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Wh Francis Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$23k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$8k
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.

Health$71kEnvironment$33kReligion$29kEducation$29kArts & Culture$14kFood & Nutrition$10kHuman Services$7kYouth Development$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$459k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ABILITY CONNECTION$8,000
FOUNDERS GARDEN CLUB OF DALLAS$4,200
ROSS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA$1,500
REFORMED UNIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP$1,500
CKS FOUNDATION$1,000
KACHEMAK BAY FAMILY PLANNING$1,000
THE CENTER FOR ALASKAN COASTAL STUDIES$1,000
LEVINE SCHOOL OF MUSIC$1,000
HOMER PUBLIC LIBRARY$1,000
PRO PUBLICA$500
FRIENDS OF NATIONAL ARBORETUM$500
INDIAN WATERS COUNCIL FRIENDS OF SCOUTING$500
MLK LIBRARY FRIENDS$500
HOMER GARDEN CLUB$500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE ARC OF MCLENNAN COUNTY: $1k → 16%THE ARC OF MCLENNAN COUNTY: $1k → 16%HOMER FOOD PANTRY: $1k → 11%THE HUMAN IMPACT: $1k → 14%THE HUMAN IMPACT: $1k → 14%HOMER FOOD PANTRY: $500 → 11%BIRDS EYE VIEW PROJECT: $300 → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $500 → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $500 → 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

AK
MN
NY
WY
VA
AR
NC
SC
DC
MS
TX
FL
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$171k · 28 repeat orgs$34k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
34

Total granted

$171k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+15%

Still filing today

64%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
Arts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationHealthRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • FG
    FOUNDERS GARDEN CLUB OF DALLAS
    7× · 2017–2024 · $16k · revenue +73%
  • NR
    Nexus Recovery Center Incorporated
    2× · 2017–2018 · $11k · revenue +56%
  • NT
    NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK
    4× · 2017–2020 · $6k · revenue +105%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR BRAIN HEALTH
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
  • BF
    BONTON FARMS
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
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
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
2
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
3
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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4
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
5
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
6
Witte Museum

The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.

Arts & Culture
7
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc

The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.

Environment
8
Alaska Whale Foundation

Alaska Whale Foundation is dedicated to marine mammal conservation through research monitoring and education.

Environment
9
The National Park Service Employee and Alumni Trust Fund

Foster, maintain and improve the morale of nps employees and to promote close ties with current nps members and nps alumni.

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10
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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11
Washington Filmworks

To build and enhance the competitiveness of Washington State's film and associated creative industry. We accomplish this by marketing and managing the state's production incentive program, representing the state in national and…

Community Improvement
12
Washington Society of Certified Public a

We are a community of cpas and financial professionals cultivating authentic relationships, unique learning experiences, and purposeful advocacy for our future.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bevp Birds Eye View Project. 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

38 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. 38 of the 65 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
26/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ABILITY CONNECTION: $47,250 · OtherABILITY CONNECTIONPARK CITIES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $24,600 · OtherPARK CITIES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHROSS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA: $9,150 · OtherROSS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTABUFFALO BILL HISTORICAL CENTER ANNUAL FUND: $7,000 · OtherNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $6,000 · OtherCENTER FOR BRAIN HEALTH: $5,000 · Other+29 more: $41,550 · Other+29 moreFOUNDERS GARDEN CLUB OF DALLAS: $15,650 · EnvironmentFOUNDERS GARDE…John Bunker Sands Wetland Center Inc: $4,000 · EnvironmentJohn Bunker Sa…CENTER FOR ALASKAN COASTAL STUDIES: $3,500 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR ALA…DALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $2,350 · EnvironmentDALLAS ARBORET…Friends of the National Arboretum: $1,200 · Environment+1 more: $250 · EnvironmentNexus Recovery Center Incorporated: $10,500 · HealthKACHEMAK BAY FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC: $4,500 · HealthJordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation: $1,000 · HealthALASKA PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $2,000 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLICA INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureLEVINE MUSIC INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON BLADE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Arts & CultureAlaska Native Heritage Center Inc: $1,000 · Arts & CultureGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL HISTORY CENTER INC: $500 · Arts & CultureFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $500 · Arts & CultureThe Army Historical Foundation Inc: $500 · Arts & CulturePIER ONE THEATRE INC: $500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $250 · Arts & CultureTHE HUMAN IMPACT: $2,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF MCLENNAN COUNTY: $2,000 · Human ServicesHOMER COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $1,500 · Human ServicesYMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesBEVP Birds Eye View Project: $300 · Human ServicesThe CKS Foundation: $1,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · EducationDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $500 · EducationWylie Preparatory Academy: $200 · EducationYOUTH WITH A MISSION COSTA RICA: $2,000 · International
Other$140,550Environment$26,950Health$16,000Arts & Culture$9,750Human Services$6,800Education$2,700International$2,000

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 budgetFOUNDERS GARDEN CLUB OF DALLAS: $15,650 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetNexus Recovery Center Incorporated: $10,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKACHEMAK BAY FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC: $4,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJohn Bunker Sands Wetland Center Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HOMER PUBLIC LIBRARY INC: $4,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetCENTER FOR ALASKAN COASTAL STUDIES: $3,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSprout Family Services: $2,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $2,350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMAN IMPACT: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ARC OF MCLENNAN COUNTY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYOUTH WITH A MISSION COSTA RICA: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALASKA PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOMER COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the National Arboretum: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWoodall Rodgers Park Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe CKS Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEVINE MUSIC INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON BLADE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAlaska Native Heritage Center Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH CLUBS OF PARK COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS DISCOVERY GARDENS: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Stead Park Inc: $600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Army Historical Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPIER ONE THEATRE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEY WEST FILM SOCIETY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWylie Preparatory Academy: $200 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.

  • Who funds FOUNDERS GARDEN CLUB OF DALLAS ↗
  • Who funds Nexus Recovery Center Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds KACHEMAK BAY FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds John Bunker Sands Wetland Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE HOMER PUBLIC LIBRARY INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR ALASKAN COASTAL STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds Sprout Family Services ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMAN IMPACT ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF MCLENNAN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH WITH A MISSION COSTA RICA ↗
  • Who funds ALASKA PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMER COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends of the National Arboretum ↗
  • Who funds Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds The CKS Foundation ↗
  • Who funds LEVINE MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON BLADE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Alaska Native Heritage Center Inc ↗

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.

Communities Foundatio…Rasmuson FoundationThe Alaska Community …Homer FoundationTexas Instruments Fou…Alaska Humanities For…Community Foundation …The Dallas FoundationGreater Washington Co…Ibm International Fou…Morgan Stanley Global…The Ayco Charitable F…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX21.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Rasmuson Foundation · The Alaska Community Foundation · Homer Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Alaska Humanities Forum · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · The Dallas Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Ayco Charitable 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 Wh Francis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wh Francis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Key West Film Society Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
14report 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.
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How do I get to Wh Francis Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Wh Francis 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 65 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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