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The Give Through Service Foundation at a glance

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The Give Through Service 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.

$8k
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.

Human Services$44kInternational$17kEducation$14kFood & Nutrition$13kAnimals$6kHealth$5kPhilanthropy$5kYouth Development$1kOther$0
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GIDDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$2,800
HUMBLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT$2,300
ET WRENN MIDDLE SCHOOL$2,300
SIGMA PHI OMEGA SORORITY INC$250
Individual grant recipient$205
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$99
AUSTIN RETIREMENT AND NURSING CENTER$30
02The need
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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 (FY19–22, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TEXAS BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME: $10k → 6%TEXAS BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME: $113 → 6%CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $134 → 14%AUSTIN POLICE OPERATION BLUE SANTA: $5k → 10%FAMILY ELDERCARE INC: $4k → 10%FAMILY ELDERCARE INC: $2k → 10%FAMILY ELDERCARE INC: $2k → 10%FAMILY ELDERCARE INC: $2k → 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.
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 8% of The Give Through Service Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Give Through Service Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.6% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$49k · 8 repeat orgs$59k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +163% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2023, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
28

Total granted

$49k
$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+163%
+19%

Still filing today

63%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalHealthAnimalsReligionOther
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

  • TB
    TEXAS BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $10k · revenue +50%
  • FE
    FAMILY ELDERCARE INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $10k · revenue +199%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    2× · 2018–2019 · $9k · revenue +163%

Funded once

  • TW
    TOGETHER WE RISE
    one grant, 2019 · $9k
  • VR
    VETERAN RESOURCE CENTER - HEROES NIGHT OUT
    one grant, 2020 · $6k
  • AP
    AUSTIN POLICE OPERATION BLUE SANTA
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +5%
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
Spca of Texas

The spca of texas is dedicated to providing every animal exceptional care and a loving home.

Animals
2
Sunny Glen Children's Home Inc

Sunny Glen Childrens Home, Inc. cares for children in need. Our care will be competent, compassionate and professional. We will help every child achieve their greatest potential-physically, emotionally, spiritually and academically.

Human Services
3
The Retreat Home for Children

Our mission is to show the love of christ to each and every child and family towhom we serve and beyond. we do this by creating a culture where the needs of children,families, and staff are seen and met in creative and innovative ways.

Crime & Legal
4
Center for Child Protection

To reduce the trauma for children during the investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases.

Crime & Legal
5
Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas Inc

Children's advocacy centers of texas, inc. (cactx) is the statewide organization for its 70 children's advocacy centers (cac's) across texas. cactx leads efforts, in partnership with investigatory and prosecution agencies, to pursue…

Crime & Legal
6
Central Texas Children's Home

To provide family services and to provide residential child care for dependent children where there is a need to assist children and families disrupted by problems.

Human Services
7
San Antonio Foster Care and Adoption and Services

San antonio foster care and adoption services inc. is a licensed child placement agency in the state of texas. the organization cares for children placed in foster care by the state of texas.

Human Services
8
Texas Pregnancy Care Network

Texas pregnancy care network is committed to assisting pregnant women and their families in need of compassionate, practical and life affirming alternatives to abortion.

Human Services
9
Children's Alliance of South Texas

To provide a neutral, child friendly organization that facilitates a multi-disciplinary approach to the investigation, intervention and treatment of child abuse.

Crime & Legal
10
Texprotects-the Texas Association for the Protection of Children

TexProtects advances public policy and local implementation to strenghten families to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Youth Development
11
Partnerships for Children

To make tomorrow better than today by supporting and empowering children, youth, and families involved with child protective services.

Human Services
12
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Inc

Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas creates healthier communities by providing primary and reproductive healthcare services, delivering science-based education programs, and serving as a strong advocate for reproductive justice in Texas.…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rainbow Days Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sigma Phi Omega Sorority Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 41 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
18/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TOGETHER WE RISE: $9,344 · OtherTOGETHER WE RISEOPERATION BLUE SANTA: $6,517 · OtherOPERATION BLUE SANTAVETERAN RESOURCE CENTER - HEROES NIGHT OUT: $5,812 · OtherVETERAN RESOURCE CENTER - HEROES NIGHT OUTRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $5,175 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSEHUMBLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: $3,300 · OtherHUMBLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTGIDDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $2,800 · OtherGIDDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLIRVING POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT BLUE CHRISTMAS: $2,410 · OtherET WRENN MIDDLE SCHOOL: $2,300 · Other+16 more: $8,825 · Other+16 moreTEXAS BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $10,113 · Human ServicesTEXAS BAPTIST CHILDREN'S H…FAMILY ELDERCARE INC: $9,778 · Human ServicesFAMILY ELDERCARE INCAUSTIN POLICE OPERATION BLUE SANTA: $5,289 · Human ServicesAUSTIN POLICE OPERATION BL…+1 more: $134 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $9,161 · ReligionSAMARITAN'…POIEMA FOUNDATION INC: $500 · ReligionPro Players Foundation Inc: $5,000 · PhilanthropySan Antonio Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc: $2,045 · PhilanthropyLS CLASSIC FOUNDATION: $618 · PhilanthropyAGC LTD: $5,000 · InternationalALL GOD'S CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL: $1,029 · InternationalUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · InternationalCentral Texas SPCA: $4,690 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTIN & TRAVIS COUNTY INC: $1,500 · AnimalsTHE BRIDGE BREAST NETWORK INC: $2,385 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $2,136 · HealthRAINBOW DAYS INC: $1,023 · Health
Other$46,483Human Services$25,314Religion$9,661Philanthropy$7,663International$7,029Animals$6,190Health$5,544

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 BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $10,113 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY ELDERCARE INC: $9,778 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $9,161 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION BLUE SANTA: $6,517 over 2y, 27% of budgetAGC LTD: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPro Players Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCentral Texas SPCA: $4,690 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTHE BRIDGE BREAST NETWORK INC: $2,385 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $2,136 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Antonio Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc: $2,045 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTIN & TRAVIS COUNTY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $1,058 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $1,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL GOD'S CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL: $1,029 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAINBOW DAYS INC: $1,023 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLS CLASSIC FOUNDATION: $618 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BIRTHDAY PARTY PROJECT: $606 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOIEMA FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSigma Phi Omega Sorority Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $134 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.

United Way WorldwideTexas Instruments Fou…The Blackbaud Giving …Enterprise Holdings F…Communities Foundatio…Carl C Anderson Sr an…The Moody FoundationServant FoundationCharities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…
United Way WorldwideVA18.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way Worldwide · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Servant Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 Give Through Service Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Give Through Service 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Give Through Service Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Give Through Service Foundation 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 41 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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