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Scp Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$130k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Animals$165kInternational$110kCivil Rights$100kHuman Services$90kHealth$85kEducation$80kReligion$70kEnvironment$55kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$106k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KERR COUNTY FLOOD RELIEF FUND$50,000
ELEPHANT HAVENS WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$50,000
Highland Park United Methodist Chur$30,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY22–22, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Patriot PAWS Service Dogs: $10k → 5%CLAYTON DABNEY FOR KIDS WITH CANCER: $15k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MI
NY
CA
VA
MD
DC
HI
LA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

28%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$240k · 3 repeat orgs$620k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +354% since the first grant, against +13% for the ones you funded once.

3 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
26

Total granted

$240k
$570k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+354%
+13%

Still filing today

67%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’24’25
AnimalsInternationalPhilanthropyEducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • EH
    ELEPHANT HAVENS WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2025 · $145k · revenue +354%
  • HP
    Highland Park United Methodist Chur
    2× · 2022–2025 · $70k
  • PU
    PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $25k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • YA
    Young America's Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +44%
  • TB
    The Bucket Ministrygraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +44%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR SECURITY POLICY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +3%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
3
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
4
Dallas Citizens Council

To lead and serve in the moments that matter the most for the people of dallas.

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5
Moral Compass Federation Inc

Moral compass federation facilitates collaboration among multiple veteran-led nonprofit organizations, individuals, and businesses who came together during the fall of kabul, afghanistan to evacuate and resettle afghan allies who were in…

Public Benefit
6
Dallas International University

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

Education
7
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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8
Air & Space Forces Association

The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…

Education
9
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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10
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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11
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
12
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of North Texas and the most unlike its peers is The National World War Ii Museum Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%0%<5yr16%10%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr16%33%20–35yr10%24%35–55yr13%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%32%5–10yr20%10%10–20yr16%17%20–35yr10%17%35–55yr13%23%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/22
the rest of the field
15%
20,233/136,782

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 32 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Young America's Foundation — $100,000 · OtherYoung America's FoundationHighland Park United Methodist Chur — $70,000 · OtherHighland Park United Methodist ChurKERR COUNTY FLOOD RELIEF FUND — $50,000 · OtherKERR COUNTY FLOOD RELIEF FUNDDallas Arboretum and Botanical Gard — $30,000 · OtherDallas Arboretum and Botanical GardScottish Rite Hospital for Crippled — $30,000 · OtherScottish Rite Hospital for CrippledDALLAS ARBORETUM BOTANICAL GARDENS — $25,000 · OtherDALLAS ARBORETUM BOTANICAL GARDENSGenesis Women's Shelter — $25,000 · OtherGenesis Women's ShelterPregnancy Care Center — $20,000 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS — $15,000 · Other+6 more — $50,000 · Other+6 moreELEPHANT HAVENS WILDLIFE FOUNDATION — $145,000 · AnimalsELEPHANT HAVENS WILD…GREYHOUND ADOPTION LEAGUE OF TEXAS — $15,000 · AnimalsGREYHOUND ADOPTION L…+1 more — $5,000 · AnimalsThe Bucket Ministry — $50,000 · InternationalThe Bucket Mi…CENTER FOR SECURITY POLICY INC — $50,000 · InternationalCENTER FOR SE…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $10,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS…GARY SINISE FOUNDATION — $35,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINIS…HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $25,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COM…THE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL — $15,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CRYSTA…VOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · PhilanthropyVOLUNTEER …STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $30,000 · EducationSTEPHEN S…PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $25,000 · EducationPRAGER UN…HILLSDALE COLLEGE — $20,000 · EducationHILLSDALE…FOUNDATION FOR LIBERTY AND AMERICAN GREATNESS — $25,000 · Civil RightsCLAYTON DABNEY FOR KIDS WITH CANCER — $15,000 · Human ServicesPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS — $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC — $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$415,000Animals$165,000International$110,000Philanthropy$85,000Education$75,000Civil Rights$25,000Human Services$25,000Arts & Culture$5,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetELEPHANT HAVENS WILDLIFE FOUNDATION — $145,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetYoung America's Foundation — $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Bucket Ministry — $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCENTER FOR SECURITY POLICY INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION — $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR LIBERTY AND AMERICAN GREATNESS — $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPregnancy Care Center — $20,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREYHOUND ADOPTION LEAGUE OF TEXAS — $15,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL — $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCLAYTON DABNEY FOR KIDS WITH CANCER — $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetRonald McDonald House of Dallas Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND CHANCE SPCA — $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Communities Foundatio…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX14.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Scp Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc — 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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