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The William Stamps Farish Fund at a glance

· Private foundation

The William Stamps Farish Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$17M
Granted FY2025still arriving
134
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$1.0M
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$34MEducation$24MHuman Services$14MArts & Culture$9.3MYouth Development$5.7MCommunity Improvement$2.9MReligion$2.8MEnvironment$2.3MOther$0
02FY2025 · 134 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k52 grants · $1.3M
  • $50k–250k66 grants · $6.4M
  • $250k+16 grants · $9.1M
$50,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$120M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MCINTIRE SCHOOL FOUNDATION$1,000,000
MEMORIAL HERMANN FOUNDATION$1,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY - MARKEY CANCER FOUNDATION$1,000,000
BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FOUNDATION INC$1,000,000
METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$750,000
FOUNDATION FOR FIGHTING BLINDNESS$500,000
TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART INC$500,000
THE BROTHERHOODSISTER SOL INC$450,000
COUNCIL ON RECOVERY$445,000
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL OF VIRGINIA$400,000
MAYO CLINIC$400,000
W OSCAR NEUHAUS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$400,000
ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES$360,000
AUCILLA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$300,000
YMCA OF THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA$300,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $13.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION: $200k → 6%PANTHER CREEK INSPIRATION RANCH: $250k → 9%GALVESTON URBAN MINISTRIES: $150k → 14%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION INC: $275k → 6%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION INC: $75k → 6%FORT BEND CARE CENTER: $150k → 8%FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER: $250k → 11%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTH INC: $100k → 10%CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER: $250k → 16%HOUSTON'S AMAZING PLACE INC: $165k → 16%HOUSTON'S AMAZING PLACE INC: $100k → 16%ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $360k → 16%WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $250k → 16%ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $360k → 16%WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $250k → 16%YMCA OF THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA: $300k → 16%YMCA OF THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA: $100k → 16%ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $350k → 16%ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE: $240k → 16%ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE: $200k → 16%YMCA OF THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA: $200k → 16%YMCA OF THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA: $200k → 16%YMCA OF THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA: $200k → 16%YMCA OF THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA: $125k → 16%YMCA OF THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA: $100k → 16%THE SUMMERHOUSE: $150k → 16%THE SUMMERHOUSE: $100k → 16%THE SUMMERHOUSE: $75k → 16%BOYS & GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON INC: $200k → 16%BOYS & GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON INC: $75k → 16%CENTER FOR PURSUIT: $225k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $500k → 16%HARRIS COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COORDINATING COUNCIL: $175k → 16%BRIDGEYEAR: $100k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $500k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $200k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $150k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $150k → 16%HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER: $500k → 16%HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS - HOUSTON: $235k → 16%THE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC: $125k → 16%THE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC: $125k → 16%DE PELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $450k → 16%DE PELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $100k → 16%DE PELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $100k → 16%DE PELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $100k → 16%KIDS MEALS INC: $500k → 16%KIDS MEALS INC: $78k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
IL
NY
MA
WY
IN
NJ
CT
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
TN
DC
MS
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 9% of The William Stamps Farish Fund’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The William Stamps Farish Fundlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$91M · 206 repeat orgs$14M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

206 repeat relationships: 112 still active in FY2025, 94 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

206
116

Total granted

$91M
$12M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+25%

Still filing today

83%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyCrime & LegalOther
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

  • TM
    TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $3.5M · revenue +682%
  • MH
    Memorial Hermann Foundation
    6× · 2017–2025 · $3.1M · revenue +158%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MARKEY CANCER FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $3.0M · revenue +76% · 32% of their budget

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINA RECTORS AND VISITORS
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MCINTIRE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M · revenue -32%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER HOUSTON
    one grant, 2017 · $1.0M
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
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
2
Breakthrough Houston

The mission of Breakthrough Houston (BTH) is to work with highly motivated students to achieve post-secondary success and empower aspiring leaders to become the next generation of educational advocates.

Education
3
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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4
Houston Museum of Natural Science

The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…

Arts & Culture
5
Central Houston Inc

See schedule ocentral houston champions a thriving downtown by connecting influential leaders through initiatives that advance the future of business and community for all.

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6
Harris County Medical Society

Our mission is to be the leading advocate for our member physicians, their patients and our community, in promoting the highest standards of ethical medical practice, access to quality medical care, medical education, research, and…

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7
Collaborative for Children

The mission of Collaborative for Children is to meaningfully improve the quality of early childhood education and care for Greater Houston's children through those most influential in their lives.

Human Services
8
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
9
Houston Local Information Initiative Inc

The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.

Arts & Culture
10
Houston Area Community Services

Our mission is to provide high quality and caring services to promote healthy people and communities.

Health
11
Houston Christian Foundation dba National Christian Foundation Houston

As the Houston affiliate of the National Christian Foundation (NCF), our mission is to serve and encourage givers to grow as faithful stewards who give wisely to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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12
Community Information Now

Community information now (cinow) provides data, tools, analysis, and training to inform decisions to improve texas communities. cinow's vision is improved lives and decreased disparities through democratized data.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans; the most unlike its peers is Red Hook Art Project Inc. 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

279 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. 279 of the 346 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.

8
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
72
Early backer (in before they grew)
273/279
Grantees still filing
191/279
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MCINTIRE SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $3,000,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MCINTIRE SCHOOL FO…UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MARKEY CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $3,000,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MARKEY CANCER FOUN…AUCILLA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $1,850,000 · OtherCHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN INC: $1,600,000 · OtherTALL TIMBERS RESEARCH INC: $1,600,000 · Other+79 more: $26,251,938 · Other+79 moreMemorial Hermann Foundation: $3,150,000 · HealthMemorial Hermann Fou…THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $2,000,000 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FIGHT…THE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY INC: $2,000,000 · HealthTHE CRISIS CENTER OF…THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,725,000 · HealthTHE METHODIST HOSPIT…MAYO CLINIC: $1,700,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC: $800,000 · HealthTAPING FOR THE BLIND INC: $770,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $725,000 · HealthThe Blue Bird Circle: $675,000 · HealthThe Council on Recovery: $645,000 · Health+14 more: $4,104,500 · Health+14 moreCORBETT PREPARATORY SCHOOL OF IDS INC: $1,600,000 · EducationCORBETT PREPARA…THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA: $1,200,000 · EducationTHE PROTESTANT …The Brookwood Community Inc: $1,000,000 · EducationThe Brookwood C…THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MCINTIRE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY …Agape Development Ministries: $1,000,000 · EducationAgape Developme…Joy Development School: $750,000 · EducationJoy Development…THE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH: $600,000 · EducationTHE BETA FOUNDATION: $588,000 · EducationYELLOWSTONE ACADEMY INC DBA YELLOWSTONE SCHOOLS: $540,000 · EducationTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $500,000 · EducationTHE URBAN ENRICHMENT INSTITUTE: $495,275 · Education+17 more: $4,335,000 · Education+17 moreALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC: $1,510,000 · Human ServicesALLIANCE OF COM…Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area: $1,225,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Chr…COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $1,000,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE …DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $950,000 · Human ServicesDEPELCHIN CHILD…FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION INC: $650,000 · Human ServicesKIDS' MEALS INC: $640,000 · Human ServicesHouston Area Women's Center: $500,000 · Human ServicesMemorial Assistance Ministries: $500,000 · Human ServicesWESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC OF HOUSTON TEXAS: $500,000 · Human ServicesBOYS AND GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON INC: $475,000 · Human Services+26 more: $5,618,100 · Human Services+26 moreTAMPA MUSEUM OF ART INC: $3,500,000 · Arts & CultureTAMPA MUS…NATIONAL MUSEUM OF RACING INC: $1,105,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL …CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $600,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'…ALLEY THEATRE: $600,000 · Arts & CultureALLEY THE…Developing Artists Theaters Company Inc: $550,000 · Arts & CultureDevelopin…RED HOOK ART PROJECT INC: $470,000 · Arts & CultureRED HOOK …FRIST ART MUSEUM: $400,000 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $1,315,000 · Arts & Culture+8 moreBOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INC: $2,900,000 · PhilanthropyBLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $695,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF JOSHUA HOUSE FOUNDATION: $680,000 · PhilanthropyPERMANENTLY DISABLED JOCKEYS FUND INC: $655,000 · PhilanthropyThe Periwinkle Foundation: $280,000 · PhilanthropyHouston Parks Board: $250,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Greater Houston: $200,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $150,000 · PhilanthropyTHE BROTHERHOOD SISTER SOL INC: $2,100,000 · Youth DevelopmentCamp For All Foundation: $500,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoy Scouts of America Sam Houston Area Council: $415,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR: $350,000 · Youth DevelopmentGirl Scouts of San Jacinto Council: $225,000 · Youth Development
Other$37,301,938Health$18,294,500Education$13,608,275Human Services$13,568,100Arts & Culture$8,540,000Philanthropy$5,810,000Youth Development$3,590,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTAMPA MUSEUM OF ART INC: $3,500,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetMemorial Hermann Foundation: $3,150,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MARKEY CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $3,000,000 over 3y, 32% of budgetBOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INC: $2,900,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetTHE BROTHERHOOD SISTER SOL INC: $2,100,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $2,000,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetTHE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY INC: $2,000,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetAUCILLA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $1,850,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,725,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $1,700,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTALL TIMBERS RESEARCH INC: $1,600,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetCORBETT PREPARATORY SCHOOL OF IDS INC: $1,600,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetCHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN INC: $1,600,000 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC: $1,510,000 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area: $1,225,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetThe W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation: $1,200,000 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA: $1,200,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF RACING INC: $1,105,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc: $1,000,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MCINTIRE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetAgape Development Ministries: $1,000,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $1,000,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $950,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC: $800,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetMemorial Park Conservancy Inc: $800,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetTAPING FOR THE BLIND INC: $770,000 over 8y, 44% of budgetJoy Development School: $750,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $725,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $695,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF JOSHUA HOUSE FOUNDATION: $680,000 over 8y, 23% of budgetThe Blue Bird Circle: $675,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetPERMANENTLY DISABLED JOCKEYS FUND INC: $655,000 over 7y, 5.9% of budgetFAMILY AND CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION INC: $650,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetThe Council on Recovery: $645,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC: $640,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetTHE WILL ERWIN HEADACHE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $625,000 over 7y, 20% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $600,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH: $600,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetALLEY THEATRE: $600,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BETA FOUNDATION: $588,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHISTLE FARMS INC: $575,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetHouston Hospice: $553,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetDeveloping Artists Theaters Company Inc: $550,000 over 7y, 31% of budgetCamp Allen Camp & Conference Center: $545,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetYELLOWSTONE ACADEMY INC DBA YELLOWSTONE SCHOOLS: $540,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $525,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTHE NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN: $525,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetCamp For All Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 2.7% 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 TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds Memorial Hermann Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MARKEY CANCER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BROTHERHOOD SISTER SOL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds AUCILLA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds CORBETT PREPARATORY SCHOOL OF IDS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area ↗
  • Who funds The W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MUSEUM OF RACING INC ↗
  • Who funds The Brookwood Community Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MCINTIRE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Agape Development Ministries ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds Memorial Park Conservancy Inc ↗
  • Who funds TAPING FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds Joy Development School ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF JOSHUA HOUSE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Blue Bird Circle ↗
  • Who funds PERMANENTLY DISABLED JOCKEYS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Council on Recovery ↗

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.

Albert & Ethel Herzst…Strake FoundationHarry S & Isabel C Ca…The Elkins FoundationThe Brown Foundation …Vivian L Smith Founda…Baxter Trust Co Priva…Houston Endowment IncUnited Way of Greater…MD Anderson FoundationGreater Houston Commu…Marek Family Foundati…
Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable FoundationTX154.3× affinity85 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Strake Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · The Elkins Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Vivian L Smith Foundation · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · Houston Endowment Inc · United Way of Greater Houston · MD Anderson Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Marek Family 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 William Stamps Farish Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The William Stamps Farish Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Spring of Tampa Bay Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Champions for Children Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Tall Timbers Research Inc: 10% of income from government
  • The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Tampa Jccfederation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • South Kent School Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • National Braille Press Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Tampa Museum of Art Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
58report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The William Stamps Farish Fund?

Find your warmest path to The William Stamps Farish Fund 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 346 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home