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Topfer Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
97
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$178k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
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What you funded, over time

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

Health$4.3MHuman Services$4.0MEducation$2.9MYouth Development$1.6MFood & Nutrition$1.6MHousing & Shelter$1.5MCrime & Legal$715kEmployment$640kOther$0
02FY2024 · 97 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k39 grants · $135k
  • $10k–50k42 grants · $848k
  • $50k–250k16 grants · $1.3M
$12,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$27M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC$177,500
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS INC$110,000
TRAVIS COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVAL CENTERTHE SAFE$108,315
FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES$100,000
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL TEXAS$91,000
CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK$80,000
SKILLPOINT ALLIANCE$80,000
YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCELIFEWORKS$80,000
HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN$65,000
THE SETTLEMENT HOME$55,000
FORT LAUDERDALE INDEPENDENCE TRAINING EDUCATION (FLITE) CENTER$53,500
WOMEN IN DISTRESS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC$52,500
BREAKTHROUGH$50,000
CHILDREN'S DIAGNOSTIC & TREATMENT CENTER INC$50,000
PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS BROWARD$50,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $4.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FORT LAUDERDALE INDEPENDENCE TRAINING EDUCATION (FLITE) CENTER: $50k → 18%JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $70k → 14%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $59k → 10%HELPING ABUSED NEGLECTED DISADVANTAGED YOUTH - HANDY INC: $50k → 13%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $50k → 10%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $50k → 10%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $50k → 10%HELPING ABUSED NEGLECTED DISADVANTAGED YOUTH - HANDY INC: $40k → 13%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $40k → 10%HELPING ABUSED NEGLECTED DISADVANTAGED YOUTH - HANDY INC: $40k → 13%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $35k → 10%FORT LAUDERDALE INDEPENDENCE TRAINING EDUCATION (FLITE) CENTER: $54k → 13%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $35k → 10%FORT LAUDERDALE INDEPENDENCE TRAINING EDUCATION (FLITE) CENTER: $50k → 13%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $34k → 10%THE COMMUNITY HOUSE: $50k → 7%THE COMMUNITY HOUSE: $45k → 7%THE COMMUNITY HOUSE: $45k → 7%THE COMMUNITY HOUSE: $45k → 7%NEW MOMS INC: $40k → 14%NEW MOMS INC: $30k → 14%ALMOST HOME KIDS: $43k → 7%ALMOST HOME KIDS: $41k → 7%ALMOST HOME KIDS: $41k → 7%360 YOUTH SERVICES: $40k → 7%360 YOUTH SERVICES: $40k → 7%ALMOST HOME KIDS: $40k → 7%360 YOUTH SERVICES: $40k → 7%ALMOST HOME KIDS: $40k → 7%YMCA OF AUSTIN: $38k → 10%JCC CHICAGO: $75k → 14%JCC CHICAGO: $60k → 14%CRADLES TO CRAYONS CHICAGO: $35k → 14%COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY DBA CJE SENIORLIFE (CJE): $50k → 14%YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCELIFEWORKS: $80k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $124k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $110k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $65k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $63k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $41k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $40k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $40k → 10%CAPITAL IDEA: $50k → 10%CAPITAL IDEA: $50k → 10%CAPITAL IDEA: $43k → 10%CAPITAL IDEA: $40k → 10%CAPITAL IDEA: $40k → 10%CAPITAL IDEA: $40k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$19M · 202 repeat orgs$815k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +43% since the first grant, against +25% for the ones you funded once.

202 repeat relationships — 78 still active in FY2024, 124 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

202
94

Total granted

$19M
$674k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+25%

Still filing today

79%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $142k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CI
    COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $824k · revenue +129%
  • ML
    MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $650k · revenue +320%
  • FC
    FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $568k · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +17%
  • NM
    NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $75k
  • CF
    COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -12%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Any Baby Can of Austin Inc

Any baby can, an austin-based nonprofit, partners with parents so children reach their full potential. with programs that meet clients where they are at home, work or school any baby can provides in-home therapy, parent education, mental…

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2
Austin Street Center

The mission of austin street center is to provide emergency shelter and related services to the homeless. programs provide crisis intervention, substance abuse awareness information and opportunities to improve present life situations to…

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3
Family and Child Guidance Center

Our mission is to provide quality mental health services to children and adults in low income families who are impacted by severe and persistent mental illness, emotional disturbances, child abuse and neglect, high-risk behaviors and…

Health
4
Friends of the Children - Austin

Friends of the children - austin is a texas based nonprofit with the mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years,no matter…

Youth Development
5
Cook Children's Medical Center

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
6
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center

The chicago children's advocacy center unites public, private, and community partners to ensure the safety, health, and well-being of abused children.

Crime & Legal
7
Cook Children's Health Plan

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
8
Cook Children's Medical Center - Prosper

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
9
Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill

Founded in 1883, brightpoint (formerly known as children's home & aid) is a leading statewide organization supporting families so children can thrive.

Human Services
10
Texprotects-the Texas Association for the Protection of Children

TexProtects advances public policy and local implementation to strenghten families to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Youth Development
11
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
12
Cook Children's Physician Network

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Moms Inc and the most unlike its peers is Project Charley. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyDomestic Violence ServicesCommunity FoundationsChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Lgbtq+ Community SupportDevelopmental Disabilities …Affordable Housing Developm…Military Veterans SupportCancer Support ServicesEquine Therapy ProgramsChristian Youth CampsYouth Sports ProgramsLocal Food System Organizat…Jewish Community Organizati…Pregnancy Support ServicesElementary Literacy TutoringAnimal Rescue and ShelterSenior Support ServicesIndependent K-12 SchoolsYouth Development ServicesFood Banks and PantriesHealth Access Advocacy and …Community Arts Centers
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 34 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%1%<5yr16%5%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr16%31%20–35yr10%28%35–55yr13%21%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%1%5–10yr20%8%10–20yr16%28%20–35yr10%42%35–55yr13%22%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%3/252
the rest of the field
15%
20,232/136,552

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

244 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 244 of the 320 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
61
Early backer (in before they grew)
237/244
Grantees still filing
183/244
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER — $530,594 · OtherMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTERCHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL TEXAS — $460,500 · OtherCHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL T…THE SAFE ALLIANCE (SAFE STOP ABUSE FOR EVERYONE) — $386,750 · OtherLIFEWORKS — $335,550 · OtherI Grow Chicago NFP — $312,720 · OtherCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF TRAVIS COUNTY — $302,500 · Other+103 more — $5,965,080 · Other+103 moreHELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC — $492,664 · Human ServicesHELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDR…HOSPICE AUSTIN — $357,549 · Human ServicesHOSPICE AUSTINCapital Investing in Development and Employment of Adults Inc — $310,000 · Human ServicesCapital Investing in Develop…Almost Home Kids — $257,250 · Human ServicesNEW MOMS INC — $250,000 · Human ServicesJUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION — $197,500 · Human ServicesTHE COMMUNITY HOUSE — $185,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN IN DISTRESS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC — $172,500 · Human ServicesJewish Community Centers of Chicago — $172,500 · Human ServicesSAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE — $170,000 · Human ServicesAUSTIN GROUPS FOR THE ELDERLY — $163,500 · Human Services+32 more — $2,097,518 · Human Services+32 moreCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS — $823,600 · EducationCOMMUNITIES I…BREAKTHROUGH — $380,000 · EducationBREAKTHROUGHKIPP CHICAGO SCHOOLS — $150,000 · EducationKIPP CHICAGO …PRIMO CENTER FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN — $125,000 · EducationPRIMO CENTER …NAMASTE CHARTER SCHOOL INC — $100,000 · EducationYouth Guidance — $100,000 · EducationTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY — $80,000 · EducationHIGH POINT UNIVERSITY — $77,500 · Education+13 more — $413,700 · Education+13 moreEASTER SEALS DUPAGE & THE FOX VALLEY REGION — $291,243 · HealthCANDOR HEALTH EDUCATION — $240,000 · HealthADVOCATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — $210,000 · HealthTHE SETTLEMENT CLUB — $177,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S DIAGNOSTIC & TREATMENT CENTER INC — $150,000 · HealthALTERNATIVES INC — $100,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS INC — $60,000 · Health+9 more — $153,409 · HealthCentral Texas Food Bank Inc — $447,500 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE INC — $287,750 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY — $100,000 · Food & NutritionNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK — $75,000 · Food & NutritionMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC — $650,103 · ReligionThe Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation) — $102,658 · ReligionFOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC — $567,650 · Housing & ShelterDUPAGE PADS INC — $50,000 · Housing & ShelterNAPERVILLE ELDERLY HOMES INC — $45,000 · Housing & ShelterJEREMIAH PROGRAM — $37,500 · Housing & ShelterURBAN PEAK DENVER — $36,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$8,293,694Human Services$4,825,981Education$2,249,800Health$1,381,652Food & Nutrition$910,250Religion$752,761Housing & Shelter$736,150

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS — $823,600 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC — $650,103 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetFOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC — $567,650 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC — $492,664 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc — $447,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH — $380,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetHOSPICE AUSTIN — $357,549 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetI Grow Chicago NFP — $312,720 over 4y, 10% of budgetCapital Investing in Development and Employment of Adults Inc — $310,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF TRAVIS COUNTY — $302,500 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetEASTER SEALS DUPAGE & THE FOX VALLEY REGION — $291,243 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE INC — $287,750 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetAlmost Home Kids — $257,250 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetNEW MOMS INC — $250,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetCANDOR HEALTH EDUCATION — $240,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetKESHET — $212,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetADVOCATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — $210,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetJUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION — $197,500 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetBetter ATX — $196,500 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetBIG BROTHERS-BIG SISTERS OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO — $190,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY HOUSE — $185,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetZACHARY SCOTT THEATRE CENTER — $181,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHICAGO — $180,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetTHE SETTLEMENT CLUB — $177,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetI LIVE HERE I GIVE HERE — $175,002 over 3y, 11% of budgetPEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER — $175,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWOMEN IN DISTRESS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC — $172,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetJewish Community Centers of Chicago — $172,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE — $170,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetAUSTIN GROUPS FOR THE ELDERLY — $163,500 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetAustin Child Guidance Center — $159,500 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetFLORIDA INDEPENDENCE TRAINING & EDUCATION CENTER INC — $153,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budget360 YOUTH SERVICES — $150,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S DIAGNOSTIC & TREATMENT CENTER INC — $150,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetKIPP CHICAGO SCHOOLS — $150,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVINCARE SERVICES OF AUSTIN FOUNDATION — $141,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetHealth Alliance for Austin Musicians — $134,500 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC — $133,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLawrence Hall — $130,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHELPING ADVANCE AND NURTURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH INC (HANDY INC) — $130,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetINFANT WELFARE SOCIETY OF CHICAGO — $127,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPRIMO CENTER FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN — $125,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFAMILY ELDERCARE INC — $120,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION — $115,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITIES UNITED — $115,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetMarwen Foundation Inc — $115,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTHE SAFE ALLIANCE FACILITIES HOLDINGS — $113,315 over 2y, 49% of budgetChampions Off the Field — $112,150 over 5y, 0.5% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds Central Texas Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE AUSTIN ↗
  • Who funds I Grow Chicago NFP ↗
  • Who funds Capital Investing in Development and Employment of Adults Inc ↗
  • Who funds COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF TRAVIS COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS DUPAGE & THE FOX VALLEY REGION ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE INC ↗
  • Who funds Almost Home Kids ↗
  • Who funds NEW MOMS INC ↗
  • Who funds CANDOR HEALTH EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds KESHET ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Better ATX ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS-BIG SISTERS OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds ZACHARY SCOTT THEATRE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds THE SETTLEMENT CLUB ↗
  • Who funds I LIVE HERE I GIVE HERE ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN IN DISTRESS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Community Centers of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN GROUPS FOR THE ELDERLY ↗
  • Who funds Austin Child Guidance Center ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA INDEPENDENCE TRAINING & EDUCATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds 360 YOUTH SERVICES ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Austin Community Foun…St David's FoundationUnited Way for Greate…The Moody FoundationHarry E and Eda L Mon…Better Business BureauShield-Ayres Foundati…Ecg FoundationDonald D Hammill Foun…The Applied Materials…The Burdine Johnson F…The Webber Family Fou…
Austin Community Foundation IncTX103.5× affinity75 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 · United Way for Greater Austin · The Moody Foundation · Harry E and Eda L Montandon Charitable Tr · Better Business Bureau · Shield-Ayres Foundation · Ecg Foundation · Donald D Hammill Foundation · The Applied Materials Foundation · The Burdine Johnson Foundation · The Webber Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Topfer Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • LArche Portland — 59% of income from government
  • Helping Advance and Nurture the Development of Youth Inc (Handy Inc) — 21% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children — 6% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
87report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Topfer Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Topfer Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 320 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 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 camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines