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Robert S and Joyce Pate Capper Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Robert S and Joyce Pate Capper Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$35k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$197kEducation$168kArts & Culture$113kReligion$33kPublic Safety & Disaster$30kRecreation & Sports$11kInternational$11kHuman Services$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$503k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TCU$25,000
REECHING UNREACHED NATIONS$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 (FY17–19, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LENA POPE HOME: $1k → 11%LENA POPE HOME: $1k → 11%LENA POPE HOME: $500 → 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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$588k · 44 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

44 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 42 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
19

Total granted

$588k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+51%

Still filing today

43%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesInternationalReligionOther
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

  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    4× · 2017–2020 · $110k · revenue +33%
  • TH
    Texas Health Resources Foundation
    3× · 2017–2019 · $76k · revenue +116%
  • FW
    Fort Worth Police Foundation
    3× · 2017–2019 · $30k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $4k
  • TL
    TCU LIBRARY
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
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
Texas Christian University

Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…

Education
2
Texas Public Radio

The mission of Texas Public Radio is to engage, inspire and inform, bringing people together to better understand their community and world.

Arts & Culture
3
Kimbell Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
4
The Fort Worth Zoological Association

With more than 1 million visitors annually, the fort worth zoo strengthens the bond between humans and the environment by promoting responsible stewardship of wildlife and ensuring diverse, high-quality educational and entertaining family…

Animals
5
Texas Academy of Medicine Engineering Science and Technology

To provide broader recognition of the state's top achievers in medicine, engineering and science, and to build a stronger identity for texas as an important destination and center of achievement in these fields.

Health
6
Texas Children's Hospital

Texas children's hospital, headquartered in houston, texas, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and…

Health
7
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
8
Texas Academy of Family Physicians

The texas academy of family physicians is dedicated to the promotion of a health care environment that values the vital role of family physicians in providing quality, comprehensive care to all texans.

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9
Baylor All Saints Medical Center

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health
10
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council

The mission of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council is to drive evidence-based improvement in patient care and health equity throughout the region.

—
11
Travis County Medical Society

Travis county medical society (tcms) represents the medical profession in matters of importance to the membership and the community it serves.

—
12
Texas Medical Association Foundation

The foundation provides for public health, medical, and educational programs.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dallas Museum of Art; the most unlike its peers is Fort Worth Police 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

31 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. 31 of the 64 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
25/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TCU: $150,000 · OtherTCUMODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH: $45,000 · OtherMODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTHFort Worth Police Foundation: $30,000 · OtherFort Worth Police FoundationIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientRIDGLEA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $15,300 · OtherBETH-EL CONGREGATION: $11,770 · Other+36 more: $72,035 · Other+36 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc: $110,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association IncTexas Health Resources Foundation: $75,900 · HealthTexas Health Resources Foundation+4 more: $10,450 · HealthFort Worth Opera Association Inc: $20,246 · Arts & CultureAMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART: $9,000 · Arts & CultureTEXAS BALLET THEATER INC: $4,990 · Arts & CultureVan Cliburn Foundation Inc: $3,200 · Arts & CulturePERFORMING ARTS FORT WORTH INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureFORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $2,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $1,500 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $965 · Arts & CultureReaching Unreached Nations Inc: $20,000 · ReligionTEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $9,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,100 · EducationAUSTIN COLLEGE: $1,000 · EducationLENA POPE HOME INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $750 · International
Other$349,105Health$196,350Arts & Culture$44,401Religion$20,000Education$11,100Human Services$2,500International$750

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 budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $110,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Health Resources Foundation: $75,900 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFort Worth Police Foundation: $30,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetFort Worth Opera Association Inc: $20,246 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetReaching Unreached Nations Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWEL CHARITY BALL INCORPORATED: $6,350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS BALLET THEATER INC: $4,990 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER CARE SERVICES: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLENA POPE HOME INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPERFORMING ARTS FORT WORTH INC: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART STATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAUSTIN COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBallet Concerto Inc: $600 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFort Worth Garden Club Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATCH AND CLOCK COLLECTORS INC: $275 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALS ASSOCIATION-TEXAS CHAPTER: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: $170 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTARRANT COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Museum of Art: $90 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH INC: $50 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.

  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Texas Health Resources Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Fort Worth Police Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Fort Worth Opera Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Reaching Unreached Nations Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds JEWEL CHARITY BALL INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS BALLET THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds Van Cliburn Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds CANCER CARE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds LENA POPE HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds PERFORMING ARTS FORT WORTH INC ↗
  • Who funds FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds Tarrant Area Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds NORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE ART STATION ↗

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.

Garvey Texas Foundati…Thomas M Helen McKee …Mary Potishman Lard T…The Roach Foundation …Amon G Carter Foundat…Amon G Carter-Star Te…R4 FoundationAnn L Rhodes and Caro…Bnsf Railway Foundati…Community Foundation …William E Scott Found…The Alcon Foundation …
Garvey Texas Foundation IncTX30.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Garvey Texas Foundation Inc · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Mary Potishman Lard Trust Walker C Friedman Co Trustee · The Roach Foundation Inc · Amon G Carter Foundation · Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund · R4 Foundation · Ann L Rhodes and Carol Greene Rhodes · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · William E Scott Foundation · The Alcon Foundation Inc

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 Robert S and Joyce Pate Capper Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert S and Joyce Pate Capper Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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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    Find your warmest path to Robert S and Joyce Pate Capper 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 64 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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