.
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    How do I get to R David and Sherri M Jones Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to R David and Sherri M Jones Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 25 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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