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The Cash Family Foundation at a glance

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The Cash Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$350k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$3.5MRecreation & Sports$1.0MHealth$766kArts & Culture$424kPhilanthropy$115kHuman Services$112kAnimals$105kPublic Benefit$80kOther$0
02FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $303k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $422k
  • $250k+1 grant · $350k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RANCH LIFE LEARNING CENTERNRHC$350,000
AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE$120,009
TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION$105,462
AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE$98,810
TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION$97,852
RANCHING HERITAGE ASSOCIATION$40,758
AMERICAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION$35,000
AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE$29,991
SNOWY PINES PAWS FOR PURPOSE$27,000
TEXAS RANGER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION$25,000
SCIENCE SPECTRUM$20,250
ANNA'S HOUSE FOUNDATION$20,000
COVENANT HEALTH FOUNDATION$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
TEXAS HOME SCHOOL COALITION$15,000
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 (FY22–24, $76k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ANNA'S HOUSE FOUNDATION: $20k → 16%ANNA'S HOUSE FOUNDATION: $20k → 16%ANNA'S HOUSE FOUNDATION: $20k → 16%AG WOMEN CONNECT FOUNDATION: $16k → 17%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.2M · 25 repeat orgs$404k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +87% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
15

Total granted

$6.2M
$298k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+87%
+31%

Still filing today

48%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k 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
EducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • TT
    TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.2M · revenue +14%
  • SC
    SOUTHCREST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $655k · revenue +20%
  • AF
    AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $399k · revenue +87%

Funded once

  • TT
    TEXAS TECH EQUESTRIAN CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $70k
  • LS
    LUBBOCK SPORTSMAN'S CLUB INC
    one grant, 2021 · $65k · revenue -100%
  • SP
    SAFE PLACE LUBBOCK
    one grant, 2022 · $35k
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
Texas Prairieland Foundation
Philanthropy
2
Texas Land Trust Council

To support texas land trusts and promote land conservation efforts in texas. host texas land conservation conference to educate conservation related professionals and volunteers from across the state.

Environment
3
Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute

Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute (TCCRI) is committed to shaping public policy through a principled approach to state government. TCCRI rests on four core principles of Limited Government, Individual Liberties, Free…

Arts & Culture
4
Texas State Rifle Association Foundation Inc
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5
Texans for Lawsuit Reform Foundation
Philanthropy
6
Texas State University Development Foundation

To support and further the mission of texas state university through the acceptance and investment of gifts established as endowments benefiting the students, faculty and staff.

Education
7
The Tstc Foundation

To complement the state of texas' support of the colleges by providing financial support for new and ongoing projects and activities in the areas of research, education and community service.

Education
8
Texas Trust Gives
Philanthropy
9
Saving Texas

Defending principles that make this state exceptional. we are taking on public officials who advocate policies contrary to what makes texas, texas. we are here to safeguard individual liberties, limited government and the bedrock of our…

Civil Rights
10
The University of Texas Foundation No 1

To support the university of texas system

—
11
Texans for Texas

To advance and sustain interests in the state of Texas with an emphasis on increasing transparency and improving transparency in education within Texas.

Employment
12
Junior League of Lubbock Foundation

The foundation was established to provide a permanent endowment fund or funds for the purpose of encouraging members of the public to make gifts to the junior league of lubbock, inc. and for providing a more secure and permanent means of…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas Tech Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ag Women Connect 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

28 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. 28 of the 55 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
16/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $2,158,940 · EducationTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INCSOUTHCREST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $655,454 · EducationSOUTHCREST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INCAMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $398,810 · EducationAMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE INC+7 more: $182,500 · Education+7 moreRANCH LIFE LEARNING CENTERNRHC: $700,001 · OtherRANCH LIFE LEARNING CENTERNRHCRED RAIDER CLUB: $426,760 · OtherRED RAIDER CLUBIndividual grant recipient: $319,700 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTTU RED RAIDER CLUB: $225,000 · OtherTTU RED RAIDER CLUBRanching Heritage Association: $220,358 · OtherRanching Heritage AssociationTEXAS RANGER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $186,000 · OtherTEXAS RANGER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATIONOKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $135,000 · OtherTHE MATADOR CLUB: $105,000 · Other+29 more: $455,500 · Other+29 moreBIENVENIDO USA: $70,000 · Arts & CultureLUBBOCK SPORTSMAN'S CLUB INC: $65,000 · Arts & CultureSCIENCE SPECTRUM INC: $20,250 · Arts & CultureAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $140,000 · Recreation & SportsCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WEST TEXAS: $105,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ANNA'S HOUSE FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Human ServicesAG WOMEN CONNECT FOUNDATION: $16,311 · Human ServicesSNOWY PINES PAWS FOR PURPOSE: $30,000 · Animals
Education$3,395,704Other$2,773,319Arts & Culture$155,250Recreation & Sports$140,000Philanthropy$105,000Human Services$76,311Animals$30,000

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 budgetTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $2,158,940 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetSOUTHCREST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $655,454 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetAMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $398,810 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetRanching Heritage Association: $220,358 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetTEXAS RANGER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $186,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $140,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetOKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $135,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WEST TEXAS: $105,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPOST STAMPEDE INC: $80,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetBIENVENIDO USA: $70,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetLUBBOCK SPORTSMAN'S CLUB INC: $65,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetTHE ANNA'S HOUSE FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetLUBBOCK COUNTY EXPO CENTER INC: $55,000 over 3y, 10.0% of budgetSNOWY PINES PAWS FOR PURPOSE: $30,000 over 2y, 61% of budgetSCIENCE SPECTRUM INC: $20,250 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOVENANT HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAG WOMEN CONNECT FOUNDATION: $16,311 over 1y, 53% of budgetTEXAS HOME SCHOOL COALITION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEACON STATE FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetAMERICAN CORNERSTONE INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe West Texas Rehabilitation Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARZA COUNTY LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetLUBBOCK HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCARILLON FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHCREST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds Ranching Heritage Association ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS RANGER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American Junior Golf Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WEST TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds POST STAMPEDE INC ↗
  • Who funds BIENVENIDO USA ↗
  • Who funds LUBBOCK SPORTSMAN'S CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ANNA'S HOUSE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LUBBOCK COUNTY EXPO CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SNOWY PINES PAWS FOR PURPOSE ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCE SPECTRUM INC ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds AG WOMEN CONNECT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS HOME SCHOOL COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH ↗
  • Who funds BEACON STATE FUND ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CORNERSTONE INSTITUTE INC ↗

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.

Ch Foundation IncErshel Franklin Chari…Helen Jones Foundatio…Diekemper Family Foun…Lubbock South Plains …Terry & Kelly Crofoot…Community Foundation …Texas Instruments Fou…Servant FoundationNational Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…
Ch Foundation IncTX17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ch Foundation Inc · Ershel Franklin Charitable Trust · Helen Jones Foundation Inc · Diekemper Family Foundation Inc · Lubbock South Plains Lions Club · Terry & Kelly Crofoot Foundation · Community Foundation of West Texas · Texas Instruments Foundation · Servant Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 20%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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 · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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 55 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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