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Russell Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$116k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$234kEducation$174kHuman Services$95kInternational$82kHousing & Shelter$48kRecreation & Sports$48kAnimals$28kPhilanthropy$26kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $104k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Honduras Educational Development Assistance Corp$12,500
Synergy Indoor$8,000
The Art of Manhood Inc$7,500
Crossover Restoration Foundation$5,500
Community Partners of Dallas$5,000
Hero Kids Foundation$5,000
Be Strong$5,000
Survive and Thrive Education$5,000
Austin Bat Cave$5,000
The TREE of North Texas$5,000
Housing Forward$5,000
Irving Family Advocacy Center$5,000
The Rock Program$5,000
Drug Prevention Resources$5,000
Children First Counseling Center$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Shelter Box USA: $25k → 14%WESLEY-RANKIN COMMUNITY CENTER: $8k → 14%WESLEY-RANKIN COMMUNITY CENTER: $8k → 14%Community Partners of Dallas: $5k → 14%Housing Forward: $5k → 14%Community Partners of Dallas: $5k → 14%Community Partners of Dallas: $5k → 14%Housing Forward: $5k → 14%Association for Independent Living: $5k → 14%Association for Independent Living: $5k → 14%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

IL
NY
CT
CA
VA
DC
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.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 8% of Russell Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Russell Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.2% 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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$672k · 35 repeat orgs$132k to everyone else

35 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
14

Total granted

$672k
$102k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+21%

Still filing today

60%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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
Youth DevelopmentHuman ServicesHealthEducationRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • GIRLSTART
    6× · 2018–2023 · $58k · revenue +6%
  • R2
    READERS 2 LEADERS
    4× · 2021–2024 · $28k · revenue +55%
  • 2A
    29 ACRES INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $20k · revenue +250%

Funded once

  • SU
    SHELTERBOX USA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue 0%
  • HE
    Honduras Educational Development Assista
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • IP
    IRVING POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -60%
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
Together We Thrive

Together We Thrive aims to connect vulnerable homeless foster and sex-trafficked youth across North Texas with their community. We commit to walk beside these youth while helping them rewrite their future. We seek to replace labels of…

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2
Elevate North Texas

Elevate North Texas offers a welcoming and affirming environment for youth 18-24 experiencing homelessness providing short-term housing and case management. Elevate North Texas addresses youth homelessness from two angles: a hotel program…

Health
3
Austin Explore Inc

Explore austin empowers youth to reach their full potential through mentoring, leadership, and outdoor adventure.

Education
4
Raise Texas

RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…

Human Services
5
Communities in Schools of the Heart of Texas

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Human Services
6
Communities in Schools of the South Plains Inc

To meet the needs of students in at-risk situations by improving academics, marketable skills, attendance, and behavior through the partnership of school, home, and community so that young people stay in school, learn successfully and…

Youth Development
7
Friends of the Children - Austin

Friends of the children - austin is a texas based nonprofit with the mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years,no matter…

Youth Development
8
Texprotects-the Texas Association for the Protection of Children

TexProtects advances public policy and local implementation to strenghten families to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Youth Development
9
Community for Youth

Community for youth employs youth mentoring, community building, leadership development, and career exploration to help youth develop relationships that will support their lives, connect with their internal power, and help them make a…

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10
Elevate Dallas

Building long-term, life-changing relationships with urban youth, equipping them to thrive and contribute to their community.

Education
11
Dallas Kids First

Dallas kids first elevates dialogue on the impact of school board leadership for kids in dallas isd and supports school board elections with focus on outcomes for kids.

Human Services
12
Partnerships for Children

To make tomorrow better than today by supporting and empowering children, youth, and families involved with child protective services.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Promise House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Synergy Indoor. 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

35 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. 35 of the 56 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/35
Grantees still filing
19/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MI ESCUELITA PRESCHOOL INC: $67,500 · OtherMI ESCUELITA PRESCHOOL INCYouth 180 of Texas: $30,000 · OtherYouth 180 of TexasPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF ST PETERS: $30,000 · OtherPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF ST PETERSSPCA of Tampa Bay: $28,000 · OtherSPCA of Tampa BayIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHonduras Educational Development Assistance Corp: $22,500 · OtherHEDAC: $22,000 · OtherHonduras Educational Development Assista: $20,000 · OtherCHILDREN FIRST INC: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherCHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF COLLIN COUNTY INC: $15,000 · Other+21 more: $146,950 · Other+21 moreC5 Youth Foundation of Texas Inc: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentC5 Youth Founda…READERS 2 LEADERS: $28,000 · Youth DevelopmentREADERS 2 LEADE…All Things Made New: $13,000 · Youth DevelopmentAll Things Made…Forerunner Mentoring: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentForerunner Ment…IRVING POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentIRVING POLICE A…SURVIVE AND THRIVE EDUCATION: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentSHELTERBOX USA INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesSHELTERBOX U…YOUTH EQUIPPED TO SUCCEED: $17,500 · Human ServicesYOUTH EQUIPP…WESLEY-RANKIN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesWESLEY-RANKI…CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesCHILD PROTEC…HOUSING FORWARD: $10,000 · Human ServicesHOUSING FORW…THE ASSOCIATION FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE ASSOCIAT…GIRLSTART: $57,500 · Recreation & SportsGIRLSTARTRISE ADVENTURES INC: $17,500 · Recreation & SportsRISE ADVEN…GRANT HALLIBURTON FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationDESIGN CONNECT CREATE: $17,500 · EducationCHASE'S PLACE INC: $3,000 · Education29 ACRES INC: $20,000 · HealthTEXAS DIAPER BANK: $10,000 · HealthDRUG PREVENTION RESOURCES INC: $5,000 · HealthHERO KIDS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyYouth With Faces: $3,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $2,500 · Philanthropy
Other$436,950Youth Development$116,000Human Services$92,500Recreation & Sports$75,000Education$40,500Health$40,000Philanthropy$25,500

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 budgetMI ESCUELITA PRESCHOOL INC: $67,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetGIRLSTART: $57,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetC5 Youth Foundation of Texas Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetREADERS 2 LEADERS: $28,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSHELTERBOX USA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget29 ACRES INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRANT HALLIBURTON FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDESIGN CONNECT CREATE: $17,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetYOUTH EQUIPPED TO SUCCEED: $17,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRISE ADVENTURES INC: $17,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDREN FIRST INC: $15,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF COLLIN COUNTY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWESLEY-RANKIN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPROMISE HOUSE INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAll Things Made New: $13,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetIRVING FAMILY ADVOCACY CNTR INC: $10,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetTEXAS DIAPER BANK: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetForerunner Mentoring: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHOUSING FORWARD: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIRVING POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe TREE of North Texas: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCROSSOVER RESTORATION FOUNDATION: $8,500 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetALLEYS HOUSE: $8,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetSYNERGY INDOOR: $8,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetBROOKWOOD FLORIDA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHASE'S PLACE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetYouth With Faces: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $2,500 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.

Communities Foundatio…The Dallas FoundationThe Rees-Jones Founda…W P & Bulah Luse Foun…United Way of Metropo…Hillcrest FoundationTexas Instruments Fou…Elizabeth Toon Charit…Gil and Dody Weaver F…The Moody FoundationCapital for KidsDallas Stars Foundati…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX35.5× 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 · The Dallas Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Hillcrest Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Elizabeth Toon Charities · Gil and Dody Weaver Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Capital for Kids · Dallas Stars 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 Russell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Russell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Brookwood Florida Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.

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 56 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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