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The Four P 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.

$146k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$68k
Largest
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$668kInternational$197kHuman Services$87kEducation$79kRecreation & Sports$25kHealth$21kHousing & Shelter$18kArts & Culture$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $68k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHURCH OF THE INCARNATION$68,000
THE KELLERMANN FOUNDATION$25,000
COACHES OUTREACH$10,000
THE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL$10,000
LITERACY ACHIEVES$5,600
ONE MAN'S TREASURE$5,197
INVICTA PROJECT$5,000
COMMUNITY FDN TEXAS HILL COUNTRY$5,000
SHARED HOUSING CENTER$3,700
PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$2,500
FAMILY GATEWAY$2,500
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$1,000
PRESTON HOLLOW WOMEN'S CLUB FUND$1,000
AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$1,000
Individual grant recipient$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 (FY18–22, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%COMMUNITY HOSPICE OF TEXAS: $500 → 11%BLESSED ABUNDANTLY MINISTRIES: $5k → 14%BLESSED ABUNDANTLY MINISTRIES: $5k → 14%THE FAMILY PLACE: $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

WI
NY
PA
CO
SC
MS
AL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 16 repeat orgs$84k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
23

Total granted

$1.2M
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+5%

Still filing today

50%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyEmploymentOther
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

  • KF
    Kellermann Foundation
    9× · 2017–2025 · $222k · revenue +109%
  • TC
    THE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $95k · revenue +11%
  • CO
    COACHES OUTREACH
    4× · 2022–2025 · $35k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • UC
    UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSI
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • TU
    THE UM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • AL
    AFRICAN LEADERSHIP AND RECONCILIATION MINISTRIES OF TEXAS
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · 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
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
2
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
3
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
4
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
5
Greater Austin Christian Foundation

Mobilizing resources by inspiring biblical generosity in the greater austin, texas area.

Religion
6
Alliance for Transformational Ministry

Enable christian organizations worldwide to initiate and strenghten ministries that lead people to become followers of jesus and transform communities out of cycles of poverty and disease.

Religion
7
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
8
One for Israel

One for israel's purposes are to unite u.s. and international churches, ministries and individuals for the proclamation of the gospel in israel, to raise funds for evangelism and gospel proclamation, to provide tangible relief for israel's…

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9
Barclay College

The mission of barclay college is to prepare students in a bible-centered environment for effective christian life, service, and leadership.

Education
10
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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11
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
12
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Coaches Outreach; the most unlike its peers is Younger 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

20 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. 20 of the 46 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
18/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHURCH OF THE INCARNATION: $679,769 · OtherCHURCH OF THE INCARNATIONCHURCH OF THE APOSTLES: $34,400 · Other+32 more: $122,222 · Other+32 moreKellermann Foundation: $221,976 · InternationalKellermann Foundatio…+1 more: $7,500 · InternationalTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $94,530 · PhilanthropyCOACHES OUTREACH: $35,000 · Recreation & SportsUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $21,500 · EducationAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $6,000 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 · EducationFAMILY GATEWAY INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterSHARED HOUSING CENTER INC: $3,700 · Housing & ShelterBLESSED ABUNDANTLY MINISTRIES: $10,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Healthcare of Texas: $500 · Human ServicesThe Family Place: $500 · Human Services
Other$836,391International$229,476Philanthropy$94,530Recreation & Sports$35,000Education$30,000Housing & Shelter$23,700Human Services$11,000

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 budgetKellermann Foundation: $221,976 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL: $94,530 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetCOACHES OUTREACH: $35,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $21,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY GATEWAY INC: $20,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY PARTNERS: $7,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAugies Quest to Cure ALS Inc: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAFRICAN LEADERSHIP AND RECONCILIATION MINISTRIES OF TEXAS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCITIZENS DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNGER FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSalesmanship Club of Dallas: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Healthcare of Texas: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALS ASSOCIATION-TEXAS CHAPTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Family Place: $500 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 Kellermann Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL ↗
  • Who funds COACHES OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY GATEWAY INC ↗
  • Who funds BLESSED ABUNDANTLY MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds Augies Quest to Cure ALS Inc ↗
  • Who funds AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ONE MAN'S TREASURE ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN LEADERSHIP AND RECONCILIATION MINISTRIES OF TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds SHARED HOUSING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CITIZENS DEVELOPMENT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds YOUNGER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Salesmanship Club of Dallas ↗
  • Who funds Community Healthcare of Texas ↗
  • Who funds THE ALS ASSOCIATION-TEXAS CHAPTER ↗

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 Foundation of Texas IncTX17.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Breunig Family Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Four P Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Four P Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–15%
    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 46 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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