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William E Scott Foundation at a glance

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William E Scott Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$450k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$3.8MEducation$1.2MAnimals$656kHealth$393kHuman Services$251kRecreation & Sports$137kFood & Nutrition$125kEnvironment$100kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $142k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $825k
  • $250k+3 grants · $950k
$30,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF ART$450,000
FORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY$250,000
FORT WORTH ZOO$250,000
NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME$200,000
FORT WORTH OPERA$120,000
DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH INC$100,000
THE CLIBURN FOUNDATION$100,000
CASA MANANA$100,000
ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY$80,000
FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION$75,000
MULTICULTURAL ALLIANCE$50,000
PERFORMING ARTS OF FORT WORTH$30,000
HISTORIC FORT WORTH INC$25,000
SAVNG HOPE FOUNDATION$25,000
Individual grant recipient$22,000
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 (FY22–23, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $5k → 11%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $5k → 11%MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $25k → 11%LENA POPE HOME INC: $35k → 11%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.
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.7M · 28 repeat orgs$2.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
27

Total granted

$4.7M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+10%

Still filing today

61%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $433k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentCivil RightsOther
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

  • CM
    CASA MANANA INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $575k · revenue +97%
  • AS
    All Saints Health Foundation
    3× · 2022–2025 · $320k · revenue +15%
  • TB
    TEXAS BALLET THEATER INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $275k · revenue +186%

Funded once

  • FW
    FORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue +14%
  • AC
    ARTS COUNCIL OF FORT WORTH
    one grant, 2023 · $500k
  • FW
    FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +25%
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
The Fort Worth Zoological Association

With more than 1 million visitors annually, the fort worth zoo strengthens the bond between humans and the environment by promoting responsible stewardship of wildlife and ensuring diverse, high-quality educational and entertaining family…

Animals
2
Fort Worth Academy for the Education of Children and Youth

Education of children and youth

Education
3
Fort Worth Art Association

The fort worth art assocation, a texas non-profit corporation, was established to acquire a collection of works of modern art of the highest quality and to promulgate and maintain a program of art activities and art education in fort…

Arts & Culture
4
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
5
Opera Southwest

Professional production of opera for the public, and education about opera and the performing arts for audiences of all ages.

Arts & Culture
6
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council

The mission of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council is to drive evidence-based improvement in patient care and health equity throughout the region.

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7
Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County Inc

To provide leadership and advocacy to the arts in fort worth and tarrant county.

Arts & Culture
8
The Shakespeare Festival of Dallas dba Shakespeare Dallas

Using Shakespeare's works as a cornerstone, Shakespeare Dallas serves the Southwest region with fun and accessible indoor and outdoor theatre, integrated school programs, and cultural enrichment for people of all ages and backgrounds.

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9
Glasstire

Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.

Arts & Culture
10
Chesterton Academy of Fort Worth

To inspire and influence the culture in Fort Worth by joyfully engaging our students with the classics, which are the foundation of Western civilization and point to the most important historical even of humanity, the Incarnation of our…

Education
11
Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives Inc

Downtown fort worth initiatives, inc. receives funds to be used exclusively for charitable, religious, scientific, literary or educational purposes that help to foster, promote, maintain, and encourage the civic, social, and general…

Community Improvement
12
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Association

See schedule o-to perform great symphonic music at the highest level of artistic excellence to educate, entertain, and enhance cultural life.-to present engaging music education programs for young people to foster early interest in and…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Performing Arts Fort Worth Inc; the most unlike its peers is Planned Parenthood. 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

35 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. 35 of the 61 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
23/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF ART: $850,000 · OtherFORT WORTH MUSEUM OF ARTFORT WORTH ZOO: $625,000 · OtherFORT WORTH ZOOFORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY: $500,000 · OtherFORT WORTH COUNTRY DAYARTS COUNCIL OF FORT WORTH: $500,000 · OtherARTS COUNCIL OF FORT WORTHFORT WORTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $375,000 · OtherFORT WORTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATIONTHE CLIBURN FOUNDATION: $250,000 · OtherTHE CLIBURN FOUNDATION+29 more: $1,139,400 · Other+29 moreCASA MANANA INC: $575,000 · Arts & CultureCASA MANANA INCTEXAS BALLET THEATER INC: $275,000 · Arts & CultureTEXAS BALLET THEATER INCNATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME INC: $200,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AN…Fort Worth Opera Association Inc: $195,000 · Arts & CultureFort Worth Opera Associati…FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $100,000 · Arts & CultureFORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIEN…Historic Fort Worth Inc: $75,000 · Arts & CultureAMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART: $60,000 · Arts & CulturePERFORMING ARTS FORT WORTH INC: $60,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $98,500 · Arts & Culture+5 moreFORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $500,000 · EducationKINDERPLATZ OF FINE ARTS INC: $25,000 · Education+3 more: $30,000 · EducationAll Saints Health Foundation: $320,000 · HealthCANCER CARE SERVICES: $24,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $23,900 · HealthSTREAMS & VALLEYS INC: $100,000 · EnvironmentMulticultural Alliance: $98,000 · Civil RightsLENA POPE HOME INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesMEALS ON WHEELS: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $10,000 · Human Services
Other$4,239,400Arts & Culture$1,638,500Education$555,000Health$367,900Environment$100,000Civil Rights$98,000Human Services$70,000

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 budgetCASA MANANA INC: $575,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetFORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $500,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAll Saints Health Foundation: $320,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetTEXAS BALLET THEATER INC: $275,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFort Worth Opera Association Inc: $195,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetFORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSTREAMS & VALLEYS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetDOWNTOWN FORT WORTH INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTEXAS & SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS ASSOCIATION: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMulticultural Alliance: $98,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetACH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $80,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $80,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetHistoric Fort Worth Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetAMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPERFORMING ARTS FORT WORTH INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSTAGE WEST THEATRE FORMERLY ALLIED THEATRE GROUP INC: $50,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetKIDS WHO CARE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetDAVEY OBRIEN FOUNDATION: $37,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetFORT WORTH REPORT: $35,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetLENA POPE HOME INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPHILANTHROPY SOUTHWEST: $31,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS: $25,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetKINDERPLATZ OF FINE ARTS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCANCER CARE SERVICES: $24,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMPHIBIAN PRODUCTIONS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetYOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREATER FORT WORTH: $15,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBallet Concerto Inc: $13,500 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetTHE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW KEY SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLONE STAR FILM SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCRISTO REY FORT WORTH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Thomas M Helen McKee …Amon G Carter Foundat…Garvey Texas Foundati…Mary Potishman Lard T…Sid W Richardson Foun…Amon G Carter-Star Te…Ann L Rhodes and Caro…The Roach Foundation …Bnsf Railway Foundati…Community Foundation …Crystelle Waggoner Ch…Leo Potishman Foundat…
Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation IncTX55.3× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Amon G Carter Foundation · Garvey Texas Foundation Inc · Mary Potishman Lard Trust Walker C Friedman Co Trustee · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund · Ann L Rhodes and Carol Greene Rhodes · The Roach Foundation Inc · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Crystelle Waggoner Charitable Trust · Leo Potishman Foundation Xxxxx3002

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 William E Scott Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William E Scott Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to William E Scott Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to William E Scott 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 61 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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