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Apache 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.

$307k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
59
Grants FY2025
58
Organizations funded FY2024
48%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,315
Largest grant, FY2025
$37,002
Organizations funded a year
41 to 72
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$2.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 48% of the organizations Apache Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EnvironmentHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsOther
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
FY2025still arriving58$306k45%
FY202458$267k48%
FY202341$307k49%
FY202272$275k72%
FY202161$277kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$931kRecreation & Sports$155kCommunity Improvement$105kPublic Benefit$100kArts & Culture$54kPublic Safety & Disaster$30kEducation$22kAnimals$17kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WY
PA
VA
NM
SC
LA
MS
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Houston Wilderness Inc$83,25643%
TreeFolks Inc$83,21552%
City of Houston$65,3015n/a
NOLA Tree Project$56,34256%
Keep Odessa Beautiful Inc$47,097432%
Friends of the Wildlife Corridor$46,470312%
Tree New Mexico Inc$31,84351%
Keep Midland Beautiful Inc$27,72952%
Keep San Angelo Beautiful$23,40857%
Big Bend Conservation Alliance$22,09342%
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All grantees of Apache Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Houston Wilderness Inc$83,25643%
TreeFolks Inc$83,21552%
City of Houston$65,3015n/a
NOLA Tree Project$56,34256%
Keep Odessa Beautiful Inc$47,097432%
Friends of the Wildlife Corridor$46,470312%
Tree New Mexico Inc$31,84351%
Keep Midland Beautiful Inc$27,72952%
Keep San Angelo Beautiful$23,40857%
Big Bend Conservation Alliance$22,09342%
Scenic Texas$21,90236%
Trees For Houston$21,74910%
Keep Brazos Beautiful$14,59627%
Woodlands Conservancy$13,45743%
Webb County$10,5584n/a
Galveston Island Tree Conservancy$9,84135%
Houston Botanic Garden$9,70120%
Pontchartrain Conservancy$8,27730%
Big Lake Economic Development Corp$8,2362n/a
Keep Laredo Beautiful Inc$8,1582n/a
City Of Mont Belvieu$8,1561n/a
Hermann Park Conservancy$7,52050%
Exploration Green Conservancy$6,95532%
Hermits Peak Watershed Alliance$6,58820%
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana$5,92010%
Buffalo Bayou Partnership Inc$5,60830%
Keep Sugar Land Beautiful$5,60832%
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department$5,5082n/a
La Cosecha Community Supported Agriculture$5,3281n/a
Lafayette Central Park Inc$4,90420%
Come Into the Outside$4,8901n/a
Texas Blossoms Inc$4,7422n/a
Galveston Bay Foundation Inc$4,54820%
Fort Stockton Historical Society$4,40021%
Proud Louisiana LLC$4,27721%
Sawmill Community Land Trust$3,33611%
Bayou Vermlion Preservation Association Inc$3,0621n/a
Treesacadiana$2,7382n/a
Arboretum San Antonio$2,69910%
Pease Park Conservancy$2,48720%
Wildlife Conservation and Education Society of South Texas$2,4491n/a
Alum Creek Wildlife Management Association$2,4491n/a
University of Louisiana Lafayette Alumni Association$2,29610%
Aztec Municipal School District$2,2381n/a
Brazoria County Master Gardener Association$2,22015%
Missouri City Green$2,2201n/a
Sam Houston State University$1,9281n/a
Alief Superneighborhood Council 25$1,7802n/a
Abilene Zoological Society$1,50010%
Coastal Prairie Conservancy$1,49710%
City of San Marcos$1,4501n/a
City of Carlsbad$1,3901n/a
The Fields Edge$1,39010%
City of Big Springs Parks & Recreation$1,3901n/a
Cal Farley's Boys Ranch$1,39010%
Nicholls State University Foundation$1,26010%
Motley-Dickens Counties Old Settlers Reunion Inc$1,15111%
The Doyle School Community Center$1,08010%
Pasadena Habitat for Humanity Inc$1,08010%
Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas$95710%
El Salvador Foundation$7711n/a
Hope Extreme Inc$76510%
Bayou Land Conservancy$72010%
Just Do It Now Inc$64310%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 123 recipients with no EIN on record ($684k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Apache Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHouston Wilderness Inc: $83,256 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetTreeFolks Inc: $83,215 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetNOLA Tree Project: $56,342 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetKeep Odessa Beautiful Inc: $47,097 over 4y, 32% of budgetFriends of the Wildlife Corridor: $46,470 over 3y, 12% of budgetTree New Mexico Inc: $31,843 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetKeep Midland Beautiful Inc: $27,729 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetKeep San Angelo Beautiful: $23,408 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetBig Bend Conservation Alliance: $22,093 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetScenic Texas: $21,902 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetTrees For Houston: $21,749 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKeep Brazos Beautiful: $14,596 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetWoodlands Conservancy: $13,457 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetGalveston Island Tree Conservancy: $9,841 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetHouston Botanic Garden: $9,701 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPontchartrain Conservancy: $8,277 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy: $7,520 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetExploration Green Conservancy: $6,955 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetHermits Peak Watershed Alliance: $6,588 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCoalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana: $5,920 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBuffalo Bayou Partnership Inc: $5,608 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKeep Sugar Land Beautiful: $5,608 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetLafayette Central Park Inc: $4,904 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGalveston Bay Foundation Inc: $4,548 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFort Stockton Historical Society: $4,400 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetProud Louisiana LLC: $4,277 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSawmill Community Land Trust: $3,336 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetArboretum San Antonio: $2,699 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPease Park Conservancy: $2,487 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Louisiana Lafayette Alumni Association: $2,296 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBrazoria County Master Gardener Association: $2,220 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetAbilene Zoological Society: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoastal Prairie Conservancy: $1,497 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fields Edge: $1,390 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCal Farley's Boys Ranch: $1,390 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNicholls State University Foundation: $1,260 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMotley-Dickens Counties Old Settlers Reunion Inc: $1,151 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Doyle School Community Center: $1,080 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPasadena Habitat for Humanity Inc: $1,080 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSlavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas: $957 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHope Extreme Inc: $765 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBayou Land Conservancy: $720 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJust Do It Now Inc: $643 over 1y, 0.1% 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 43.

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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.

Jacob and Terese Hershey FoundationTX21.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation · Tc Energy Foundation · Coypu Foundation Trust Xxxxx3002 · Baker Hughes Foundation · John P McGovern Foundation · American Forests

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 Apache Foundation

How much does Apache Foundation give?
Apache Foundation reported 59 grants totaling $307,408 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 72 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Apache Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (65%), Recreation & Sports (11%), Community Improvement (7%).
Who are Apache Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Houston Wilderness Inc ($83k), TreeFolks Inc ($83k), City of Houston ($65k).
Does Apache Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Apache Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Apache Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation.
Where is Apache Foundation based?
Apache Foundation 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 188 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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