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Tyler Cowboy 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.

$143k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$72k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20182025.

Philanthropy$385kHuman Services$335kHealth$93kHousing & Shelter$75kReligion$74kEducation$45kCrime & Legal$35kInternational$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $65k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $72k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The GR Cooper Family Charitable$71,542
Clayton United Methodist Church$15,000
Tunnel to Towers Foundation$15,000
Two Sparrows Village$15,000
Big Oak Ranch$10,000
Samaritans Purse$10,000
Alabama Institue for the DB$3,500
Make a Wish Foundation of Alabama$3,041
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY19–25, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $5k → 14%Big Oak Ranch: $25k → 13%BIG OAK RANCH INC: $15k → 13%big oak ranch: $15k → 13%BIG OAK RANCH INC: $10k → 13%Big Oak Ranch: $10k → 13%BIG OAK RANCH INC: $5k → 13%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

NY
CA
NE
TN
NC
AL
GA
FL

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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$957k · 14 repeat orgs$124k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +99% since the first grant, against -4% for the ones you funded once.

14 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
6

Total granted

$957k
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+99%
-4%

Still filing today

64%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthCrime & LegalEducationPhilanthropyReligionOther

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

  • BO
    BIG OAK RANCH INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $80k · revenue +87%
  • TS
    Two Sparrows Village Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $75k · revenue +593%
  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA
    7× · 2019–2025 · $46k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • RE
    Robert E Reed GI Foundation
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • AB
    ABACO-WINDING BAY RELIEF FUND INC
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -100%
  • HT
    HARVEST TIME MINISTRIES INC
    one grant, 2018 · $10k

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.

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Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
2
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

3
Special Ops Survivors

Special ops survivors advances the mission "to embrace and empower surviving spouses of fallen special operations heroes to build healthy post-loss futures as they transition and rebuild their new lives." the foundation provides programs…

Human Services
4
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
5
Quick Reaction Foundation

Quick reaction foundation (qrf) is a non-profit organization founded by veterans to provide rapid response to the developing needs of elite operators and their families from within select u.s. special operations command ("ussocom") teams.…

Public Benefit
6
Ryan Saves Lives
Health
7
Springfield Rescue Mission

The goal of the springfield rescue mission since 1892 has been to meet the physical and spiritual needs of the hungry, homeless, addicted, and poor by introducing them to christ and helping them apply the word of god to every area of their…

Human Services
8
Lead the Way Fund Inc

Army ranger lead the way fund is an active duty, casualty assistance, recovery, transition and veterans organization that provides financial support to u.s. army rangers and the families of those who have died, have been disabled or who…

Human Services
9
Suits for Sons
Youth Development
10
American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities Inc

American lebanese syrian associated charities, inc. (alsac) was founded in 1957 and exists solely to raise funds and build awareness to sustain and grow the mission of st. jude children's research hospital, inc. to advance cures, and means…

Religion
11
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces

Friends of the israel defense forces (fidf) provides critical support for the health, well-being, and education of israel's protectors.

International
12
Robert Irvine Foundation Inc

The robert irvine foundation is a not-for-profit entity and is tax exempt under 501(c) (3) of the internal revenue code (irc). the organization supports and strengthens the physical and mental well-being of our service members, veterans,…

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Alabama and the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

12 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 22 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

The G&R Cooper Family Charitable — $181,377 · OtherThe G&R Cooper Family CharitableThe G&R Cooper Family Charitable Fund — $132,500 · OtherThe G&R Cooper Family Charitable FundThe GR Cooper Family Charitable — $71,542 · OtherThe GR Cooper Family CharitableCLAYTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — $55,000 · OtherCLAYTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCHBaldwin County Sheriff's Office — $30,000 · OtherBaldwin County Sheriff's OfficeTUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $30,000 · OtherTUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION+5 more — $42,000 · Other+5 moreTITUS 2 PARTNERSHIP INC — $180,000 · Human ServicesTITUS 2 PARTNERSHIP INCBIG OAK RANCH INC — $80,000 · Human ServicesBIG OAK RANCH INCALABAMA SHERIFFS' YOUTH RANCHES INC — $12,500 · Human Services+1 more — $5,000 · Human ServicesMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA — $45,919 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $37,500 · HealthTwo Sparrows Village Inc — $75,000 · Housing & ShelterSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $45,000 · EducationGARY SINISE FOUNDATION — $27,500 · PhilanthropySAMARITAN'S PURSE — $25,000 · ReligionBALDWIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$542,419Human Services$277,500Health$83,419Housing & Shelter$75,000Education$45,000Philanthropy$27,500Religion$25,000Crime & Legal$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTITUS 2 PARTNERSHIP INC — $180,000 over 7y, 45% of budgetBIG OAK RANCH INC — $80,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTwo Sparrows Village Inc — $75,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA — $45,919 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $37,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION — $27,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALABAMA SHERIFFS' YOUTH RANCHES INC — $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetABACO-WINDING BAY RELIEF FUND INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBALDWIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 TITUS 2 PARTNERSHIP INC
  • Who funds BIG OAK RANCH INC
  • Who funds Two Sparrows Village Inc
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
  • Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE
  • Who funds ALABAMA SHERIFFS' YOUTH RANCHES INC
  • Who funds ABACO-WINDING BAY RELIEF FUND INC
  • Who funds BALDWIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through you, not between each other.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCA5.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Tyler Cowboy 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, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

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202122232425
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report 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, FY2025

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.

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 22 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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