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Thomas Joseph Frank Foundation

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.

$35k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$424kHealth$205kHuman Services$99kInternational$48kEducation$34kFood & Nutrition$3kArts & Culture$3kYouth Development$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$34,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$330k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST ANTHONY CATHEDRAL BASILICA$34,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%NUTRITION AND SERVICES FOR SENIORS: $250 → 19%NUTRITION AND SERVICES FOR SENIORS: $250 → 19%GARTH HOUSE: $250 → 19%GARTH HOUSE: $250 → 19%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
NY
MA
SD
CT
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$792k · 21 repeat orgs$70k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
26

Total granted

$792k
$70k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+13%

Still filing today

52%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalReligionEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $71k · revenue +17%
  • TJ
    THE JOSEPH HOUSE INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $66k · revenue +165%
  • JR
    Julie Rogers Gift of Life Program
    2× · 2018–2019 · $3k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • LU
    Lamar University Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $30k · revenue -16%
  • MH
    MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF SETX
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
Baylor Research Institute

To improve the care and well being of our community, nationally and internationally, through innovative clinically relevant research that is consistent with the mission, vision and values of Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH).

Health
2
Lifegift Organ Donation Center

The mission of lifegift is to provide community benefit by ethically, effectively and efficiently recovering appropriately transplantable organs and tissue to give the gift of life. lifegift also provides public and professional education…

Health
3
Baylor Health Care System Foundation

To foster and support the activities and purposes of Baylor Scott & White Health, to encourage broad-based public support of the health care system and its affiliated institutions, and to advance the medical objectives, including…

Health
4
Texas Heart Institute

The mission of Texas Heart Institute (THI) is to reduce the devastating toll of cardiovascular disease through innovative and progressive programs in research, education, and improved patient care.

Health
5
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
6
HealthTexas Provider Network

To deliver the highest value patient experience through quality, safety, accessibility, and cost-effectiveness, enhanced by medical education and research in collaboration with Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH).

Health
7
Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals

Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient-and family-centered care. services will be…

Health
8
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
9
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
10
Scott & White Memorial Hospital

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

Health
11
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas

Independent and nonpartisan, the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute works at the intersection of policy and programs to create equitable systemic changes so all people in Texas, the nation, and the world can obtain the health care they…

Health
12
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Turning Point Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Joseph House Inc. 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

23 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. 23 of the 47 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
14/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST ANTHONY CATHEDRAL BASILICA: $426,500 · OtherST ANTHONY CATHEDRAL BASILICACHRISTUS HEALTH FOUNDATION SE TEXAS: $95,000 · OtherCHRISTUS HEALTH FOUNDATION SE TEXASCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $70,750 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC+28 more: $83,435 · Other+28 moreTHE JOSEPH HOUSE INC: $66,250 · HealthTHE JOSEPH…Julie Rogers Gift of Life Program: $3,000 · Health+4 more: $7,750 · Health+4 moreHands Together Inc: $45,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,500 · InternationalLamar University Foundation Inc: $30,000 · EducationSome Other Place: $25,500 · Human ServicesSoutheast Texas Food Bank Inc: $2,000 · Human Services+3 more: $1,100 · Human ServicesADVANCING INMATE MINISTRY INC: $1,500 · ReligionYOUNG LIFE: $1,500 · Youth Development
Other$675,685Health$77,000International$47,500Education$30,000Human Services$28,600Religion$1,500Youth Development$1,500

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 budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $70,750 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetTHE JOSEPH HOUSE INC: $66,250 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetHands Together Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetLamar University Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSome Other Place: $25,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetJulie Rogers Gift of Life Program: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheast Texas Food Bank Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST TEXAS PREGNANCY HELP CENTER INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BEAUMONT & NORTH JEFFERSON COUNTY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE 100 CLUB OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNUTRITION AND SERVICES FOR SENIORS: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGarth House Mickey Mehaffy Childrens Advocacy Program Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JOSEPH HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Hands Together Inc ↗
  • Who funds Lamar University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Some Other Place ↗
  • Who funds Julie Rogers Gift of Life Program ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Southeast Texas Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds ADVANCING INMATE MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds EAST TEXAS PREGNANCY HELP CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF BEAUMONT & NORTH JEFFERSON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE 100 CLUB OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds NUTRITION AND SERVICES FOR SENIORS ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds Garth House Mickey Mehaffy Childrens Advocacy Program Inc ↗
  • Who funds COAST GUARD FOUNDATION 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.

Mechia FoundationGay D and William F S…Juanita Parker Corbin…Mamie McFaddin Ward H…Foundation for Southe…Greater Houston Commu…Crenshaw Family Found…The Connfertitta Char…The Reaud Charitable …He and Kate Dishman C…The Bob and Karen Wor…Penland Foundation
Mechia FoundationTX19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mechia Foundation · Gay D and William F Scott Family Foundation · Juanita Parker Corbin Charitable Tr Charitable Trust · Mamie McFaddin Ward Heritage Foundation · Foundation for Southeast Texas Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Crenshaw Family Foundation · The Connfertitta Charitable Foundation · The Reaud Charitable Foundation Inc · He and Kate Dishman Charitable Trust · The Bob and Karen Wortham Charitable Fou · Penland 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 Thomas Joseph Frank Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas Joseph Frank Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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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How do I get to Thomas Joseph Frank Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Thomas Joseph Frank 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 47 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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