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The Lawrence & Nancy Padfield Foundation at a glance

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The Lawrence & Nancy Padfield Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$279k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$907kPhilanthropy$396kHuman Services$105kRecreation & Sports$80kPublic Benefit$75kPublic Safety & Disaster$70kHousing & Shelter$55kReligion$42kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GOLFERS AGAINST CANCER$100,000
PROJECT BEACON TEXAS$50,000
PENFED FOUNDATION$50,000
GREATER BATON ROUGE FOOD BANK$25,000
BRADEN BAILESS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$20,000
MONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER$15,000
SPIRIT GOLF ASSOCIATION$9,000
PEARL FINCHER MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS$5,000
HOPE MEDIA GROUP$5,000
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 (FY17–19, $69k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SAN ANTONIO LIGHTHOUSE: $5k → 16%NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $30k → 16%NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $24k → 16%NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $10k → 16%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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 13 repeat orgs$297k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
21

Total granted

$1.5M
$247k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+74%

Still filing today

62%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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
HealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitCrime & LegalInternationalOther
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

  • PF
    PTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
    5× · 2017–2022 · $225k · revenue +118%
  • T1
    THE 100 CLUB INC
    3× · 2017–2021 · $70k · revenue +37%
  • TS
    The Spirit Golf Association
    6× · 2017–2024 · $57k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • CH
    CAMP HOPE PTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERIC
    one grant, 2023 · $70k
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +74%
  • CC
    CHINA CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURC
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
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
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
Memorial Hermann Medical Group

Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…

Health
3
Texas Association of Business

As the state chamber of commerce, tab is the most influential and dominant voice for public policy issues affecting business in texas. through proven results-oriented advocacy and member services, tab develops a climate in texas which…

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4
The Methodist Hospital Foundation

Mission: this organization is part of the methodist hospital, doing business as houston methodist hospital, whose mission is: to provide high quality, cost-effective health care that delivers the best value to the people we serve in a…

Health
5
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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6
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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7
Make-a-Wish Foundation of the Texas Gulf Coast & Louisiana Inc

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

Health
8
Air Transport Association of America Inc

Airlines for america (a4a) vigorously advocates for america's airlines as models of safety, customer service, and environmental responsibility; and as the indispensable network that drives our nation's economy and global…

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9
Dallas Citizens Council

To lead and serve in the moments that matter the most for the people of dallas.

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10
Texas Medical Association

The texas medical association (tma), the nation's largest and one of the oldest state medical societies, represents over 59,000 physicians and medical students dedicated to enhancing the health of all texans. in collaboration with 110…

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11
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
12
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council

The mission of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council is to drive evidence-based improvement in patient care and health equity throughout the region.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The 100 Club Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rotary Club of Lake Conroe. 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, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 37 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PENFED FOUNDATION: $303,200 · OtherPENFED FOUNDATIONCAMP HOPE PTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERIC: $70,000 · OtherCAMP HOPE PTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICROMO FOUNDATION: $55,000 · OtherROMO FOUNDATIONPROJECT BEACON TEXAS: $55,000 · OtherPROJECT BEACON TEXASPEARL FINCHER MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $40,000 · OtherPEARL FINCHER MUSEUM OF FINE ARTSMONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMENS CENTER: $31,000 · OtherGREATER BATON ROUGE FOOD BANK: $25,000 · Other+18 more: $146,800 · Other+18 moreGOLFERS AGAINST CANCER INC: $575,200 · HealthGOLFERS AGAINST CANCER INCST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $50,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL IN…+2 more: $15,000 · HealthPTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $225,000 · Public BenefitPTSD FOUNDATI…NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $63,950 · Human ServicesSAN ANTONIO LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $5,000 · Human ServicesPONY BIRD INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE 100 CLUB INC: $70,000 · Crime & LegalThe Spirit Golf Association: $56,900 · Recreation & SportsMontgomery County Fair Association: $3,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Education
Other$726,000Health$640,200Public Benefit$225,000Human Services$73,950Crime & Legal$70,000Recreation & Sports$59,900Education$50,000

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 budgetGOLFERS AGAINST CANCER INC: $575,200 over 8y, 24% of budgetPTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $225,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetTHE 100 CLUB INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $63,950 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Spirit Golf Association: $56,900 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMENS CENTER: $31,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER BATON ROUGE FOOD BANK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE MEDIA GROUP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMission K9 Rescue Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAN ANTONIO LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPONY BIRD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMontgomery County Fair Association: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRotary Club of Lake Conroe: $800 over 1y, 2.3% 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 GOLFERS AGAINST CANCER INC ↗
  • Who funds PTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds THE 100 CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds The Spirit Golf Association ↗
  • Who funds THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMENS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BATON ROUGE FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds CRYSTAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds HOPE MEDIA GROUP ↗
  • Who funds Mission K9 Rescue Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAN ANTONIO LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds PONY BIRD INC ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Montgomery County Fair Association ↗
  • Who funds Rotary Club of Lake Conroe ↗

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.

Greater Houston Commu…Shell USA Company Fou…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…The Pfizer Foundation…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX16.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Lawrence & Nancy Padfield Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lawrence & Nancy Padfield Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 37 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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