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Shield-Ayres Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
121
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2024.

Youth Development$2.0MEnvironment$1.9MHuman Services$1.3MPhilanthropy$933kHealth$818kEducation$775kFood & Nutrition$690kCrime & Legal$587kOther$0
02FY2024 · 121 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k118 grants · $1.6M
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHIELD RANCH FOUNDATION$500,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$45,000
EL BUEN SAMARITANO$40,000
BREAD FOR THE WORLD INSTITUTE$30,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$25,000
HFCC (HOUSING FIRST COMMUNITY COALITION)$25,000
RISE RECOVERY$20,000
WATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY$20,000
THE SAFE ALLIANCE$20,000
HILL COUNTRY ALLIANCE$20,000
COMMUNITY HEALTH DEVELOPMENT INC$20,000
SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK$20,000
NEO PHILANTHROPY CO DAUGHTERS FOR EARTH$20,000
SUGARLOAF PICTURES LLC$20,000
TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$20,000
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 (FY19–24, $756k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 39% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BRECKENRIDGE VILLAGE OF TYLER: $10k → 12%CAMP ARANZAZU INC: $10k → 17%BRECKENRIDGE VILLAGE OF TYLER: $10k → 12%CAMP ARANZAZU INC: $10k → 17%CAMP ARANZAZU INC: $10k → 17%CAMP ARANZAZU INC: $10k → 17%CAMP ARANZAZU INC: $10k → 17%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $10k → 10%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $10k → 10%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $10k → 10%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $10k → 10%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $10k → 10%BLACK OUTSIDE INC: $13k → 16%CORAZON MINISTRIES INC: $12k → 16%CORAZON MINISTRIES INC: $12k → 16%CORAZON MINISTRIES INC: $12k → 16%OPEN DOOR PRESCHOOLS: $10k → 10%YMCA OF AUSTIN: $10k → 10%YMCA OF AUSTIN: $10k → 10%GOOD SAMARITAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 16%GOOD SAMARITAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 16%THRIVE YOUTH CENTER INC: $10k → 16%THRIVE YOUTH CENTER INC: $10k → 16%GOOD SAMARITAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 16%GOOD SAMARITAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 16%GOOD SAMARITAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 16%GOOD SAMARITAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 16%THRIVE YOUTH CENTER INC: $10k → 16%CHILDSAFE: $25k → 16%CHILDSAFE: $25k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $10k → 16%CHILDSAFE: $10k → 16%CHILDSAFE: $10k → 16%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%WOMEN'S STORYBOOK PROJECT OF TEXAS: $10k → 10%WOMEN'S STORYBOOK PROJECT OF TEXAS: $10k → 10%WOMEN'S STORYBOOK PROJECT OF TEXAS: $10k → 10%AMALA FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%AMALA FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE DBA LIFEWORKS: $20k → 10%AMALA FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE DBA LIFEWORKS: $15k → 10%WONDERS & WORRIES: $15k → 10%WONDERS & WORRIES: $15k → 10%WONDERS & WORRIES: $15k → 10%WONDERS & WORRIES: $15k → 10%FAMILY ELDERCARE: $17k → 10%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

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VA
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HI
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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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$11M · 184 repeat orgs$800k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +44% since the first grant, against +22% for the ones you funded once.

184 repeat relationships — 101 still active in FY2024, 83 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

184
55

Total granted

$11M
$648k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+22%

Still filing today

80%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $152k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationHealthCrime & LegalArts & CultureOther

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

  • BF
    Bread for the World Institute
    4× · 2020–2024 · $190k · revenue +44%
  • TL
    TEXAS LAND TRUST COUNCIL
    6× · 2019–2024 · $140k · revenue +99%
  • TG
    THE GREAT SPRINGS PROJECT INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $110k · revenue +123%

Funded once

  • TC
    Texas Conservation Alliancegraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +830%
  • TH
    TEXAS HILL COUNTRY CONSERVATION NETWORK
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $20k

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
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

—
2
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
3
Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
4
Aclu Foundation of Texas Inc

The ACLU Foundation of Texas is the unyielding guardian and promoter of freedom, justice, equality and dignity of all people, particularly for those who are still fighting to secure the full exercise of their civil rights and liberties.…

Civil Rights
5
Center for Austin Independent Journalism

To equip Austinites to make informed decisions through independent, in-depth reporting, diverse opinions, and civil dialogue. A strong local press is essential for a healthy community and democracy. We work to make Austin a more empowered…

Arts & Culture
6
Farm and City

Farm&City is an independent 501c3 think & do tank dedicated to high quality urban & rural human habitat in Texas in perpetuity. We improve public policies to improve millions of Texans lives in ways that preserve and enhance Texas land,…

Education
7
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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8
Good Work Austin

Good Work Austin's mission is to foster healthy careers in the local food and beverage industry through professional development and advocacy for more equitable practices.

Public Benefit
9
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
10
Bexar Land Trust Inc dba Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas

The mission of Bexar Land Trust (Green Spaces) is to sustain the natural environment and enhance urban spaces through land conservation, community engagement, and education.

Environment
11
Texas Defender Service

See Schedule OTDS fights for the end of mass incarceration and excessive punishment in Texas through direct representation, policy reform, and public education. TDS stands up for the dignity and humanity of people harmed by mass…

Civil Rights
12
Texas Immigration Law Council

It is the mission of the Texas Immigration Law Council to protect and promote the basic rights of immigrants and refugees of all nationalities within Texas.

Civil Rights

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Peoplefund and the most unlike its peers is The Foundation At Shield Ranch. 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 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%1%<5yr16%8%5–10yr18%20%10–20yr16%26%20–35yr13%31%35–55yr14%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr16%5%5–10yr18%33%10–20yr16%19%20–35yr13%33%35–55yr14%10%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.5% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.5%1/205
the rest of the field
15%
6,354/43,147

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

200 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. 200 of the 257 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
65
Early backer (in before they grew)
196/200
Grantees still filing
142/200
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

H E BUTT FAMILY FND — $230,000 · Other+119 more — $4,955,249 · Other+119 moreTHE FOUNDATION AT SHIELD RANCH — $1,700,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE FOUNDATION AT…+5 more — $155,000 · Youth Development+5 moreTEXAS LAND TRUST COUNCIL — $140,000 · EnvironmentTEXAS LAND TRUST…THE GREAT SPRINGS PROJECT INC (AUDIT) — $110,000 · EnvironmentTHE GREAT SPRING…Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center — $105,000 · EnvironmentWestcave Outdoor…LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC — $100,000 · EnvironmentLAND TRUST ALLIA…A ROCHA USA INC A ROCHA USA — $90,000 · EnvironmentA ROCHA USA INC …Hill Country Alliance — $90,000 · EnvironmentHill Country All…SAVE BARTON CREEK ASSOCIATION — $90,000 · EnvironmentSAVE BARTON CREE…TEXAS WATER TRADE — $85,000 · EnvironmentHILL COUNTRY CONSERVANCY — $80,000 · EnvironmentPARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS — $80,000 · EnvironmentTexas Agricultural Land Trust — $65,000 · EnvironmentAUSTIN YOUTH RIVER WATCH — $65,000 · EnvironmentFAMILIES IN NATURE — $60,000 · EnvironmentBig Bend Conservation Alliance — $60,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $60,000 · Environment+10 more — $385,000 · Environment+10 moreAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $750,000 · PhilanthropyAUSTIN CO…I LIVE HERE I GIVE HERE — $60,000 · PhilanthropyI LIVE HE…HEALTHY FUTURES OF TEXAS — $50,000 · PhilanthropySOUTH CUMBERLAND COMMUNITY FUND — $50,000 · Philanthropy+4 more — $85,000 · Philanthropy+4 moreAMALA FOUNDATION — $75,000 · Human ServicesCHILDSAFE — $70,000 · Human ServicesGOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO — $65,000 · Human ServicesWonders & Worries Inc — $60,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE — $52,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE AUSTIN — $50,000 · Human ServicesCamp Aranzazu Inc — $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE REFUGEE COLLECTIVE — $45,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE — $45,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN — $40,000 · Human ServicesFOSTER ANGELS OF CENTRAL TEXAS FOUNDATION — $40,000 · Human ServicesOPEN DOOR PRESCHOOL — $40,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY ELDERCARE INC — $37,000 · Human ServicesCorazon Ministries Inc — $36,000 · Human ServicesHELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesWOMENS STORYBOOK PROJECT OF TEXAS — $30,000 · Human ServicesTHRIVE YOUTH CENTER INC — $30,000 · Human Services+2 more — $40,000 · Human ServicesWORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT — $80,000 · EducationTEXAS TRIBUNE INC — $75,000 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH — $60,000 · EducationPELOTONU INC — $55,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS — $55,000 · EducationTodos Juntos Learning Center — $50,000 · EducationCon Mi MADRE — $45,000 · EducationSEEDLING FOUNDATION — $40,000 · EducationBRIGHTON CENTER — $40,000 · EducationLITERACY COALITION OF CENTRAL TEXAS — $40,000 · EducationBAYLOR UNIVERSITY — $40,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SAN ANTONIO — $40,000 · EducationMeasure Austin — $40,000 · EducationAUSTIN EXPLORE INC — $35,000 · EducationHEALY-MURPHY CENTER — $30,000 · EducationVELA — $30,000 · Education+1 more — $15,000 · EducationBread for the World Institute — $190,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $96,666 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $79,166 · InternationalCenter for Survivors of Torture — $45,000 · InternationalAUSTIN TAN CERCA DE LA FRONTERA — $20,000 · International
Other$5,185,249Youth Development$1,855,000Environment$1,665,000Philanthropy$995,000Human Services$835,000Education$770,000International$430,832

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetTHE FOUNDATION AT SHIELD RANCH — $1,700,000 over 3y, 33% of budgetAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $750,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBread for the World Institute — $190,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetTEXAS LAND TRUST COUNCIL — $140,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetTHE GREAT SPRINGS PROJECT INC (AUDIT) — $110,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetWestcave Outdoor Discovery Center — $105,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetAMERICAN YOUTHWORKS — $105,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetLAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC — $100,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $96,666 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC — $95,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetA ROCHA USA INC A ROCHA USA — $90,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetHill Country Alliance — $90,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetSAVE BARTON CREEK ASSOCIATION — $90,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetTEXAS WATER TRADE — $85,000 over 4y, 7.9% of budgetTHE SAFE ALLIANCE — $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHILL COUNTRY CONSERVANCY — $80,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetTexans Care For Children Inc — $80,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetWORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT — $80,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetPARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS — $80,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $79,166 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMALA FOUNDATION — $75,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetVolunteer Healthcare Clinic Inc — $75,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK — $75,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS TRIBUNE INC — $75,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY — $74,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDSAFE — $70,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPEOPLE'S COMMUNITY CLINIC INC — $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Agricultural Land Trust — $65,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO — $65,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAUSTIN YOUTH RIVER WATCH — $65,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetSAHELI — $65,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCatholic Charities of Central Texas — $65,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILIES IN NATURE — $60,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH — $60,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC — $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Advocacy Project — $60,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCONSPIRARE INC — $60,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetBig Bend Conservation Alliance — $60,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetAmerican Gateways — $60,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetI LIVE HERE I GIVE HERE — $60,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWonders & Worries Inc — $60,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetPELOTONU INC — $55,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetWelcome Table Incorporated — $55,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetShoal Creek Conservancy — $55,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetTexas Land Conservancy — $55,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetCARITAS OF AUSTIN — $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS — $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION AT SHIELD RANCH ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Bread for the World Institute ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS LAND TRUST COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds THE GREAT SPRINGS PROJECT INC (AUDIT) ↗
  • Who funds Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN YOUTHWORKS ↗
  • Who funds LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
  • Who funds A ROCHA USA INC A ROCHA USA ↗
  • Who funds Hill Country Alliance ↗
  • Who funds SAVE BARTON CREEK ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS WATER TRADE ↗
  • Who funds THE SAFE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds HILL COUNTRY CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Texans Care For Children Inc ↗
  • Who funds WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds AMALA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Volunteer Healthcare Clinic Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS TRIBUNE INC ↗
  • Who funds WATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds CHILDSAFE ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE'S COMMUNITY CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds Texas Agricultural Land Trust ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN YOUTH RIVER WATCH ↗
  • Who funds SAHELI ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Charities of Central Texas ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES IN NATURE ↗

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.

Austin Community Foun…St David's FoundationUnited Way for Greate…Alice Kleberg Reynold…The Moody FoundationBetter Business BureauJacob and Terese Hers…San Antonio Area Foun…Donald D Hammill Foun…Meadows Foundation IncTopfer Family Foundat…The Cynthia & George …
Austin Community Foundation IncTX137.5× affinity98 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · St David's Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800 · The Moody Foundation · Better Business Bureau · Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation · San Antonio Area Foundation · Donald D Hammill Foundation · Meadows Foundation Inc · Topfer Family Foundation · The Cynthia & George Mitchell 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 Shield-Ayres 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%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
72report 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

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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Shield-Ayres Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Shield-Ayres 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 257 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines