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Research Educational Foundation Inc

TO GLORIFY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

$180k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Religion$320kArts & Culture$115kHuman Services$100kHousing & Shelter$75kCommunity Improvement$45kHealth$35kPhilanthropy$35kFood & Nutrition$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $105k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SPIRIT COMMUNICATIONS$25,000
HOPE MEDIA GROUP$25,000
THE STOREHOUSE OF COLLIN COUNTY$15,000
MASTERMEDIA MINISTRIES$10,000
DALLAS LIFE FOUNDATION$10,000
SAMARITAN INN$10,000
LIFESAVERS FOUNDATION$10,000
NEIGHBORS NOURISHING NEIGHBORS$5,000
HHM HEALTH$5,000
MERCY HOUSE MINISTRIES$5,000
HEALTH SERVICES OF NORTH TEXAS INC$5,000
WORLD RADIO NETWORK$5,000
JONATHAN'S PLACE$5,000
BROTHER BILLS HELPING HAND$5,000
AGAPE RESOURCE AND ASSISTANCE$5,000
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 (FY22–25, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOPES DOOR NEW BEGINNINGS CENTER: $5k → 5%LIFESAVERS FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%LIFESAVERS FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%HOPES DOOR NEW BEGINNINGS CENTER: $5k → 5%HOPES DOOR NEW BEGINNINGS CENTER: $5k → 5%BELLA HOUSE: $5k → 5%BELLA HOUSE: $5k → 5%BELLA HOUSE: $5k → 5%VIOLA'S HOUSE: $5k → 14%VIOLA'S HOUSE: $5k → 14%LIFESAVERS FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%JONATHAN'S PLACE: $5k → 14%COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY OF MCKINNEY: $5k → 5%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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$710k · 24 repeat orgs$85k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
9

Total granted

$710k
$75k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+20%

Still filing today

83%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureReligionHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionHealthOther
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

  • HM
    HOPE MEDIA GROUP
    4× · 2022–2025 · $100k · revenue +48%
  • MM
    MASTERMEDIA MINISTRIES INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $75k · revenue +32% · 40% of their budget
  • TS
    THE STOREHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER
    4× · 2022–2025 · $45k · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • EM
    EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +10%
  • CR
    CUSTER ROAD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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
LifeHouse of Houston Inc

LifeHouse is a Christ-centered ministry ensuring life for unborn children by providing opportunities for housing, help, and hope for young women during their pregnancies and beyond.

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2
The Family Radio Network Inc

The family broadcasts the hope of jesus christ to strengthen and encourage listeners.

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3
Hope Faith Ministries Inc

Hope Faith Ministries Inc. works to alleviate homelessness and poverty in the Kansas City area by providing basic necessities and assistance while also providing critical programs to help empower individ

Human Services
4
Miracle Hill Ministries Inc

Miracle hill ministries is committed to life transformation for children and adults experiencing homelessness. more information and program outcomes may be found at www.miraclehill.org.

Human Services
5
Bridge of Hope Ministries

Transforming lives in the Ville through access to supportive services and efficacy.

Religion
6
Katy Christian Ministries

See Schedule O.Katy Christian Ministries (KCM) is a social service non-profit that serves the Katy/West Houston area. KCM's Social Service Department offers emergency financial assistance, a Food Pantry, a Crisis Center that houses the…

Human Services
7
Houston Christian Broadcasters Inc

Provide teaching of the word of god and religious music.

Arts & Culture
8
Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County

A local united christian organization and ministry dedicated to providing love, hope, respect and a new beginning for the homeless, offering a holistic care program that leads to true lasting healing.

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9
First Baptist Denton Ministry Center

The mission of First Refuge Ministries is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ by offering essential services to those in need within our community. Our belief is that every person has worth and value since they are created by God. Our goal…

Health
10
Refuge of Hope Ministries

Glorify and serve god by providing meals for hungry men, women, and children, emergency shelter and transition to independence for homeless men, and spiritual hope through jesus christ.

Religion
11
Hearts for Homes

The mission of Hearts for Homes is to improve the living conditions of low-income senior homeowners in Denton County. Hearts for Homes is a nonprofit Christian outreach providing hope and dignity through home rehabilitation, affording…

Human Services
12
Immaculate Heart Media Inc

Relevant radio - bringing christ to the world through the media.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Promise House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hope for the Heart. 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

30 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. 30 of the 35 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
28/30
Grantees still filing
23/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SPIRIT COMMUNICATIONS INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureSPIRIT COMMUNICATIONS INCHOPE MEDIA GROUP: $100,000 · Arts & CultureHOPE MEDIA GROUPWorld Radio Network Inc: $30,000 · Arts & CultureWorld Radio Network IncEDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureDALLAS LIFE FOUNDATION: $35,000 · OtherDALLAS LIFE FOUNDATIONSAMARITAN INN INC: $35,000 · OtherSAMARITAN INN INCIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientALLEN COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $20,000 · OtherALLEN COMMUNITY OUTREACHWay Media Inc: $20,000 · OtherWay Media IncUGM OF DALLAS: $15,000 · OtherUGM OF DALLASBROTHER BILLS HELPING HAND: $15,000 · OtherBROTHER BILLS HELPING HANDCUSTER ROAD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherNEIGHBORS NOURISHING NEIGHBORS: $15,000 · OtherNEIGHBORS NOURISHING NEIGHBORSEXODUS MINISTRIES: $15,000 · OtherEXODUS MINISTRIES+5 more: $25,000 · Other+5 moreMASTERMEDIA MINISTRIES INC: $75,000 · ReligionMASTERMEDIA MINIST…NEED HIM NATIONAL MEDIA OUTREACH INC: $30,000 · ReligionNEED HIM NATIONAL …PENFOLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $20,000 · ReligionPENFOLD COMMUNICAT…FAITH COMMUNICATIONS CORP: $5,000 · ReligionLIFESAVERS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Human ServicesLIFESAVERS …Bella House Inc: $15,000 · Human ServicesBella House…HOPE'S DOOR NEW BEGINNING CENTER: $15,000 · Human ServicesHOPE'S DOOR…VIOLAS HOUSE: $10,000 · Human ServicesVIOLAS HOUS…KID NET FOUNDATION JONATHANS PLACE: $5,000 · Human ServicesKID NET FOU…COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $5,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY F…THE STOREHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER: $45,000 · Community ImprovementAGAPE RESOURCE & ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterMercy House Ministries Inc: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterPROMISE HOUSE INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterHEALING HANDS MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 · HealthHEALTH SERVICES OF NORTH TEXAS INC: $15,000 · Health
Arts & Culture$240,000Other$230,000Religion$130,000Human Services$80,000Community Improvement$45,000Housing & Shelter$40,000Health$30,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSPIRIT COMMUNICATIONS INC: $100,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetHOPE MEDIA GROUP: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMASTERMEDIA MINISTRIES INC: $75,000 over 7y, 40% of budgetTHE STOREHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN INN INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Radio Network Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLIFESAVERS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNEED HIM NATIONAL MEDIA OUTREACH INC: $30,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetALLEN COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWay Media Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPENFOLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAGAPE RESOURCE & ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNEIGHBORS NOURISHING NEIGHBORS: $15,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetEXODUS MINISTRIES: $15,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBROTHER BILLS HELPING HAND: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBella House Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHEALING HANDS MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercy House Ministries Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetHEALTH SERVICES OF NORTH TEXAS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE'S DOOR NEW BEGINNING CENTER: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIOLAS HOUSE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR THE HEART: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILKINSON CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAITH COMMUNICATIONS CORP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% 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.

Communities Foundatio…Texas Instruments Fou…The Thomas FoundationW P & Bulah Luse Foun…The Dallas FoundationUnited Way of Metropo…North Texas Food BankTexas Women's Foundat…Hillcrest FoundationThe Prayer ClosetEpiscopal Health Foun…Coserv Charitable Fou…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX36× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Thomas Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · North Texas Food Bank · Texas Women's Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · The Prayer Closet · Episcopal Health Foundation Of Dallas · Coserv Charitable 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 Research Educational Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Research Educational Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Research Educational Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Research Educational Foundation Inc 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 35 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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