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Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau at a glance

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Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau

Promoting conventions, travel and tourism in and to the city of austin, and providing related services to convention attendees, travelers, and tourists.

$128k
Granted FY2021
2
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$118k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Arts & Culture$1.1MPhilanthropy$40k
02FY2021 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $118k
$118,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$30M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRENCH LEGATION MUSEUM$118,000
HUSTON-TILLOTSON COLLEGE$10,365
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%NEILL COCHRAN HOUSE MUSEUM: $15k → 10%AUSTIN THEATRE ALLIANCE: $165k → 10%AUSTIN THEATRE ALLIANCE: $116k → 10%FOUNDATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE HISTORIC MILLETT OPERA HOUSE: $88k → 10%AUSTIN WOMAN'S CLUB: $59k → 10%AUSTIN THEATRE ALLIANCE PARAMOUNT THEATRE CO: $58k → 10%AUSTIN WOMAN'S CLUB: $51k → 10%DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $45k → 10%AUSTIN WOMAN'S CLUB: $30k → 10%PEASE PARK CONSERVANCY: $10k → 10%ST EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY: $45k → 10%BARTON SPRINGS CONSERVANCY: $50k → 10%BARTON SPRINGS CONSERVANCY: $45k → 10%FRIENDS OF DEEP EDDY INC: $40k → 10%THE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN - LAGUNA GLORIA: $47k → 10%MAYFIELD PARKCOMMUNITY PROJECT: $38k → 10%THE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN - LAGUNA GLORIA: $11k → 10%FRENCH LEGATION MUSEUM: $118k → 10%HUSTON-TILLOTSON COLLEGE: $18k → 10%JOURDAN-BACHMAN PIONEER FARMS: $47k → 10%HUSTON-TILLOTSON COLLEGE: $10k → 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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$756k · 6 repeat orgs$416k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2021, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
8

Total granted

$756k
$298k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+49%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $118k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Arts & CultureRecreation & SportsEducationEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AT
    AUSTIN THEATRE ALLIANCE
    3× · 2017–2020 · $339k · revenue +155%
  • AC
    Austin Club
    3× · 2019–2022 · $138k · revenue +44%
  • HU
    HUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2018–2021 · $28k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • PA
    PRESERVATION AUSTINgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $47k · revenue +511%
  • BS
    Barton Springs Conservancy
    one grant, 2018 · $45k · revenue -86%
  • SE
    St Edwards University
    one grant, 2017 · $45k · revenue -3%
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
Austin Temple of Cao-Dai Tay-Ninh I
Religion
2
Downtown Austin Parks Llc

The Downtown Austin Parks' mission is to create a vibrant, historic, and active spaces at the hear of Austin, Texas community through quality management of public space and creative programing that is based on historic relevance of…

Arts & Culture
3
Texas Society of Architects

Texas Society of Architects is the voice for Texas architecture, supporting the creation of safe, beautiful, sustainable environments.

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4
Texas Association of Museums

The Texas Association of Museums strengthens the Texas museum community through collaborations, connections, professional development, and advocacy.

Arts & Culture
5
Austin City Art Fund

To support the production and exhibition of art and film

Arts & Culture
6
Austin Creative Alliance

The mission of Austin Creative Alliance is to advance, connect, and celebrate Austin's arts, culture, and creative communities in order to nourish and strengthen the character, quality of life, and economic prosperity of our region.

Arts & Culture
7
The Museum of North Texas History

To collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret the history of the North Texas Area to inspire an interest in the past for the education and enrichment of people of all ages.

Arts & Culture
8
Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau

The austin convention and visitors bureau promotes tourism in the austin area to enhance the economy of the community.

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9
Kimbell Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
10
Austin Economic Development Corporation

The Austin Economic Development Corporation stewards public and private real estate assets to create inclusive community benefits and equitable economic outcomes for Austin.

Community Improvement
11
Austin Public Library Friends Foundation

Support and strengthen austin public libraries

Education
12
The Admirals Club of Austin Inc

Promote the city of austin.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Preservation Austin; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Deep Eddy Inc. 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

14 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. 14 of the 15 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
7/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AUSTIN THEATRE ALLIANCE: $338,500 · Arts & CultureAUSTIN THEATRE ALLIANCEAustin Womans Club: $140,000 · Arts & CultureAustin Womans ClubDAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS: $118,000 · Arts & CultureDAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXASTHE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN MUSEUM INC: $58,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN MUSEUM INCPRESERVATION AUSTIN: $47,000 · Arts & CulturePRESERVATION AUSTIN+1 more: $14,740 · Arts & CultureAustin Club: $137,500 · OtherAustin ClubFRIENDS OF THE PARKS OF AUSTIN: $38,190 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE PARKS O…HUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY: $28,365 · OtherHUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVE…City of Austin: $23,500 · OtherCity of AustinPease Park Conservancy: $53,334 · Recreation & SportsPease Par…Barton Springs Conservancy: $45,000 · Recreation & SportsBarton Sp…St Edwards University: $45,000 · EducationDOWNTOWN AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $45,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF DEEP EDDY INC: $40,057 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$716,240Other$227,555Recreation & Sports$98,334Education$45,000Environment$45,000Philanthropy$40,057

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAUSTIN THEATRE ALLIANCE: $338,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetAustin Womans Club: $140,000 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetAustin Club: $137,500 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetDAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS: $118,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetTHE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN MUSEUM INC: $58,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPease Park Conservancy: $53,334 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPRESERVATION AUSTIN: $47,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetBarton Springs Conservancy: $45,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSt Edwards University: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF DEEP EDDY INC: $40,057 over 1y, 81% of budgetHUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY: $28,365 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA: $14,740 over 1y, 3.5% 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.

Austin Community Foun…Greater Austin Perfor…Better Business BureauAlice Kleberg Reynold…The Moody FoundationThe Applied Materials…Austin Parks Foundati…Still Water FoundationThe Powell FoundationSt David's FoundationThe Summerlee Foundat…Ibm International Fou…
Austin Community Foundation IncTX29.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc · Better Business Bureau · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800 · The Moody Foundation · The Applied Materials Foundation · Austin Parks Foundation · Still Water Foundation · The Powell Foundation · St David's Foundation · The Summerlee Foundation · Ibm International 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 Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.

    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 15 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. 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 no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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