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Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Texas at a glance

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Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Texas

To provide assistance for veterans , service members and their families in their communities and provide them a place to fellowship together.

$34k
Granted FY2021
24
Grants FY2021
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States reached
$3k
Largest
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01What it funds
01FY2021 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 24 grants below total $32,850, the rows itemized in this filing. The $34,129 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,279 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.
$1,220
Median grant
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States reached
$8k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VFW AUX POST 7208$3,000
MIDLAND SOUP KITCHEN$2,900
SENIOR LIFE$2,900
VFW NATIONAL HOME$2,000
WEST TEXAS FOOD BANK$2,000
VA HOMELESS PROGRAM$1,720
SUSAN G KOMEN$1,500
GUARDIANS OF THE CHILDREN$1,500
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$1,500
ALZHEIMER S ASSOCIATION$1,500
PATRIOT S PAW$1,220
SPECIAL OLYMPICS$1,220
GIFTS OF HOPE$1,220
SALVATION ARMY$1,220
CHRISTMAS IN ACTION$1,220
02Its 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
Disabled American Veterans of Texas Service Foundation
Human Services
2
Nocona Rural Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Volunteer firefighting of all fires in the rural areas around nocona texas including assisting other fire departments during large fires in their areas.

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3
West Texas Hero Homes Inc

Support of special needs military or first responders and their families.

Housing & Shelter
4
Geronimo Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Provide fire protection/education, emergency medical treatment and rescue services to an area of approx 65 sq miles in guadalupe county texas.

Public Safety & Disaster
5
Visiting Nurse Association of Texas

Established in 1934, vna helps older adults live with dignity and independence at home by providing in-home care, food and friendship for the ill, hungry, and homebound.

Health
6
Garrison Volunteer Fire Department

To provide fire and medical emergency services for the city of garrison, tx and the surrounding districts.

Public Safety & Disaster
7
Matador Motley County Volunteer Fire Department

Fire fighting and prevention

Public Safety & Disaster
8
Waskom Volunteer Fire Department & Ems Services Inc

Firefighter & emergency medical services for the waskom, tx area.

Public Safety & Disaster
9
Hankamer Volunteer Fire Department

Provide fire fighting & ambulance service to hankamer, texas and surrounding areas.

Public Safety & Disaster
10
Dawson County Senior Citizens Center Inc

Provide meals on wheels, congregate meals, and recreational facility for elderly and low income persons of dawson county texas.

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11
Pecan Plantation Volunteer Fire Dpt & Emergency Medical Services Inc

Provides protection of property and preservation of life from and during fire or other emergencies within the area of its operation in hood and johnson counties, texas. also, provides rescue and various other emergency services in the…

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12
Regional Adult Protective Services Advisory Board

The organization's mission is to assist and support adult protective services (aps), a separate organization in the permian basin, client needs as requested for aged and disabled adults. in addition, raise public awareness of proper care…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Patriot Paws Service Dogs; the most unlike its peers is American Cancer Research Center and Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
02the grantee network

15 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. 15 of the 24 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE US DEPT OF TEXAS AUXILIARY: $3,000 · OtherVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE US DEPT OF…WEST TEXAS FOOD BANK: $2,000 · OtherWEST TEXAS FOOD BANKVA HOMELESS PROGRAM: $1,720 · OtherVA HOMELESS PROGRAMSPECIAL OLYMPICS: $1,220 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICSSALVATION ARMY: $1,220 · OtherSALVATION ARMYHONORING OUR TROOPS: $1,000 · OtherHONORING OUR TROOPSHEALING EMOTIONS ABOVE REASONS & THOUGHTS: $720 · OtherHEALING EMOTIONS ABOVE REASONS & THOUGHTSIndividual grant recipient: $600 · OtherAMERICAN LEGION 119: $500 · Other+1 more: $250 · OtherSENIOR LIFE MIDLAND INC: $2,900 · Human ServicesSENIOR LIFE MIDLAND INCVFW NATIONAL HOME: $2,000 · Human ServicesVFW NATIONAL HOMEPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $1,220 · Human ServicesPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DO…BASIN DREAM CENTER FOR ORPHANS: $720 · Human ServicesBASIN DREAM CENTER FOR …The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,500 · HealthThe Susan G Komen B…American Cancer Research Center and Foundation: $1,500 · HealthAmerican Cancer Res…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE…PERMIAN BASIN GIFTS OF HOPE INC: $1,220 · HealthPERMIAN BASIN GIFTS…MIDLAND SOUP KITCHEN MINISTRY: $2,900 · ReligionMIDLAND SO…NORTHEAST MIDLAND COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $1,000 · Public Safety & DisasterGreenwood Volunteer Fire Department: $720 · Public Safety & DisasterGUARDIANS OF THE CHILDREN: $1,500 · PhilanthropyCHRISTMAS IN ACTION INC: $1,220 · Housing & ShelterAPHASIA CENTER OF WEST TEXAS INC: $720 · Education
Other$12,230Human Services$6,840Health$5,720Religion$2,900Public Safety & Disaster$1,720Philanthropy$1,500Housing & Shelter$1,220Education$720

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 budgetMIDLAND SOUP KITCHEN MINISTRY: $2,900 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSENIOR LIFE MIDLAND INC: $2,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVFW NATIONAL HOME: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST TEXAS FOOD BANK: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Research Center and Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUARDIANS OF THE CHILDREN: $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $1,220 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTMAS IN ACTION INC: $1,220 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPERMIAN BASIN GIFTS OF HOPE INC: $1,220 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHEAST MIDLAND COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBASIN DREAM CENTER FOR ORPHANS: $720 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAPHASIA CENTER OF WEST TEXAS INC: $720 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreenwood Volunteer Fire Department: $720 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Abell-Hanger Foundati…Permian Basin Area Fo…Scharbauer Foundation…Ken W Davis FoundationYarborough FoundationBeal FoundationFmh FoundationWarren Charitable Fou…Helen Greathouse Char…James a Buddy Davidso…Wayne & Jo Ann Moore …The Blackbaud Giving …
Abell-Hanger FoundationTX21.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Abell-Hanger Foundation · Permian Basin Area Foundation · Scharbauer Foundation Inc · Ken W Davis Foundation · Yarborough Foundation · Beal Foundation · Fmh Foundation · Warren Charitable Foundation · Helen Greathouse Charitable Trust · James a Buddy Davidson Charitable Foundation · Wayne & Jo Ann Moore Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Texas funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Texas. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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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    Find your warmest path to Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Texas 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 24 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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