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80-20 Foundation at a glance

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80-20 Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
39
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$836k
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.

Education$20MPhilanthropy$7.3MEnvironment$4.0MArts & Culture$1.8MFood & Nutrition$1.7MCommunity Improvement$1.3MHealth$1.0MYouth Development$923kOther$0
02FY2024 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $70k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $248k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.6M
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
San Antonio Area Foundation$836,000
Community Foundation of Jackson Hol$250,000
New Braunfels Youth Collaborative$250,000
Artpace San Antonio$250,000
University of Texas - San Antonio$176,000
NPower$156,000
Witte Museum$150,000
Center for Applied Science Tech Net$145,000
Centro San Antonio$140,500
Grameen America$100,000
United Way of San Antonio Bexar Cou$100,000
ESTEAM Foundation Inc$78,500
Texas AM San Antonio Foundation$75,000
Arboretum San Antonio$50,000
Great Springs Project$50,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%United Sikhs: $50k → 13%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.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 6% of 80-20 Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

80-20 Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$26M · 38 repeat orgs$8.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
43

Total granted

$26M
$7.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+18%

Still filing today

79%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $873k 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 & CultureEducationPhilanthropyEnvironmentRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2019–2024 · $15M · revenue +6%
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $1.2M · revenue +88%
  • TU
    Trinity University
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • GE
    Graham Elizabeth Weston Dnr Advised
    one grant, 2019 · $3.0M
  • TI
    Truth In Nutrition Donor Advised Fu
    one grant, 2019 · $1.3M
  • FD
    Fidelity Donor Advised Fund
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M
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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Greater Satx

The mission of greater:satx is to lead the developemnt and diversification of san antonio regional economy through the recruitment and expansion of qualify employers and job producing investments.

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2
San Antonio Automobile Dealers Association Foundation Inc
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3
Sa Talent Inc Sa Works

The mission of sa talent, inc. is to educate and develop youth and adults into the talent needs of san antonio's current and future employers and provide services for the regional employers for the retention and growth of their local…

Education
4
San Antonio Education Fund Dba San Antonio Education Partnership

The partnership empowers students with quality educational programs, resources and counseling that will make them confident, knowledgeable and help them finish college and contribute to san antonio's future, making the students san…

Education
5
Free Trade Alliance San Antonio

To develop and enhance the international trade-related economic development of the san antonio area through foreign investment, trade development, and advocacy.

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6
Tennis Officials of San Antonio Association
Recreation & Sports
7
San Antonio Medical Foundation

The mission of the san antonio medical foundation is to improvehealth care, advance biomedical science, and enhance communitywell-being by providing leadership & active stewardship of our landand other assets.

Health
8
San Antonio Association for Financial Professionals

The san antonio association for financial professionals [saafp] is a regional educational forum for individuals involved in all aspects of the finance profession. saafp hosts educational luncheons and networking events to facilitate the…

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9
San Antonio Children's Museum

Through joyful learning and discovery, the doseum experience grows curious minds, connects families, and transforms communities.

Arts & Culture
10
San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Inc

The mission of the san antonio hispanic chamber of commerce is to advocate in building a better san antonio through the growth and prosperity of hispanic, small minority, women-owned businesses, and hispanic professional and trade…

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11
Uatx

Uatx is a nonprofit dedicated to building a liberal arts university committed to freedom of inquiry, freedom of conscience, and civil discourse. to maintain these principles, the university will be fiercely independent financially,…

Education
12
San Anto Cultural Arts

To foster human and community development through community-based arts.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Antonio Area Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Energy Partnerships Innovation Center. 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

59 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. 59 of the 101 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/59
Grantees still filing
39/59
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $15,382,190 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONGraham Elizabeth Weston Dnr Advised: $3,000,000 · OtherGraham Elizabeth Weston Dnr AdvisedTruth In Nutrition Donor Advised Fu: $1,250,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $1,243,500 · OtherFidelity Donor Advised Fund: $1,000,000 · Other+59 more: $4,999,399 · Other+59 moreSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $3,546,255 · PhilanthropySAN ANTONIO AR…San Antonio Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc: $873,000 · PhilanthropySan Antonio Fo…ESTEAM FOUNDATION INC: $462,500 · PhilanthropyESTEAM FOUNDAT…+4 more: $235,072 · PhilanthropyFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,750,000 · Community ImprovementVENTURE FOR AMERICA INC: $555,000 · Community ImprovementGRAMEEN AMERICA INC: $300,000 · Community ImprovementNPOWER INC: $156,000 · Community ImprovementAlamo Angels: $100,000 · Community ImprovementTrinity University: $1,200,145 · EducationTexas A&M Foundation: $570,000 · EducationCenter For Applied Science & Technology Network: $205,800 · EducationALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · Education+4 more: $144,819 · EducationSan Antonio Report: $504,739 · Arts & CultureTEXAS PUBLIC RADIO: $388,716 · Arts & CultureARTPACE INC (AUDIT): $270,000 · Arts & CultureWitte Museum: $250,000 · Arts & CultureSAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Arts & CultureHIDALGO FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $63,500 · Arts & CultureBioBridge Global: $974,551 · HealthTHE GREAT SPRINGS PROJECT INC (AUDIT): $182,500 · EnvironmentSAN ANTONIO RIVER FOUNDATION: $180,000 · EnvironmentArboretum San Antonio: $50,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF CIBOLO WILDERNESS: $25,000 · Environment+1 more: $10,000 · Environment
Other$26,875,089Philanthropy$5,116,827Community Improvement$2,861,000Education$2,220,764Arts & Culture$1,676,955Health$974,551Environment$447,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $15,382,190 over 4y, 23% of budgetSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $3,546,255 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,750,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $1,243,500 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetTrinity University: $1,200,145 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBioBridge Global: $974,551 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetSan Antonio Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc: $873,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $570,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVENTURE FOR AMERICA INC: $555,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetSan Antonio Report: $504,739 over 7y, 8.3% of budgetESTEAM FOUNDATION INC: $462,500 over 5y, 32% of budgetENERGY PARTNERSHIPS INNOVATION CENTER: $450,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetTEXAS PUBLIC RADIO: $388,716 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetGRAMEEN AMERICA INC: $300,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetARTPACE INC (AUDIT): $270,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetCitizen Science Foundation: $260,000 over 2y, 77% of budgetWitte Museum: $250,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetNew Braunfels Youth Collaborative: $250,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetACTIVATESA: $226,892 over 2y, 72% of budgetGREATER SAN ANTONIO AFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS: $217,500 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetCenter For Applied Science & Technology Network: $205,800 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $201,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GREAT SPRINGS PROJECT INC (AUDIT): $182,500 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetSAN ANTONIO RIVER FOUNDATION: $180,000 over 2y, 44% of budgetNPOWER INC: $156,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAlamo Angels: $100,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetSAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHIDALGO FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetHEMISFAIR CONSERVANCY: $87,200 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetNOTLEY FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBrackenridge Park Conservancy: $75,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetThe Rackspace Foundation: $72,072 over 1y, 15% of budgetYOUTH CODE JAM SAN ANTONIO: $60,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetHALLMARK UNIVERSITY INC: $58,990 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetArboretum San Antonio: $50,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED SIKHS: $50,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTHE DEE HOWARD FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetHEALY-MURPHY CENTER: $44,200 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFIESTA FOR THE MIND: $36,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetNORTHSIDE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $33,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetSAN ANTONIO PARKS FOUNDATION: $33,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetSAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ACORN - A SCHOOL FOR YOUNG CHILDREN: $25,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetALAMO PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL DOING BUSINESS AS KLRN: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF CIBOLO WILDERNESS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetELF LOUISE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.6% 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.

San Antonio Area Foun…Elizabeth Huth Coates…Nancy Smith Hurd Foun…Faye L & William L Co…Pryor Myra Stafford C…Hixon Family Foundati…Harvey E Najim Charit…The Brown Foundation …Muriel F Siebert Foun…The Charles Butt Foun…Jack and Doris Smothe…John R & Greli N Less…
San Antonio Area FoundationTX55.2× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: San Antonio Area Foundation · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · Hixon Family Foundation · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Muriel F Siebert Foundation Inc · The Charles Butt Foundation · Jack and Doris Smothers and Bud Smothers Memorial Foundation · John R & Greli N Less Charitable Trust #FE324

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 80-20 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from 80-20 Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 80-20 Foundation?

Find your warmest path to 80-20 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 101 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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