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The Carolyn J and Robert J Allison Jr Family Foundation at a glance

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The Carolyn J and Robert J Allison Jr 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.

$2.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$600k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$5.6MHuman Services$1.1MReligion$1.1MFood & Nutrition$825kPublic Safety & Disaster$276kEducation$194kPublic Benefit$128kEnvironment$64kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $443k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.5M
$50,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Central Texas Food Bank$600,000
Marbridge Foundation$503,100
UT Health Houston$400,000
TEXSAR$200,000
Advent Presbyterian Church$142,500
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION$50,000
South Central Texas Prescribed Burn Association$50,000
TURNING POINT USA INC$15,000
CO2 Coalition$10,000
Depelchin Children's Center$5,000
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow$5,000
100 Club Survivors Fund$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 (FY21–25, $971k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 7% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Center of Hope: $100k → 8%Marbridge Foundation: $503k → 10%Marbridge Foundation: $250k → 10%Marbridge Foundation: $50k → 10%DePelchin Childrens Center: $25k → 16%DePelchin Children's Center: $10k → 16%DePelchin Childrens Center: $10k → 16%Depelchin Children's Center: $5k → 16%Northwest Assistance Ministries: $8k → 16%SPRING WOODLAND MINISTRIES: $10k → 16%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
MI
NY
MA
CO
VA
AZ
DC
TX
FL
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.2M · 16 repeat orgs$2.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
20

Total granted

$7.2M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+22%

Still filing today

69%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationPublic Safety & DisasterPublic BenefitFood & 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

  • TM
    THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2023 · $2.9M · revenue +52%
  • BC
    Baylor College of Medicine
    2× · 2022–2023 · $350k · revenue +19%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $145k · revenue +112%

Funded once

  • HM
    Houston Methodist Hospital
    one grant, 2022 · $1.5M
  • SR
    Scottish Rite for Children
    one grant, 2023 · $119k
  • PC
    PARKER COUNTY CENTER OF HOPE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +10%
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
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
2
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
3
St Martin Hospital Inc

To improve, maintain and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
4
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
5
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
6
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
7
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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8
University of Maryland Dermatologists Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
9
Mhs Physicians of Texas

Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…

Health
10
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
11
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
12
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Bridge Over Troubled Waters 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

24 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. 24 of the 40 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
18/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Houston Methodist Hospital: $1,500,000 · OtherHouston Methodist HospitalADVENT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $938,100 · OtherADVENT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHUT Health Houston: $650,000 · OtherUT Health Houston+18 more: $540,250 · Other+18 moreTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,900,000 · HealthTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION+5 more: $130,000 · HealthMARBRIDGE FOUNDATION INC: $803,100 · Human ServicesMARBRIDGE F…PARKER COUNTY CENTER OF HOPE INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesPARKER COUN…DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $50,000 · Human Services+2 more: $17,500 · Human ServicesCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $825,000 · Food & NutritionCentral T…Baylor College of Medicine: $350,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $145,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $46,000 · EducationTEXSAR INC: $275,000 · Public Safety & Disaster+1 more: $1,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $105,000 · Public BenefitLeadership Institute: $5,000 · Public Benefit
Other$3,628,350Health$3,030,000Human Services$970,600Food & Nutrition$825,000Education$541,000Public Safety & Disaster$276,000Public Benefit$110,000

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 METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,900,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $825,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMARBRIDGE FOUNDATION INC: $803,100 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $350,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEXSAR INC: $275,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $145,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $105,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPARKER COUNTY CENTER OF HOPE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetSCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF COLORADO: $50,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $46,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCO2 COALITION: $14,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSPRING-WOODLANDS MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetNORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLeadership Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR A CONSTRUCTIVE TOMORROW: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMacular Degeneration Association: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 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.

Shell USA Company Fou…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Shell USA Company FoundationTX11.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Carolyn J and Robert J Allison Jr Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Carolyn J and Robert J Allison Jr Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 32%
  • Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Carolyn J and Robert J Allison Jr Family 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 40 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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