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Barrett Family Foundation at a glance

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Barrett Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$272k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$466kArts & Culture$281kReligion$229kHealth$36kPhilanthropy$31kCommunity Improvement$26kRecreation & Sports$22kEnvironment$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $42k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $220k
$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$955k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY$125,000
TOBIN CENTER$95,000
SACRED HEART CHURCH$20,000
REY FEO CONSEJO EDUCATION FOUNDATION$11,750
ARBORETUM SAN ANTONIO$10,000
Individual grant recipient$2,020
HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS DEVELOPMENT CORP$2,000
SAN ANTONIO QUEEN OF SOUL$1,600
BENEDICTINE SISTERS$1,250
ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC CHURCH$1,000
OPERA SAN ANTONIO$1,000
KLRN$500
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO$500
SAN ANTONIO BOTANICAL GARDEN$300
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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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MORGAN'S INCLUSION INITIATIVE: $5k → 16%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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$936k · 22 repeat orgs$175k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
32

Total granted

$936k
$130k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+16%

Still filing today

45%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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Arts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • SM
    St Mary's University
    6× · 2017–2025 · $231k · revenue +32%
  • UO
    University of Dayton
    5× · 2017–2021 · $65k · revenue +38%
  • FO
    Friends of Santa Rosa Foundation
    2× · 2023–2024 · $30k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • AC
    ALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +116%
  • SM
    SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • TU
    THE UNITED WAY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -11%
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
University of Texas At San Antonio Alumni Association

To engage our alumni in activities that will advance utsa as a top-tier institution. our focus is to deliver value-added services and events where our alumni can connect with each other, with current students and/or with the university. we…

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2
Tennis Officials of San Antonio Association
Recreation & Sports
3
San Antonio Museum of Art

The San Antonio Museum of Art brings people together with art by collecting, preserving, and presenting significant works of art representing a broad range of history and cultures, advancing human connection and understanding, and…

Arts & Culture
4
San Antonio Automobile Dealers Association Foundation Inc
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5
San Antonio Report

Publishing a local online news source. We believe a well informed and connected community is essential to making San Antonio a better place to live, work and play.

Arts & Culture
6
American Society of Landscape Architects Texas Chapter

Advancement of education and skill in the art of Landscape Architecture and the promotion of the profession of Landscape Architecture as an instrument of service in the public welfare.

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7
Texas Public Radio

The mission of Texas Public Radio is to engage, inspire and inform, bringing people together to better understand their community and world.

Arts & Culture
8
Fiesta San Antonio Foundation

The Fiesta San Antonio Foundation supports programs,events and non-profit organizations that create a safe,healthy and educational Fiesta. We preserve the history,culture and heritage of San Antonio and positively impact economic…

Human Services
9
San Antonio Symphony League

Preserve, advance and cultivate classical music by supporting and promoting live performances, providing financial assistance and service, and supporting and creating educational efforts/programs of nonprofit classical music organizations…

Arts & Culture
10
San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Inc

The mission of the san antonio hispanic chamber of commerce is to advocate in building a better san antonio through the growth and prosperity of hispanic, small minority, women-owned businesses, and hispanic professional and trade…

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11
Southwest Winners Foundation Inc

The mission of Southwest Winners Foundation is to provide an adaptive and effective learning environment that prepares students for success in the workplace and/or college.

Education
12
San Antonio Conservation Society

To preserve and to encourage the preservation of historic buildings, objects, places and customs relating to the history of texas, its natural beauty and all that is admirably distinctive to texas; and by such physical and cultural…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alamo Colleges Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Irreverent Warriors 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

26 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. 26 of the 62 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
15/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TOBIN CENTER: $282,606 · OtherTOBIN CENTERSt Mary's University: $231,300 · OtherSt Mary's UniversityIndividual grant recipient: $82,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBENEDICTINE SISTERS: $73,500 · OtherBENEDICTINE SISTERS+43 more: $250,855 · Other+43 moreUniversity of Dayton: $65,000 · EducationUniversity …ALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationALAMO COLLE…Hispanic Sports Foundation For Education Inc: $20,500 · EducationHispanic Sp…JEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN ANTONIO: $18,000 · PhilanthropySan Antonio Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc: $15,500 · PhilanthropyLO BELLO WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyFriends of Santa Rosa Foundation: $30,000 · Health+1 more: $250 · HealthSAN ANTONIO QUEEN OF SOUL INC: $10,500 · Youth DevelopmentArboretum San Antonio: $10,000 · EnvironmentALAMO PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL DOING BUSINESS AS KLRN: $5,200 · Arts & CultureWitte Museum: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE OPERA SAN ANTONIO DBA OPERA SAN AN: $1,000 · Arts & CultureSan Antonio Art League: $750 · Arts & CultureSAN ANTONIO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $500 · Arts & Culture
Other$920,761Education$110,500Philanthropy$38,500Health$30,250Youth Development$10,500Environment$10,000Arts & Culture$8,450

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 budgetSt Mary's University: $231,300 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Dayton: $65,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Santa Rosa Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHispanic Sports Foundation For Education Inc: $20,500 over 4y, 24% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN ANTONIO: $18,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSan Antonio Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc: $15,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAIN PLAZA CONSERVANCY: $7,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetALAMO PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL DOING BUSINESS AS KLRN: $5,200 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMorgan's Inclusion Initiative FKA Morgan's Wonderland Inclusion Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLO BELLO WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetFiesta San Antonio CommissionInc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF ART: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Woman's Club of San Antonio: $1,250 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMorgan's Wonderland: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWitte Museum: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPHIL HARDBERGER PARK CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OPERA SAN ANTONIO DBA OPERA SAN AN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Antonio Art League: $750 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSAN ANTONIO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHRIVEWELL CANCER FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIRREVERENT WARRIORS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHERIFFS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS: $25 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds St Mary's University ↗
  • Who funds University of Dayton ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Santa Rosa Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Hispanic Sports Foundation For Education Inc ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN ANTONIO ↗
  • Who funds San Antonio Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAN ANTONIO QUEEN OF SOUL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds Arboretum San Antonio ↗
  • Who funds MAIN PLAZA CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds ALAMO PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL DOING BUSINESS AS KLRN ↗
  • Who funds Morgan's Inclusion Initiative FKA Morgan's Wonderland Inclusion Foundation ↗
  • Who funds LO BELLO WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Fiesta San Antonio CommissionInc ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF ART ↗
  • Who funds The Woman's Club of San Antonio ↗

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 Foun…Impetus FoundationPryor Myra Stafford C…Nancy Smith Hurd Foun…Betty Stieren Kelso F…Muriel F Siebert Foun…Harvey E Najim Charit…The Ewing Halsell Fou…Jack and Doris Smothe…The Texas Cavaliers C…Faye L & William L Co…Nustar Foundation
San Antonio Area FoundationTX29.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: San Antonio Area Foundation · Impetus Foundation · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · Betty Stieren Kelso Foundation · Muriel F Siebert Foundation Inc · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · The Ewing Halsell Foundation · Jack and Doris Smothers and Bud Smothers Memorial Foundation · The Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · Nustar 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 Barrett Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barrett Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 62 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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