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Alfred S Gage Foundation at a glance

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Alfred S Gage Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$184k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Science & Tech$188kArts & Culture$91kHealth$76kAnimals$61kHuman Services$54kEducation$40kPublic Safety & Disaster$40kEnvironment$38kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 30 grants below total $154,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $184,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $29,500 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.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k26 grants · $115k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
San Antonio Academy$10,000
Phil Hardberger Park Conservancy$10,000
Bexar Audubon Society$10,000
Blood & Tissue Center$10,000
Youth Orchestras of San Antonio$7,500
Marathon Volunteer Fire Department$7,500
University of Texas at San Antonio$5,000
Hill Country Church$5,000
McDonald Observatory UT Austin$5,000
Mitchel Lake Audubon Center$5,000
San Antonio Christian Dental Center$5,000
Shumla Archaeological Research & Ed. Ctr.$5,000
Texas Wildlife Association Foundation$5,000
Habitat for Humanity San Antonio$5,000
Guide Dogs of Texas$5,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$320k · 26 repeat orgs$197k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
24

Total granted

$320k
$133k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+4%

Still filing today

50%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationCivil RightsHealthOther
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

  • GD
    Guide Dogs of Texas Inc
    4× · 2022–2025 · $20k · revenue +287%
  • MR
    MISSION ROAD MINISTRIES
    4× · 2022–2025 · $20k · revenue +13%
  • VA
    VETERANS ASSISTANCE DOGS OF TEXAS INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +167%

Funded once

  • RT
    Remember the Alamo Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +336%
  • TU
    THE UNIV OF TX HEALTH SCIENCE CTR OF SA
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SAN ANTONIO INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +27%
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.

03Its 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
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
2
Tucson Audubon Society

Inspire people to enjoy and protect birds through recreation, education, conservation, and restoration of the environment, upon which we all depend.

Animals
3
Spca of Texas

The spca of texas is dedicated to providing every animal exceptional care and a loving home.

Animals
4
Glasstire

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

Arts & Culture
5
Houston Botanic Garden

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

Environment
6
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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7
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.

—
8
Cuenca Los Ojos

Cuenca los ojos works to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the us/mexican borderlands through land protection, habitat restoration and wildlife reintroduction.

Environment
9
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
10
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
11
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

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12
Connectability

ConnectAbility's mission is to empower those with life altering disabilities and their caregivers to reach their fullest potential.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Antonio River Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Ronald McDONALD House Charities of Greater North Texas Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

33 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. 33 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
18/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Texas Wildlife Association Foundation, Inc.: $35,000 · OtherTexas Wildlife Association Foundation, Inc.MARATHON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $27,500 · OtherMARATHON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTBlood & Tissue Center: $20,000 · OtherBlood & Tissue CenterUniversity of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory: $15,000 · OtherKendalia Volunteer Fire Department: $12,500 · OtherVETERANS ASSISTANCE DOGS OF TEXAS INC: $15,000 · Other+38 more: $202,900 · Other+38 moreRemember the Alamo Foundation: $50,000 · Arts & CultureRemember the …NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME INC: $5,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL COWG…TEXAS & SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS' FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTEXAS & SOUTH…+1 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureGuide Dogs of Texas Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $12,500 · Human ServicesMorgan's Inclusion Initiative FKA Morgan's Wonderland Inclusion Foundation: $5,000 · Human ServicesBEXAR AUDUBON SOCIETY: $10,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF CIBOLO WILDERNESS: $7,500 · EnvironmentPARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS: $5,000 · EnvironmentSAN ANTONIO RIVER FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EnvironmentTEAMABILITY INC: $11,000 · EducationTrinity University: $10,000 · EducationCARBONDALE CLAY CENTER: $1,500 · EducationMOUNTAIN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Civil RightsFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $2,000 · Civil RightsMISSION ROAD MINISTRIES: $20,000 · Religion
Other$327,900Arts & Culture$62,500Human Services$37,500Environment$24,500Education$22,500Civil Rights$22,000Religion$20,000

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 budgetRemember the Alamo Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGuide Dogs of Texas Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMOUNTAIN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMISSION ROAD MINISTRIES: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetVETERANS ASSISTANCE DOGS OF TEXAS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetKendalia Volunteer Fire Department: $12,500 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTEAMABILITY INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetYOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrinity University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHIL HARDBERGER PARK CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBEXAR AUDUBON SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetFRIENDS OF CIBOLO WILDERNESS: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTH TEXAS INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME INC: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMorgan's Inclusion Initiative FKA Morgan's Wonderland Inclusion Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS & SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS' FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BLOOD & TISSUE CENTER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Antonio Pets Alive Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILDLIFE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetELF LOUISE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetECUMENICAL CENTER FOR RELIGION AND HEALT: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAN ANTONIO RIVER FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS SAN ANTONIO: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCactus Pear Music Festival: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCARBONDALE CLAY CENTER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHeadwaters at Incarnate Word Inc: $1,000 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.

San Antonio Area Foun…Faye L & William L Co…Betty Stieren Kelso F…Amy Shelton McNutt Ch…Nancy Smith Hurd Foun…Elizabeth Huth Coates…Marcia & Otto Koehler…Pryor Myra Stafford C…Harvey E Najim Charit…Joan and Herb Kellehe…McCombs Foundation IncThe Texas Cavaliers C…
San Antonio Area FoundationTX45× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: San Antonio Area Foundation · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · Betty Stieren Kelso Foundation · Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · Joan and Herb Kelleher Charitable Foundation · McCombs Foundation Inc · The Texas Cavaliers 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.
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How do I get to Alfred S Gage Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Alfred S Gage 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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