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Tex Williams Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5k
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$600
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$8kEducation$8kAnimals$7kCivil Rights$3kArts & Culture$3kReligion$2kInternational$1kYouth Development$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$130
Median grant
9
States reached
$184k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HEALTHCARE FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS$600
SABAN COMMUNITY CLINIC$500
FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION$350
HOPE FOR PAWS$306
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$300
INTERNATIONAL RETT SYNDROME FOUNDATION$250
DUKE UNIVERSITY$250
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION$200
UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION FOR GIST RESEARCH$200
GOEBEL SENIOR CENTER COMMISSION INC$158
LA COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION$150
FRIENDS OF THOUSAND OAKS LIBRARY$150
CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER$150
Individual grant recipient$130
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$120
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 (FY21–25, $258) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MICHAEL P NOSCO FOUNDATION INC: $100 → 10%GOEBEL SENIOR CENTER COMMISSION INC: $158 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WI
NY
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
VA
MD
NC
DC
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$27k · 43 repeat orgs$9k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

43 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 29 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
69

Total granted

$27k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+18%

Still filing today

65%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEducationHealthCivil RightsPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • FF
    FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $2k · revenue +161%
  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2018–2025 · $2k · revenue +41%
  • HF
    HEALTHCARE FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS
    3× · 2023–2025 · $1k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • PP
    PURPLE PROJECT NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CITIZENSHIP
    one grant, 2019 · $300
  • CH
    CAMPBELL HALL SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $259
  • GW
    GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLANDgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $258 · revenue +224%
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 Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
3
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
4
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover

To bring animals out of crisis and strengthen the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education. redrover accomplishes its mission by engaging volunteers and…

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5
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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6
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
7
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
8
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
9
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
10
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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11
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
12
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is People for the American Way; the most unlike its peers is California Museum of Art Thousand Oaks. 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

73 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 73 of the 126 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
73/73
Grantees still filing
53/73
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION: $1,345 · OtherAMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATIONUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION FOR GIST RESEARCH: $1,160 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION FOR GIST…CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF ART THOUSAND OAKS: $1,150 · OtherCALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF ART THOUSAND OAKSRETT SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $1,050 · OtherRETT SYNDROME FOUNDATIONSanta Monica Mountains Fund: $900 · OtherHOSPICE OF THE CONEJO VALLEY: $741 · OtherOJAI PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE: $650 · OtherHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $850 · Other+71 more: $11,122 · Other+71 moreTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $2,900 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNI…DUKE UNIVERSITY: $1,550 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYCALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY: $910 · EducationCALIFORNIA LUTHERAN…LA COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $650 · EducationLA COUNTY LIBRARY F…FRIENDS OF THE THOUSAND OAKS LIBRARY: $250 · Education+6 more: $641 · Education+6 moreHEALTHCARE FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS: $1,150 · AnimalsHEALTHCARE FOR…NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $866 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDL…HOPE FOR PAWS: $859 · AnimalsHOPE FOR PAWSWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $550 · AnimalsWILDLIFE CONSE…WOLF CONSERVATION CENTER INC: $250 · AnimalsBIG HEART RANCH: $230 · AnimalsVALLEY CATS INC: $200 · Animals+9 more: $939 · Animals+9 moreTHE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER: $1,250 · HealthTHE CALIFOR…PLANNED PARENTHOOD CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST: $990 · HealthPLANNED PAR…THE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC: $500 · HealthTHE LOS ANG…International Rett Syndrome Foundation: $500 · HealthInternation…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $250 · HealthBLOOD CANCE…+5 more: $395 · Health+5 moreFREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION INC: $1,950 · ReligionAMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE: $650 · Civil RightsSecular Coalition for America Inc: $550 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $200 · Civil RightsCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $100 · Civil RightsTHE CLEAR FUND: $800 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $210 · PhilanthropyTHE HAWN FOUNDATION: $100 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $100 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY INC: $100 · Philanthropy
Other$18,968Education$6,901Animals$5,044Health$3,885Religion$1,950Civil Rights$1,500Philanthropy$1,310

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 budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $2,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION INC: $1,950 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $1,550 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER: $1,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHCARE FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS: $1,150 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF ART THOUSAND OAKS: $1,150 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST: $990 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY: $910 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Monica Mountains Fund: $900 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $866 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR PAWS: $859 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $850 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOJAI PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE: $650 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE: $650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLA COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $650 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSecular Coalition for America Inc: $550 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNational Center for Science Education: $545 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rett Syndrome Foundation: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $390 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: $258 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE THOUSAND OAKS LIBRARY: $250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOLF CONSERVATION CENTER INC: $250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $220 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $210 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY CATS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOEBEL SENIOR CENTER COMMISSION INC: $158 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOXY AND THE HOUNDS: $158 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD SHARE INC: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $135 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $111 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY: $108 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HAWN FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LAWFARE PROJECT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE THREE DOCTORS FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALS Network: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $100 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.

  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHCARE FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF ART THOUSAND OAKS ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Santa Monica Mountains Fund ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FOR PAWS ↗
  • Who funds HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEAR FUND ↗
  • Who funds OJAI PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE ↗
  • Who funds LA COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds Secular Coalition for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds National Center for Science Education ↗
  • Who funds THE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds International Rett Syndrome Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MANNA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE THOUSAND OAKS LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗

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.

Mary Jo and Hank Gree…The Annenberg Foundat…Shell USA Company Fou…California Community …Raymond James Charita…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodThe Pfizer Foundation…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Endowment Fo…
Mary Jo and Hank Greenberg Animal Welfare FoundationCA15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mary Jo and Hank Greenberg Animal Welfare Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · California Community Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment 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 Tex Williams Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tex Williams Foundation Inc. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
10report 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.
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How do I get to Tex Williams Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Tex Williams Foundation Inc 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 126 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
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$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