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The Isaac I 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.

$267k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$107k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2024.

Education$1.8MCivil Rights$325kHealth$168kFood & Nutrition$96kReligion$80kHuman Services$70kInternational$51kScience & Tech$33kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $47k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $207k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LSU FOUNDATION$106,500
YOUNG AMERICA'S FOUNDATION$100,000
TARRANT AREA FOOD BANK$15,000
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MCKELVEY ENGINEERING CHALLENGE$12,000
VOGEL ALCOVE$10,000
CROSSWATER MINISTRIES$10,000
BUSHENYI ALLIANCE FOR RURAL HEALTH & DEVELOPMENT$7,500
MEALS ON WHEELS INC$5,000
KIDLINKS$1,000
APEX RIDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$203
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–23, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $25k → 8%NORMAN COALITION FOR REFUGEE SUPPORT: $25k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
NY
OH
NJ
MO
VA
MD
KS
DC
OK
LA
AL
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.4M · 18 repeat orgs$223k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
25

Total granted

$2.4M
$197k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+44%

Still filing today

83%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalHealthRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • MC
    Marietta College
    6× · 2018–2023 · $1.1M · revenue +24%
  • LF
    LSU FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2024 · $614k · revenue +76%
  • YA
    Young America's Foundation
    4× · 2020–2024 · $325k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $30k · revenue +44%
  • FB
    FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF FRISCO TEXAS
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • DL
    DALLAS LIFE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +21%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
2
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
3
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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4
Dallas International University

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

Education
5
Texas Trees Foundation

The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.

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6
Cook Children's Medical Center

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
7
Texas Children's Hospital

Texas children's hospital, headquartered in houston, texas, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and…

Health
8
Texas Children's Hospital Foundation

To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and research.

Health
9
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
10
Make-a-Wish Foundation of the Texas Gulf Coast & Louisiana Inc

Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

Health
11
Cook Children's Medical Center - Prosper

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
12
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc and the most unlike its peers is Crosswater Ministries. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Food Pantries & AssistanceVeteran Support ServicesAnimal Rescue and AdoptionChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Community Arts OrganizationsIndependent K-8 SchoolsCancer Support OrganizationsPregnancy Support ServicesChristian Missionary Organi…Classical Music EnsemblesPublic University Foundatio…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%3%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%3%10–20yr16%23%20–35yr13%33%35–55yr16%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%1%5–10yr19%1%10–20yr16%3%20–35yr13%10%35–55yr16%85%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/34
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,531

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 48 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
24/32
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Marietta College — $1,098,000 · EducationMarietta CollegeLSU FOUNDATION — $614,050 · EducationLSU FOUNDATION+5 more — $70,600 · EducationYoung America's Foundation — $325,000 · OtherYoung America's FoundationNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK — $65,000 · OtherNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANKKIDLINKS — $46,704 · OtherKIDLINKSWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MCKELVEY ENGINEERING CHALLENGE — $30,000 · OtherBUSHENYI ALLIANCE FOR RURAL HEALTH & DEV — $29,500 · OtherTarrant Area Food Bank — $25,500 · OtherRonald McDonald House of Dallas Inc — $25,000 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF FRISCO TEXAS — $25,000 · OtherDALLAS LIFE INC — $25,000 · OtherST STEPHENS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — $25,000 · Other+20 more — $73,003 · Other+20 moreLiving Water International — $30,000 · Human ServicesNorman Coalition For Refugee Support Inc — $25,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $15,000 · Human ServicesVOGEL ALCOVE — $10,000 · Human ServicesBe the Difference Foundation — $37,000 · HealthCARSON'S CRUSADERS FOUNDATION — $16,595 · HealthBUSHENYI ALLIANCE FOR RURAL HEALTH& DEVELOPMENT INC — $17,500 · InternationalMedical Bridges Inc — $2,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $1,000 · InternationalCrosswater Ministries — $10,000 · ReligionWreaths Across America — $5,100 · Public Benefit
Education$1,782,650Other$694,707Human Services$80,000Health$53,595International$20,500Religion$10,000Public Benefit$5,100

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMarietta College — $1,098,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetLSU FOUNDATION — $614,050 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetYoung America's Foundation — $325,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK — $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKIDLINKS — $46,704 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetBe the Difference Foundation — $37,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiving Water International — $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank — $25,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House of Dallas Inc — $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDALLAS LIFE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNorman Coalition For Refugee Support Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLARIDEN SCHOOL INC — $17,600 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBUSHENYI ALLIANCE FOR RURAL HEALTH& DEVELOPMENT INC — $17,500 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetCARSON'S CRUSADERS FOUNDATION — $16,595 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrosswater Ministries — $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetVOGEL ALCOVE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFIRST3YEARS — $8,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWreaths Across America — $5,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Assessment Center Foundation — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN TEXAS PGA FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedical Bridges Inc — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHANDLERSPEAKS — $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA of Texas — $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Communities Foundatio…Texas Instruments Fou…Community Foundation …The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX19.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Isaac I Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Isaac I Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Isaac I 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 48 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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