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Bellinger 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.

$679k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$325k
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, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$1.2MPublic Safety & Disaster$325kRecreation & Sports$266kPublic Benefit$173kReligion$87kScience & Tech$70kHealth$56kFood & Nutrition$55kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $215k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $120k
  • $250k+1 grant · $325k
$20,550
Median grant
3
States reached
$8.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VAQUEROS DEL MAR RELIEF FUND$325,000
TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION$120,000
SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC$45,000
GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION$32,500
SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL CO REICHLE FAMILY FOUNDATION$30,000
TEXAS 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION$25,000
TEXAS AGGIE CORPS OF CADETS ASSOCIATION$25,000
BEXAR COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW$20,550
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO FOUNDATION$20,000
AMERICAN MEAT SCIENCE ASSOCIATION$16,500
FRIENDS OF THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION$7,411
NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC$5,000
BRISCOE WESTERN ART MUSEUM$2,500
TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$2,500
BEACON STATE FUND$2,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 77% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%VAQUEROS DEL MAR RELIEF FUND: $325k → 7%PANHANDLE-PLAINS HISTORICAL MUSEUM: $3k → 9%FRIENDS OF THE GOVERNORS MANSION: $10k → 10%TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL: $50k → 16%LYNN COUNTY LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION: $500 → 16%MD ANDERSON SERVICES CORPORATION: $50k → 16%TEXAS AGGIE CORPS OF CADETS ASSOCIATION: $10k → 22%TEXAS 4H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $5k → 25%TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE FOUNDATION: $5k → 27%NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 10%AMERICAN MEAT SCIENCE ASSOCIATION: $18k → 8%NATIONAL FFA FOUNDATION: $500 → 16%TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION: $91k → 6%210 INSPIRED INC: $10k → 7%FRIENDS OF THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION: $7k → 10%SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL CO REICHLE FAMILY FOUNDATION: $30k → 16%LYNN COUNTY LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION: $500 → 16%TEXAS A&M RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $70k → 22%AMERICAN MEAT SCIENCE ASSOCIATION: $18k → 8%NATIONAL WESTERN ART FOUNDATION: $9k → 16%TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION: $434k → 22%AMERICAN MEAT SCIENCE ASSOCIATION: $17k → 8%BRISCOE WESTERN ART MUSEUM: $5k → 16%THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS: $300k → 22%AMERICAN MEAT SCIENCE ASSOCIATION: $500 → 8%SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL: $5k → 16%TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION: $125k → 22%BRISCOE WESTERN ART MUSEUM: $3k → 16%TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION: $120k → 22%SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL: $2k → 16%TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION: $1k → 22%BRISCOE WESTERN ART MUSEUM: $1k → 16%TEXAS AGGIE CORPS OF CADETS ASSOCIATION: $25k → 22%SAN ANTONIO A&M CLUB FOUNDATION: $22k → 16%CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION FOR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL: $1k → 16%TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO FOUNDATION: $25k → 16%TEXAS A&M UNIVERSTITY SAN ANTONIO FOUNDATION: $25k → 16%TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO FOUNDATION: $20k → 16%SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $85k → 16%SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $56k → 16%SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $45k → 16%UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO: $1k → 16%MISSION ROAD MINISTRIES: $5k → 16%SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $69k → 16%BEXAR COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW: $21k → 16%BEXAR COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW: $20k → 16%BEXAR COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW: $12k → 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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 13 repeat orgs$958k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
16

Total granted

$1.3M
$595k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
0%

Still filing today

77%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $363k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyRecreation & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TA
    Texas A&M Foundation
    4× · 2022–2025 · $681k · revenue +43%
  • SA
    SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $255k · revenue +53%
  • AM
    AMERICAN MEAT SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $53k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $300k · revenue 0%
  • TF
    TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2024 · $91k · revenue 0%
  • TA
    TEXAS A&M RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $70k · revenue -66%
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
Texas a&M University-Central Tx Foundati

Operated exclusively for educational purposes specifically including to further educational activities at texas a& m university-central texas within the meaning of 501(c)(3).

Education
2
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
3
Texas Future Farmers of America Foundation Inc

Building on the proven success of texas agriculture education and the texas ffa program, our mission is distinguished by the continued development, funding, and implementation of cutting edge learning opportunities focusing on academic…

Food & Nutrition
4
Texas State University Development Foundation

To support and further the mission of texas state university through the acceptance and investment of gifts established as endowments benefiting the students, faculty and staff.

Education
5
Friends of the Texas a&M University Libraries

A) to encourage an understanding and appreciatiion of the work of the texas a&m university libraries;b) to build and develop a greater realization of the importance of the texas a&m university libraries to the future development of the…

Education
6
Texas Association of Future Farmers of America

Txffa makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.

Youth Development
7
Texas Food & Fuel Association Scholarship Foundation

The texas food & fuel association scholarship foundation awards scholarships to outstanding students in the state of texas.

Education
8
The University of Texas Foundation No 1

To support the university of texas system

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9
Texas a&M San Antonio Foundation

To furnish Texas AM University-San Antonio with provisions for future and perpetual financial support for its students to help them succeed during college and in the future as valuable contributing members of the community

Education
10
Forty First Foundation

The forty first foundation supports and advances the university of texas at austin in its pursuit of excellence. we work closely with the office of the president to identify, fund, and implement strategic initiatives that enhance the…

Education
11
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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12
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association

To improve the cattle raising industry in texas and the southwest through education, market inspection, law enforcement and other member services.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas a&M Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Bexar County Junior Livestock Show. 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

25 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. 25 of the 33 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
12/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Texas A&M Foundation: $680,590 · EducationTexas A&M FoundationTHE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: $300,000 · EducationTHE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITYTEXAS A&M RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $70,264 · EducationTEXAS A&M RESEARCH FOUNDATIONTHE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION: $70,000 · EducationTHE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATIONBEXAR COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW: $52,612 · Education+7 more: $79,700 · Education+7 moreVAQUEROS DEL MAR RELIEF FUND: $325,000 · OtherVAQUEROS DEL MAR RELIEF FU…SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL: $56,500 · OtherSAN FERNANDO CATHEDRALTEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO FOUNDATION: $45,000 · OtherTEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SAN A…SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL CO REICHLE FAMILY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherSAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL CO …TEXAS A&M UNIVERSTITY SAN ANTONIO FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Other+8 more: $57,931 · Other+8 moreSAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $254,736 · Recreation & SportsSAN ANTONIO …TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $91,334 · Public BenefitAMERICAN MEAT SCIENCE ASSOCIATION: $53,000 · Science & TechM D ANDERSON SERVICES CORPORATION: $50,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthTEXAS 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION I: $34,500 · Youth Development+2 more: $1,500 · Youth Development
Education$1,253,166Other$539,431Recreation & Sports$254,736Public Benefit$91,334Science & Tech$53,000Health$51,000Youth Development$36,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $680,590 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: $300,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION INC: $254,736 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $91,334 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetTEXAS A&M RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $70,264 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN MEAT SCIENCE ASSOCIATION: $53,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBEXAR COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW: $52,612 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetM D ANDERSON SERVICES CORPORATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS AGGIE CORPS OF CADETS ASSOCIATION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTEXAS 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION I: $34,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSAN ANTONIO A & M CLUB FOUNDATION: $21,800 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION: $17,411 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBEACON STATE FUND: $12,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budget210 INSPIRED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNATIONAL WESTERN ART FOUNDATION BRISCOE WESTERN ART MUSEUM: $8,520 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTexas A&M University - Kingsville Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION ROAD MINISTRIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S ASSOC FOR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL (: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLYNN COUNTY LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational FFA Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $400 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.

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.

Greater Houston Commu…Enterprise Holdings F…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX15× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Bellinger Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bellinger Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 33 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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