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Tijeras 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$557k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$3.2MReligion$807kEducation$614kPhilanthropy$576kInternational$140kHealth$76kArts & Culture$46kHuman Services$32kOther$0
02FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $227k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $330k
  • $250k+1 grant · $557k
$10,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUNG LIFE$557,000
GENEROUS CHURCH$125,000
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION$105,000
FAITH COMES BY HEARING INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION$100,000
CURE INTERNATIONAL$25,000
PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES$25,000
LIGONIER MINISTRIES$20,000
THE HOPE CENTER FOR AUTISM INC$15,000
GOT QUESTIONS MINISTRIES$15,000
GRACE & PEACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$14,500
THE NAVIGATORS$12,000
MIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATION$10,000
SHINE SCHOOL$10,000
CLEVELAND CLINIC MARTIN HEALTH$10,000
ZUNI CHRISTIAN MISSION SCHOOL$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MEALS ON WHEELS: $200 → 16%PLACE OF HOPE: $1k → 11%BALCONY WOMEN INC: $2k → 15%BALCONY WOMEN: $10k → 15%IMPACT100 MARTIN INC: $1k → 10%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

WA
MN
MI
NY
CA
CO
MO
VA
NM
KS
TN
OK
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.9M · 27 repeat orgs$373k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
20

Total granted

$4.9M
$135k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+15%

Still filing today

52%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $238k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHuman ServicesEducationInternationalOther
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

  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.6M · revenue +62%
  • PL
    PROJECT LIFT INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $510k · revenue +134%
  • NC
    NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $315k · revenue ×103

Funded once

  • MD
    MONTE DE SION CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $44k
  • KO
    KLIFE OF TULSA
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • HF
    HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
3
Servant Foundation

The Signatry advances the Christian faith by carrying out its mission, "to inspire and facilitate revolutionary biblical generosity across generations to solve the world's greatest problems," through financial and other support of I.R.C.…

Religion
4
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
5
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
6
Dallas International University

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

Education
7
Ason International Inc

Assisting national Christian leaders around the world.

Human Services
8
Global Media Outreach

Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.

Religion
9
National Christian Foundation Orlando Inc

To encourage and facilitate greater charitable giving by offering simple, innovative, and efficient giving tools to support charities, churches, and christian ministries.

Philanthropy
10
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
11
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
12
National Christian Foundation -- Wisconsin Inc

Equipping followers of christ to give wisely to advance his kingdom by inspiring biblical stewardship and generosity.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; the most unlike its peers is Johns Family Foundation. 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

35 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. 35 of the 63 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/35
Grantees still filing
28/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUNG LIFE: $2,647,500 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFEPROJECT LIFT INC: $510,000 · Youth DevelopmentPROJECT LIFT INC+2 more: $18,000 · Youth DevelopmentACTON ACADEMY: $578,250 · OtherACTON ACADEMYMISSION TO NORTH AMERICA: $75,000 · OtherMISSION TO NORTH AMER…MONTE DE SION CHURCH: $44,000 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINIC MARTIN HEALTH: $40,000 · OtherTHE NAVIGATORS: $38,900 · OtherPALM CITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $35,000 · Other+33 more: $222,078 · Other+33 moreNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $315,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL CHRI…IMPACT INVESTING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · PhilanthropyIMPACT INVEST…FAITH COMES BY HEARING INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyFAITH COMES B…UNITED WAY OF MARTIN COUNTY INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF…+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyGENEROUSCHURCH INC: $250,000 · ReligionGENEROUSCH…GENEROUS GIVING INC: $200,000 · ReligionGENEROUS G…Got Questions Ministries: $27,000 · ReligionLigonier Ministries Inc: $20,000 · Religion+1 more: $10,000 · ReligionAXIS: $15,000 · EducationTHE HOPE CENTER FOR AUTISM INC: $15,000 · EducationCascia Hall Foundation: $10,300 · EducationSAILFISH POINT FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · EducationCURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $25,000 · InternationalSISTER INDIA LTD: $10,000 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $3,205 · InternationalLIGHT OF THE WORLD CHARITIES INC: $2,500 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $1,430 · InternationalPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $25,000 · Crime & Legal
Youth Development$3,175,500Other$1,033,228Philanthropy$665,500Religion$507,000Education$44,300International$42,135Crime & Legal$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYOUNG LIFE: $2,647,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT LIFT INC: $510,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $315,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetGENEROUSCHURCH INC: $250,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetIMPACT INVESTING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGENEROUS GIVING INC: $200,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MARTIN COUNTY INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetGot Questions Ministries: $27,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZuni Christian Mission School: $25,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAXIS: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HOPE CENTER FOR AUTISM INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBALCONY WOMEN INC: $11,500 over 2y, 16% of budgetCascia Hall Foundation: $10,300 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSISTER INDIA LTD: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE NM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAILFISH POINT FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLIGHT OF THE WORLD CHARITIES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetATLANTIC CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $1,430 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetImpact100 Martin Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJOHNS FAMILY FOUNDATION: $528 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE LIGHT HOUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS: $200 over 1y, 0.1% 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 YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT LIFT INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GENEROUSCHURCH INC ↗
  • Who funds IMPACT INVESTING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GENEROUS GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF MARTIN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Got Questions Ministries ↗
  • Who funds CURE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Zuni Christian Mission School ↗
  • Who funds PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Ligonier Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds AXIS ↗
  • Who funds THE HOPE CENTER FOR AUTISM INC ↗
  • Who funds BALCONY WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Cascia Hall Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds SISTER INDIA LTD ↗
  • Who funds MIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE NM INC ↗
  • Who funds CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE 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.

Johns Family Foundati…The Community Foundat…Servant FoundationChattanooga Christian…The Lichtenberger Fou…International Generos…The Maclellan Foundat…The US Charitable Gif…Natl Christian Charit…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…
Johns Family FoundationNM22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Johns Family Foundation · The Community Foundation - Martin / St Lucie Inc · Servant Foundation · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · The Lichtenberger Foundation Inc · International Generosity Foundation Trust · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 Tijeras Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tijeras Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • United Way of Martin County Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Martin County: 2% of income from government
  • Florida Oceanographic Society Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Place of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Hope Center for Autism Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
3report 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.
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How do I get to Tijeras Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Tijeras 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 63 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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