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The Whitley Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$163k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$115k
Largest
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Education$1.1MInternational$95kReligion$81kHealth$61kRecreation & Sports$19kHousing & Shelter$16kHuman Services$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $115k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$876k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BAYLOR BEAR FOUNDATION$115,320
WACO FAMILY PRACTICE FOUNDATION$20,000
WARM HEART INTERNATIONAL$15,000
TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION$10,000
UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL TROJANS FOOTBALL$2,500
DEWEY BURKHART MEMORIAL$500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–23, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%YMCA OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $2k → 16%PLACE OF HOPE: $2k → 11%YMCA OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $1k → 16%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS IN THE HEART OF TEXAS: $3k → 16%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE HEART OF TEXAS: $2k → 16%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE HEART OF TEXAS: $2k → 16%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS IN THE HEART OF TEXAS: $350 → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

SD
CO
VA
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.3M · 15 repeat orgs$88k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +45% since the first grant, against +37% for the ones you funded once.

15 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
22

Total granted

$1.3M
$67k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+37%

Still filing today

33%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureInternationalReligionHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2017–2021 · $657k · revenue +57%
  • WH
    WARM HEART INTERNATIONAL INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $75k · revenue +45%
  • PF
    Program for Humanitarian Aid Inc
    4× · 2017–2022 · $18k · revenue +127%

Funded once

  • MC
    MILAM COUNTY COWBODY CHURCH
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • LC
    LEE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
  • OH
    OneWorld Healthgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +27%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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.

2
Texas Children's Hospital

Texas children's hospital, headquartered in houston, texas, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and…

Health
3
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
4
Houston Independent School District Foundation

The HISD Foundation is dedicated to mobilizing the local community to support innovative priorities in HISD to improve outcomes for all students in the district. Our mission is to fund projects and programs of merit that fall outside of…

5
Healing Hands Ministries Inc

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

Health
6
Communities in Schools of Central Texas

Communities in schools of central texas (cisct) ensures students have holistic support, removing academic and nonacademic barriers to their success in school.

Education
7
Dallas Physician Medical Services for Children Inc

Provide dental, general pediatric, and pediatric sub-specialty services, including, but not limited to emergency department coverage, inpatient coverage, orthopedic surgery, and craniofacial orthodontics regardless of payor source or…

Health
8
Texas Council for International Studies

Tcis facilitates implementation of international baccalaureate (ib) programs through partnership agreements with ib schools and districts and provides ib program development, ib professional training, curriculum planning, marketing…

Education
9
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
10
Houston Christian University

The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."

11
Communities in Schools of the South Plains Inc

To meet the needs of students in at-risk situations by improving academics, marketable skills, attendance, and behavior through the partnership of school, home, and community so that young people stay in school, learn successfully and…

Youth Development
12
Scott & White Hospital-College Station

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is China Spring Isd Education Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Baylor University. 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

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 39 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
13/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY — $656,725 · EducationBAYLOR UNIVERSITY+1 more — $1,000 · EducationBAYLOR BEAR FOUNDATION — $345,950 · OtherBAYLOR BEAR FOUNDATIONTEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $64,782 · OtherTEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATIONMILAM COUNTY COWBODY CHURCH — $50,000 · OtherMILAM COUNTY COWBODY CHURCHWACO FAMILY MEDICINE INSTITUTE — $40,000 · OtherWACO FAMILY MEDICINE INSTITUTECONNALLY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT — $36,250 · OtherCONNALLY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTIndividual grant recipient — $31,000 · OtherTRINITY CENTER AT ST DAVIDS EPISCOPAL CHURCH — $31,000 · Other+20 more — $23,755 · OtherWARM HEART INTERNATIONAL INC — $75,000 · International+1 more — $2,500 · InternationalWACO FAMILY PRACTICE FOUNDATION — $20,000 · HealthProgram for Humanitarian Aid Inc — $17,500 · ReligionCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE HEART OF TEXAS — $7,350 · Human ServicesWACO FAMILY YMCA — $3,000 · Human ServicesPLACE OF HOPE INC — $2,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION — $3,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $25 · Arts & CultureCHINA SPRING ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $460 · Youth Development
Education$657,725Other$622,737International$77,500Health$20,000Religion$17,500Human Services$12,350Arts & Culture$3,025Youth Development$460

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY — $656,725 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWARM HEART INTERNATIONAL INC — $75,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetWACO FAMILY PRACTICE FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetProgram for Humanitarian Aid Inc — $17,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE HEART OF TEXAS — $7,350 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHINA SPRING YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOCIA — $4,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION — $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWACO FAMILY YMCA — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOneWorld Health — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHINA SPRING ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHINA SPRING ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $460 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGIDDINGS LIONS CLUB — $140 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc — $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds WARM HEART INTERNATIONAL INC
  • Who funds WACO FAMILY PRACTICE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Program for Humanitarian Aid Inc
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE HEART OF TEXAS
  • Who funds CHINA SPRING YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOCIA
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION
  • Who funds WACO FAMILY YMCA
  • Who funds OneWorld Health
  • Who funds PLACE OF HOPE INC
  • Who funds CHINA SPRING ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB
  • Who funds CHINA SPRING ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION
  • Who funds GIDDINGS LIONS CLUB
  • Who funds NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC
  • Who funds Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA7.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Whitley Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • Place of Hope Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to The Whitley Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Whitley Charitable 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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