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Texas Bar Foundation

The Foundation solicits charitable contributions and provides funding to enhance the rule of law and the system of justice in Texas, especially for programs that relate to the administration of justice; ethics in the legal profession; legal assistance for the needy; the encouragement of legal research, publications & forums; and the…

$1.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
110
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$45k
Largest
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 FY20172025.

Crime & Legal$4.1MHuman Services$829kHealth$447kEducation$286kHousing & Shelter$246kCivil Rights$201kYouth Development$186kArts & Culture$168kOther$0
02FY2025 · 110 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 110 grants below total $1,631,585 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,688,863 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $57,278 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k23 grants · $172k
  • $10k–50k87 grants · $1.5M
$14,433
Median grant
5
States reached
$47M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Texas Young Lawyers Assc$45,000
The Arc of the Capital Area$35,000
Hope Haven of East Texas$30,000
Texas Ctr for the Judiciary$30,000
Aspire A Mindful Place$30,000
South Tx College of Law Houst$27,200
Basin Dream Ctr for Orphans$26,050
Fort Bend Womens Center$25,400
BakerRipley$25,000
Lone Star Justice Alliance$25,000
ACH Child and Family Svcs$25,000
Precinct4Forward$25,000
Texas CASA$25,000
CASA for Hunt County$25,000
Austin Bar Fdn Vets Leg Assis$25,000
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY21–25, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Patriot PAWS Service Dogs: $15k → 5%Mission Granbury: $30k → 10%Foster Village: $20k → 10%For the Sake of One: $15k → 19%Geaux 4 Kids: $24k → 13%Resource & Crisis Ctr of Galv: $15k → 14%Awaazorg: $22k → 16%For the Sake of One: $14k → 19%A Home Base for Trsng Youth: $30k → 22%Angel Reach: $20k → 9%Neighborhood Recv Comm Dev Co: $20k → 16%Refugee Language Project: $15k → 20%Angel Reach: $15k → 9%Catholic Charities of SE Tx: $15k → 19%Angel Reach: $13k → 9%Girls Haven Inc: $16k → 19%Family Services SETX: $15k → 19%Human Rights Initiative NTX: $25k → 14%Opportunity Ctr for the Homel: $20k → 21%Fort Bend Womens Center: $31k → 8%Human Rights Initiative NTX: $20k → 14%Foster Care Advocacy Ctr: $15k → 16%Fort Bend Womens Center: $25k → 8%Human Rights Initiative NTX: $20k → 14%Precinct4Forward: $25k → 16%Restored Hope Ministries: $13k → 14%Covenant House Texas: $15k → 16%Houston Area Womens Ctr: $27k → 16%Montrose Grace Place: $13k → 16%ChildSafe: $15k → 16%Catholic Charities - GalHou: $26k → 16%Arlington-Mansfield Area YMCA: $17k → 11%Family Svc Ass of San Antonio: $13k → 16%CitySquare: $15k → 14%Metroplex Military Charitable: $22k → 14%Kid Net Fdn dba Jonathans Pl: $20k → 14%Justice Forward: $20k → 16%Justice Forward: $19k → 16%Justice Forward: $15k → 16%Justice Forward: $15k → 16%Children 4 Tomorrow: $28k → 16%Children 4 Tomorrow: $18k → 16%Dallas Chirdren Advocacy Ctr: $15k → 14%DeliverFund: $17k → 14%Dallas Childrens Advocacy Ctr: $15k → 14%BakerRipley: $25k → 16%The Center for Pursuit: $15k → 16%ME3LJ Center: $13k → 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.

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.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.9M · 90 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +13% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

90 repeat relationships — 44 still active in FY2025, 46 since wound down; 65 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

90
128

Total granted

$3.9M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
0%

Still filing today

91%
87%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $946k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesCrime & LegalCivil RightsEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentOther

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

  • TC
    Texas Center for the Judiciary Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $150k · revenue +14%
  • LS
    LONE STAR JUSTICE ALLIANCE
    4× · 2021–2025 · $103k · revenue +182%
  • HO
    HEART OF A CHANPION
    4× · 2021–2025 · $87k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE MASON COUNTY COURTHOUSE
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -99%
  • LS
    LONE STAR LEGAL AID
    one grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue +1%
  • BI
    BRAZOS INTERFAITH IMMIGRATION NETWORK
    one grant, 2023 · $39k · revenue -51%

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
Court Appointed Special Advocates in the Heart of Texas

Training and supporting quality volunteers who speak out for the best interest of abused and neglected children in court in an effort to find each child a safe, permanent, nurturing home.

Civil Rights
2
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Milam County
3
Casa of South Texas Inc

Child Advocacy

Human Services
4
Court Appointed Special Advocates Casa of Liberty/Chambers Counties

None

Human Services
5
Guadalupe County Children's Advocacy Center

To advocate for and provide services to children and families when there are allegations of abuse and neglect throughout the investigation,prosecution, treatment, and prevention of child abuse, and to reduce the trauma to childrent with…

Crime & Legal
6
Childrens Advocacy Center of West Texas Inc

The Organizations mission is to bring unity and efficiency to investigations of child abuse through the use of a multi-disciplinary team and, thereby, to provide the best possible services to victims of child abuse and their families.

Crime & Legal
7
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Hidalgo Count

To provide services for the protection of abused and neglected children that are in the custody of the State of Texas.

Civil Rights
8
Bluebonnet Childrens Center

To protect and enhance the quality of life for abused and neglected children in Medina, Real and Uvalde Counties of Texas.

Crime & Legal
9
Casa for Kids of South Central Texas Inc

To recruit, train and supervise volunteers that advocate in the best interests of abused and neglected children in court.

Housing & Shelter
10
Casa of Deep East Texas Inc

Train volunteers to advocate for children in court directed foster care.

Crime & Legal
11
Childrens Advocacy Center of Van Zandt County Inc

The children's advocacy center of van zandt county is committed to ensuring quality services and support to those children impacted by abuse while also building a future where no child in van zandt county experiences abuse.

Human Services
12
Casa of Harrison County

To provide trained court appointed volunteers to serve as advocates for the best interests of abused and neglected children in harrison county texas

Youth Development

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dallas Children's Advocacy Center and the most unlike its peers is Transformative Justice of Williamson County. 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 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number28%4%<5yr16%11%5–10yr19%17%10–20yr16%27%20–35yr9%26%35–55yr12%15%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value28%3%<5yr16%11%5–10yr19%15%10–20yr16%28%20–35yr9%27%35–55yr12%16%55yr+

The field is 28% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.4% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.4%1/283
the rest of the field
16%
12,982/78,792

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

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

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 20172026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 253 of the 283 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
47
Early backer (in before they grew)
253/253
Grantees still filing
143/253
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

State Bar of Texas — $293,000 · OtherState Bar of TexasTexas Center for the Judiciary Inc — $150,000 · OtherTexas Center for the Judiciary IncHEART OF A CHANPION — $87,000 · Other+67 more — $2,065,408 · Other+67 moreHUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE OF NORTH TEXAS INC — $75,000 · Human ServicesHUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE — $74,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF T…JUSTICE FORWARD — $69,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN 4 TOMORROW — $56,954 · Human ServicesFORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER INC SOS/SHELTER-OUTREACH-SOLUTIONS — $56,692 · Human ServicesANGEL REACH — $47,500 · Human Services+44 more — $915,315 · Human Services+44 moreLONE STAR JUSTICE ALLIANCE — $102,500 · Crime & LegalLONE STAR JUSTICE …CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF SMITH COUNTY — $54,547 · Crime & LegalCHILDRENS ADVOCACY…Voz De Ninos — $54,000 · Crime & LegalSAN ANTONIO LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION — $49,600 · Crime & LegalCONFERENCE ON CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN INC — $41,500 · Crime & LegalGalveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project — $40,000 · Crime & LegalLONE STAR LEGAL AID — $40,000 · Crime & LegalCENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION — $37,500 · Crime & LegalTexas Legal Services Center INC — $37,500 · Crime & LegalDenton County Lawyers Foundation — $37,500 · Crime & LegalCHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER FOR NORTH TEXAS INC — $35,000 · Crime & Legal+24 more — $492,125 · Crime & Legal+24 moreFE Y JUSTICIA WORKER CENTER — $50,000 · Civil RightsTexas Defender Service — $40,000 · Civil RightsTHE TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER — $40,000 · Civil RightsTEXAS CASA INC — $35,000 · Civil RightsCourt Appointed Special Advocates of Southeast Texas Inc — $34,250 · Civil RightsFt Bend County Child Advocates Inc — $33,000 · Civil RightsCASA FOR THE HIGHLAND LAKES AREA — $30,000 · Civil RightsLONE STAR CASA INC — $29,815 · Civil RightsCASA For Kids Inc — $27,645 · Civil RightsCASA of Central Texas Inc — $25,625 · Civil RightsEAST TEXAS IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY — $25,000 · Civil RightsALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC — $23,500 · Civil RightsEqual Justice Center — $21,000 · Civil RightsAMARILLO AREA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC — $20,000 · Civil Rights+3 more — $44,861 · Civil RightsFORT BEND FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC — $80,000 · HealthNAMI Texas Inc — $34,264 · HealthASPIRE A MINDFUL PLACE — $30,000 · HealthThe Council on Recovery — $30,000 · HealthBETTER AT LAST — $25,000 · HealthJUSTICE FOR CHILDREN INC — $23,000 · HealthSIMPLY GRACE — $20,000 · HealthTHE WOMEN'S CENTER OF TARRANT COUNTY INC — $20,000 · HealthGRACE TO GROW — $20,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $18,000 · HealthMATAGORDA COUNTY WOMEN'S CRISIS CENTER — $16,000 · HealthSANTA MARIA HOSTEL INC — $15,000 · HealthSOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON INC — $78,600 · EducationYOUTH JUSTICE ALLIANCE — $53,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF HOUSTON INC — $21,120 · EducationBAYLOR UNIVERSITY — $20,492 · EducationTexas A&M Foundation — $20,000 · EducationALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · EducationTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY — $16,000 · EducationHISPANIC BAR ASSOCIATION INC — $16,000 · EducationSMITH COUNTY CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN INC — $15,500 · EducationSouthern Methodist University — $12,500 · EducationTexas Advocacy Project — $80,060 · Arts & CultureTexas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts — $31,000 · Arts & CultureFOUNDATION FOR RESPONSIBLE TELEVISION — $22,400 · Arts & CultureJUNIOR PLAYERS GUILD — $20,000 · Arts & CultureWichita Falls Alliance for Arts and Culture — $15,000 · Arts & CultureDallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum — $15,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,595,408Human Services$1,294,461Crime & Legal$1,021,772Civil Rights$479,696Health$331,264Education$273,212Arts & Culture$183,460

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTexas Center for the Judiciary Inc — $150,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetLONE STAR JUSTICE ALLIANCE — $102,500 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetHEART OF A CHANPION — $87,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetCatholic Charities of Central Texas — $81,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTexas Advocacy Project — $80,060 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFORT BEND FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC — $80,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON INC — $78,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WAY BACK HOUSE INC — $75,400 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE OF NORTH TEXAS INC — $75,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE — $74,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetJUSTICE FORWARD — $69,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetInnocence Project of Texas — $65,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetAUSTIN BAR FOUNDATION — $61,500 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS INC — $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKIDSAVE INTERNATIONAL INC — $57,300 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCHILDREN 4 TOMORROW — $56,954 over 3y, 35% of budgetFORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER INC SOS/SHELTER-OUTREACH-SOLUTIONS — $56,692 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEARL CARL INSTITUTE FOR LEGAL AND SOCIAL POLICY INC — $55,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetCHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF SMITH COUNTY — $54,547 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetVoz De Ninos — $54,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetYOUTH JUSTICE ALLIANCE — $53,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetFE Y JUSTICIA WORKER CENTER — $50,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetMETHODIST JUSTICE MINISTRY OF FUMC — $50,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetACH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES — $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCactus Nazarene Ministry Center — $50,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MASON COUNTY COURTHOUSE — $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSAN ANTONIO LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION — $49,600 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION — $49,485 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetANGEL REACH — $47,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLAW FOCUSED EDUCATION INC — $45,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetCONFERENCE ON CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN INC — $41,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetGalveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project — $40,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetLONE STAR LEGAL AID — $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDALLAS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER — $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Defender Service — $40,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER — $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBRAZOS INTERFAITH IMMIGRATION NETWORK — $39,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetAffordable Homes of South Texas Inc — $38,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHERISH OUR CHILDREN INC — $37,500 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION — $37,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTexas Legal Services Center INC — $37,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDenton County Lawyers Foundation — $37,500 over 1y, 60% of budgetTEXAS MUSLIM WOMENS FOUNDATION INC — $35,600 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER FOR NORTH TEXAS INC — $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTEXAS CASA INC — $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES- DIOCESE OF TYLER — $35,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetNAMI Texas Inc — $34,264 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocates of Southeast Texas Inc — $34,250 over 2y, 2.3% 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.

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.

Meadows Foundation IncTX72.8× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Meadows Foundation Inc · The Moody Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Texas Center for Child and Family Studies · Houston Endowment Inc · The Rees-Jones Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · Texas Casa Inc · Texas Council on Family Violence Inc · United Way of Greater Houston

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 Texas Bar 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
202122232425
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    89report 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, FY2025

    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.

    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 283 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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