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The Avj Foundation

The organization's exclusive purpose is to operate as a supporting organization for the benefit and support of the community foundation of abilene, a texas non-profit corporation described in sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) of the code.

$64k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
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$315kRecreation & Sports$143kPublic Benefit$118kArts & Culture$94kAnimals$65kEnvironment$43kEducation$37kHuman Services$35kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $45,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $64,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $19,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$110k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
M D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$25,000
PARK CITIES QUAIL COALITION$10,000
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION - NORTHEAST TEXAS CHAPTER$10,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%CITY OF ALBANY: $105k → 13%SAN ANGELO MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $15k → 13%CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION - NORTHEAST TEXAS CHAPTER: $10k → 14%TEXAS BRIGADES: $5k → 16%ABILENE YOUTH SPORTS AUTHORITY: $100k → 16%ABILENE ARTS ALLIANCE: $25k → 22%CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%ALBANY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: $20k → 13%AMBLESIDE CONCHO VALLEY: $10k → 13%CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION - NORTHEAST TEXAS CHAPTER: $10k → 14%TEXAS BRIGADES: $5k → 16%GLOBAL SAMARITAN RESOURCES INC: $5k → 16%ALL KIND ANIMAL INITIATIVE: $10k → 22%CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%ALBANY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: $15k → 13%TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $28k → 14%TEXAS BRIGADES: $5k → 16%CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%CITY OF ALBANY: $13k → 13%PARK CITIES QUAIL COALITION: $10k → 14%TEXAS BRIGADES: $5k → 16%CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%ALBANY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: $12k → 13%PARK CITIES QUAIL COALITION: $10k → 14%THE OLD JAIL ART CENTER: $10k → 13%PARK CITIES QUAIL COALITION: $10k → 14%ALBANY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $10k → 13%PARK CITIES QUAIL COALITION: $10k → 14%ALBANY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $10k → 13%PARK CITIES QUAIL COALITION: $10k → 14%CITY OF ALBANY: $5k → 13%SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%SHACKELFORD CO COMMUNITY RESOURCE CTR: $5k → 13%RESOURCECARE CENTER COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $3k → 13%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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$605k · 12 repeat orgs$270k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
14

Total granted

$605k
$270k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+30%

Still filing today

75%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentEducationAnimalsOther
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

  • CF
    CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2025 · $65k · revenue +29%
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $50k · revenue +56%
  • PC
    PARK CITIES QUAIL INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $50k · revenue +384%

Funded once

  • AY
    ABILENE YOUTH SPORTS AUTHORITY
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXASgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $28k · revenue +31%
  • CH
    Christian Homes of Abilene Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +2%
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
Center for Contemporary Arts

The mission is to provide enriching and educational experiences for the communities of the region through the promotion and support of artists.

Arts & Culture
2
Abilene Chamber of Commerce Foundation

The purpose of the Organization is to provide knowledge and understanding of economics, matters of public concern, finance, education and training, and problems of minority groups therby promoting the economy and quality of life in Abilene…

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3
Abilene Christian School Inc

The mission of Abilene Christian School, Inc. is to equip students to excel academically, serve meaningfully, and walk faithfully with God.

Education
4
Glasstire

Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.

Arts & Culture
5
Pregnancy Resources of Abilene Inc

Pregnancy Resources' mission is to inspire hope and unconditionally love everyone we serve by empowering them to thrive through compassionate support and positive solutions.

Civil Rights
6
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
7
Austin Public Library Friends Foundation

Support and strengthen austin public libraries

Education
8
Creative Waco

Creative waco's mission is to grow and support a thriving cultural and creative community in waco and mclennan county, texas.

Arts & Culture
9
Abilene Opera Association

The organization produces an opera or other musical production every year or every other year, and offers related Master Classes and other educational opportunities for elementary school through college.

Arts & Culture
10
Alabama a&M University Foundation

The Alabama A&M University Foundation was established to receive, hold, invest, manage, use, and administer property of all kinds, whether given absolutely or in trust, for the benefit of Alabama A&M University and its educational,…

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11
Center for Austin Independent Journalism

To equip Austinites to make informed decisions through independent, in-depth reporting, diverse opinions, and civil dialogue. A strong local press is essential for a healthy community and democracy. We work to make Austin a more empowered…

Arts & Culture
12
Hill Country Alliance

The mission of the Hill Country Alliance is to bring together a diverse coalition of partners to preserve the open spaces, starry night skies, clean and abundant waters, and unique character of the Texas Hill Country.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Abilene; the most unlike its peers is Cystic Fibrosis 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

21 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. 21 of the 27 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
16/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF ALBANY: $133,250 · OtherCITY OF ALBANYUTMD ANDERSON: $125,000 · OtherUTMD ANDERSONTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INCALBANY ISD: $47,000 · OtherALBANY ISD+9 more: $82,500 · Other+9 moreABILENE YOUTH SPORTS AUTHORITY: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentABILENE YOUTH …FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF …PARAMOUNT THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $27,320 · Arts & CulturePARAMOUNT …ABILENE ARTS ALLIANCE: $25,000 · Arts & CultureABILENE AR…San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSan Angelo…Historic Paramount Theatre Inc: $14,910 · Arts & CultureHistoric P…+1 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureDisability Resources Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesDisabilit…Christian Homes of Abilene Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesChristian…CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $65,000 · HealthPARK CITIES QUAIL INC: $50,000 · AnimalsAll Kind Animal Initiative: $10,000 · AnimalsPARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS: $27,975 · EnvironmentBobwhite Brigade: $20,000 · Environment
Other$437,750Youth Development$115,000Arts & Culture$84,230Human Services$75,000Health$65,000Animals$60,000Environment$47,975

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 budgetABILENE YOUTH SPORTS AUTHORITY: $100,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDisability Resources Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPARK CITIES QUAIL INC: $50,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetPARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS: $27,975 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPARAMOUNT THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $27,320 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetChristian Homes of Abilene Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetABILENE ARTS ALLIANCE: $25,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetBobwhite Brigade: $20,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSan Angelo Museum of Fine Arts: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHistoric Paramount Theatre Inc: $14,910 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ABILENE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOLD JAIL ART CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAll Kind Animal Initiative: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMBLESIDE SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHACKELFORD COUNTY COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAbilene Preservation League Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 2.2% 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.

Community Foundation …Dian Graves Owen Foun…Barber FoundationGreathouse FoundationShelton Family Founda…The Legett FoundationThe Karakin FoundationKickapoo Springs Foun…Communities Foundatio…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Community Foundation of AbileneTX23.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Abilene · Dian Graves Owen Foundation · Barber Foundation · Greathouse Foundation · Shelton Family Foundation · The Legett Foundation · The Karakin Foundation · Kickapoo Springs Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 The Avj Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Avj Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 The Avj Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Avj 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 27 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 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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