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Scp Foundation at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
ELEPHANT HAVENS WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$50,000
KERR COUNTY FLOOD RELIEF FUND$50,000
Highland Park United Methodist Chur$30,000
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 (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 its 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
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

MI
NY
CA
VA
MD
DC
HI
LA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +354% since the first grant, against +13% for those 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
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

  • 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%
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of North Texas; 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.
04the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 32 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 CrippledGenesis Women's Shelter: $25,000 · OtherGenesis Women's ShelterDALLAS ARBORETUM BOTANICAL GARDENS: $25,000 · OtherDALLAS ARBORETUM BOTANICAL GARDENSPregnancy 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 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 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 budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 budgetGREYHOUND ADOPTION LEAGUE OF TEXAS: $15,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 budgetPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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
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…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

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 Scp Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Scp Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's 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
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 32 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home