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Ruth C and Charles S Sharp Foundation Inc

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.

$545k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
13
Grants FY2024
16
Organizations funded FY2023
31%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$6,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$265,000
Organizations funded a year
6 to 67
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$7.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Ruth C and Charles S Sharp Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving13$545k15%
FY202316$500k31%
FY202212$497k50%
FY202115$408k33%
FY202014$500k50%
FY20196$422k33%
FY20188$347k63%
FY201767$1.9Mn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$3.0MHuman Services$689kAnimals$661kArts & Culture$146kInternational$78kCommunity Improvement$78kCrime & Legal$76kPhilanthropy$60kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
MO
VA
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Saint James Place Inc$2,859,000893%
Insync Exotic Inc$640,00088%
Texas Hearing & Service Dogs Inc$375,000612%
New Friends New Life$55,10041%
The Independent Institute$50,00030%
Denison Ministries$30,0003n/a
VolunteerNow$30,00040%
Change Agent Network Inc Eric Wowoh$28,00024%
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc$25,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas Inc$25,00010%
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All grantees of Ruth C and Charles S Sharp Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Saint James Place Inc$2,859,000893%
Insync Exotic Inc$640,00088%
Texas Hearing & Service Dogs Inc$375,000612%
New Friends New Life$55,10041%
The Independent Institute$50,00030%
Denison Ministries$30,0003n/a
VolunteerNow$30,00040%
Change Agent Network Inc Eric Wowoh$28,00024%
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc$25,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas Inc$25,00010%
Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art Ltd dba HERE Art Center$25,00030%
No One Left Behind$25,00010%
Junior League of Dallas Inc$25,00011%
Dallas Tennis Association$20,00021%
The Web Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy Inc$20,000216%
The Crystal Charity Ball$15,0001n/a
Gloryb$15,0003n/a
Dallas Children's Advocacy Center$15,0001n/a
Texas State History Museum Foundation$15,00011%
Dallas Museum of Art$15,00010%
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc$10,50010%
North Texas Food Bank$10,00010%
Family Gateway Inc$10,00010%
Mental Health America of Greater Dallas$10,00011%
The William J Gould Associates Inc$7,50020%
Wilkinson Center$7,5001n/a
Resource Center Dallas Foundation$7,50013%
Children's Medical Center Foundation$5,50010%
Dallas Methodist Hospitals Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Dallas Furniture Bank$5,00011%
Southwestern Medical Foundation$5,00010%
Miles of Freedom$5,00011%
Coalition for a Prosperous America Inc$5,00010%
Friends of the American University of Afghanistan$5,0001n/a
The Family Place$5,00010%
Goodwill Industries of Dallas Inc$5,00010%
Brother Bills Helping Hand$5,00010%
Dallas Historical Society$5,00011%
The Nasher Sculpture Center$5,00010%
Vickery Trading Company Inc$3,30030%
Greenagers Inc$3,00010%
Edith Wharton Restoration Inc$3,00020%
Pi Beta Phi Foundation$2,70010%
Texas Appleseed$2,50010%
Dallas Theater Center$2,50010%
Equest$2,50010%
Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas Inc$2,50010%
The Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas$2,50010%
Dallas Baptist University$2,50010%
Juliette Fowler Communities Inc$2,50010%
SM Wright Foundation$2,5001n/a
American Foundation for the Blind Inc$2,50010%
Friends of Fair Park Inc$2,25011%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$2,00010%
Camp Summit Inc$1,40010%
Dallas County Heritage Society$1,25010%
Humane Farming Association$1,00010%
Dallas Casa$1,00010%
4DWN Project Inc$1,00011%
Nami North Texas$50010%
Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Inc$5001n/a

Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($669k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Ruth C and Charles S Sharp Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 53 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSaint James Place Inc: $2,859,000 over 8y, 93% of budgetInsync Exotic Inc: $640,000 over 8y, 8.1% of budgetTexas Hearing & Service Dogs Inc: $375,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetNew Friends New Life: $55,100 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetThe Independent Institute: $50,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetVolunteerNow: $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetChange Agent Network Inc Eric Wowoh: $28,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetUnited Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHome for Contemporary Theatre and Art Ltd dba HERE Art Center: $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNo One Left Behind: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJunior League of Dallas Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDallas Tennis Association: $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetThe Web Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetTexas State History Museum Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDallas Museum of Art: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDallas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc: $10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Texas Food Bank: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Gateway Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMental Health America of Greater Dallas: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe William J Gould Associates Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetResource Center Dallas Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetChildren's Medical Center Foundation: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Methodist Hospitals Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Furniture Bank: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSouthwestern Medical Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMiles of Freedom: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCoalition for a Prosperous America Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Family Place: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Dallas Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrother Bills Helping Hand: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDallas Historical Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Nasher Sculpture Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVickery Trading Company Inc: $3,300 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGreenagers Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEdith Wharton Restoration Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPi Beta Phi Foundation: $2,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Appleseed: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDallas Theater Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEquest: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSenior Citizens of Greater Dallas Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDallas Baptist University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJuliette Fowler Communities Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Foundation for the Blind Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Fair Park Inc: $2,250 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Summit Inc: $1,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 53.

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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.

The Dallas FoundationTX38.4× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dallas Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Hillcrest Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Hegi Family Foundation · Theodore and Beulah Beasley Foundation Inc · Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable And · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Perkins-Prothro Foundation · The Perot Foundation · The Eugene McDermott 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.

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About Ruth C and Charles S Sharp Foundation Inc

How much does Ruth C and Charles S Sharp Foundation Inc give?
Ruth C and Charles S Sharp Foundation Inc reported 13 grants totaling $544,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 67 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Ruth C and Charles S Sharp Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (58%), Human Services (13%), Animals (13%).
Who are Ruth C and Charles S Sharp Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Saint James Place Inc ($2.9M), Insync Exotic Inc ($640k), Texas Hearing & Service Dogs Inc ($375k).
Does Ruth C and Charles S Sharp Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ruth C and Charles S Sharp Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ruth C and Charles S Sharp Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dallas Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Hillcrest Foundation.
Where is Ruth C and Charles S Sharp Foundation Inc based?
Ruth C and Charles S Sharp Foundation Inc is based in TX.

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 100 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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