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The Robert P and Mariana R Scripps Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Robert P and Mariana R Scripps Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Health$2.0MInternational$1.5MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.1MHuman Services$1.1MFood & Nutrition$595kAnimals$552kPhilanthropy$451kEducation$420kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $121k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $904k
$60,834
Median grant
8
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCRIPPS HEALTH FOUNDATION$200,000
FREDERICKSBURG COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER$100,000
TEXSAR INC$81,667
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY$81,666
UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION - SIO$75,000
SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE$75,000
TEAM RUBICON$69,167
MERCY CHEFS$60,834
ARK OF HIGHLAND LAKES$60,833
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$50,000
ORDINARY NURSES DBA CASA TABITO$50,000
AUSTIN PETS ALIVE$45,833
CHARLOTTE MASON SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL$25,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC$16,667
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$16,667
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 (FY18–25, $618k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 55% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHILD HELP: $36k → 11%ABOVE THE CLOUDS: $53k → 7%FUEL RELIEF FUND: $31k → 11%HILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH: $10k → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $50k → 14%FRIENDS OF DISABLED ADULTS AND CHILDREN TOO INC: $137k → 14%MERCY CHEFS: $61k → 20%TRANSFORMATION HOUSE: $17k → 7%CONNECTIONS INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $25k → 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $17k → 14%HILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 7%GILLESPIE COUNTY COMMITTEE ON AGING: $76k → 10%MOM CENTER: $41k → 10%STARBRIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 10%GILLESPIE COUNTY COMMITTEE ON AGING: $24k → 10%GILLESPIE COUNTY COMMITTEE ON AGING: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
HI
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.
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 7% of The Robert P and Mariana R Scripps Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Robert P and Mariana R Scripps Family Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 13% 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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 28 repeat orgs$3.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +69% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
67

Total granted

$4.4M
$3.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
+12%

Still filing today

71%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $368k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesAnimalsHealthPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    6× · 2018–2025 · $501k · revenue +163%
  • SH
    SCRIPPS HEALTH
    2× · 2024–2025 · $388k · revenue +5%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $367k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • BP
    BRIGHTSIDE PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2023 · $215k · revenue -35%
  • AA
    AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF LIVER DISEASES FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $178k · revenue -35%
  • United Way of Greater Houston
    one grant, 2017 · $172k · 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
Feeding Texas

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

Community Improvement
2
Hospice of South Texas Inc

Hospice care of terminally ill patients

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3
Health Services of North Texas Inc

Hsnt is committed to providing quality, affordable healthcare for the entire family from newborns to seniors, including prenatal care, women's health, behavioral health, a robust pediatric program, prescription assistance and infectious…

Health
4
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
5
Healing Hands Ministries Inc

Hmm health provides quality healthcare to all its neighbors with love, compassion, and respect.

Health
6
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
7
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
8
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
9
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
10
Texas Children's

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

Health
11
Children's Hospital Association of Texas

To advance children's health and well-being by advocating for policies and funding that promote children's access to high-quality, comprehensive health care.

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12
Austin Street Center

The mission of austin street center is to provide emergency shelter and related services to the homeless. programs provide crisis intervention, substance abuse awareness information and opportunities to improve present life situations to…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meals On Wheels America; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

85 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. 85 of the 105 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
85/85
Grantees still filing
55/85
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $271,339 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION - SIO: $187,500 · OtherTHE GRACE CENTER IN FREDERICKSBURG: $180,000 · OtherHILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY NEEDS COUNCIL: $176,866 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $156,579 · OtherAMERICAN LIVER FOUNDATION: $142,000 · OtherBRIGHTSIDE PROJECT INC: $214,500 · OtherBRIGHTSIDE PROJECT INCMEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE INC: $144,286 · OtherSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $144,167 · OtherHILL COUNTRY CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER: $130,347 · Other+48 more: $2,107,936 · Other+48 moreSCRIPPS HEALTH: $387,500 · HealthSCRIPPS HEALTHFredericksburg Community Health Center: $288,006 · HealthFredericksburg C…THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $195,533 · HealthTHE SCRIPPS RESE…AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF LIVER DISEASES FOUNDATION: $177,500 · HealthAMERICAN ASSOCIA…ANGEL FLIGHT INC DBA ANGEL FLIGHT SOUTH CENTRAL: $106,500 · HealthANGEL FLIGHT INC…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $50,000 · Health+3 more: $60,132 · HealthCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $400,925 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE F…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $366,516 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $142,425 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL…GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $79,524 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING …Ordinary Nurses Casa Tabito: $50,000 · InternationalAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $202,302 · Human ServicesAmerican Na…FRIENDS OF DISABLED ADULTS & CHILDREN TOO INC: $136,805 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF …WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $133,334 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WAR…GILLESPIE COUNTY COMMITTEE ON AGING iNC: $109,999 · Human ServicesGILLESPIE C…MERCY CHEFS INC: $60,834 · Human ServicesMERCY CHEFS…ABOVE THE CLOUDS INC: $53,250 · Human ServicesABOVE THE C…MOM CENTER: $41,339 · Human ServicesCHILDHELP INC: $36,339 · Human ServicesFUEL RELIEF FUND: $30,799 · Human Services+5 more: $81,666 · Human Services+5 moreSAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $106,667 · AnimalsSPCA of Texas: $79,523 · AnimalsHOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $79,523 · AnimalsHILL COUNTRY ANIMAL LEAGUE SPCA INC: $63,143 · AnimalsKindred Spirits Rescue Ranch: $61,875 · AnimalsAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $45,833 · AnimalsANGELS FOR ANIMALS INC: $25,875 · AnimalsSALEM HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $25,875 · AnimalsANIMAL CHARITY OF OHIO INC: $25,875 · Animals+1 more: $2,664 · AnimalsUnited Way of Greater Houston: $172,302 · PhilanthropyGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $125,913 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $81,666 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $28,073 · PhilanthropyKALEIDOSCOPE FIGHTING LUPUS: $25,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $21,408 · PhilanthropySAMARITAN'S PURSE: $501,013 · Religion
Other$3,855,520Health$1,265,171International$1,039,390Human Services$886,667Animals$516,853Philanthropy$504,362Religion$501,013

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 budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $501,013 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $400,925 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $387,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $366,516 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFredericksburg Community Health Center: $288,006 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetBRIGHTSIDE PROJECT INC: $214,500 over 1y, 19% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $202,302 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $195,533 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF LIVER DISEASES FOUNDATION: $177,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetHILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY NEEDS COUNCIL: $176,866 over 4y, 9.4% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $172,302 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE INC: $144,286 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $144,167 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $142,425 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF DISABLED ADULTS & CHILDREN TOO INC: $136,805 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $133,334 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $125,913 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGILLESPIE COUNTY COMMITTEE ON AGING iNC: $109,999 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $109,942 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $106,667 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetANGEL FLIGHT INC DBA ANGEL FLIGHT SOUTH CENTRAL: $106,500 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTHE SAFE ALLIANCE: $101,597 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $81,666 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAUSTIN DISASTER RELIEF NETWORK: $80,466 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $79,524 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $79,523 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $79,523 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHARLOTTE MASON SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL IN: $75,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetHILL COUNTRY ANIMAL LEAGUE SPCA INC: $63,143 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $62,143 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKindred Spirits Rescue Ranch: $61,875 over 1y, 36% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY: $59,931 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetFREDERICKSBURG FOOD PANTRY INC: $57,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetAmerican Society Of Transplantation: $53,250 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $52,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMAL COUNTY FAMILY VIOLENCE SHELTER: $51,340 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOrdinary Nurses Casa Tabito: $50,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetGILLESPIE COUNTY YOUTH LIVESTOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $46,389 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGILLESPIE COUNTY FAIR & FESTIVALS ASSOCIATION INC: $45,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetMOM CENTER: $41,339 over 1y, 31% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF COMAL COUN: $40,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetIDEA Public Schools: $39,931 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDHELP INC: $36,339 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILLOW CITY VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE: $35,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetFUEL RELIEF FUND: $30,799 over 1y, 16% 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.

Adam R Scripps Founda…Miramar Charitable Fo…The Community Foundat…San Antonio Area Foun…Fredericksburg Social…Harvey E Najim Charit…Dian Graves Owen Foun…Carl C Anderson Sr an…Hal & Charlie Peterso…Shell USA Company Fou…The Moody FoundationCreate Healthy Manage…
Adam R Scripps FoundationKY55.1× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Adam R Scripps Foundation · Miramar Charitable Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country Inc · San Antonio Area Foundation · Fredericksburg Social Turn Verein · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · Dian Graves Owen Foundation · Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation · Hal & Charlie Peterson Foundation & Fd Mgmt Trust · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Create Healthy Management

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 Robert P and Mariana R Scripps Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Robert P and Mariana R Scripps Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
27report 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Robert P and Mariana R Scripps Family Foundation Inc 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 105 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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