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The Donachie 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.

$72k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$109kEducation$66kReligion$66kPhilanthropy$34kHealth$19kHuman Services$10kCivil Rights$9kCommunity Improvement$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $46k
$1,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$29k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Sammons Center for the Arts$13,607
Theatre 4 the People$12,000
Communities Foundation$10,654
Anita Martinez Ballet Folklorico$10,000
University of North Texas$6,348
Dallas Jazz Piano Society$6,300
NCJW$2,000
St Monica Catholic Church$2,000
Hazelden Betty Ford$1,500
St Michaels and All Angels$1,500
ATTPAC$1,250
Readers 2 Leaders$1,000
Tapestries Ministries$1,000
International Esperanza Project$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
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 (FY17–23, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AWARE: $1k → 14%Our Calling Homeless Ministry: $1k → 14%Heart House: $2k → 14%Heart House: $1k → 14%Family Place: $500 → 14%CARE Dallas: $500 → 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

IL
MI
NY
PA
CA
KY
KS
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$242k · 29 repeat orgs$80k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
41

Total granted

$242k
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+43%

Still filing today

45%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
Human ServicesHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyReligionCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • SC
    SAMMONS CENTER FOR THE ARTS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $21k · revenue +122%
  • DS
    DALLAS SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS
    2× · 2017–2018 · $6k · revenue +22%
  • R2
    READERS 2 LEADERS
    4× · 2018–2024 · $4k · revenue +116%

Funded once

  • SA
    St Andrew United Methodist
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • TA
    THE AUTISM COMMUNITY IN ACTIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $4k · revenue +39%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue -9%
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 Area Rape Crisis Center

To engage and educate communities to prevent sexual violence and to support survivors and their loved ones as they heal and thrive.

Human Services
2
The Shakespeare Festival of Dallas dba Shakespeare Dallas

Using Shakespeare's works as a cornerstone, Shakespeare Dallas serves the Southwest region with fun and accessible indoor and outdoor theatre, integrated school programs, and cultural enrichment for people of all ages and backgrounds.

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3
COMMIT2DALLAS

Our mission is that by 2040, at least half of all 25 to 34 year old residents of Dallas County, irrespective of race, will earn a living wage. Together, we cultivate a collaborative educational ecosystem with school systems, higher…

Education
4
Teatro Hispano De Dallas

Teatro Dallas is committed to the cultural empowerment of the Latino community by representing our varied experiences, voices, and artistic expressions. Through high quality theatrical programming Teatro Dallas employs the power of theater…

Arts & Culture
5
Dallas Center Inc

To provide individualized services that positively impact the lives of 0-3 year old children with developmental disabilities/delays and their families.

Human Services
6
New Friends New Life

New friends new life restores and empowers trafficked and sexually exploited teen girls, women and their children, and drives awareness of the issue and its prevalence. through case management, trauma-informed counseling, and economic…

Crime & Legal
7
Safe City Commission

Support law enforcement and promote public safety awareness and crime prevention in Fort Worth.

Crime & Legal
8
State Fair of Texas

The state fair of texas celebrates all things texan by promoting agriculture, education, and community involvement through quality entertainment in a family-friendly environment. the state fair of texas is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit…

Recreation & Sports
9
Suzuki Institute of Dallas

Providing music education primarily to children, but also to some adults and participating in outreach in the North Texas community.

Arts & Culture
10
Downtown Dallas Inc

Downtown Dallas, Inc. (DDI), is the champion of a clean and safe Downtown and of the economic development and vibrancy of this community of diverse, unique neighborhoods. DDI: Mobilizes and amplifies the services of public agencies.…

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11
Greater Dallas Momentum Foundation
Community Improvement
12
UnBound North Texas

Unbound North Texas exists to support survivors and resource the community to fight human trafficking through Survivor Advocacy, a 24/7 Drop-In Center, and Prevention and Awareness.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Recovery Resource Council; the most unlike its peers is Swan Strings. 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

32 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. 32 of the 77 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
21/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DALLAS JAZZ PIANO SOCIETY CORP: $36,575 · OtherDALLAS JAZZ PIANO SOCIETY CORPJesuit College Prep: $29,000 · OtherJesuit College PrepANITA N MARTINEZ BALLET FOLKLORIC INC: $26,500 · OtherANITA N MARTINEZ BALLET FOLKLORIC INCSt Andrew United Methodist: $25,000 · OtherSt Andrew United MethodistST ANDREW METHODIST CHURCH: $22,500 · OtherST ANDREW METHODIST CHURCHUniversity of North Texas: $17,410 · OtherUniversity of North TexasTHEATRE 4THE PEOPLE INC: $12,000 · OtherCommunities Foundation: $10,654 · Other+48 more: $84,300 · Other+48 moreSAMMONS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $20,607 · Arts & CultureSAMMONS CE…DALLAS CHILDRENS THEATER INC: $4,000 · Arts & CultureDALLAS CHI…SWAN STRINGS: $3,500 · Arts & CultureSWAN STRIN…+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureDALLAS SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS: $6,000 · PhilanthropyMUSIC STAND: $2,100 · Philanthropy+1 more: $250 · PhilanthropyTHE AUTISM COMMUNITY IN ACTION: $4,000 · HealthUT SOUTHWESTERN HEALTH SYSTEMS: $2,500 · HealthTEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: $500 · HealthLIVENGRIN FOUNDATION INC: $500 · HealthNexus Recovery Center Incorporated: $400 · HealthHEART HOUSE: $2,500 · Human ServicesAware Inc: $1,200 · Human ServicesOURCALLING INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesThe Family Place: $500 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE: $500 · Human ServicesC A R E DALLAS INC: $500 · Human ServicesNational Council of Jewish Women Greater Dallas Section: $4,850 · Community ImprovementMOVEMENT DAY GREATER DALLAS DBA MOVEMENT DFW: $3,500 · ReligionBARRY WOOD EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION INC: $500 · Religion
Other$263,939Arts & Culture$28,607Philanthropy$8,350Health$7,900Human Services$6,200Community Improvement$4,850Religion$4,000

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 budgetANITA N MARTINEZ BALLET FOLKLORIC INC: $26,500 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetSAMMONS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $20,607 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetDALLAS SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNational Council of Jewish Women Greater Dallas Section: $4,850 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE AUTISM COMMUNITY IN ACTION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDALLAS CHILDRENS THEATER INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetREADERS 2 LEADERS: $3,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSWAN STRINGS: $3,500 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetMOVEMENT DAY GREATER DALLAS DBA MOVEMENT DFW: $3,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE SUICIDE AND CRISIS CENTER OF NORTH TEXAS: $3,250 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHEART HOUSE: $2,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Esperanza Project: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUT SOUTHWESTERN HEALTH SYSTEMS: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUSIC STAND: $2,100 over 4y, 12% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAware Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRecovery Resource Council: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOURCALLING INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Dallas Youth Orchestra Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Family Place: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIVENGRIN FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS AFTERSCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Women's Foundation: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNexus Recovery Center Incorporated: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST TEXAS COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $250 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.

  • Who funds ANITA N MARTINEZ BALLET FOLKLORIC INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMMONS CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds National Council of Jewish Women Greater Dallas Section ↗
  • Who funds THE AUTISM COMMUNITY IN ACTION ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS CHILDRENS THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds READERS 2 LEADERS ↗
  • Who funds SWAN STRINGS ↗
  • Who funds MOVEMENT DAY GREATER DALLAS DBA MOVEMENT DFW ↗
  • Who funds THE SUICIDE AND CRISIS CENTER OF NORTH TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds HEART HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds International Esperanza Project ↗
  • Who funds UT SOUTHWESTERN HEALTH SYSTEMS ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC STAND ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Aware Inc ↗
  • Who funds Recovery Resource Council ↗

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…The Dallas FoundationTexas Instruments Fou…The Addy FoundationThe Eugene McDermott …United Way of Metropo…Theodore and Beulah B…Hoblitzelle FoundationThe Rees-Jones Founda…Rainwater Charitable …Community Foundation …Bnsf Railway Foundati…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX37.1× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Addy Foundation · The Eugene McDermott Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Theodore and Beulah Beasley Foundation Inc · Hoblitzelle Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · Rainwater Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Bnsf Railway 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 Donachie Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Donachie Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 77 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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