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Tingari Foundation at a glance

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Tingari Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$619k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$155k
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 2024.

Philanthropy$2.6MInternational$1.1MArts & Culture$415kHealth$331kEducation$198kCommunity Improvement$100kFood & Nutrition$65kHousing & Shelter$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $44k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $575k
$75,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY CHARITABLE - LUCKLESS PHILANTHROPIES$155,000
FIDELITY CHARITABLE - THE QUIDDITY FUND$155,000
GLOBALGIVING- SYINC10F CONSORTIUM$80,000
THE 19TH NEWS$75,000
THE NEW PHILANTHROPISTS$60,000
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA - MONEYMOB$50,000
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA - SEWING THE SEEDS AUSTRALIA$32,800
GLOBALGIVING - BUSINESS FOR BETTER SOCIETY$11,000
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 (FY17–20, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%EMMA'S TORCH: $25k → 20%AUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $5k → 10%MULTICULTURAL REFUGEE COALITION: $15k → 10%MULTICULTURAL REFUGEE COALITION: $5k → 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

IL
NY
OH
CA
VA
MD
DC
TX
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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 12 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
38

Total granted

$2.0M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+36%

Still filing today

83%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $234k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementHealthOther
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

  • T1
    THE 19TH NEWS
    3× · 2019–2025 · $275k · revenue +301%
  • AT
    AUSTIN TOGETHER FUND
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +215%
  • Health Alliance for Austin Musicians
    2× · 2018–2020 · $30k · revenue +184%

Funded once

  • GP
    Global Press Institute
    one grant, 2022 · $150k · revenue -74%
  • CA
    CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA - YGAP AUSTRALIA
    one grant, 2023 · $103k
  • C
    CONNECTHER
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
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
Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
2
Good Work Austin

Good Work Austin's mission is to foster healthy careers in the local food and beverage industry through professional development and advocacy for more equitable practices.

Public Benefit
3
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
4
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
5
Aclu Foundation of Texas Inc

The ACLU Foundation of Texas is the unyielding guardian and promoter of freedom, justice, equality and dignity of all people, particularly for those who are still fighting to secure the full exercise of their civil rights and liberties.…

Civil Rights
6
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

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7
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
8
Center for Austin Independent Journalism

To equip Austinites to make informed decisions through independent, in-depth reporting, diverse opinions, and civil dialogue. A strong local press is essential for a healthy community and democracy. We work to make Austin a more empowered…

Arts & Culture
9
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
10
Austin Habitat for Humanity Inc

Through faith in action, austin habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

—
11
Common Impact Inc

Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…

Unclassified
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 Pencils of Promise Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Global Press Institute. 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

44 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. 44 of the 59 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/44
Grantees still filing
29/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY CHARITABLE - LUCKLESS PHILANTHROPIES: $643,000 · OtherFIDELITY CHARITABLE - LUCKLESS PHILANTHROP…FIDELITY CHARITABLE - THE QUIDDITY FUND: $643,000 · OtherFIDELITY CHARITABLE - THE QUIDDITY FUNDCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA - YGAP AUSTRALIA: $103,000 · OtherCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA - CHILDREN'S GROUND AUSTRALIA: $85,000 · OtherGLOBALGIVING- SYINC10F CONSORTIUM: $80,000 · OtherBUILDING A GLOBAL COMMUNITY: $77,000 · OtherCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA - WESTERMAN JILYA INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEA: $73,000 · Other+26 more: $434,909 · Other+26 moreFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,558,000 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GI…+4 more: $142,190 · Community Improvement+4 moreCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $625,448 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUN…IMPACTASSETSINC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyIMPACTASSETSINCCONNECTHER: $100,000 · PhilanthropyCONNECTHERTHE NEW PHILANTHROPISTS: $60,000 · PhilanthropyTHE NEW PHILANTHRO…ENDOMETRIOSIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $50,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $7,500 · PhilanthropyTHE 19TH NEWS: $275,000 · Arts & CultureTHE 19TH …Global Press Institute: $150,000 · Arts & CultureGlobal Pr…TORCH LITERARY ARTS: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTORCH LIT…+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureGo AustinVamos Austin: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentCODE2COLLEGE: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentAUSTIN YOUTH & COMMUNITY FARM INC DBA URBAN ROOTS: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentOut Youth Inc: $12,000 · Youth DevelopmentINSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE: $110,000 · EducationCon Mi MADRE: $10,000 · EducationTHE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Human ServicesEMMA'S TORCH LTD: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE REFUGEE COLLECTIVE: $20,000 · Human ServicesAUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$2,138,909Community Improvement$1,700,190Philanthropy$942,948Arts & Culture$480,000Youth Development$192,000Education$120,000Human Services$85,000

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 budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,558,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $625,448 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE 19TH NEWS: $275,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetGlobal Press Institute: $150,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE: $110,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetIMPACTASSETSINC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTHER: $100,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetGo AustinVamos Austin: $100,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetBUILDING A GLOBAL COMMUNITY: $77,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetTHE SIMS FOUNDATION INC: $66,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetAUSTIN TOGETHER FUND: $50,000 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetTORCH LITERARY ARTS: $50,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetUS NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR UN WOMEN: $50,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetENDOMETRIOSIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetDIVINC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCODE2COLLEGE: $50,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTHE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHealth Alliance for Austin Musicians: $30,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAUSTIN YOUTH & COMMUNITY FARM INC DBA URBAN ROOTS: $30,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetGuadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEMMA'S TORCH LTD: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE REFUGEE COLLECTIVE: $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetTreeFolks Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPENCILS OF PROMISE INCORPORATED: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOMID FOUNDATION USA: $17,562 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN: $17,190 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetOut Youth Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAMERICAN YOUTHWORKS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCon Mi MADRE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetEcoRise Youth Innovations: $7,667 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOASTAL BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCreative Action: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY FOR GREATER AUSTIN: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE'S COMMUNITY CLINIC INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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.

Austin Community Foun…St David's FoundationBetter Business BureauThe Cynthia & George …The Webber Family Fou…Shield-Ayres Foundati…The Applied Materials…United Way for Greate…The Moody FoundationLAiglon FundSilicon Valley Commun…Rwh Foundation
Austin Community Foundation IncTX46.8× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · St David's Foundation · Better Business Bureau · The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation · The Webber Family Foundation · Shield-Ayres Foundation · The Applied Materials Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · The Moody Foundation · LAiglon Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Rwh 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 Tingari Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tingari Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    12report 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

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    How do I get to Tingari Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Tingari 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 59 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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