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The Luke and Whitney Pent Foundation at a glance

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The Luke and Whitney Pent 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.

$236k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$50k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

International$369kReligion$285kCivil Rights$188kHuman Services$88kArts & Culture$83kCommunity Improvement$71kEducation$41kHealth$36kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $144k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,163
Median grant
10
States reached
$48k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOVE HAS NO LIMITS$50,000
FORT WORTH BIBLE CHURCH$33,000
USA TRANSFORM$26,910
HOPE FOR THE SILENT VOICES$25,000
CHILDRENS HEALTH DEFENSE$20,000
FREEDOM SHIELD FOUNDATION$15,000
COVENANT CLASSICAL SCHOOL$14,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
THE WEDGEWOOD CIRCLE$7,500
EDENS SONG MINISTRIES$5,163
TUCSON TORAH CENTER$5,000
DASH NETWORK$5,000
INNER CITY INVESTMENT CORP$5,000
HAWKWOOD FOUNDATION$5,000
ONE WORLD HEALTH$2,550
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 23% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Momentum: $1k → 12%Hartman House: $5k → 14%Turning Point: $20k → 6%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

WA
ID
IL
MI
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
AZ
AR
SC
AL
GA
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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$718k · 25 repeat orgs$521k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +77% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
37

Total granted

$718k
$386k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+77%
+36%

Still filing today

72%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $134k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHealthHuman ServicesReligionAnimalsCivil RightsOther
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

  • HF
    HOPE FOR THE SILENT VOICES
    6× · 2019–2024 · $170k · revenue +72% · 29% of their budget
  • OH
    OneWorld Health
    4× · 2020–2024 · $55k · revenue +78%
  • LA
    LIVE ACTION
    2× · 2020–2022 · $33k · revenue +110%

Funded once

  • UI
    United in Purpose
    one grant, 2023 · $125k · revenue -69%
  • TH
    THE HILLS CHURCH OF CHRIST
    one grant, 2019 · $101k
  • TP
    Turning Point Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +36%
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
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
Fsi-Freedom Seekers International

Freedom seekers international is a christian organization that exists to rescue the most severely persecuted for their religious faith in hostile and restrictive countries. through collaborative partnerships we deliver those who are…

Human Services
3
UnBound North Texas

Unbound North Texas exists to support survivors and resource the community to fight human trafficking through Survivor Advocacy, a 24/7 Drop-In Center, and Prevention and Awareness.

—
4
Child Hope International

We minister to orphans and widows in their distress by transitioning children from orphanages into loving families. We do this through Christ- centered care, training and social work.

Arts & Culture
5
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
6
Lifewater Inc

Lifewater international is a non-profit christian water development organization dedicated to effectively serving vulnerable children and families by partnering with underserved communities to overcome water poverty.

Environment
7
She Is Safe Inc

She Is Safe prevents, rescues and restores women and girls from abuse and exploitation in high risk communities across the globe, equipping them to build lives of freedom and faith for a strong future. We accomplish our work in partnership…

International
8
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

—
9
Freedom That Lasts Ministries

Ftlm seeks to equip churches to minister to those who are suffering from addiction and equip christians with the resources needed to facilitate spiritual growth in christlike character and biblical wisdom.

Human Services
10
Freed Life

Freed Life exists to eradicate human trafficking through empowering survivors, equipping communities and changing systems.

—
11
Life International

To partner with leaders globally to boldly proclaim the biblical truth of the father's heart for life, champion the gospel of jesus christ, and establish life-giving ministries.

Health
12
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Set Free Ministries; the most unlike its peers is Hawkwood Foundation 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

39 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. 39 of the 72 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/39
Grantees still filing
27/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE HILLS CHURCH OF CHRIST: $101,000 · OtherTHE HILLS CHURCH OF CHRISTFORT WORTH BIBLE CHURCH INC: $91,378 · OtherFORT WORTH BIBLE CHURCH INCLOVE HAS NO LIMITS INC: $50,000 · OtherLOVE HAS NO LIMITS INCTURNING POINT USA INC: $20,000 · Other+45 more: $219,577 · Other+45 moreHOPE FOR THE SILENT VOICES: $170,450 · InternationalHOPE FOR THE SILENT VOICESOneWorld Health: $55,050 · InternationalOneWorld HealthFree the Oppressed: $50,000 · InternationalFree the OppressedSERVE HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $30,000 · InternationalSERVE HOPE INTERNATIONAL4AFRICA: $25,000 · International4AFRICADFW ASYLUM SEEKER HOUSING NETWORK: $17,000 · International+3 more: $19,102 · InternationalUnited in Purpose: $125,000 · Civil RightsUnited in Purp…LIVE ACTION: $32,500 · Civil RightsLIVE ACTION+1 more: $5,000 · Civil RightsWEST FORT WORTH CENTER OF HOPE INC: $60,000 · ReligionWEST FORT…USATransform: $26,910 · ReligionUSATransf…iHope Ministries: $13,000 · ReligioniHope Min…+1 more: $1,000 · ReligionMastermedia International Inc: $45,280 · Arts & CultureFREEDOM SHIELD FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Arts & CultureTurning Point Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesHAWKWOOD FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesHARTMAN HOUSE: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE: $20,000 · Environment
Other$481,955International$366,602Civil Rights$162,500Religion$100,910Arts & Culture$75,280Human Services$31,000Environment$20,000

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 budgetHOPE FOR THE SILENT VOICES: $170,450 over 6y, 29% of budgetWEST FORT WORTH CENTER OF HOPE INC: $60,000 over 3y, 8.0% of budgetOneWorld Health: $55,050 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFree the Oppressed: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLOVE HAS NO LIMITS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetMastermedia International Inc: $45,280 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetLIVE ACTION: $32,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSERVE HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $30,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetFREEDOM SHIELD FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetUSATransform: $26,910 over 1y, 0.2% of budget4AFRICA: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTurning Point Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDFW ASYLUM SEEKER HOUSING NETWORK: $17,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetRIVERTREE ACADEMY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOVENANT CLASSICAL SCHOOL: $14,080 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetiHope Ministries: $13,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetTEXAS ACADEMY 4: $11,390 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNEVERTHIRST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren International: $8,102 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWEDGWOOD CIRCLE INSTITUTE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSAMARITAN MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL: $6,560 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAVING HOPE ANIMAL RESCUE FUND: $5,631 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORT WORTH CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHARTMAN HOUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetANGEL FLIGHT INC DBA ANGEL FLIGHT SOUTH CENTRAL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNO BABY BLISTERS: $1,575 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOMentum: $1,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSET FREE MINISTRIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INSIGHT ALLIANCE: $910 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCODYS FRIENDS RESCUE: $170 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetURGENT ANIMALS OF FORT WORTH INC: $50 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDFW RESCUE ME INC: $40 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.

Communities Foundatio…Community Foundation …Brooks and Caitlin Mc…Servant FoundationChristian Community F…Moriah FoundationUnited Way of Tarrant…Bnsf Railway Foundati…Texas Instruments Fou…Natl Christian Charit…Celanese FoundationTextron Charitable Tr…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX23.8× 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 · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Brooks and Caitlin McCabe Family Foundation · Servant Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Moriah Foundation · United Way of Tarrant County · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Celanese Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353

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 Luke and Whitney Pent Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Luke and Whitney Pent Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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 · 0–5%
    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 Luke and Whitney Pent Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Luke and Whitney Pent 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 72 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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