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Tourism Cares Inc

Tourism cares unites the travel industry and is a catalyst of positive social, environmental and economic impact for the people and places of travel.

$72k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Education$123kArts & Culture$85kEnvironment$54kFood & Nutrition$32kCommunity Improvement$28kRecreation & Sports$27kHuman Services$23kInternational$20k
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $15,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $71,785 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $56,785 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INSPIRE CULINARY ACADEMY$15,000
02The need
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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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 85% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%FREEDOM TRAIL FOUNDATION: $8k → 16%YELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $4k → 10%OAKLAND CONVENTION AND VISTORS BUREAU: $5k → 10%ISLAND CONSERVATION: $12k → 13%YOSEMITE CONSERVANCY: $4k → 15%REDWOOD PARKS CONSERVANCY: $8k → 17%TRIPSCHOOL LLC: $18k → 20%BUFFALO BAYOU PARTNERSHIP: $10k → 16%PORT ARANSAS COMMUNITY THEATRE: $15k → 17%TEXAS ARTS MUSEUM: $15k → 19%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $20k → 14%CARRIBBEAN HOTEL AND TOURISM ASSOCIATION: $80k → 15%MEDIA ARTS INSTITUTE: $10k → 11%INSPIRE CULINARY ACADEMY: $15k → 15%FRIENDS OF INDIA POINT PARK: $13k → 14%BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER: $8k → 22%THREE SQUARE: $22k → 13%FREEDOM TRAIL FOUNDATION: $4k → 16%OAKLAND CHILDRENS FAIRYLAND INC: $10k → 10%TRIPSCHOOL LLC: $10k → 20%NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $8k → 14%MEDIA ARTS INSTITUTE: $7k → 11%THREE SQUARE: $5k → 13%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5k → 14%MEDIA ARTS INSTITUTE: $7k → 11%THE NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $4k → 14%THE MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE: $16k → 14%THE MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE INC: $8k → 14%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

MT
NY
MA
OR
NV
RI
CA
VA
DC
AL
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $30k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 2 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Middle East and North Africa$17k · 57% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: WOMAN-LED COMMUNITY-BASED TOURISM

Central America and the Caribbean$13k · 43% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE AND WORKFORCE TRAINING

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 8% of Tourism Cares Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Tourism Cares Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 6.0% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

46%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$178k · 8 repeat orgs$213k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
14

Total granted

$178k
$198k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+57%

Still filing today

50%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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
EnvironmentArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementInternationalOther
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

  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    2× · 2018–2020 · $25k · revenue ×34
  • NP
    NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2019 · $12k · revenue +117%
  • FT
    Freedom Trail Foundation Inc
    2× · 2017–2019 · $12k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • CH
    CARIBBEAN HOTEL FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2018 · $80k · revenue +11% · 68% of their budget
  • PA
    PORT ARANSAS COMMUNITY THEATRE
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
  • TA
    TEXAS ARTISTS MUSEUM SOCIETY
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
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.

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Balboa Park Conservancy

Balboa Park Conservancy (the Conservancy) was organized on November 3, 1923. The Conservancy is the City of San Diegos (the City) partner and advocated for the greater good of Balboa Park (the Park). The Conservancy collaborated with and…

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2
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
3
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
4
National Tropical Botanical Garden

To enrich life by perpetuating tropical plants, ecosystems and cultural heritage through discovery, scientific research, conservation, and education.

Environment
5
The Trust for Public Land

The trust for public land creates parks and protects land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. in the past year, we helped communities to plan for parks and conservation, fund parks and conservation,…

Environment
6
National Forest Foundation

The national forest foundation (nff), chartered by congress, turns america's love of nature into meaningful action for 193-million acre national forest system through on the ground program work and grant making activities, and accepts and…

Recreation & Sports
7
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
8
Nature and Culture International

Nature and culture international conserves biologically diverse landscapes in latin america, in concert with local cultures, for the well-being of the planet.

Environment
9
Parks California

As california state parks' statutory non-profit partner, we have a clear mission - to help strengthen parks and inspire all people to experience these extraordinary places.

Environment
10
African Parks Foundation of America

To engage the united states and its citizens in the work of african parks and to promote access to american experience and expertise in the african parks actiities by 1) raising funds for specific projects, activities, training, equipment…

Recreation & Sports
11
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
12
Paso Pacifico

We apply principles of ecology to ensure that our innovative programs integrate advances in scientific and economic understanding to ensure the viability of coastal forests and the livelihoods of the people who live in them.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Park Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Inspire Learning Academy. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 23 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)
16/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CMTAS YAUCO INC: $28,000 · OtherCMTAS YAUCO INCTRIPSCHOOL LLC: $27,976 · OtherTRIPSCHOOL LLCThe Mountain Institute Inc: $23,500 · OtherThe Mountain Institute IncMEDIA ARTS INSTITUTE: $22,800 · OtherMEDIA ARTS INSTITUTETEXAS ARTISTS MUSEUM SOCIETY: $15,000 · OtherTEXAS ARTISTS MUSEUM SOCIETYFRIENDS OF INDIA POINT PARK: $13,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF INDIA POINT PARKNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $12,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONFOUNDATION FOR PUERTO RICO INC: $7,500 · OtherDEPARTAMENTO DE LA COMIDA DE PUERTO RICO INC: $7,500 · Other+1 more: $5,000 · OtherCARIBBEAN HOTEL FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 · EducationCARIBBEAN HOTEL FOUNDATION …Inspire Learning Academy: $15,000 · EducationInspire Learning AcademyPORT ARANSAS COMMUNITY THEATRE: $15,000 · Arts & CulturePORT ARAN…Freedom Trail Foundation Inc: $12,000 · Arts & CultureFreedom T…BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR: $7,500 · Arts & CultureBLACK HIS…ISLAND CONSERVATION: $11,915 · EnvironmentISLAND CO…Buffalo Bayou Partnership Inc: $10,000 · EnvironmentBuffalo B…REDWOOD PARKS CONSERVANCY: $8,000 · EnvironmentREDWOOD P…YELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $4,000 · EnvironmentYELLOWSTO…THREE SQUARE: $27,000 · Food & NutritionWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,000 · InternationalOakland Childrens Fairyland Inc: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$162,276Education$95,000Arts & Culture$34,500Environment$33,915Food & Nutrition$27,000International$25,000Recreation & Sports$14,000

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 budgetCARIBBEAN HOTEL FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 over 1y, 68% of budgetTHREE SQUARE: $27,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Mountain Institute Inc: $23,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetInspire Learning Academy: $15,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetPORT ARANSAS COMMUNITY THEATRE: $15,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom Trail Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetISLAND CONSERVATION: $11,915 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBuffalo Bayou Partnership Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOakland Childrens Fairyland Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetREDWOOD PARKS CONSERVANCY: $8,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR PUERTO RICO INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOakland Convention & Visitors Bureau DBA Visit Oakland: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $4,000 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.

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.

Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Network for GoodDC6.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Tourism Cares Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tourism Cares Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Freedom Trail Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report 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.

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 23 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 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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