Missouri · Public charity
Ascension Seton
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 which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities. We are advocates for a…
- $8.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 37
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 40
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $7.3M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,962,768
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 63
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.4B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Ascension Seton funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $118k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 36 | $7.3M | 14% |
| FY2024 | 40 | $7.8M | 10% |
| FY2023 | 35 | $7.4M | 20% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $8.7M | 21% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $33M | 21% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $4.8M | 26% |
| FY2019 | 52 | $6.7M | 50% |
| FY2017 | 63 | $3.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Children's Foundation | $20,618,471 | 5 | 35% |
| Ascension Seton Foundation | $19,694,127 | 5 | 73% |
| County of Travis | $8,135,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Ascension Seton Williamson Foundation | $5,011,906 | 5 | 79% |
| Central Texas Community Health Centers | $4,500,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Integrated Care Collaboration | $2,550,000 | 5 | 73% |
| Ascension Seton Hays Foundation | $2,432,288 | 5 | 49% |
| Health Alliance for Austin Musicians | $1,700,000 | 8 | 9% |
| University of Texas | $1,615,660 | 4 | n/a |
| Catholic Diocese of Austin | $1,330,450 | 7 | n/a |
Show all 126 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Ascension Seton supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 102 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · St David's Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · The Moody Foundation · Topfer Family Foundation · Shield-Ayres Foundation · The Powell Foundation · Better Business Bureau · The Applied Materials Foundation · Georgetown Healthcare System Inc · Texas Mutual Insurance Company · Mfi Foundation
How this is measured
About Ascension Seton
- How much does Ascension Seton give?
- Ascension Seton reported 37 itemized grants totaling $7,326,463, out of $8,053,118 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 63 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Ascension Seton fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (77%), Community Improvement (6%), Public Benefit (5%).
- Who are Ascension Seton's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Dell Children's Foundation ($21M), Ascension Seton Foundation ($20M), County of Travis ($8.1M).
- Does Ascension Seton fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ascension Seton?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Austin Community Foundation Inc, St David's Foundation, United Way for Greater Austin.
- Where is Ascension Seton based?
- Ascension Seton is based in MO.
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