· Private foundation
The Sidwell 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $33k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MIAMI VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT | $25,000 |
| AMARILLO COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| LAURA BUSH INSTITUTE | $5,000 |
| HIGH PLAINS FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
| TURN CENTER | $4,000 |
| HEAL THE CITY FREE CLINIC | $4,000 |
| EVELINE'S SUNSHINE COTTAGE | $4,000 |
| THE BRIDGE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY | $3,000 |
| DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER | $3,000 |
| CITADELLE ART FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| PREGNANCY SUPPORT CENTER | $2,000 |
| OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL INC | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $103k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SPSAMARITAN'S PURSE3× · 2017–2019 · $82k · revenue +134%
- DTDallas Theological Seminary3× · 2017–2019 · $60k · revenue +81%
- HFHOPE FARM INC3× · 2017–2019 · $33k · revenue +158%
Funded once
- EMEast-West Ministries Internationalone grant, 2019 · $50k
- WCWARREN CULWELL MINISTRY INCone grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -14% · 26% of their budget
- NCNATIONAL CENTER ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATone grant, 2019 · $35k
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.
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.
To provide family services and to provide residential child care for dependent children where there is a need to assist children and families disrupted by problems.
Sunny Glen Childrens Home, Inc. cares for children in need. Our care will be competent, compassionate and professional. We will help every child achieve their greatest potential-physically, emotionally, spiritually and academically.
Our mission is to show the love of christ to each and every child and family towhom we serve and beyond. we do this by creating a culture where the needs of children,families, and staff are seen and met in creative and innovative ways.
A local united christian organization and ministry dedicated to providing love, hope, respect and a new beginning for the homeless, offering a holistic care program that leads to true lasting healing.
Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…
Refuge city provides safe places for children in dallas / ft. worth (dfw) who have been sex trafficked or sexually exploited to achieve restoration, education, and reintegration in a family-focused environment through the love of jesus…
Fort worth christian school is a christ-centered community where every child is loved, valued, taught excellence in and out of the classroom, and empowered by a biblical worldview for a lifetime of faith and service.
Mercy clinic exists to show christ's love and compassion by providing free health care, spiritual care, and assistance in self-help to the underserved population in tarrant county, texas.
The mission of Abilene Christian School, Inc. is to equip students to excel academically, serve meaningfully, and walk faithfully with God.
The mission of criswell college is to provide ministerial and professional higher education for men and women preparing to serve as christian leaders throughout society, while maintaining an institutional commitment to biblical inerrancy.
The mission of trinity school is to be a college preparatory community that provides a nurturing environment to enrich the mind, strengthen the body, enliven the soul, and inspire servant leadership.
How this is measured
29 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. 29 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds Dallas Theological Seminary ↗
- Who funds East-West Ministries International ↗
- Who funds WARREN CULWELL MINISTRY INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE FARM INC ↗
- Who funds PRESBYTERIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds THE PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY ↗
- Who funds RIVERTREE ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds THE AMARILLO COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Good Samaritan Christian Services Inc ↗
- Who funds TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds HIGH PLAINS FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds HEAL THE CITY FREE CLINIC ↗
- Who funds EVELINE'S SUNSHINE COTTAGE ↗
- Who funds FORT WORTH CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER ↗
- Who funds TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds CAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH ↗
- Who funds HILL COUNTRY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Mays Foundation · Kimble Foundation Trust · Dr Kent Roberts & Ilene Roberts Balliett Foundation · Josephine Anderson Charitable Trust · Amarillo Area Foundation Inc · Xcel Energy Foundation · Bruckner Family Foundation Inc · High Plains Christian Ministries Foundation · Mary E Bivins Foundation · Bradley Family Charitable Trust · William & Louise Mullins Foundation · David D & Nona S Payne Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Sidwell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sidwell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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