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American Campus Charities Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$435k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Youth Development$1.0MEducation$733kHealth$510kArts & Culture$342kFood & Nutrition$300kCrime & Legal$55kHuman Services$34kRecreation & Sports$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $135k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$330k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COREGIVING CO$300,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF AUSTIN$45,000
FOLDS OF HONOR$25,000
FERGUSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$25,000
BALLET AUSTIN$20,000
HI HOW ARE YOU PROJECT$10,000
LIFEWORKS$10,000
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 (FY21–23, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BEE CAVE POLICE BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%GAVIN'S GIFT OF GRACE: $9k → 10%GAVIN'S GIFT OF GRACE: $5k → 10%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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 18 repeat orgs$459k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
15

Total granted

$2.5M
$104k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+3%

Still filing today

83%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $355k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TR
    THE RISE SCHOOL OF AUSTIN
    5× · 2020–2024 · $428k · revenue +114%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $325k · revenue +40%
  • AE
    AUSTIN EXPLORE INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $300k · revenue +276%

Funded once

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AUSTIN
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • TR
    THE REFUGE FOR DMST
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue -59%
  • CO
    CAMP OUT FOR KIDS
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
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
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
2
Dell Children's Medical Group

Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. Our Catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…

Health
3
The Austin Boys and Girls Club Foundation

To raise funds for an established endowment supporting the boys & girls clubs of the austin area with scholarships for program participants and capital improvement funding.

Youth Development
4
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
5
Forty First Foundation

The forty first foundation supports and advances the university of texas at austin in its pursuit of excellence. we work closely with the office of the president to identify, fund, and implement strategic initiatives that enhance the…

Education
6
The Children's Cancer Cause Inc

The mission of children's cancer cause is to champion policies and programs that improve the lives of children with cancer and survivors.

Health
7
Texas Children's Hospital Foundation

To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and research.

Health
8
Cook Children's Medical Center

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
9
Greater Austin Christian Foundation

Mobilizing resources by inspiring biblical generosity in the greater austin, texas area.

Religion
10
Dallas College Foundation Inc

Dallas college foundation enhances the level of achievement and excellence of dallas college by providing scholarships, eliminating barriers that prevent students from attending and graduating, and supporting innovation.

Education
11
Cook Children's Health Plan

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
12
Any Baby Can of Austin Inc

Any baby can, an austin-based nonprofit, partners with parents so children reach their full potential. with programs that meet clients where they are at home, work or school any baby can provides in-home therapy, parent education, mental…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dell Children's Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Camp Out for Kids. 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

27 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. 27 of the 37 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE RISE SCHOOL OF AUSTIN: $427,600 · EducationTHE RISE SCHOOL OF AUSTINAUSTIN EXPLORE INC: $300,000 · EducationAUSTIN EXPLORE INCFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $115,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATIONTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · EducationTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC+2 more: $28,000 · EducationAUSTIN SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS (ASPVA): $315,000 · OtherAUSTIN SCHOOL FOR THE PE…LIFEWORKS: $110,000 · OtherLIFEWORKSFOLDS OF HONOR: $65,500 · OtherFOLDS OF HONORBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AUSTIN: $50,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AUST…COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF TRAVIS COUNTY: $28,000 · Other+14 more: $91,000 · Other+14 moreBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY INC: $325,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB…Champions Off the Field: $136,950 · Youth DevelopmentChampions Off the F…BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - CAPITOL AREA COUNCIL - TOM WOOTEN TRUST: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS OF AMERI…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GEORGETOWN: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentHI HOW ARE YOU FOUNDATION INC: $470,000 · HealthHI HOW ARE YOU FOU…+3 more: $12,200 · HealthCoreGiving Co: $300,000 · PhilanthropyCoreGiving …CENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION: $26,500 · Crime & LegalBALLET AUSTIN INCORPORATED: $20,000 · Arts & CultureAUSTIN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$970,600Other$659,500Youth Development$526,950Health$482,200Philanthropy$300,000Crime & Legal$26,500Arts & Culture$25,000

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 budgetHI HOW ARE YOU FOUNDATION INC: $470,000 over 5y, 44% of budgetTHE RISE SCHOOL OF AUSTIN: $427,600 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY INC: $325,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetAUSTIN EXPLORE INC: $300,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetChampions Off the Field: $136,950 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $115,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - CAPITOL AREA COUNCIL - TOM WOOTEN TRUST: $40,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF TRAVIS COUNTY: $28,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION: $26,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GEORGETOWN: $25,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetBALLET AUSTIN INCORPORATED: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE REFUGE FOR DMST: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ARC OF THE CAPITAL AREA: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGavins Gift of Grace: $13,500 over 2y, 21% of budgetCAMP OUT FOR KIDS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLONG GAME YOUTH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTLAKE CHAP CLUB INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONEPULSE FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CURE STARTS NOW INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEE CAVE POLICE BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 8.9% 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.

The Moody FoundationAustin Community Foun…Greater Houston Commu…Harry E and Eda L Mon…Topfer Family Foundat…Raymond James Charita…Central Texas Communi…The Powell FoundationThe Applied Materials…Better Business BureauUnited Way WorldwideJpmorgan Chase Founda…
The Moody FoundationTX21.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Moody Foundation · Austin Community Foundation Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Harry E and Eda L Montandon Charitable Tr · Topfer Family Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Central Texas Community Foundation · The Powell Foundation · The Applied Materials Foundation · Better Business Bureau · United Way Worldwide · Jpmorgan Chase 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 American Campus Charities Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Campus Charities Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to American Campus Charities Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to American Campus Charities 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 37 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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