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The Dugan Foundation at a glance

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The Dugan 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.

$87k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$45k
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.

Religion$446kHealth$410kYouth Development$80kArts & Culture$40kHuman Services$3kInternational$2kEducation$2k
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $82k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTEGRAL TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTICE (ITP)$45,000
UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER$26,666
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$10,000
INTERNATIONAL RETT SYNDROME FOUNDATION$5,000
CONCORDIA LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL FFA$500
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 (FY22–22, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, 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%POSITIVE CIRCLE: $3k → 8%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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$957k · 12 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
7

Total granted

$957k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+17%

Still filing today

42%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
HealthReligionArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesCommunity 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

  • THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH
    7× · 2017–2024 · $90k · revenue +578%
  • CENIKOR FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2021 · $60k · revenue +160%
  • CL
    CONCORDIA LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • NA
    NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH OF THE UNITED STATES
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • SI
    Sonship International Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +41%
  • PC
    Positive Circle
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -84%
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
Intentional Parents International

To biblically teach, support and assist parents in raising responsible children who love and follow Jesus Christ.

Human Services
2
Reconciliation Ministries International Inc

Reconciliaton Ministries Intl. is a Christian evangelical organization preaching and teaching the Word of God in over 60 countries. The ministry equips and encourages Christians everywhere to be saved, healed, and delivered according to…

Religion
3
Presbyterian School

Family, School, and Church united in the education and support of each child - this is the founding premise upon which Presbyterian School nurtures and challenges its students. The school provides an educational program of the highest…

Education
4
Sozo International Inc

Sozo International partners with at-risk families to create a sustainable future and transformed lives through education, health, and economic initiatives.

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5
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
6
Institute for Christian Studies

The mission of Austin Graduate School of Theology is to promote knowledge, understanding, and practices of Christian faith as taught in the Scriptures.

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7
Teaching Truth International

Provide Christian teaching for pastors, teachers and other church leaders in various parts of the world. The teaching includes the Bible, theology, church history, apologetics and practical ministry and related fields.

Religion
8
Alongside Inc

Restore hope, purpose, passion and relationships among Christian leaders who are making an impact around the world.

Religion
9
Contagious Love International

The purpose of Contagious Love International is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to the nations through media, conferences, and itinerant travels. We plan to see this accomplished by online teachings as well as musical and worship…

Religion
10
Compassion International Incorporated

Compassion exists to release children from poverty in Jesus' name. Compassion serves all children, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.

International
11
10000 Fathers Inc

The ministry exists to awaken worship leaders to become spiritual fathers and mothers in the local church through training, coaching, and discipleship.

Religion
12
Training Leaders International

Training Leaders International mentors and sends evangelical scholars and pastors to teach in locations where theological education is difficult to access.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cenikor Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Positive Circle. 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

11 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. 11 of the 19 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INTEGRAL TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTICE (ITP): $265,625 · OtherINTEGRAL TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTICE (ITP)WORLD HEALING CENTER CHURCH: $130,000 · OtherWORLD HEALING CENTER CHURCHUT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER: $120,000 · OtherUT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTERJUNG CENTER: $115,100 · OtherJUNG CENTERCENIKOR FOUNDATION: $60,000 · OtherCENIKOR FOUNDATION+6 more: $29,500 · OtherTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $90,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL…International Rett Syndrome Foundation: $7,500 · HealthInternation…BOYS TO MEN TEXAS INC: $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS TO M…GLENWOOD CEMETERY HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Arts & CultureJesus Image Inc: $35,000 · ReligionSonship International Inc: $5,000 · ReligionPositive Circle: $2,500 · Human ServicesFAR AWAY FRIENDS INC: $2,000 · Community Improvement
Other$720,225Health$97,500Youth Development$80,000Arts & Culture$40,000Religion$40,000Human Services$2,500Community Improvement$2,000

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 MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $90,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCENIKOR FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGLENWOOD CEMETERY HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetJesus Image Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetInternational Rett Syndrome Foundation: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSonship International Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPositive Circle: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFAR AWAY FRIENDS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCONCORDIA LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Hospice: $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.

  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds BOYS TO MEN TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds CENIKOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GLENWOOD CEMETERY HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Jesus Image Inc ↗
  • Who funds International Rett Syndrome Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Sonship International Inc ↗
  • Who funds Positive Circle ↗
  • Who funds FAR AWAY FRIENDS INC ↗
  • Who funds CONCORDIA LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Houston Hospice ↗

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.

Natl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA7.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Dugan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dugan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 19 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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