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Rainwater Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Rainwater Charitable 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.

$44M
Granted FY2024still arriving
320
Grants FY2024still arriving
21
States reached
$3.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$74MEducation$53MHuman Services$26MPhilanthropy$21MHousing & Shelter$14MYouth Development$8.1MInternational$7.7MRecreation & Sports$5.1MOther$0
02FY2024 · 320 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k47 grants · $171k
  • $10k–50k98 grants · $2.0M
  • $50k–250k149 grants · $19M
  • $250k+26 grants · $22M
$50,000
Median grant
21
States reached
$931M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TARRANT TO & THROUGH (T3)$3,316,667
LIFE OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL$3,000,000
FORT WORTH COMMUNITY LAND TRUST$2,000,000
CITYSQUARE$2,000,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$1,866,160
NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,612,215
TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY$888,800
RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$857,214
TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION FOR ADULTS INC$600,000
CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND$500,000
NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$500,000
CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND$500,000
CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK$475,000
FORT WORTH ISD$450,000
THE MENTORING ALLIANCE$400,000
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 (FY20–24, $22.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MILITARY WARRIORS SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $135k → 16%UVALDE CISD MOVING FORWARD FOUNDATION: $2.0M → 25%UVALDE CISD MOVING FORWARD FOUNDATION: $200k → 25%FII-NATIONAL: $200k → 10%FII-NATIONAL: $100k → 10%SOCIAL FINANCE INC: $1.0M → 16%KENYA EDUCATION FUND: $100k → 17%KENYA EDUCATION FUND: $100k → 17%THE CONCILIO: $250k → 14%THE CONCILIO: $200k → 14%THE CONCILIO: $200k → 14%THE CONCILIO: $152k → 14%THE CONCILIO: $152k → 14%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $1.0M → 11%METRO DALLAS HOMELESS ALLIANCE: $1.0M → 14%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $1.0M → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $223k → 14%CITYSQUARE: $2.0M → 14%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS: $300k → 11%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS: $275k → 11%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS: $250k → 11%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS: $225k → 11%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS: $140k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF FORT WORTH INC: $125k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF FORT WORTH INC: $100k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF FORT WORTH INC: $100k → 11%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $965k → 11%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $475k → 11%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $470k → 11%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $400k → 11%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $371k → 11%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $330k → 11%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $284k → 11%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $260k → 11%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $241k → 11%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $230k → 11%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $207k → 11%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $200k → 11%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $195k → 11%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $161k → 11%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $145k → 11%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $109k → 11%TARRANT COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $150k → 11%MHMR FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 11%MHMR FOUNDATION: $200k → 11%MHMR FOUNDATION: $180k → 11%MHMR FOUNDATION: $130k → 11%THE PARENTING CENTER: $116k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
AL
GA
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 6% of Rainwater Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Rainwater Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.8% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
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 funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$169M · 240 repeat orgs$43M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

240 repeat relationships: 154 still active in FY2024, 86 since wound down; 50 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

240
209

Total granted

$169M
$32M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+14%

Still filing today

71%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementInternationalYouth 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

  • CA
    CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $5.9M · revenue +12% · 26% of their budget
  • TW
    TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2020–2024 · $5.0M · revenue +35%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $4.5M · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $3.5M
  • JS
    JOAN & SANFORD I WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $2.3M
  • SR
    SCRIPPS RESEARCH - IN KIND GRANT CHARLES RIVER LABS
    one grant, 2020 · $2.0M
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
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
2
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
3
The Royal School System

The mission of Royal Public Schools is to spark students' natural curiosity and love of learning while providing the knowledge and skills they need to lead successful and fulfilling lives.

Education
4
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
5
Texas Trees Foundation

The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.

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6
Trellis Foundation

We believe every texas student deserves the opportunity to earn a postsecondary credential or degree that helps them achieve the future they envision for themselves and their families. we invest in the programs, practices, and policies…

Human Services
7
Forty First Foundation

The forty first foundation supports and advances the university of texas at austin in its pursuit of excellence. we work closely with the office of the president to identify, fund, and implement strategic initiatives that enhance the…

Education
8
Deans for Impact

See Schedule ODeans for Impact supports educator-preparation programs to bring the science of learning into teaching practice; partners with policymakers to ensure pathways into teaching are accessible, practice-based, and…

Education
9
Center for Public Policy Priorities

At the Every Texan, we believe in a Texas that offers everyone the chance to compete and succeed in life. We envision a Texas where everyone is healthy, well educated, and financially secure. We want the best Texas, a proud state that sets…

Public Benefit
10
Community Information Now

Community information now (cinow) provides data, tools, analysis, and training to inform decisions to improve texas communities. cinow's vision is improved lives and decreased disparities through democratized data.

Community Improvement
11
Uatx

Uatx is a nonprofit dedicated to building a liberal arts university committed to freedom of inquiry, freedom of conscience, and civil discourse. to maintain these principles, the university will be fiercely independent financially,…

Education
12
Communities in Schools of Central Texas

Communities in schools of central texas (cisct) ensures students have holistic support, removing academic and nonacademic barriers to their success in school.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Empower Schools Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Tank Ltd. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

335 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. 335 of the 512 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.

29
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
59
Early backer (in before they grew)
332/335
Grantees still filing
214/335
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO: $17,688,743 · OtherTHE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCOTARRANT TO & THROUGH (T3): $6,396,013 · OtherTARRANT TO & THROUGH (T3)FORT WORTH ISD (FWISD): $5,577,731 · Other+121 more: $80,280,701 · Other+121 moreTEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $4,979,700 · EducationTEXAS WESLEYAN …WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $4,005,802 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIV…ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $3,464,713 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF…UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $2,487,058 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF M…TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $1,727,269 · EducationTEXAS CHRISTIAN…IDEA Public Schools: $1,500,000 · EducationPHALEN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY - INDIANA: $1,150,088 · EducationOUT TEACH: $1,027,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,020,000 · Education+19 more: $7,651,564 · Education+19 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS (TAX: $14,747,881 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY F…UNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTY: $3,257,420 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY …THE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $1,638,500 · PhilanthropyTHE DALLAS …COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $1,210,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITIES…+1 more: $500,000 · PhilanthropyCORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK INC: $5,893,785 · Human ServicesCORNERSTON…Uvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation: $2,292,197 · Human ServicesUvalde CIS…CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $2,185,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR…MHMR VISIONS DBA MHMR FOUNDATION: $2,043,245 · Human ServicesMHMR VISIO…CITYSQUARE: $2,000,000 · Human ServicesCITYSQUAREUNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $1,273,334 · Human ServicesUNITED COM…THE CONCILIO: $1,023,875 · Human ServicesSocial Finance Inc: $1,000,000 · Human ServicesHOUSING FORWARD: $1,000,000 · Human Services+8 more: $2,255,628 · Human Services+8 moreALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $4,506,685 · HealthALZHEIMER'…THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $3,259,560 · HealthTHE MICHAE…REGENERATIVE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,266,988 · HealthREGENERATI…THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $1,721,060 · HealthTHE SCRIPP…Children's Hospital Corporation: $1,351,000 · HealthChildren's…HEART OF TEXAS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $1,300,000 · HealthHEART OF T…Rhode Island Hospital Foundation: $857,214 · HealthMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC: $750,000 · Health+10 more: $3,815,500 · Health+10 moreFORT WORTH COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $9,261,929 · Housing & ShelterTHE PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY: $1,664,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND: $2,746,000 · InternationalBRIDGE2RWANDA INC: $1,556,965 · InternationalDFW ASYLUM SEEKER HOUSING NETWORK: $225,000 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE CHISHOLM TRAIL INC: $190,000 · InternationalTHE KILGORIS PROJECT: $175,000 · InternationalEducate: $175,000 · International
Other$109,943,188Education$29,013,194Philanthropy$21,353,801Human Services$20,967,064Health$19,828,007Housing & Shelter$10,925,929International$5,067,965

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS (TAX: $14,747,881 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetFORT WORTH COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $9,261,929 over 2y, 100% of budgetCORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK INC: $5,893,785 over 4y, 26% of budgetTEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $4,979,700 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $4,506,685 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $4,005,802 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $3,464,713 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $3,259,560 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTY: $3,257,420 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetTHE CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND: $2,746,000 over 4y, 9.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $2,487,058 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation: $2,292,197 over 2y, 19% of budgetREGENERATIVE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,266,988 over 5y, 18% of budgetCENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $2,185,000 over 5y, 6.9% of budgetMHMR VISIONS DBA MHMR FOUNDATION: $2,043,245 over 5y, 60% of budgetCITYSQUARE: $2,000,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetEAST TEXAS VETERANS COMMUNITY COUNCIL CAMP V: $1,750,000 over 5y, 61% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $1,727,269 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $1,721,060 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY: $1,664,000 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $1,638,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMENTORING ALLIANCE: $1,600,000 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetBRIDGE2RWANDA INC: $1,556,965 over 5y, 22% of budgetIDEA Public Schools: $1,500,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS Of the University of Cambridge: $1,491,809 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $1,400,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $1,351,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBIG THOUGHT: $1,300,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetHEART OF TEXAS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $1,300,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $1,273,334 over 5y, 15% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $1,210,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPHALEN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY - INDIANA: $1,150,088 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetLEADERSHIP ISD INC: $1,100,000 over 3y, 36% of budgetOUT TEACH: $1,027,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetTHE CONCILIO: $1,023,875 over 5y, 10% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,020,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOREST FORWARD: $1,000,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetSocial Finance Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHOUSING FORWARD: $1,000,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetCAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS: $930,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetFORT WORTH JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $880,000 over 5y, 26% of budgetSAVING HOPE FOUNDATION: $875,000 over 2y, 44% of budgetRhode Island Hospital Foundation: $857,214 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetCHILD POVERTY ACTION LAB: $850,000 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetCHILD CARE ASSOCIATES: $789,810 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC: $750,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budget1DAY SOONER INC: $750,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $750,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS (TAX ↗
  • Who funds FORT WORTH COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Uvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation ↗
  • Who funds REGENERATIVE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES ↗
  • Who funds MHMR VISIONS DBA MHMR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CITYSQUARE ↗
  • Who funds EAST TEXAS VETERANS COMMUNITY COUNCIL CAMP V ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE DALLAS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MENTORING ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE2RWANDA INC ↗
  • Who funds IDEA Public Schools ↗
  • Who funds THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS Of the University of Cambridge ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗

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 …Sid W Richardson Foun…Community Foundation …The Morris FoundationThe Rees-Jones Founda…Meadows Foundation IncAmon G Carter Foundat…United Way of Tarrant…The Miles Foundation …Communities Foundatio…R4 FoundationTexas Women's Foundat…
Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation IncTX110.3× affinity56 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 · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · The Morris Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · Meadows Foundation Inc · Amon G Carter Foundation · United Way of Tarrant County · The Miles Foundation Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · R4 Foundation · Texas Women's 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 Rainwater Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rainwater Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • The Maranyundo Initiative Inc: 85% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Bridges from School to Work Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Social Finance Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
53report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Rainwater Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Rainwater Charitable 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 512 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home