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The Barbee Family Foundation at a glance

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The Barbee Family 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.

$245k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Public Benefit$316kEducation$284kScience & Tech$253kSocial Science$115kHuman Services$58kHealth$50kCommunity Improvement$35kInternational$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $225k
$15,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUNG VOICE OF WASHINGTON DC$45,000
THE ATLAS NETWORK$30,000
FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION$25,000
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
THE DAVID NETWORK$15,000
THE POTOMAC SCHOOL$15,000
YORKTOWN FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC POL$15,000
THE THOMAS JEFFERSON INSTITUTE$10,000
COMPETITIVEENTERPRISE INSTITUTE$10,000
STUDENTS FOR LIBERTY$10,000
THE DAKSHANA FOUNDATION$10,000
EDCHOICE$5,299
CENTER FOR FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY$5,000
CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT THOUGHT$5,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HOSPICE BRAZOS VALLEY: $30k → 22%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
NY
IN
NJ
CT
VA
MD
DC
GA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 20 repeat orgs$168k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
7

Total granted

$1.1M
$103k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+4%

Still filing today

70%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k 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
EducationPublic BenefitSocial ScienceHuman ServicesCivil RightsHealthOther
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

  • TP
    The Potomac School
    8× · 2018–2025 · $256k · revenue +14%
  • YV
    Young Voices
    8× · 2018–2025 · $164k · revenue +356%
  • FF
    Foundation for Economic Education Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $70k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
  • HB
    Hospice Brazos Valley Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +4%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
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
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
2
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
3
Frontiers of Freedom Institute

To educate the public on constitutional issues and public policy matters. We are dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, peace through strength, limited government, free enterprise, and the values embodied in the Declaration of…

Public Benefit
4
The Libertarian Institute

Disseminate information and education about pertinent economic, social and governmental topics, via print, web and other media to educate the public about the principles of LIbertarianism.

Education
5
Center for Democracy and Technology

Advocating for public policies that advance democratic values in the digital age.

Civil Rights
6
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc

The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.

Public Benefit
7
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
8
R Street Institute

The r street institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public-policy research organization ("think tank"). our mission is to engage in policy research and outreach to promote free markets and limited, effective government. (continued on…

Education
9
Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies Inc

To provide thoughtful, conservative solutions to the challenges presented by education, workforce, labor and employment issues.

Education
10
Freedom Economy Business Association

The mission of Freedom Economy is to equip justice and sustainability investors with legal and policy education, tools, and a peer network needed to stand boldly in their values, defend their rights and advance a fair, inclusive and…

Community Improvement
11
Liberty Justice Center

To advance economic and social liberties and a free enterprise society through strategic litigation, training, communication, activism and research. in addition, the center will train law students, lawyers and policy activists in the…

Crime & Legal
12
Technology Policy Institute
International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Freedomworks Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dakshana 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

22 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. 22 of the 32 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
11/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ATLAS NETWORK: $253,120 · OtherTHE ATLAS NETWORKYoung Voices: $163,818 · OtherYoung VoicesCOMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: $35,000 · OtherCOMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTETHE THOMAS JEFFERSON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $35,000 · OtherTHE THOMAS JEFFERSON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICYTHE SALVATION ARMY: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · Other+9 more: $110,000 · Other+9 moreThe Potomac School: $256,100 · EducationThe Potomac SchoolDAKSHANA FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationDAKSHANA FOUNDATIONThe David Network: $15,000 · Education+4 more: $27,799 · Education+4 moreCATO INSTITUTE: $55,000 · Public BenefitCATO INSTI…JUDICIAL WATCH INC: $47,500 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL W…Center For Freedom and Prosperity: $10,000 · Public BenefitCenter For…Foundation for Economic Education Inc: $70,000 · Social SciencePARKVIEW INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 · Social ScienceCENTER FOR INDEPENDENT THOUGHT: $10,000 · Social ScienceHospice Brazos Valley Inc: $30,000 · Human ServicesBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $20,000 · HealthBASED POLITICS INC: $5,000 · Civil RightsMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 · International
Other$651,938Education$318,899Public Benefit$112,500Social Science$90,000Human Services$30,000Health$20,000Civil Rights$5,000International$5,000

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 budgetThe Potomac School: $256,100 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Voices: $163,818 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetFoundation for Economic Education Inc: $70,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $47,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: $35,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE THOMAS JEFFERSON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $35,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetHospice Brazos Valley Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAKSHANA FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe David Network: $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFREEDOMWORKS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPARKVIEW INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTwin City Mission: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTUDENTS FOR LIBERTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCenter For Freedom and Prosperity: $10,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetCENTER FOR INDEPENDENT THOUGHT: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEdChoice Inc: $5,299 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBASED POLITICS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHINK FREELY MEDIA: $5,000 over 1y, 8.0% 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.

Donors Trust IncAtlas Economic Resear…Chiavacci Family Foun…Garvey Kansas Foundat…Charles Koch Foundati…Vanguard Charitable E…Shell USA Company Fou…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Donors Trust IncVA19.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · Atlas Economic Research Foundation · Chiavacci Family Foundation · Garvey Kansas Foundation · Charles Koch Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Shell USA Company Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 The Barbee Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Barbee Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.

    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 32 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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