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Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2023
108
Itemized grants FY2023
107
Organizations funded FY2023
37%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2023
$941k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2023
$4,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$151,000
Organizations funded a year
101 to 107
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
15
Total assets, FY2023
$7.8M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 37% of the organizations Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2023107$921k37%
FY2022103$995k37%
FY2021101$882kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$741kArts & Culture$689kAnimals$299kRecreation & Sports$275kPublic Benefit$254kEducation$225kHealth$176kHuman Services$67kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 118 grantees
All grantees of Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Los Compadres de San Antonio$257,500330%
Remember the Alamo Foundation$252,00024%
Texas A&M Foundation$95,00030%
Conservative Partnership Institute$80,00030%
Port Aransas Conservancy Fund$75,000234%
The Heritage Foundation$46,00030%
Freedomworks Foundation Inc$35,00030%
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas$32,50030%
Motivate Our Students of Texas$30,00039%
Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance$27,70033%
Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Inc$25,50030%
Headwaters at Incarnate Word Inc$25,00013%
Capital Research Center$25,00030%
Triple Me Mac Equine Sanctuary$24,000211%
Sigma Chi Foundation$23,00030%
Alamo Heights School Foundation$20,50030%
Competitive Enterprise Institute$20,00010%
Tejas Rescued Pet Adoptions$18,5003n/a
International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros$16,00035%
San Antonio Feral Cat Coalition$16,00031%
Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association$16,00032%
The Fund for American Studies$15,00030%
Texas Public Policy Foundation$15,00030%
The Univ of Tx Health Science Ctr of Sa$13,5002n/a
San Antonio Public Library Foundation$12,00021%
Humane Society of San Antonio (Audit)$11,00030%
The Saddle Light Center for Therapeutic Horsemanship$10,15132%
Greater Yellowstone Coalition$10,00020%
Mustang Heritage Foundation$10,00010%
Tax Foundation$10,00030%
Evanescent Mustang Rescue and Sanctuary Inc$10,000111%
Bulverde Area Humane Society$10,00022%
Friends of Santa Rosa Foundation$10,00010%
Center for Renewing America Inc$10,00020%
The Glaucoma Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Artpace Inc (Audit)$9,50030%
Peewee's Pet Adoption World & Sanctuary Inc$9,20030%
Cato Institute$9,00030%
Triple H Equitherapy Center$9,00012%
Texas Agricultural Land Trust$8,00030%
McNay Art Museum$7,50030%
Bill of Rights Institute$7,00030%
Etosha Rescue & Adoption Center$7,00023%
Brighton Center$7,00020%
Southwest School of Art$7,00010%
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc$6,50030%
Heart of Texas Spca$6,00034%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$6,00030%
Footbridge Foundation Inc$6,00031%
Meals on Wheels San Antonio$6,00020%
San Antonio River Foundation$5,00011%
Morningside Ministries$5,00010%
Sierra Club$5,00010%
Aspen Historical Society$5,00030%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc$5,00010%
Veterans Assistance Dogs of Texas Inc$5,00013%
The Blood & Tissue Center Foundation$5,00010%
Mission Road Ministries$5,00010%
Atascosa Animal Allies Inc$4,50022%
Project MEND$4,00020%
Network of Enlightened Women Inc$4,00030%
National Center for Public Policy Research$4,00020%
New Braunfels Community Cat Coalition$4,00025%
The National World War II Museum Inc$4,00030%
San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind$3,50010%
I Care San Antonio Inc$3,50030%
National Arbor Day Foundation$3,25030%
Retirement Sanctuary for Laboratory Animals Inc$3,000115%
Media Research Center$3,00030%
Citizens Against Government Waste$3,00030%
The Billfish Foundation Inc$3,00030%
Texas 2036$3,00010%
American Council on Science and Health$3,00030%
Roy Maas' Youth Alternatives Inc$3,00010%
San Antonio Museum of Art$3,00020%
Hooved Animal Humane Society$2,80010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$2,50010%
Search One Rescue Team$2,50013%
Junior Achievement of South Texas Inc$2,00010%
Greater San Antonio After-School All-Stars$2,00020%
San Antonio Pets Alive Inc$2,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of San Antonio$2,00010%
Healthy Futures of Texas$2,00010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2,00010%
Admiral Nimitz Foundation$2,00020%
Texas Historical Foundation$2,00021%
Tadsaw Inc$2,00010%
The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy$2,00020%
Man & Beast Inc$2,0002n/a
Respite Care of San Antonio Inc$2,00010%
Witte Museum$1,60020%
Friends of Cibolo Wilderness$1,50020%
Brighter Days Horse Refuge Inc$1,50011%
Boone and Crockett Club$1,50020%
Institute for Humane Studies$1,00010%
Guide Dogs of Texas Inc$1,00010%
Our Lady of the Lake University of San Antonio$1,00010%
Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc$1,00010%
Day 1 Bags$1,00010%
A Doggie 4 You$1,00010%
The World Affairs Council of San Antonio$1,00010%
Consumer Reports Inc$1,00010%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$1,00010%
The Peregrine Fund Inc$1,00010%
Caesar Kleberg Foundation for Wildlife Conservation$1,00010%
Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation$1,00030%
America First Legal Foundation$1,00010%
A Kittys Purrsuit of Happiness$1,00011%
Animal Defense League of Texas$1,00010%
Low Vision Resource Center Inc$1,00010%
Samoyed Rescue of Texas Incorporated$5001n/a
Mind Science Foundation$50010%
Johnson City Vol Fire Dept$50010%
Landa Gardens Conservancy$50010%
Foundation for Cultural Arts in San Antonio dba Las Casas Foundation$5001n/a
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum$45010%
Texas Children's Hospital$25010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 61 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 113 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLos Compadres de San Antonio: $257,500 over 3y, 30% of budgetRemember the Alamo Foundation: $252,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $95,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetConservative Partnership Institute: $80,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPort Aransas Conservancy Fund: $75,000 over 2y, 34% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $46,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFreedomworks Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetParks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas: $32,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMotivate Our Students of Texas: $30,000 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetGreater Edwards Aquifer Alliance: $27,700 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetWildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Inc: $25,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHeadwaters at Incarnate Word Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCapital Research Center: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTriple Me Mac Equine Sanctuary: $24,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetSigma Chi Foundation: $23,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAlamo Heights School Foundation: $20,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCompetitive Enterprise Institute: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetInternational Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros: $16,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetSan Antonio Feral Cat Coalition: $16,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetPort Aransas Preservation and Historical Association: $16,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetThe Fund for American Studies: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Public Policy Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSan Antonio Public Library Foundation: $12,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetHumane Society of San Antonio (Audit): $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Saddle Light Center for Therapeutic Horsemanship: $10,151 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetGreater Yellowstone Coalition: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMustang Heritage Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTax Foundation: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEvanescent Mustang Rescue and Sanctuary Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBulverde Area Humane Society: $10,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetFriends of Santa Rosa Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCenter for Renewing America Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Glaucoma Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetArtpace Inc (Audit): $9,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPeewee's Pet Adoption World & Sanctuary Inc: $9,200 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCato Institute: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTriple H Equitherapy Center: $9,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTexas Agricultural Land Trust: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMcNay Art Museum: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBill of Rights Institute: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEtosha Rescue & Adoption Center: $7,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetBrighton Center: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouthwest School of Art: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHeart of Texas Spca: $6,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFootbridge Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMeals on Wheels San Antonio: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 113.

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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 FoundationTX78.1× affinity40 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 · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · Betty Stieren Kelso Foundation · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · Cb and Anita Branch Trust James L Drought Trustee · McCombs Foundation Inc · The Dixie Starnes Wenger Foundation · Mays Family Foundation · Harvey E Najim 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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About Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust

How much does Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust give?
Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust reported 108 itemized grants totaling $941,400, out of $1,199,282 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 101 and 107 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2023, its largest causes are Environment (13%), Arts & Culture (12%), Animals (5%).
Who are Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2023: Los Compadres de San Antonio ($258k), Remember the Alamo Foundation ($252k), Texas A&M Foundation ($95k).
Does Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include San Antonio Area Foundation, Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation, Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation.
Where is Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust based?
Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust is based in TX.

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 180 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $1.2M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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