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Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation

The Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of children in need within our community, and provides funding for children, the military and first responders and their families, educational, health, and athletic programming and partnerships.

$760k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$84k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2024.

Human Services$577kHealth$536kEducation$494kRecreation & Sports$485kInternational$232kArts & Culture$211kPhilanthropy$194kYouth Development$184kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 23 grants below total $379,287 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $759,913 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $380,626 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $71k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $225k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $84k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$35M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF NT$84,000
FOOD FOR THE SOUL$37,050
UT SOUTHWESTERN MED SCHOOL$25,000
STAND UP TO CANCER$25,000
HIGHLAND PARK SPORTS CLUB$25,000
THE ALS ASSOCIATION-TEXAS$24,937
VALLEY MILLS YOUTH BASEBALL$17,500
SALESIAN MISSIONS$14,500
NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEU$12,258
ETHOS EDUCATION GROUP$12,000
SAFEHAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY$11,542
CITY OF DALLAS$10,000
COOKE COUNTY VOAD$10,000
LOVELADY YOUTH BASEBALL$9,500
IGLESIA LA CASA DEL ALFARERO$7,500
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 (FY18–24, $492k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 53% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%WAKWAY INC: $9k → 11%MAMBA SPORTS ACADEMY: $24k → 10%ODESSA FAMILY YMCA: $8k → 16%SHAWNEE FAMILY YMCA: $10k → 19%THE PACK SHACK OF NW ARK: $15k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $11k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $17k → 14%ADAPTIVE TRAINING FOUNDATION: $100k → 8%SAFEHAVEN: $20k → 11%SAFEHAVEN: $19k → 11%SAFEHAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $18k → 11%SAFEHAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $12k → 11%GUNS AND HOSES FOUNDATION: $23k → 14%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $88k → 14%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $50k → 14%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $21k → 14%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $12k → 14%ARLINGTON YMCA: $6k → 11%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 14%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 14%PAT GREEN FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%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

ME
NH
MN
IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
AR
TN
SC
DC
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
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.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.7M · 23 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +25% since the first grant, against +10% for the ones you funded once.

23 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
85

Total granted

$1.7M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+10%

Still filing today

78%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $173k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesPhilanthropyEducationRecreation & SportsHealthYouth 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

  • BI
    BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL
    6× · 2018–2023 · $191k · revenue +150%
  • DI
    DO IT FOR DURRETT FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2019 · $184k · revenue +47% · 39% of their budget
  • MM
    MISSION METROPLEX INC
    5× · 2018–2023 · $178k · revenue +168%

Funded once

  • JK
    JUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -13%
  • CY
    C5 Youth Foundation of Texas Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +14%
  • AT
    Adaptive Training Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +161%

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
Mlb-Mlbpa Youth Development Foundation
Recreation & Sports
2
Dallas Mavericks Foundation
Philanthropy
3
Perfect Play Athletics Foundation
—
4
United States Baseball Federation Inc

To foster the growth of amateur baseball in the united states and to organize national and international baseball competitions.

—
5
Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation

The Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of children in need within our community, and provides funding for children, the military and first responders and their families, educational, health, and athletic…

Education
6
Texas Bankers Foundation
Education
7
Major League Baseball Players Trust

The major league baseball players trust harnesses the expertise, influence, and energy of players to create meaningful and sustainable change in the lifelong well-being of others. this is achieved through a series of programs that are run…

Recreation & Sports
8
Young Athlete Foundation
Youth Development
9
Texas Police Athletic Federation

The texas police games are competitive events that enable commissioned police officers the opportunity to compete with fellow police officers from the state of texas as well as on a nationwide level.

—
10
Washington Nationals Philanthropies

Washington nationals philanthropies is the official charitable arm of the washington nationals. its mission is to help children, families, and communities thrive through sports-based youth development and access to healthy food. the…

Youth Development
11
Texas Brigade Baseball

a youth baseball organization that harnesses the power of sports for a positive impact on our players lives and our local communities

Recreation & Sports
12
Amarillo Thunder Baseball Club

To mentor respect, teamwork, accountability and perserverance on and off the field, while promoting a passion for the games of baseball and softbal. on the field, our mission is to mentor players to reach their fullest potential by…

Recreation & Sports

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of North Texas and the most unlike its peers is Martin and Sofia Perez Family Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyDomestic Violence ServicesCancer Support ServicesSchool District FoundationsChristian Missionary Organi…Youth Sports ProgramsMilitary Veterans SupportVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Independent K-12 SchoolsCommunity College Foundatio…Health Access Advocacy and …Community FoundationsYmca Youth DevelopmentWomen & Girls Leadership De…Food Banks and PantriesCommunity Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 21 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%7%<5yr16%13%5–10yr20%29%10–20yr16%18%20–35yr10%16%35–55yr13%17%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%3%<5yr16%7%5–10yr20%33%10–20yr16%16%20–35yr10%25%35–55yr13%15%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 5% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
5%
6/119
the rest of the field
15%
20,231/136,685

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

75 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. 75 of the 126 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
67/75
Grantees still filing
43/75
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS — $272,719 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXASGODS COMPANY — $100,570 · OtherGODS COMPANYCONVERGEONE INC — $50,541 · OtherTraffick911 — $106,000 · OtherTraffick911+73 more — $922,816 · Other+73 moreDO IT FOR DURRETT FOUNDATION — $184,480 · PhilanthropyDO IT FOR DURRETT FOUNDATIO…MISSION METROPLEX INC — $178,000 · PhilanthropyMISSION METROPLEX INCARLINGTON ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $111,096 · PhilanthropyARLINGTON ISD EDUCATION FOU…JUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION — $100,000 · PhilanthropyJUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATIONTEAMMATES FOR KIDS FOUNDATION — $85,000 · PhilanthropyTEAMMATES FOR KIDS FOUNDATI…PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC — $45,711 · PhilanthropyPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND I…KERSHAW'S CHALLENGE — $30,520 · Philanthropy+6 more — $69,370 · Philanthropy+6 moreBUCKNER INTERNATIONAL — $191,195 · Human ServicesBUCKNER INTERNATI…Adaptive Training Foundation — $100,000 · Human ServicesAdaptive Training…SAFEHAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY — $68,252 · Human ServicesSAFEHAVEN OF TARR…Big League Impact Inc — $25,000 · Human ServicesMAMBA & MAMBACITA SPORTS FOUNDATION — $24,000 · Human ServicesGUNS 'N HOSES FOUNDATION — $23,000 · Human Services+8 more — $85,639 · Human Services+8 moreARTES DE LA ROSA INC — $100,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION — $50,740 · Arts & CultureARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS FOUNDATIONINC — $25,000 · Arts & CultureNEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM INC — $13,600 · Arts & CultureFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — $57,057 · EducationHIGHLAND PARK SPORTS CLUB — $25,000 · EducationSanta Fe Texas Education Foundation Inc — $20,430 · EducationTEXAS WOMANS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $12,500 · EducationARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY — $10,660 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC — $10,000 · EducationTRAVEL AND SPORTS LEGACY FOUNDATION — $8,000 · EducationC5 Youth Foundation of Texas Inc — $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentMERCY STREET — $15,181 · Youth DevelopmentUMPS CARE CHARITIES INC — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentDiamond Hill North Side Youth Athletic Association — $7,000 · Youth DevelopmentEL PASO BORDER YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOC — $35,000 · Recreation & SportsCHAPEL HILL YOUTH BASEBALL-SOFTBALL LEAG — $25,000 · Recreation & SportsUNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC — $20,000 · Recreation & SportsVALLEY MILLS YOUTH BASEBALL ASSOCIATION — $17,500 · Recreation & SportsNORTH ARLINGTON LITTLE LEAGUE — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsVan Baseball Softball Association Braswell — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsLEE COUNTY LITTLE LEAGUE INC — $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,452,646Philanthropy$804,177Human Services$517,086Arts & Culture$189,340Education$143,647Youth Development$132,181Recreation & Sports$127,500

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 budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS — $272,719 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetBUCKNER INTERNATIONAL — $191,195 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetDO IT FOR DURRETT FOUNDATION — $184,480 over 2y, 39% of budgetMISSION METROPLEX INC — $178,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetARLINGTON ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $111,096 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetTraffick911 — $106,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetJUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetC5 Youth Foundation of Texas Inc — $100,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetAdaptive Training Foundation — $100,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetARTES DE LA ROSA INC — $100,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetTEAMMATES FOR KIDS FOUNDATION — $85,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSAFEHAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY — $68,252 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — $57,057 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION — $50,740 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN — $46,662 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC — $45,711 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INC — $38,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEdify — $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEL PASO BORDER YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOC — $35,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetKERSHAW'S CHALLENGE — $30,520 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC — $28,464 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBig League Impact Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS FOUNDATIONINC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHIGHLAND PARK SPORTS CLUB — $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCHAPEL HILL YOUTH BASEBALL-SOFTBALL LEAG — $25,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetSTAND UP TO CANCER — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAMBA & MAMBACITA SPORTS FOUNDATION — $24,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGUNS 'N HOSES FOUNDATION — $23,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetSanta Fe Texas Education Foundation Inc — $20,430 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC — $20,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetMILITARY WELLNESS INITIATIVE — $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ALS ASSOCIATION-TEXAS CHAPTER — $18,543 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVALLEY MILLS YOUTH BASEBALL ASSOCIATION — $17,500 over 1y, 16% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc — $17,212 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY STREET — $15,181 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE PACK SHACK — $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMARTIN AND SOFIA PEREZ FAMILY FOUNDATION INC — $13,746 over 1y, 13% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK — $13,635 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM INC — $13,600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $12,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS WOMANS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $11,364 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY — $10,660 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWYLIE LITTLE LEAGUE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetNORTH ARLINGTON LITTLE LEAGUE — $10,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetVan Baseball Softball Association Braswell — $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetVOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER COOKE COUNTY TX — $10,000 over 1y, 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.

Communities Foundatio…Community Foundation …Major League Baseball…Major League Baseball…The Dallas FoundationUnited Way of Metropo…Kershaw FoundationTeammates for Kids Fo…Texas Instruments Fou…State Fair of TexasGil and Dody Weaver F…Thomas M Helen McKee …
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX23.7× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Major League Baseball Charities Inc · Major League Baseball Players Trust · The Dallas Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Kershaw Foundation · Teammates for Kids Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · State Fair of Texas · Gil and Dody Weaver Foundation · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc

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 Rangers Baseball 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 · 50%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%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
5get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.

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How do I get to Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Texas Rangers Baseball 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 126 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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