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The Barrow Family Foundation at a glance

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The Barrow Family Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1k
Granted FY2022
1
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Religion$200kCivil Rights$115kEducation$44kSocial Science$23kYouth Development$20kHuman Services$19kArts & Culture$18kInternational$13kOther$0
02FY2022 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,200
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY$1,200
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–20, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $100 → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $100 → 14%BRAVE LOVE: $2k → 14%MEN OF NEHEMIAH: $5k → 14%MEN OF NEHEMIAH: $3k → 14%THE HUMAN IMPACT: $2k → 14%THE HUMAN IMPACT: $2k → 14%COUNCIL FOR LIFE: $500 → 14%CITY SQUARE: $1k → 14%COUNCIL FOR LIFE: $250 → 14%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

NY
OH
CA
CO
WV
VA
AR
NC
DC
OK
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$407k · 17 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2022, 16 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
32

Total granted

$407k
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+37%

Still filing today

71%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Human ServicesReligionEducationCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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

  • FL
    FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE
    3× · 2019–2021 · $114k · revenue +98%
  • PC
    PROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF TEXAS
    4× · 2017–2020 · $28k · revenue +33%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - AUSTIN
    2× · 2019–2020 · $18k · revenue +115%

Funded once

  • FB
    FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF PLANO
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • TC
    THE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN MUSEUM INC
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -28%
  • BM
    Blanton Museum of Art
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
2
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
3
Dallas Christian School

Dallas Christian is a college preparatory school committed to Biblical values where students are prepared for Christ-centered lives of purpose, service and leadership.

Education
4
North Texas Christian Foundation

National Christian Foundation North Texas (NCFNT) was created to facilitate smarter Christian giving with sophisticated charitable techniques.

Philanthropy
5
Dallas Seminary Foundation

To support the mission of Dallas Theological Seminary by offering charitable planned giving and other related services to friends of the Seminary.

Education
6
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
7
Truth Academy Inc

Truth academy works in partnership with families to integrate high-quality education with biblical truth and discipleship in order to train students, spiritually and academically, how to operate in their god-given purpose and live out a…

Religion
8
Colleyville Covenant Christian

The mission is to provide a biblically based classical college preparatory education that inspires a passion for excellence a heart of grace and the character of Christ.

Education
9
Criswell College

The mission of criswell college is to provide ministerial and professional higher education for men and women preparing to serve as christian leaders throughout society, while maintaining an institutional commitment to biblical inerrancy.

Education
10
Intentional Life Media

Dedicated to igniting personal transformation by affirming faith, inspiring hope, and equipping individuals, to live an intentional life in christ.

Religion
11
Austin Trinity School

Trinity episcopal school (trinity) is a not-for-profit independent school whose mission is to provide an enriched academic curriculum in a christian environment. trinity is not affiliated with or sponsored by any parish. we will nurture…

Education
12
Presbyterian School

Family, School, and Church united in the education and support of each child - this is the founding premise upon which Presbyterian School nurtures and challenges its students. The school provides an educational program of the highest…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Communities Foundation of Texas Inc; the most unlike its peers is Point of View Farm Inc. 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

31 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. 31 of the 51 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/31
Grantees still filing
25/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

East-West Ministries International: $157,400 · ReligionEast-West Ministries InternationalSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $6,000 · Religion+3 more: $550 · ReligionFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $113,500 · Civil RightsFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE+1 more: $500 · Civil RightsDENISON FORUM ON TRUTH AND CULTURE: $22,500 · OtherDENISON FORUM ON TRUTH A…THE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC: $14,500 · OtherTHE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF …FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF PLANO: $10,000 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF …SOUTHWEST CHURCH: $8,000 · OtherSOUTHWEST CHURCHCharles C Taylor Ministries Inc: $7,500 · OtherCharles C Taylor Ministr…SALVATION ARMY: $7,500 · OtherSALVATION ARMYBlanton Museum of Art: $5,000 · OtherHIGHLAND COUNTRY FELLOWSHIP: $4,000 · OtherUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $4,500 · Other+22 more: $18,559 · Other+22 morePROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $27,500 · EducationPROVIDENC…Dallas Theological Seminary: $11,700 · EducationDallas Th…+2 more: $1,750 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - AUSTIN: $17,500 · Youth DevelopmentMERCY STREET: $1,750 · Youth DevelopmentMEN OF NEHEMIAH INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesTHE HUMAN IMPACT: $4,000 · Human ServicesBRAVELOVE INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesCITYSQUARE: $1,000 · Human ServicesCOUNCIL FOR LIFE: $750 · Human Services+1 more: $200 · Human ServicesTHE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN MUSEUM INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Religion$163,950Civil Rights$114,000Other$102,059Education$40,950Youth Development$19,250Human Services$15,450Arts & Culture$10,000

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 budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $113,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $27,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - AUSTIN: $17,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC: $14,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Theological Seminary: $11,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN MUSEUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCharles C Taylor Ministries Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetMEN OF NEHEMIAH INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMAN IMPACT: $4,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBRAVELOVE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMERCY STREET: $1,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWEST DALLAS COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITYSQUARE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $950 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR LIFE: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS VALUES: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOINT OF VIEW FARM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHOCKADAY SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPurpose Driven Connection DBA Pastor Ricks Daily Hope: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPRING HILL ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBROTHER BILLS HELPING HAND: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDr James Dobson Family Institute: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC: $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.

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.

Communities Foundatio…Community Foundation …The Dallas FoundationDenman Family Foundat…The Dan and Martha Lo…Prairie Creek Partner…Servant FoundationChristian Community F…Ginger Murchison Foun…Amazing Grace LifeThe Signatry Charitab…Raymond James Charita…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX28.9× affinity14 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 · The Dallas Foundation · Denman Family Foundation · The Dan and Martha Lou Beaird Foundation · Prairie Creek Partners Charitable Foundation · Servant Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Ginger Murchison Foundation · Amazing Grace Life · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment 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 Barrow Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Barrow Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report 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
    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 51 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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