· Public charity
Ascension Texas
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.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $6k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $104k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $165k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LEADERSHIP AUSTIN | $65,000 |
| CENTRAL TEXAS QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF CENTRAL TEXAS | $50,000 |
| HAND TO HOLD | $40,000 |
| THE SAFE ALLIANCE | $24,000 |
| TRAVIS COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| WONDERS AND WORRIES | $10,000 |
| AUSTIN AREA HERITAGE COUNCIL | $6,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
9 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.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds LEADERSHIP AUSTIN ↗
- Who funds THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF AUSTIN ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL TEXAS QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HAND TO HOLD ↗
- Who funds THE SAFE ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds Travis County Parks Foundation ↗
- Who funds Wonders & Worries Inc ↗
- Who funds TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AUSTIN AREA HERITAGE COUNCIL ↗
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: Ascension Seton · St David's Foundation · Better Business Bureau · Austin Community Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ascension Texas funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ascension Texas. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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