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Tbs Spark 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.

$15k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$30kHuman Services$28kEducation$19kPhilanthropy$13kYouth Development$6kEnvironment$5kRecreation & Sports$4kReligion$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$635
Median grant
3
States reached
$25k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TFAE RUN FOR EXCELLENCE$2,500
FIRM FOUNDATION OF HOUMA$2,152
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ACADIANA$1,877
THE HAVEN$1,665
LAFOURCHE ARC$1,150
TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$1,000
ANGELS' PLACE$696
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO LOUISIANA$635
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL$600
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 13397$500
UNITED HOUMA NATION$500
ASCENSION VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK$420
Individual grant recipient$400
SPCA OF TEXAS$206
HOGS FOR THE CAUSE$200
02The need
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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 (FY18–25, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CAMP ARANZAZU: $635 → 17%CAMP ARANZAZU: $425 → 17%LAFOURCHE ARC: $1k → 17%MCLINDON FAMILY FOUNDATION: $5k → 19%MCLINDON FAMILY FOUNATION: $3k → 19%MCLINDON FAMILY FOUNDATION: $2k → 19%B1 FOUNDATION: $1k → 19%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

IL
IA
PA
VA
KS
TN
LA
AL
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 19% of Tbs Spark Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 82% of the giving stays in LA; by stated purpose, 75%.

Tbs Spark Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 7.4% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$70k · 21 repeat orgs$30k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
33

Total granted

$70k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+3%

Still filing today

57%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • MF
    MCLINDON FAMILY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2022 · $9k · revenue +77%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF SOUTH LOUISIANA WETLANDS
    2× · 2017–2018 · $5k · revenue +263%
  • BG
    Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Louisiana Inc
    4× · 2022–2025 · $4k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • JT
    JOSHUA TREE MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2024 · $4k
  • TF
    TERREBONNE FOUNDATION FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +64%
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
The Arc of Louisiana

The arc of louisiana advocates for and with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

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2
Beauregard Health System Foundation Inc

To assist in improving healthcare in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana.

Health
3
The Foundation for Historic Louisiana dba Preserve Louisiana

The Foundation is committed to preserving the cultural and architectural heritage of Louisiana through advocacy, stewardship, and education and encourages community participation through a number of preservation programs.

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4
Med-Camps of Louisiana Inc

To provide summer camps for medically handicap children.

Recreation & Sports
5
Bayou Land Families Helping Families

Providing information to disabled persons and their families.

Human Services
6
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Swla Inc

To provide children in Southwest Louisiana facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.

—
7
Louisiana Baptist Childrens Home and Family Ministries

To provide love, care, and a positive christian witness for children and families in need.

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8
University of New Orleans Foundation

The University of New Orleans Foundation's mission is to promote the well-being and advancement of the University of New Orleans and all the colleges, schools, departments, and divisions comprising it, and to develop, expand, and improve…

Education
9
Congenital Heart Foundation of Louisiana

Offer emotional/financial support to families with CHD.

Health
10
Bayou Area Habitat for Humanity

Construct homes for low-income families.

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11
Bayou La Batre Area Health Development Board Inc

Rendering health care services in rural areas, mainly to indigent care patients

Health
12
Dubourg Home Dba Place Dubourg Apartments

Provides housing for elderly and disabled persons and families under section 207/223(f) of the national housing act under an agreement with the department of hud.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana; the most unlike its peers is Pointe-Au-Chien Indian Tribe. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

32 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. 32 of the 63 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
18/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ACADIANA INC: $6,826 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ACADIANA INCAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $4,665 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETYBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Louisiana Inc: $4,174 · OtherBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Louisiana IncTFAE RUN FOR EXCELLENCE: $3,700 · OtherTFAE RUN FOR EXCELLENCETERREBONNE FOUNDATION FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE: $2,500 · OtherTERREBONNE FOUND FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE (TFAE): $2,400 · OtherNorthshore Food Bank: $2,250 · OtherFIRM FOUNDATION OF HOUMA: $2,152 · OtherKNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 13397: $2,000 · OtherTHIBODAUX VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $1,720 · Other+30 more: $16,327 · Other+30 moreANGELS' PLACE INC: $12,181 · HealthANGELS' PLACE INCST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,986 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RE…The Haven Inc: $3,732 · HealthThe Haven IncSAINT ELIZABETH FOUNDATION: $819 · Health+2 more: $675 · HealthCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA: $11,775 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUND…TERREBONNE FOUNDATION FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION: $3,600 · PhilanthropyTERREBONNE FOUN…+1 more: $200 · PhilanthropyMCLINDON FAMILY FOUNDATION: $9,275 · Human ServicesMCLINDON FAMIL…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,780 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIO…LAFOURCHE ARC: $1,150 · Human ServicesLAFOURCHE ARCCamp Aranzazu Inc: $1,060 · Human ServicesCamp Aranzazu …b1 Foundation: $1,000 · Human Servicesb1 Foundation+1 more: $168 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF SOUTH LOUISIANA WETLANDS: $5,000 · Arts & CulturePointe-Au-Chien Indian Tribe: $500 · Arts & CultureBAYOU COUNTRY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $225 · Arts & CultureJOSHUA TREE MINISTRIES: $3,760 · Community ImprovementBayou Community Foundation: $1,135 · Community ImprovementARANSAS PASS FOR YOUTH INC: $1,390 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY: $685 · EducationNicholls State University Foundation: $500 · Education
Other$48,714Health$21,393Philanthropy$15,575Human Services$14,433Arts & Culture$5,725Community Improvement$4,895Education$2,575

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetANGELS' PLACE INC: $12,181 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA: $11,775 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMCLINDON FAMILY FOUNDATION: $9,275 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF SOUTH LOUISIANA WETLANDS: $5,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Louisiana Inc: $4,174 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,986 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJOSHUA TREE MINISTRIES: $3,760 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetThe Haven Inc: $3,732 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTERREBONNE FOUNDATION FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION: $3,600 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetNorthshore Food Bank: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,780 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHIBODAUX VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $1,720 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetARANSAS PASS FOR YOUTH INC: $1,390 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLAFOURCHE ARC: $1,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBayou Community Foundation: $1,135 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Aranzazu Inc: $1,060 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetb1 Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSAINT ELIZABETH FOUNDATION: $819 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD OF HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $750 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY: $685 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $501 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WAR HEROES: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNicholls State University Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEMENTIA SOCIETY INC: $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTERREBONNE CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $225 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBAYOU COUNTRY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOGS FOR THE CAUSE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFaith House Inc: $168 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

The Greater New Orlea…Shell USA Company Fou…Blue Cross & Blue Shi…Baton Rouge Area Foun…Community Foundation …Second Harvest Food B…J B Levert FoundationDanos FoundationGreater Houston Commu…Saints & Pelicans Fou…The Gray FoundationThe Zeringue Foundati…
The Greater New Orleans FoundationLA36.5× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation · Baton Rouge Area Foundation · Community Foundation of Acadiana · Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana · J B Levert Foundation · Danos Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Saints & Pelicans Foundation (FKA Saints and Pelicans Gulf Coast Renewal) · The Gray Foundation · The Zeringue 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 Tbs Spark Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tbs Spark Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report 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
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Tbs Spark Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Tbs Spark 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 63 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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