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The Dillard Foundation Co Patrick Dillard

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$527k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Education$2.0MHealth$685kArts & Culture$665kInternational$90kHuman Services$34kRecreation & Sports$29kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kPhilanthropy$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $21k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $250k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$11,100
Median grant
6
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DILLARD UNIVERSITY$250,000
THE SANTA FE OPERA$150,000
COOPER RIIS$100,000
SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL$11,100
OPERA OMAHA$10,000
WISCONSIN MEDICAL PROJECT$5,000
MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION$1,000
JOHNS HOPKINS$100
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 (FY17–24, $59k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WISCONSIN MEDICAL PROJECT: $10k → 10%PERC INC: $25k → 9%WISCONSIN MEDICAL PROJECT: $9k → 10%WISCONSIN MEDICAL PROJECT: $5k → 10%WISCONSIN MEDICAL PROJECT: $5k → 10%WISCONSIN MEDICAL PROJECT: $5k → 10%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

VT
WI
NY
MA
RI
CO
NE
VA
MD
NM
NC
DC
LA
GA
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 14 repeat orgs$243k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
20

Total granted

$3.4M
$233k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+32%

Still filing today

71%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsHealthInternationalOther
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

  • DU
    DILLARD UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.8M · revenue +30%
  • TS
    THE SANTA FE OPERA
    6× · 2017–2024 · $555k · revenue +84%
  • COOPERRIIS INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $185k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • CO
    COLLEGE OF WILLIAM MARY
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • TI
    TSIC INC DBA/TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -11%
  • PE
    P E R C INC
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue -58%
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
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc

The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…

Environment
2
North Carolina Symphony Society Inc

To be north carolina's state orchestra, an orchestra achieving the highest level of artistic quality and performance standards, and embracing its dual legacies of statewide service and music education.

Arts & Culture
3
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Associates Inc

The general purpose of the organization is to promote chamber music concerts to the general public.

Arts & Culture
4
Nassau County Museum of Art

The Museum's mission is to encourage and promote the appreciation of fine art to people in its surrounding communities and beyond. The Museum is dedicated to fostering a deeper understanding of the arts, with particular emphasis on the…

Arts & Culture
5
The Northampton Academy of Music Inc

The mission of the academy of music theatre is to enrich greater northampton's quality of life by offering first class performing arts and film presentations in an historic theater of national significance. the academy of music theatre…

Arts & Culture
6
National Academy of Design

The mission of the national academy of design is to promote the fine arts in america through exhibition and education.

Education
7
Salt Marsh Opera Company

To stage the finest professional opera productions in Southeastern New England. To excite and build audiences for the enjoyment of a grand art form. To offer educational programs and creative community outreach events that expand the opera…

Arts & Culture
8
North Carolina Symphony Foundation

To receive and hold the endowment of the north carolina symphony society, inc. (the "society"), solicit additions to the endowment, safeguard assets, and expend funds for the exclusive use and benefit of the society.

Arts & Culture
9
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
10
Bowdoin International Music Festival

The mission of the Bowdoin International Music Festival is to provide gifted young musicians from around the world with an opportunity to study with world-class artists, and to provide audiences with classical music performed to the…

Arts & Culture
11
New Canaan Society for the Arts Inc

Encourage art appreciation

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12
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nantucket Community Sailing Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wisconsin Medical Project 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

26 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. 26 of the 35 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
20/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DILLARD UNIVERSITY: $1,755,000 · EducationDILLARD UNIVERSITY+2 more: $26,500 · EducationNANTUCKET COTTAGE HOSPITAL: $500,000 · OtherNANTUCKET COTTAGE HOSPITA…COLLEGE OF WILLIAM MARY: $100,000 · OtherCOLLEGE OF WILLIAM MARYUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $87,416 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIAIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipien…+11 more: $69,440 · Other+11 moreTHE SANTA FE OPERA: $555,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SANTA FE OPERASANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL LTD: $42,100 · Arts & CultureSANTA FE CHAMBER MUS…THEATRE WORKSHOP OF NANTUCKET INC: $31,500 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $23,855 · Arts & CultureCOOPERRIIS INC: $185,000 · HealthTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $90,000 · InternationalWisconsin Medical Project Inc: $34,000 · Human ServicesP E R C INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $27,500 · Recreation & SportsNANTUCKET COMMUNITY SAILING INC: $1,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$1,781,500Other$806,856Arts & Culture$652,455Health$185,000International$90,000Human Services$59,000Recreation & Sports$28,500

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 budgetDILLARD UNIVERSITY: $1,755,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetTHE SANTA FE OPERA: $555,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCOOPERRIIS INC: $185,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $90,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL LTD: $42,100 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHEATRE WORKSHOP OF NANTUCKET INC: $31,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $27,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTSIC INC DBA/TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMONROE COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOPERA OMAHA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNANTUCKET ATHENEUM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNANTUCKET COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNANTUCKET MARIA MITCHELL ASSOCIATION IN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF PALM BEACH INC: $3,050 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSchool of the Arts Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARTISTS ASSOCIATION OF NANTUCKET INC: $1,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PALM BEACH SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNANTUCKET ARTS COUNCIL INC: $1,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION: $1,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNANTUCKET COMMUNITY SAILING INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLes Dames D'Aspen LTD: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $55 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.

Elizabeth Thayer & E …Nantucket Golf Club F…Community Foundation …Clara Foundation IncThe George & Marie Ch…Carverdelaney Familie…Charina Foundation In…Ernst & Elfriede Fran…Cape Cod Five Cents S…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…
Elizabeth Thayer & E Geoffrey Verney FoundationFL15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Elizabeth Thayer & E Geoffrey Verney Foundation · Nantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc · Clara Foundation Inc · The George & Marie Chabot Charitable Foundation · Carverdelaney Families Foundation Inc · Charina Foundation Inc Richard Menschel · Ernst & Elfriede Frank Foundation Inc · Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment 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 Dillard Foundation Co Patrick Dillard funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dillard Foundation Co Patrick Dillard. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association in: 9% of income from government
  • Nantucket Community Music Center: 1% of income from government
  • Nantucket Historical Association: 1% of income from government
  • Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children: 0% of income from government
  • The Palm Beach Symphony Society Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Artists Association of Nantucket Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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 · 0–50%
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 Dillard Foundation Co Patrick Dillard 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 35 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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