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The Jb and Mary Lou Sandlin Family Foundation at a glance

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The Jb and Mary Lou Sandlin Family 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.

$74k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$148kReligion$65kHealth$45kYouth Development$33kArts & Culture$22kEducation$22kInternational$18kFood & Nutrition$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $41k
$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE MOVIE INSTITUTE INC$15,000
COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER$15,000
GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC COMMUNITY$11,132
Individual grant recipient$5,000
SANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$5,000
THE COUNSELING FOR THE FUTURE FOUNDATION$3,500
BROADWAY DALLAS$2,500
GRAPE COLLEYVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION$2,500
SKY RANCH FOUNDATION$2,500
AMY'S WISH WITH WINGS$2,000
COME READ WITH ME$2,000
KELLER SERVICES CHARITIES$1,500
JUMPSTART JOHNSON COUNTY DUAL CREDIT$1,000
DALLAS FOUNDATION - STOMP OUT CANCER$1,000
BREAKTHROUGH T1D (JDRF)$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $123k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BOYS TOWN: $100 → 12%MEALS ON WHEELS: $2k → 8%TEXAS BOYS RANCH: $100 → 17%MEALS ON WHEELS: $250 → 8%LORETO HOUSE: $1k → 8%SOUP MOBILE: $500 → 14%FORT WORTH HOPE CENTER: $2k → 11%AMY'S WISH WITH WINGS: $2k → 11%FORT WORTH HOPE CENTER: $1k → 11%FORT WORTH HOPE CENTER: $1k → 11%STUPID STRONG: $2k → 11%COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER: $40k → 11%COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER: $27k → 11%COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER: $20k → 11%COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER: $15k → 11%COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER: $10k → 11%STEPPING STONES FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%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
NY
CA
NE
NM
KS
TN
NC
DC
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$334k · 30 repeat orgs$89k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
33

Total granted

$334k
$82k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+20%

Still filing today

53%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureInternationalEducationPublic BenefitOther
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

  • CE
    COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $112k · revenue +20%
  • MI
    MOVIE INSTITUTE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $24k · revenue +445%
  • BD
    Broadway Dallas Inc
    4× · 2020–2024 · $12k · revenue +150%

Funded once

  • SJ
    ST JUDE
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
  • MG
    MESA GLOBAL
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • TH
    TRINITY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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
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
Feeding Texas

To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free texas.

Community Improvement
3
Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More

See Schedule OFort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels provides comprehensive services, including Meals on Wheels, congregate meals, transportation, case management, health screenings, information and referral services, recreation, and more. Our…

Human Services
4
North Texas Food Bank

To close the hunger gap in north texas by working through over 500 feeding partners to provide access to nutritious food and address the root causes of hunger.

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5
Ronald Mcdonald House of Fort Worth Inc

Provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

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6
Safe City Commission

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

Crime & Legal
7
Visiting Nurse Association of Texas

Established in 1934, vna helps older adults live with dignity and independence at home by providing in-home care, food and friendship for the ill, hungry, and homebound.

Health
8
Meals On Wheels North Central Texas Inc

Organization provides services to senior citizens and the disabled, primarily through home-delivered meals and congregate meals.

Human Services
9
Frisco Family Services Center

Help members of our communities who are facing hunger, homelessness, and other urgent needs improve their quality of life and achieve self-sufficiency.

Human Services
10
Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Inc

Our mission is to provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare. We support the health and well-being of seriously ill or injured children receiving treatment in the…

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11
The James Bruner Tk Ranch Inc

The james bruner-tk ranch, inc. operates personal care facilities for mentally challenged adults, licensed by the texas department of human services. the primary goal of tk ranch is to provide a safe and decent living environment for the…

Housing & Shelter
12
Feeding the Lone Star Llc

Uniting volunteers to prepare meals that get delivered to the food insecure

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Nocona Rural Volunteer Fire Department Inc. 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

35 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. 35 of the 71 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
26/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC COMMUNITY: $39,632 · OtherGOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC COMMUNITYCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $20,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES INCST JUDE: $15,000 · OtherST JUDEIndividual grant recipient: $12,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGRACE: $11,000 · OtherMESA GLOBAL: $10,000 · OtherTRINITY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $10,000 · Other+43 more: $111,850 · Other+43 moreCOMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER INC: $112,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER INC+10 more: $12,950 · Human Services+10 moreMOVIE INSTITUTE: $23,694 · Youth DevelopmentBroadway Dallas Inc: $12,400 · Arts & CultureVan Cliburn Foundation Inc: $5,500 · Arts & CultureAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 · HealthMe Squared Cancer Foundation: $5,000 · HealthTEXAS LIONS CAMP INC: $1,000 · HealthCounseling for the Future Foundation: $6,500 · EducationCOLLEYVILLE HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL PANTERA BOOSTER CLUB: $2,000 · EducationKIDS MATTER INTERNATIONAL: $6,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 · International
Other$229,982Human Services$124,950Youth Development$23,694Arts & Culture$17,900Health$16,000Education$8,500International$7,000

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 budgetCOMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER INC: $112,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetMOVIE INSTITUTE: $23,694 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBroadway Dallas Inc: $12,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS AREA PARKINSON SOCIETY: $7,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetKIDS MATTER INTERNATIONAL: $6,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCounseling for the Future Foundation: $6,500 over 3y, 22% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCome Read With Me: $6,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetVan Cliburn Foundation Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMe Squared Cancer Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GATEHOUSE CORPORATION: $3,500 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFORT WORTH HOPE CENTER THE HOPE CENTER: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS: $2,250 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetAMY'S WISH WITH WINGS: $2,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCOLLEYVILLE HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL PANTERA BOOSTER CLUB: $2,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTUPID STRONG: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSower of Seeds International Ministries: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLORETO HOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA OF TARRANT COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS LIONS CAMP INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStepping Stones Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOUPMOBILE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNOCONA RURAL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $100 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 COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MOVIE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Broadway Dallas Inc ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS AREA PARKINSON SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds KIDS MATTER INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds Counseling for the Future Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Tarrant Area Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds Come Read With Me ↗
  • Who funds Van Cliburn Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds SKY RANCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Me Squared Cancer Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE GATEHOUSE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FORT WORTH HOPE CENTER THE HOPE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds AMY'S WISH WITH WINGS ↗

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…Bnsf Railway Foundati…Community Foundation …Thomas M Helen McKee …Celanese FoundationTexas Instruments Fou…Southlake Chapter Nat…Greater Keller Womens…Southlake Women's Clu…Norman M Kronick Fort…The Graham and Caroly…Sid W Richardson Foun…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX26.3× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Celanese Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Southlake Chapter National Charity League Inc · Greater Keller Womens Club Foundation Inc · Southlake Women's Club Foundation · Norman M Kronick Fort Worth Foundation · The Graham and Carolyn Holloway Family Foundation · Sid W Richardson 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 Jb and Mary Lou Sandlin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jb and Mary Lou Sandlin Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's 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
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 · 0–20%
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 71 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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