Texas · Public charity
Better ATX
To transform the lives of children and adults through philanthropic programs.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $198k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $97,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Better ATX funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $198k | 83% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $253k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $192k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $144k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $72k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $151k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $104k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $106k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Community College Foundation | $1,241,728 | 9 | 10% |
| Austin Public Education Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pflugerville Independent School District | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Round Rock Isd Education Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Lake Travis ISD | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Leander Educational Excellence Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Manor Independent School District | $13,282 | 4 | n/a |
| Austin Community College | $12,181 | 1 | n/a |
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 · Ascension Seton · United Way for Greater Austin · St David's Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Moody Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Better ATX
- How much does Better ATX give?
- Better ATX reported 6 itemized grants totaling $197,600, out of $1,247,388 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Better ATX fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (97%), Food & Nutrition (3%).
- Who are Better ATX's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Austin Community College Foundation ($1.2M), Austin Public Education Foundation ($30k), Pflugerville Independent School District ($20k).
- Does Better ATX fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Better ATX?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Austin Community Foundation Inc, Ascension Seton, United Way for Greater Austin.
- Where is Better ATX based?
- Better ATX is based in TX.
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