· Private foundation
Thomas B Shoemake Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k14 grants · $60k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AUSTIN AVENUE CHURCH OF CHRIST | $20,000 |
| EARLY FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CMMNTY M | $10,000 |
| TEXAS RAMP PROJECT | $7,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY - BROWNWOOD | $7,000 |
| BROWNWOOD COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY | $5,000 |
| ALDERSGATE ENRICHMENT CENTER | $5,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY OF COMANCHE | $5,000 |
| LYRIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER | $5,000 |
| BCYFR SUPPORTERS BROWN CO YOUTH FAI | $5,000 |
| GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES | $5,000 |
| PEARL GRIFFIN MEMORIAL LATCH KEY | $5,000 |
| HOWARD PAYNE UNIVERSITY | $3,000 |
| CENTRAL TEXAS PREGNANCY CENTER | $2,000 |
| CASA IN THE HEART OF TEXAS | $2,000 |
| ZEPHYR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT | $2,000 |
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 (FY24–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 5%. 100% 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
How this is measured
7 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. 7 of the 16 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.
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: Central Texas Foundation Inc · B C and Gladys L Drinkard Foundation Inc · E P Woodruff Trust · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Thomas B Shoemake Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas B Shoemake Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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