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Shivers Cancer Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$504k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.8MPhilanthropy$1.3MHuman Services$425kEducation$285kCommunity Improvement$200kInternational$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $184k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$84,120
Median grant
2
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONCMC FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL TEXAS$300,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS INC$100,000
TRAVIS COUNTY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT$84,120
BREAST CANCER RESOURCE CENTER$15,000
THE MIRACLE FOUNDATION INC$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $190k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $30k → 10%BASTROP COUNTY CARES: $100k → 12%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $25k → 10%BASTROP COUNTY CARES: $20k → 12%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $15k → 10%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.
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 10 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
7

Total granted

$3.0M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
-1%

Still filing today

60%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $89k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • DC
    DELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $600k · revenue +39%
  • BC
    BASTROP COUNTY CARES
    2× · 2020–2021 · $120k · revenue +98%
  • HA
    HOSPICE AUSTIN
    3× · 2021–2024 · $70k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • SA
    SetonUT Austin Dell Medical School University Physicians Group
    one grant, 2024 · $450k · revenue +8%
  • DC
    DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $300k
  • AA
    AUSTIN AREA RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
    one grant, 2021 · $200k · revenue -5%
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
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
2
Baylor Research Institute

To improve the care and well being of our community, nationally and internationally, through innovative clinically relevant research that is consistent with the mission, vision and values of Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH).

Health
3
Dell Children's Medical Group

Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. Our Catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…

Health
4
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
5
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
6
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
Health
7
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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8
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
9
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

Health
10
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
11
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
12
The Rose

The mission of the rose is saving lives through quality breast health services, advocacy and access to care for all.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dell Children's Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Kamukama Foundation. 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

13 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. 13 of the 19 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
6/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $600,000 · OtherDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONCMC FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $600,000 · OtherDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONCMC FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL TEXASRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $300,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSEDELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER: $300,000 · OtherDELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTERTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $285,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINAUSTIN AREA RESEARCH ORGANIZATION: $200,000 · OtherAUSTIN AREA RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONTRAVIS COUNTY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT: $84,120 · Other+1 more: $45,000 · OtherSetonUT Austin Dell Medical School University Physicians Group: $450,000 · HealthSetonUT Austin Dell M…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS INC: $200,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE…LONE STAR CIRCLE OF CARE: $80,000 · HealthLONE STAR CIRCLE OF C…+4 more: $53,000 · Health+4 moreUNITED WAY FOR GREATER AUSTIN: $746,772 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY FOR GREAT…BASTROP COUNTY CARES: $119,603 · Human ServicesHOSPICE AUSTIN: $70,000 · Human ServicesKAMUKAMA FOUNDATION: $3,500 · International
Other$2,414,120Health$783,000Philanthropy$746,772Human Services$189,603International$3,500

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 budgetUNITED WAY FOR GREATER AUSTIN: $746,772 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $600,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSetonUT Austin Dell Medical School University Physicians Group: $450,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAUSTIN AREA RESEARCH ORGANIZATION: $200,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS INC: $200,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetBASTROP COUNTY CARES: $119,603 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetLONE STAR CIRCLE OF CARE: $80,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE AUSTIN: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBREAST CANCER RESOURCE CENTER: $23,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCONQUER CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIRACLE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKAMUKAMA FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Georgetown Healthcare…St David's FoundationAustin Community Foun…United Way WorldwideThe Blackbaud Giving …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
Georgetown Healthcare System IncTX13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Georgetown Healthcare System Inc · St David's Foundation · Austin Community Foundation Inc · United Way Worldwide · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Shivers Cancer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shivers Cancer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Shivers Cancer Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Shivers Cancer 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 19 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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