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The Bob & Carol Gunn Foundation at a glance

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The Bob & Carol Gunn Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$8k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Youth Development$34kEducation$11kHuman Services$11kArts & Culture$3kHousing & Shelter$300Food & Nutrition$300Public Benefit$300Animals$200Other$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$8,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$143k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WICHITA FALLS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$8,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $100) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOSPICE OF WICHITA FALLS: $100 → 9%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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$30k · 8 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +80% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
18

Total granted

$30k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
+33%

Still filing today

63%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureReligionAnimalsPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • WF
    Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra
    2× · 2021–2023 · $1k · revenue +80%
  • CF
    CAMP FIRE NORTH TEXAS
    2× · 2021–2023 · $450 · revenue +12%
  • WF
    WICHITA FALLS FAITH MISSION INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $300 · revenue +158%

Funded once

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES' NORTHWEST CAMPUS
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • BB
    BIG BROTHER BIG SISTER
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • AC
    Arts Council Wichita Falls Area Incgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue +30%
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
Lone Star Flight Museum

Lone Star Flight Museum (LSFM) celebrates flight and achievements in Texas aviation, engages youth through STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), and believes aviation inspires achievement and endless possibilities.

Arts & Culture
2
Wichita Falls Alliance for Arts and Culture

To provide leadership to support, promote and cultivate the arts in Wichita Falls and the surrounding area. To strengthen and elevate arts and culture including, but not limited to, visual and performing arts, literature, culinary arts,…

Arts & Culture
3
Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation

The mission of the Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation is to enhance the quality of life in the Wichita Falls area through the promotion and support of charitable giving. Our vision is to build strong, vibrant communities inspired by…

Philanthropy
4
Witte Museum

The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.

Arts & Culture
5
Texas Flying Legends Museum
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6
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts

The mission of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts shall be to establish and maintain a museum in order to house and exhibit a permanent collection of art as well as to provide space for traveling exhibitions, for the purpose of the…

Arts & Culture
7
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
8
Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum Association

To educate the community and its visitors about local history by collecting, preserving and interpreting materials reflecting the heritage of wichita and sedgwick county

Arts & Culture
9
Museum of Flight Foundation

The primary exempt purposes of the museum of flight are to preserve aviation and space history, and to provide education to the public about subjects related to flight.

Arts & Culture
10
Water Environment Federation

WEF's mission is inspiring the water community in pursuit of human and environmental well-being. WEF is a global environmental leader committed to water quality education and technical best practices. WEF connects water professionals;…

Environment
11
Wichita Public Library Foundation Inc

Wplf seeks private charitable support to create young readers, ensure digital inclusion, and provide equitable access to information. wplf's sole purpose is to create a margin of excellence at wichita public library.

Education
12
Kimbell Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The National World War Ii Museum 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

12 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. 12 of the 28 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)
12/12
Grantees still filing
11/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WICHITA FALLS: $15,070 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WICHITA FALLSCATHOLIC CHARITIES' NORTHWEST CAMPUS: $10,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES' NORTHWEST CAMPUSBIG BROTHER BIG SISTER: $10,000 · OtherBIG BROTHER BIG SISTERMSU PRESIDENT'S EXCELLENCE CIRCLE: $10,000 · OtherMSU PRESIDENT'S EXCELLENCE CIRCLEWICHITA FALLS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $8,000 · OtherWICHITA FALLS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBIndividual grant recipient: $2,400 · Other+13 more: $1,873 · OtherWichita Falls Symphony Orchestra: $1,000 · Arts & CultureArts Council Wichita Falls Area Inc: $500 · Arts & CultureTHE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE: $200 · Arts & CultureTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $100 · Arts & CultureTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationCAMP FIRE NORTH TEXAS: $450 · Youth DevelopmentWICHITA FALLS FAITH MISSION INC: $300 · ReligionWICHITA FALLS AREA FOOD BANK: $300 · Food & NutritionTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $300 · Public Benefit
Other$57,343Arts & Culture$1,800Education$1,000Youth Development$450Religion$300Food & Nutrition$300Public Benefit$300

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 budgetWichita Falls Symphony Orchestra: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArts Council Wichita Falls Area Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP FIRE NORTH TEXAS: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWICHITA FALLS FAITH MISSION INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWICHITA FALLS AREA FOOD BANK: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWild Bird Rescue Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIPES Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHospice of Wichita Falls Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM 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.

Bryant Edwards Founda…James N McCoy Foundat…Perkins-Prothro Found…The Fain FoundationJ S Bridwell Foundati…Hazel & Henry S Grace…Kadane FoundationDillard Family Founda…Gene Conley FoundationThe Priddy FoundationWichita Falls Area Co…Mightycause Charitabl…
Bryant Edwards Foundation IncTX20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bryant Edwards Foundation Inc · James N McCoy Foundation · Perkins-Prothro Foundation · The Fain Foundation · J S Bridwell Foundation · Hazel & Henry S Grace Foundation · Kadane Foundation · Dillard Family Foundation · Gene Conley Foundation · The Priddy Foundation · Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation · Mightycause Charitable 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 Bob & Carol Gunn Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bob & Carol Gunn Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’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
    3report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Bob & Carol Gunn Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Bob & Carol Gunn 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 28 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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